Business Plan for America
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Recent elections have sent a consistent message: Americans want progress on affordability and economic opportunity—and a government they can trust to deliver. The country’s credibility, at home and abroad, depends on getting this right.
Business Plan for America
CEOs who expect instability to persist
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US House Members in Age Bands by Party
Congressional Tenure Analysis
Leadership Now’s latest report examines Congressional tenure, benchmarking it across parties and peer nations to provide a fact base for reform by Democrats and Republicans alike.
The findings are unequivocal: America faces a widening generational gap in political leadership—one that weakens institutional effectiveness, erodes public confidence, and risks putting the U.S. economy at a competitive disadvantage.
This analysis is designed to support bipartisan reform and offer practical, actionable solutions.
Leadership Now MBA Policy Challenge
Graduate teams proposed bold policies to strengthen the U.S. constitutional framework and responsible economic growth and opportunity. Submissions were anonymized and scored by business and public policy experts using a quantitative rubric. See the winning papers below:
ENERGI Act
Pat Cronin - Duke University (MBA & Master and Environmental Management); Athena Tamayo Luisce - Duke University (MBA & Master and Environmental Management); Sam Tolbert - Duke University and University of North Carolina (MBA & Master and Environmental Management); Vishal Vinod - Duke University (Master and Environmental Management)
American Investment Continuity Act
Katherine Waltma - University of Pennsylvania (MBA) & Harvard Kennedy School (MPP); Anisha Vavilala - Harvard Business School (MBA) & Harvard Kennedy School (MPP); Charlotte Laracy - Harvard Kennedy School (MPP)
Powering the Rust Belt Forward
Ridha Al-Wishah, Mohamed Amen Hammami, Chaithanya Sivakumar
AI Care Corps Act
Austrella Balley, Matthew Caruso, Jamie Coleman, Brooklyn Mosley
Unlock the Map
Alex Koh, Dean Blackmer
State-by-State Democracy Grades
A high-level tool for policymakers and citizens alike, grading each state on democratic health using data-driven criteria—election access, voting, institutional robustness, and demographic representation—built to help stakeholders make informed decisions on engaging in state-level political reform.
How It's Scored: