Join CRB Nexus: Where Policy Meets Research for a live virtual discussion featuring Virginia Parks, Darien Shanske, Robert "Robby" Sumner, and Evan White as they discuss Economics, Labor, and Employment policy and practice on Friday, February 23, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM! 

In support of a vibrant community of practice, this event will NOT be recorded. See you there!

The CRB Nexus is a community of California researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and organizations committed to public policy solutions informed by data-driven research. We come together to connect, build professional relationships, and share information. Together we translate evidence into action and foster the next generation of public scholarship aimed at identifying and solving policy issues.

Come meet like-minded Californians as we build a research to policy community of practice!

Economics, Labor, and Employment panelists and special guests:

Dr. Sarah Bohn of the Public Policy Insititue of California. Dr. Bohn is vice president and director of the PPIC Economic Policy Center and leads research and engagement to inform California policymaking to support greater opportunity and upward mobility for workers, families, and businesses statewide. A labor economist, her research focuses on the job market, workforce skills, and the role of education and government programs in upward mobility.

Dr. Virginia Parks of UC Irvine, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy. Virginia Parks, Ph.D., is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality. Her research and teaching interests include labor and employment, racial and gender inequality, urban politics and policy, and local economic development.

Dr. Darien Shanske of UC Davis, School of Law. Before law school, Professor Shanske worked as a financial consultant to California local governments; after law school, he worked as an attorney in the public finance department of Sidley Austin in San Francisco. Professor Shanske then clerked for Judge Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Shanske’s academic interests include taxation, particularly state and local taxation, local government law, public finance, and political theory, particularly jurisprudence.

Robert "Robby" Sumner, Chief Consultant, CA Assembly Committee on Business and Professions

Evan White, J.D./M.P.P., California Policy Lab, UC Berkeley. Evan co-founded the California Policy Lab because he believes that government can and should be the strongest force for good in society. Prior to the Policy Lab, Evan advised Richard Cordray, the first Director of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, on a broad portfolio that included fintech, debt collection, and financial empowerment. Before that, Evan fought against race and disability discrimination during the foreclosure crisis as Director of Fair Housing for Northern California’s largest fair-housing nonprofit.