Maureen Conway

VP Aspen Institute

Maureen Conway is vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director of the Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program (EOP). EOP works to expand individuals’ opportunities to connect to quality work, start businesses, and build economic stability that provides the freedom to pursue opportunity. Maureen’s current work includes research on strategies to improve job quality for low-wage workers, leadership of the EOP’s Job Quality Fellowship, investigation of business practices that support high-quality jobs, and curation of a public discussion series that brings voices from business, labor, policy, philanthropy, media, and more together to discuss opportunities for building an economy in which all can thrive.

In addition, Maureen serves as an executive fellow at the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. Maureen has written a variety of research reports and case studies related to workforce and community economic development strategies. She has been quoted in a variety of news media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio, and her writing has appeared in Fast Company, POLITICO, Newsweek, Quartz, CNN.com, and other outlets. Maureen holds an MBA from Columbia University, a master’s in regional planning from the University of North Carolina, and a bachelor’s in economics and mathematics from Holy Cross College.