Dr. Stephen Hollingshead helps create jobs in tough spots using technology to improve and extend property rights governance.

  A former financial regulator and cabinet-level economic advisor, he founded ChangeInEx to address the global de-risking crisis (banks fleeing developing markets because of post-9/11 regulation) and created the Secured Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) model for investment in post-conflict environments.

  Both these tools emerged from his work to combat genocide and the refugee crisis, and they share a common theme:  The only enduring solution is to give families the dignity of productive work.  That means giving basic property rights—identity, title, and exchange—to workers most in need; and improving property rights for investors and entrepreneurs where investment is most needed.

  He is Lead Director of LevelField Financial, inc., in its acquisition of the soon to be LevelField Bank.