Sameera Fazili and Mary Beth Maxwell join Equitable Growth’s Board of Directors
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New board members will help guide the organization’s efforts to study the connection between inequality and growth CONTACT:Katie Wilcoxson, kwilcoxson@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today announced the addition of two new members to its board of directors…
More than 200 economists tell Congress: Raise the debt ceiling to avoid a ‘dangerous and unnecessary’ economic crisis
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Statement led by former chairs and vice chairs of the Federal Reserve and Council of Economic Advisers; a former director of the National Economic Council; a former secretary, former assistant secretary, and former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor; and five Nobel laureates, among othe…
Equitable Growth announces Shayna Strom as new president and CEO
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Elena Waskey, ewaskey@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON—The Washington Center for Equitable Growth Board of Directors today announced that Shayna Strom has been named its new president and CEO. Strom had been serving as the organization’s interim president and CEO since Se…
Equitable Growth names Shayna Strom as interim president and CEO
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Elena Waskey, ewaskey@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON—The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today announced that Shayna Strom has been named its interim president and CEO. Strom comes to the organization with decades of experience bridging nonprofits, government, ph…
Equitable Growth awards more than $1 million to explore how inequality affects economic growth and stability
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2022 grants strengthen research base on racial stratification, with focus on economic well-being for workers and families CONTACT:Katie Wilcoxson, kwilcoxson@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today it will award research grants totaling more than $…
Equitable Growth responds to passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Katie Wilcoxson, kwilcoxson@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden today signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which will provide $430 billion in funding for historic investments in combating climate change, lowering healthcare costs, and targeted tax reform…
Equitable Growth CEO to depart, search for new CEO underway
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CONTACT: Elena Waskey, ewaskey@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth, a nonprofit research and grantmaking institution dedicated to accelerating research on how economic inequality affects growth and stability, announced today that President and CEO Michelle Hol…
Equitable Growth president and CEO responds to passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Elena Waskey, ewaskey@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – President Biden today signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, providing $1.2 trillion in new government investments to create millions of jobs, increase U.S. economic competitiveness abroad, and help addr…
Equitable Growth ratifies collective bargaining agreement with Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
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CONTACT:Elena Waskey, ewaskey@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth has officially ratified a collective bargaining agreement with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, IFPTE Local 70. The agreement, which was ratified on August 14, includes improvements i…
Washington Center for Equitable Growth awards $1.3 million to scholars exploring the connection between economic inequality and growth
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2021 grants emphasize the impact of structural racism on inequality, economic mobility, and market concentration, with expanded exploration of child care and climate issues CONTACT:Katie Wilcoxson, kwilcoxson@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today…