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Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
Vice President and Director of Research
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Ben Damerow
Senior Director, Center for Workforce Innovation and Solutions
Chloe Gibbs
Senior Economist
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Iryna Lendel
Senior Director of Regional Economic and Community Development
Jakki Bungart-Bibb
Director, Michigan Works! Southwest
Michael Horrigan
President
Monique Davis
Economist
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Timothy J. Bartik
Senior Economist
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