Why The Milken Institute
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedAdvances global economic and physical well-being by conducting applied research, publishing policy analysis, and promoting solutions to expand capital access, job creation, and health.
- The Milken Institute pursues its mission through a range of programmatic activities in our centers.mi health-fastercures works to improve the medical research system-- to clear roadblocks that prevent medical breakthroughs from reaching patients sooner. Its mission is to accelerate the…$117.3M spent in FY2024
- The Milken Institute actively engages and educates leaders in business, seminars and conferences related to its charitable purpose. These include: global conference, future of health summit, asia summit, middle east and africa summit. The senior staff and fellows speak regularly…$17.7M spent in FY2024
- The Milken Institute pursues its mission through applied economic research and publishes the Milken Institute review - a quarterly magazine that provides a forum for analysis and commentary on u.s. And global economic policy and practice.$2.5M spent in FY2024
Before you apply
FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenAbout the Milken Institute The Milken Institute is a globally minded, publicly supported, non-partisan, and nonprofit think tank headquartered in Santa Monica, with offices in Washington, DC, New York, London, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore. For the past three decades, the Milken Institute has served as a catalyst for practical, scalable solutions to global challenges by connecting human, financial, and educational resources to those who need them. Guided by a conviction that the best ideas, under-resourced, cannot succeed, we conduct research and analysis and convene top experts, innovators, and influencers from different backgrounds and competing viewpoints.
We leverage this expertise and insight to construct programs and policy initiatives. These activities are designed to help people build meaningful lives, in which they can experience health and well-being, pursue effective education and gainful employment, and access the resources required to create ever-expanding opportunities for themselves and their broader communities. The Milken Institute’s events and programmatic activities, involve the exchange of ideas with leaders from around the world.
The Institute hosts more than 200 events each year, with our annual flagship event, Global Conference, bringing together 4,500+ participants from around the world, featuring more than 900+ speakers throughout 200+ sessions over the course of the event.
About the Position
The Milken Institute is seeking an Associate, Business and Program Development in the Santa Monica office to support the development, planning, and execution of finance and business programming across the Institute’s global events. In this role, the candidate would be focused on auditing and maintaining business development-lead panels within our bespoke grid database, which is maintained in Salesforce. This role combines program tracking, speaker coordination, event production, database management, and business development support.
The Associate will work closely with the Business and Program Development team, and collaborate across Global Programming, Speaker Relations, Events and other internal teams. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, digitally fluent, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment. This role requires strong communication skills, sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to work independently while maintaining consistent follow-through. The candidate will report to the Director, Business and Program Development.
Responsibilities
Audit and maintain internal CRM and program databases, including Salesforce, to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Create, maintain, and update program grids and master schedules for Milken Institute conferences and international summits. Track speaker availability, requests, invitations, confirmations, and scheduling. Maintain accurate panel information, including titles, descriptions, speakers, moderators…
About The Milken Institute
From its Form 990- Budget $389M
- Staff 231 · founded 1989
- Pays its leaders $39K–$1.0M (8 reported)
- Open jobs 15 · Jobs at The Milken Institute · Full 990 report