Tomicah Tilleman

Change Agent, Connector, Idea generator, Inventor, Investor, Policy maker, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Tomicah is a leader in the fields of social finance, civic innovation and Blockchain technology. He serves as Director of the Bretton Woods II program and co-founder of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator at New America. Bretton Woods II works with large asset owners to reduce risk and volatility through strategic investments in social impact and development. The Blockchain Trust Accelerator develops Blockchain-based solutions to governance and social impact challenges. He is also Chair of the Global Blockchain Business Council, launched at Davos in 2017, and a member of the Board at the BitFury Group, the world's leading full-service Blockchain company. Between 2009 and 2014, Tomicah served as a speechwriter and senior advisor to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry during their tenures as Secretary of State. He led a team that operated like venture capitalists and translated promising ideas and technologies into successful diplomacy. He also established and chaired the State Department's Global Philanthropy Working Group and the State Department's Advisory Committee on civil society. Tomicah joined the State Department as Secretary Clinton's speechwriter in 2009 and collaborated with her on over 200 speeches. Previously, he spent four years on the professional staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee working with Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Barack Obama. Tomicah's other professional experience includes work with the White House, five U.S. Senate and Congressional campaigns, Reuters New Media, and the World Bank. Tomicah is a co-holder of four patents. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University and holds a Ph.D. with distinction from Johns Hopkins. He has lectured at Yale Law School, Princeton, and testified repeatedly before Congress. He is a frequent keynote speaker, TEDx talker, and guest on media outlets including the BBC and public radio.

System change. Sequencing investment in solutions to the world's biggest problems. Harnessing tech to rebuild trust in institutions.

IDEA #1: The most important technology of the next 20 years has arrived. It's called Blockchain. It's going to transform the way we conduct commerce, build trust in institutions, and interact with government. --- IDEA #2: The largest investors--long-term asset allocators that control $85 trillion-- don't have to accept the world as they find it. They can use their investment strategies to shape a landscape that's more conducive to stability, sustainability, good governance, and prosperity. In doing so, they can help resource solutions to the world's biggest challenges, reduce their exposure to risk, and deliver better returns for investors.

Blockchain, Building Trust, Diplomacy, Governance, Impact Investing, Innovation, Philanthropy, Politics, SDGs

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Questioning the way society is constructed