Maryland appoints new chief innovation officer

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Francesca Ioffreda has been appointed as Maryland’s new chief innovation officer, Gov. Wes Moore announced. Ioffreda will lead the first-ever Bloomberg Philanthropies-supported state-level Innovation Team. Ioffreda will oversee a seven-person team that will use data analysis, rapid prototyping, insight development, and project management to help state agencies create and test new efforts to reduce child poverty in the state. […]

Bloomberg Philanthropies launches child poverty innovation team in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, MD—The charitable organization Bloomberg Philanthropies will establish an innovation team to work with the government of Maryland to reduce child poverty. The State Innovation Team, as it will be called, will be led by a chief innovation officer and will consist of seven other team members who will work across different state agencies to develop plans and initiatives aimed […]

Bloomberg Philanthropies, state of Maryland to fund Johns Hopkins University-led COVID-19 treatment research

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Bloomberg Philanthropies, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and Johns Hopkins University announced on Friday a joint effort to fund research into the potential therapeutic uses of COVID-19 convalescent plasma, led by Arturo Casadevall, an infectious disease expert and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor who holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School […]