Bruce is a member of the board at The Global Institute. He is director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University in Philadelphia, which aims to deepen and accelerate the burgeoning field of metro finance. He is also co-founder of New Localism Advisors, which helps cities design, finance, and deliver transformative initiatives that promote inclusive and sustainable growth.

Bruce was the Centennial Scholar at The Brookings Institution from January 2016 to March 2018, where he focused on the challenges and opportunities of global urbanization. He assumed this role after 20 years at Brookings, where he founded the Metropolitan Policy Program. Bruce is a prolific, globally renowned author and opinion-shaper in the field of urban and metropolitan growth and redevelopment. He is co-author of two papers on innovation districts: “The rise of innovation districts: A new geography of innovation in America” and “The evolution of innovation districts: The new geography of global innovation.”

Before joining Brookings, Bruce served as chief of staff to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros and was senior counsel and then staff director for the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs. Bruce is co-author of The new localism: How cities can thrive in the age of populism and The metropolitan revolution: How cities and metros are fixing our broken politics and fragile economy. He is a graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School.

Tom is board chair at The Global Institute. He is employed by Wexford Science + Technology as senior vice president for innovation and economic development. In this role, he guides Wexford’s implementation of its Knowledge Community strategy across its stakeholders globally to position Wexford’s research park developments as critical hubs in the regional innovation ecosystem. As part of The Global Institute, he was co-author of the recent paper “The evolution of innovation districts: The new geography of global innovation.”

Tom is an engaging speaker who has recently delivered keynote addresses at the Association of University Research Parks, the Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Society for Research Administration, and the NATO Industry Summit. In his remarks, he discussed creating innovation ecosystems, as well as helping universities, research institutions, cities, regions, and federal governments leverage their research and technologies into knowledge-led economic development.

Additionally, Tom is an innovation advisor to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade – Canada, helping Canadian companies expand their operations into the United States and assisting U.S. companies in developing Canadian partnerships and markets. He also serves as an advisor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on global innovation.

Previously, Tom served as executive vice president and chief of staff at Broadwing Inc., an NYSE-listed telecommunications company, providing executive leadership in the areas of corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and innovation. Before that, he served as special assistant to United States Senator Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), providing advice on foreign policy issues. Tom also provided policy advice to the Reagan administration and developed a research methodology that has become a standard at Congressional Quarterly magazine.

Pamela is board treasurer at The Global Institute. She is executive director of The American Assembly at Columbia University in New York. Prior to joining The Assembly, Pamela led a civic consultancy advancing forward-looking models for inclusive growth, city-to-city learning, and collaboration. Working in the United States and internationally, she has designed and implemented initiatives for urban resilience, neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and competitiveness. Her work helps cities and communities persevere and prosper in the face of a growing list of threats linked to climate change, economic instability, and inequality.

She was part of the founding team for Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities, where she led the effort to develop resilience strategies through community-based approaches and public-private-civic partnerships. She launched the Global Cities Initiative at The Brookings Institution to help American metro regions pivot their economies toward increased engagement in world markets. Pamela played an instrumental role in establishing LSE Cities and managing the Urban Age program at the London School of Economics. She also created and managed the American Institute of Architects’ Center for Architecture in New York City.

Other projects include the Africa Center in New York and the Resilient Communities program at New America, where she was a senior fellow. Pamela was also a nonresident senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution. She has written for numerous publications and was assistant editor of The endless city, which was cited as best innovation and design book by Business Week. She was a producer for the documentary film Urbanized. In addition to a master’s degree in urban planning from Columbia University, Pamela holds degrees in economics and literature (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Maryland.

Carrie is board secretary of The Global Institute. She serves as senior vice president for development at the Atlantic Council, where she oversees day-to-day development operations and provides strategic guidance on issues relevant to the Council’s overall direction. Carrie is a development professional with more than 20 years of experience with some of Washington’s leading policy and advocacy organizations. She brings more than two decades of recognized experience in strategic fundraising from corporations, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals.

Prior to joining the Council, Carrie was the founding vice president for development at the Urban Institute for three-and-a-half years, building and leading a capable team of professional staff, strengthening the office’s infrastructure, and securing new institutional support from foundations, corporations, and individuals. She has extensive development experience, with work ranging from development directorships to external affairs to political fundraising. She spent more than 10 years at The Brookings Institution, where she most recently served as the deputy director and external affairs officer for the Metropolitan Policy Program, helping to build the program, provide strategic direction, and manage operations. She has also held directorships at the American Cancer Society Foundation and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.

Carrie earned a bachelor’s degree, with a major in political science, from the University of Mary Washington, and she attended the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Executive Education program in state and local leadership.

Miquel is a member of The Global Institute’s Steering Committee. He is director of Masters in Business Innovation at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. For over 30 years, he has participated in the definition, implementation, and execution of policies and both public and private projects in the fields of innovation, R&D, technology transfer, clusters, innovative urban development, industry, and quality.

In the past, Miquel has served as general director and president at the TEC Foundation (2007–2011); as a member of the Abertis Telecom Council (2004–2011); as executive president at 22@ Barcelona (2004–2007); as an independent member of the Parlament de Catalunya (1999–2003), where he presided over the Industry and Energy Commission; as general director at the Instituto Catalán de Tecnología (1987–1999); as general subdirector of industrial safety, technical norms, and regulations at the Ministry of Industry and Energy (1985–1987); as founding president of the Red Española de Laboratorios de Ensayo (RELE); and as a founding member of AENOR (Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación).

Miquel holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering conferred by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), and he has earned undergraduate degrees in economic sciences from the Universidad de Barcelona (UB) and in social sciences from ICESB (UB).

Victoria is research director of The Global Institute, leading the design and implementation of the research agenda on innovation districts. Previously a higher education policy analyst at the OECD in Paris, she drove the development of projects on higher education and the labor market. She is co-founder of the Innovative Futures Institute, a research-based consulting firm that advises and actively supports organizations and governments in their innovation efforts.

Victoria comes with extensive experience working with the European Commission, along with universities and governments in over 30 countries during her time as senior consultant associated with Technopolis Group UK, a consultancy focused on evaluation of science, technology, and innovation, and with Apprimo UG, a boutique evidence-based consulting firm. She also served as director for policy affairs at the University–Industry Innovation Network (UIIN), a leading network that promotes collaboration between higher education and business. Victoria was the research manager of the initiative “The State of European University–Business Cooperation” for the European Commission (2011–2012 and 2016–2017), and she managed international research projects for the Science-to-Business Research Centre in Germany.

She has worked within 11 universities in eight countries as senior lecturer and/or researcher and has taught executive education courses in 16 countries. She has also co-edited several books and co-authored over 50 consulting reports and over 40 publications. Her research has been published by The Journal of Technology Transfer, R&D Management, Higher Education Studies, The Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, The Journal of Higher Education, The Journal of International Technology Transfer and Commercialization, OECD Publishing, Springer Gabler. She is regularly invited to deliver keynote addresses throughout the world on higher education management, university–business cooperation, collaborative innovation, and innovative regions. Victoria earned two undergraduate degrees, in business management and in market research, from the University of Granada; a master of science degree in social research methods from the London School of Economics; and a Ph.D. in university–business cooperation from VU Amsterdam.

Laura is research associate for The Global Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in urban regeneration and economic development, and her research interests focus on the quality of life in cities and metro areas in the innovation economy.

Laura conducted deep research on emerging innovation districts as a graduate student in Boston. Her dissertation analyzed the potential of innovation districts in driving sustainable and inclusive outcomes, in enabling communities to achieve their economic potential, and in creating social justice and equality of opportunity over the long term.

Laura has contributed to international research projects, working with universities in the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom. She has acquired a thorough knowledge of innovation districts globally, focusing especially on the life cycle and socio-economic impact of innovation-oriented urban policies implemented in Boston and San Diego. She comes to The Global Institute with a strong understanding of European policies on innovation. Since 2016, Laura has investigated how Smart Specialization Strategies (S3) aim to boost regional innovation, contributing to growth and prosperity by helping enable regions to focus on their strengths and their own competitive advantages.

For The Global Institute, Laura has been busy researching national policies globally and their impact on innovation districts. She has also evaluated the research strengths of a range of universities in Australia, Israel, and Europe. In the future, she will be playing a pivotal role in the analysis of innovation districts globally—to help better define and measure their advancement.