In a new series produced for the Washington Monthly, Results for America Senior Fellows Robert Doar and Linda Gibbs provide their on-the-ground perspective on the evidence-based and data-driven decision-making of New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), a poverty-fighting research lab committed to experimentation and scaling what works in moving people out of poverty.

On July 14, 1:-2:30 pm, Washington Monthly, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and Results for America will host a roundtable discussion, “What Works to Combat Poverty: Lessons from NYC’s Center for Economic Opportunity,” at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC.

Featured speakers include:  

• Melody Barnes, Co-Founder and Principal of MB2 Solutions LLC; Vice Provost for Global Student Leadership Initiatives at New York University; Former Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in the Obama Administration
• Gordon Berlin, President, MDRC
• Robert Doar, Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies at AEI; Former Commissioner of New York City’s Human Resources Administration (Bloomberg Administration)
• Linda Gibbs, Principal with Bloomberg Associates; Former New York City Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services (Bloomberg Administration)
• Paul Glastris, Editor-in-Chief, the Washington Monthly (Moderator)

Registration is free. The event will also be available via livestreaming.