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“Harris is the ideal forge for me to hone my abilities to delve deeper into impact investing and eventually initiate incentives for social enterprises to invigorate rural revitalization.”

As the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Jean Lin Pao, MPP'91, is the principal advocate for small business utilization in government contracting.

“When the political will is there, these things happen, one way or another,” he said.

“I have seen how good policy can have a positive influence, and I want to design policies to better support and empower financially vulnerable groups.”