Researching how and why “place” matters

I’m a researcher at a U.S. think tank that is primarily concerned with place-based policy and all the ingredients that go into successful localized clusters of talent, investment, and creation. Given how rare and how important they are, I’m interested in exploring the kinds of policies that make such clusters more likely to grow and thrive.

Masochist runner

A majority of my free time is spent reading, running, or watching New York Mets baseball. The latter two have never been kind to me. I’m always working through some kind of running injury big or small and the Mets are, to put it mildly, continually disappointing. But the small moments of joy in the midst of it all keep me coming back to each.