Committed to making economic development visions a reality, Michael Kane has been a practitioner as well as researcher in the community and economic development field for more than 25 years. He specializes in regional economic development planning, sector analysis and organizing, and positioning higher educational institutions to better capitalize on their economic and workforce development assets.

A co-founder of Mt. Auburn Associates, Beth Siegel has led the firm for over 20 years in designing and implementing regional economic development strategies and evaluating economic development and workforce initiatives.