This episode is part of the Leadership in Challenging Times series from the Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board. The series features discussions with the outstanding business leaders who are recipients of CED’s Distinguished Leadership Awards. In this series, business leaders discuss the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate.
In this Leadership in Challenging Times conversation, Thasunda Brown Duckett, President and CEO of TIAA, speaks with Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of CED, about advancing economic opportunity, using her role to drive change, solving the retirement crisis, and more. Tune in to find out:
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