Terry Babcock-Lumish
| Terry Babcock-Lumish | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Terry Lumish March 25, 1976 Miami, Florida, United States |
| Alma mater |
Carnegie Mellon University (BS) Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (MPA) Oxford University (DPhil) |
| Occupation | Professor, Entrepreneur, Policymaker |
| Notable credit(s) |
Islay Consulting LLC, President & Founder Economic, policy, and political consultancy firm (2005-present) United States Military Academy, Assistant professor of economics and senior scholarship adviser (2012–2014) Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, Founding director of public policy (2011-2012) Harry S. Truman Scholarship, winner, (1996) |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Babcock-Lumish |
| Website |
www |
Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish is an American professor, entrepreneur, and policymaker. She is President and Founder of Islay Consulting LLC, an economic, policy, and political consultancy she founded in 2005.[1]
Early life
Babcock-Lumish was born in Miami, Florida. Her father, Dr. Robert Lumish, was an infectious disease specialist and Chief of Infectious Diseases at UPMC Mercy Hospital.[2]
Babcock-Lumish grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Upper St. Clair High School. She received a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University. While there, she won a Harry S. Truman Scholarship. She later earned a master's degree in public affairs from Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a Doctor of Philosophy from University of Oxford, St. John's College.
Career
From 1999-2001, Babcock-Lumish worked for the United States Government as a fellow in the Presidential Management Fellows Program in the President's Council of Economic Advisers.[1] Upon leaving the White House in 2001, she served as a researcher for two books by the Honorable Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore.[1]
From 2002-2004, Babcock-Lumish served as an associate fellow and research associate at the Rothermere American Institute.[3]
In 2005, Babcock-Lumish founded Islay Consulting LLC. Islay provides consulting services to include economic, policy, and political analysis.[4]
From 2005-2008, Babcock-Lumish served as a senior research associate at Harvard Law School.[5] From there, she went on to serve as a visiting research associate at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment.[6]
In January 2011, Babcock-Lumish was appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer and the first Newman Director of Public Policy at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College.[7] In this position, Babcock-Lumish directed the public policy program.
From 2012-2014, Babcock-Lumish served as an assistant professor of economics at the United States Military Academy.[1]
Awards
Babcock-Lumish was named a Harry S. Truman Scholarship winner in 1996.[8] She went on to earn the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation's Elmer B. Staats Award, the Foundation's highest honor granted to one Truman Scholar annually.[8]
Babcock-Lumish served as a Clarendon Scholarship recipient from 2002-2004 while reading her DPhil at Oxford.
In 2007, Babcock-Lumish received the young alumni award from Carnegie Mellon University.[9]
In 2010, she won the Mexico International Film Festival Silver Palm Award as the consulting producer for the documentary Women on the Edge: The Mexican Immigrant Experience.[10]
The American Swiss Foundation, the National Committee on US-China Relations' Young Leaders Forum, the Council for the US and Italy, and the British-American Project have all recognized Babcock-Lumish as a young leader.[11]
Published works
- Trust Network Sclerosis: The Hazard of Trust in Innovation Investment Communities, ('Journal of Financial Transformation, Vol. 29, pp. 163–172'; 2009).]
In this publication, Babcock-Lumish coined the term "trust network sclerosis," describing the phenomenon in which excessive reliance on trustworthiness results in a form of decision-making lock-in.
- Pricing the Economic Landscape: Global Financial Markets and the Communities and Institutions of Risk Management, ('Political Economies of Landscape'; 2008; ISBN 9781402058493).]
Articles
- , West Point and the Culinary Institute of America: An Exchange of Experiences, The New York Times', May 15, 2015
- , My personal pivot to Asia, The Hill', August 22, 2014
Media appearances
Babcock-Lumish appeared on NBC's TODAY Show in 2014 in a segment titled Cadets, chefs break down barriers,[12]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "DisplayBio.aspx". www.usma.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Obituary: Robert M. Lumish / Chief of Infectious Diseases at UPMC Mercy Hospital". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Former Fellows | The Rothermere American Institute". www.rai.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "What We Do". Islay Consulting. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Terry Babcock-Lumish". www.shesource.org. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Terry Babcock-Lumish". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Terry Babcock-Lumish". Revisiting The Great Society: the Role of Government from FDR and LBJ to Today. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- 1 2 "Elmer B. Staats Award | The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation". www.truman.gov. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/getinvolved/alumniawards/awardpastwinners04032014.pdf
- ↑ "Mexico International Film Festival | Mexico Film Festivals - 2010 Winners". www.mexicofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ Oxford, University of. ", Clarendon Fund Scholarships". www.clarendon.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Cadets, chefs break down barriers". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.