Ida Rademacher

Ida Rademacher is a vice president at The Aspen Institute, where she is co-executive director of the Financial Security Program and launched and leads the Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy. With a background in economic anthropology and ecological economics, her efforts have resulted in the creation of cutting-edge initiatives and events, including the Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative (EPIC), the Aspen Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings, Benefits21, the Global Inclusive Growth Summit and The Future of Wealth. Previously, Rademacher was chief program officer at Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and led research and evaluation projects at the Aspen Economic Opportunities Program. Co-editor of The Future of Building Wealth: Brief Essays on the Best Ideas to Build Wealth – for Everyone, she’s an advisor on the FDIC Committee for Economic Inclusion and executive fellow at Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.