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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.”

Kim Wolske is a research associate professor at Harris and fellow with the Energy Policy Institute. She studies environmental, social, and cognitive psychology to understand the behavioral dimensions of energy issues.

Amir Jina, a climate and economics researcher at the University of Chicago, said the precise numbers in the study may be off, but the main points and trends are supported by other studies.

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