Originally from rural Colorado, Ben is a tri-sector leader focused on developing and scaling community-based innovations that serve individuals with complex health and social needs. He began his career at Erie Family Health Center in Chicago, where he monitored and managed the performance of health programming, including HIV/AIDS care, pediatric and perinatal behavioral health, and diabetes management. He then led the Accountable Care Collaborative at Colorado’s Medicaid agency. There, he developed a cross-sector workgroup to improve behavioral health access and engagement for people reentering the community from state prisons. Under his leadership, the workgroup tripled the rate of engagement with behavioral health services for the population. He recently completed his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he was a Neubauer Family Civic Scholar and Obama Foundation Scholar. During his time at Booth, he was a Managing Director and Chief of Staff of the Steven Tarrson Impact Investing Fund, Booth's student-run impact investing fund. He also interned at the De-Carceration Fund, the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund, and Gary Community Ventures, where he developed innovative financial tools and strategies to support promising community-based enterprises. This past summer, Ben worked as an Strategic Initiatives Summer Associate at the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness. During his time at Princeton, he hopes to deepen his understanding of broader urban policy, particularly public housing and criminal justice, and economics. After Princeton, he hopes to foster public-private partnerships that create meaningful community change and impact.