Welcome to CaseyCast, the Annie E. Casey Foundation's ongoing conversation on how we can all work together to build a brighter future for kids, families and communities.
A pioneering philanthropy podcast, CaseyCast explores the well-being of America's families and neighborhoods, highlighting solutions that improve the lives of children. Hosted by Lisa Hamilton, the show features in-depth conversations with today's prominent advocates, practitioners, policymakers and researchers.
After 25 years at the Annie E. Casey Foundation and nine years at its helm, President and CEO Patrick McCarthy is retiring at the end of 2018. In this episode, his successor — Lisa Hamilton — interviews McCarthy about how the Foundation has changed during his career, what he’s learned along the way, and why he has a lot of hope for the nation’s younger generations.
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Sixto Cancel is the founder and CEO of Think of Us, which leverages technology to support young people in foster care. The company’s app connects foster youth with key resources — including a digital advisory board of caring adults — while also collecting data on the supports and services that its young users really need. Cancel also serves as a Jim Casey Young Fellow.
Tristan Louis serves as the president and CEO of Casebook PBC, a company originally incubated by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Today, Casebook PBC produces software that aims to help human services professionals make smarter, faster decisions for families in their care while also lightening their administrative load.
The nonprofit National Skills Coalition organizes broad-based coalitions seeking to raise the skills of America’s workers across a range of industries. Brooke DeRenzis — who serves in the role of state policy network director — leads the organization’s efforts to advance skills policies at the state level.
Rob Garcia also works for the National Skills Coalition, serving as manager of Business Leaders United for Workforce Partnerships. In this post, Garcia creates a platform for business and industry leaders to advance workforce and education policies that address their needs.
Prior to joining the National Skills Coalition and at the time of this interview, Garcia was the senior manager of workforce initiatives at the Cobb Chamber of Commerce in Northwest Atlanta. In this role, he helped develop a coalition of business, education, and community leaders to identify and address the workforce needs of Cobb County.
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William Emmons serves as assistant vice president and lead economist with the Center for Household Financial Stability at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
A prominent voice on American family finances and the economy, Emmons can has written extensively about homeownership and household wealth, the racial wealth gap and trends related to higher education, wealth and age.
The mission of the St. Louis Fed is to promote stable prices and financial stability and support maximum sustainable economic growth. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, it is one of 12 regional reserve banks that — along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. — makes up the central banking system of the United States.
