Part 2 of SPIA in NJ's Fall 2024 series, New Jersey and the American Economy: What’s Needed for the Garden State to Lead a Thriving Country:

As states across the country face unique and intensifying challenges, leaders and experts across sectors are imagining new and bold solutions that seek to address threats in an intersectional fashion. This conversation will highlight some of these new ideas including a guaranteed basic income and child care for all, and discuss how they can be implemented here in New Jersey to boost our economy and help all in our communities lead healthy, thriving lives.

Co-sponsored by: The Program for Research on Inequality & the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance (JRCPPF)

Natalie Foster, President & Founder - Economic Security Project

Natalie Foster is a leading architect of the movement to build an inclusive and resilient economy. She’s President and co-founder of Economic Security Project, a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative, and the author of “The Guarantee: Inside the Fight For America’s Next Economy.” Natalie speaks and writes regularly on economic security, the future of work, and the new political economy. An unstoppable builder, Natalie previously co-founded Rebuild the Dream, served as Digital Director for President Obama's Organizing for America - a leading partner in winning transformative healthcare reform and built digital teams at the Sierra Club and MoveOn.org. A daughter of a preacher from Kansas, Natalie draws on the values of community, dignity, and optimism to build a better America. She's on the board of Next River founded by Mia Birdsong and the California Budget and Policy Center, and lives in Oakland, California with her husband and two kids.