Cecilia Conrad

Cecilia Ann Conrad (born 4 January 1955)[1][2] is the CEO of Lever for Change and a Managing Director at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Lever for Change is a nonprofit MacArthur Foundation affiliate, whose mission is to unlock significant philanthropic capital and accelerate positive social change around the world’s biggest challenges. In addition to her role at Lever for Change, Dr. Conrad oversees the MacArthur Fellows program and MacArthur’s 100&Change, the Foundation’s competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve a critical problem of our time.

Cecilia Conrad
Born (1955-01-04) 4 January 1955
St. Louis, Missouri
Spouse(s)Llewellyn Miller
InstitutionMacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA
FieldThe effects of race and gender on economic status
Alma materWellesley College
Stanford University
AwardsCalifornia's Carnegie Professor of the Year (2002)
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Before joining the Foundation in January 2013, Conrad had a distinguished career as both a professor and an administrator at Pomona College in Claremont, CA. She held the Stedman Sumner Chair in Economics and is currently an emerita professor of economics. She served as Associate Dean of the College (2004-2007), as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College (2009-2012), and as Acting President (Fall 2012). From 2007-2009, she was interim Vice President and Dean of the Faculty at Scripps College.  

As Associate Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pomona, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Pomona, Conrad championed the College's summer undergraduate research program and expanded it to the arts and humanities, led conversations regarding the value and assessment of a liberal arts college education, nurtured collaborations between the arts and the sciences, and worked with academic departments to improve the campus climate for diversity.

As a member of the faculty, Conrad contributed to the curriculum of several interdisciplinary programs and, in 2002, was recognized as California's Carnegie Professor of the Year, a prestigious national award that recognizes faculty members for their achievement as undergraduate professors. Conrad's academic research focuses on the effects of race and gender on economic status. Her work has appeared in both academic journals and nonacademic publications including The American Prospect and Black Enterprise.

Before joining the faculty at Pomona College, Conrad served on the faculties of Barnard College and Duke University.  She was also an economist at the Federal Trade Commission and a visiting scholar at The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

From 2008 to 2009, she was the president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE),[3] she is also a former president of the National Economic Association,[4][5] and a former board member of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP).[6]

Dr. Conrad is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, the Poetry Foundation, the National Academy of Social Insurance, IES, and the Sylvia Bozeman and Rhonda Hughes EDGE Foundation.  She is a Trustee Emerita of Muhlenberg College.

Early life

Cecilia Ann Conrad was born on 4 January 1955, St. Louis, Missouri. A year after Cecilia was born, her father, Dr. Emmett James Conrad, became the first African-American surgeon to join the staff of St. Paul’s Hospital, Dallas, Texas (now St. Paul University Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern). He was appointed to the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) by Governor Mark White in 1984, the first African American elected to a citywide office in Dallas. His wife, Cecilia's mother, Eleanor Nelson, acted as his campaign manager when he ran for office. Cecilia was their only child.[1][7]

Education

From 1976 to 1981 she participated in an affirmative action scheme, the Bell Laboratories Cooperative Research program.[7]

Conrad gained her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College (1976) and went on to receive a masters and a doctorate, both from Stanford University (her doctorate, in 1982, specialized in labor economics, industrial organization, and public finance).[8][9]

Career

Awards and honors
  • 2002 California's Carnegie Professor of the Year[12]
  • 2002 Wig Distinguished Professorship Award for Excellence in Teaching (from Pomona College)[9]
  • 2005 Outstanding Academic Title of 2005 for African Americans in the U.S. Economy, which she co-edited,[13] awarded by Choice Magazine[9]
  • 2008 Woman of Power Award at the 2008 annual conference of the National Urban League[14]
  • 2015 Lewis-Oaxaca Distinguished Lecturer at the American Economic Association Summer Mentoring Pipeline Conference
  • 2018 Samuel Z. Westerfield Award (from the National Economic Association)[15]

Selected bibliography

Books
  • Conrad, Cecilia A (2004). Building skills for black workers: preparing for the future labor market. Washington, D.C. Lanham, Maryland: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies University Press of America. ISBN 9780761827795.
  • Conrad, Cecilia A; Whitehead, John; Mason, Patrick; Stewart, James (2005). African Americans in the U.S. economy. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742543782.

Journal articles

Chapters in books
  • Conrad, Cecilia A (1999), "Affirmative action and admission to the University of California", in Ong, Paul (ed.), Impacts of affirmative action: policies and consequences in California, Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press, pp. 171–196, ISBN 9780761990550
  • Conrad, Cecilia A (2018). “Feminist Economics: Second Wave, Tidal Wave, or Barely a Ripple?” Chapter in edited volume The Legacy of 2nd Wave Feminism in American Politics, edited by Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields, Palgrave MacMillan.

Research papers
  • Conrad, Cecilia A; Bloom, David E; Miller, Cynthia K (1996). Child support and fathers' remarriage and fertility. Cambridge Mass: Volume 5781 of National Bureau of Economic Research NBER working paper series (original from: University of Michigan).

Speeches (selected)

Media Interviews (selected)
  • Interview with Priss Benbow, Stanford Social Innovation Review podcast, “MacArthur Foundation Program Leader Reflects on Lessons From 100&Change Grant Competition” April 23, 2019.
gollark: Ugh.
gollark: <@432069474858958848> submit entry.
gollark: <@!137565402501742592> You "exist", submit thing.
gollark: Anyway, once you've finished actively using it and gathering submissions and whatever, you should* release it for osmarks.net use.
gollark: Fascinating.

See also

References
  1. "Living legends: Emmett James Conrad". Texas Caucus of Black School Board Members (TCBSBM). Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. "Conrad, Cecilia, 1955-". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. "Past presidents". International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. "2005 News: Muhlenberg Announces New Trustees". Muhlenberg College. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. "Officers". National Economic Association. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. "CSWEP Board Member - Cecilia A. Conrad". American Economic Association. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. Conrad, Cecilia (January 2014). "Economics as a keystone" (PDF). The Minority Report (6): 14–15. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  8. "Cecilia Conrad: Professional Background". Pomona College. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  9. "Emeritus Program Advisors: Cecilia A. Conrad, Ph.D. (served 2009-2012)". Active Living Research. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  10. "Cecilia A. Conrad, Vice President, MacArthur Fellows Program". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  11. "Cecilia A. Conrad appointed dean of faculty at Scripps College". Scripps College. 30 April 2007. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  12. "U.S. Professors of the Year Awards Program: Find a winner". Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  13. Conrad, Cecilia A; Whitehead, John; Mason, Patrick; Stewart, James (2005). African Americans in the U.S. economy. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742543782.
  14. "Dean of faculty honored with Woman of Power Award". Scripps College. 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  15. "Westerfield Awards | National Economic Association".
Non-profit organisation positions
Preceded by
Martha MacDonald		 President of the International Association for Feminist Economics
2008–2009		 Succeeded by
Susan Himmelweit
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