2016 TIAA Lecture Series: April Rinne
April Rinne is a seasoned expert and strategic advisor on the sharing economy, the peer-based sharing of access to goods and services coordinated through community-based resources. This includes car sharing, renting apartments and houses, crowdfunding, and even sharing one’s talents and skills.
Worth billions, the sharing economy is not just an economic breakthrough but also a cultural one, building stronger communities through economic growth and participatory democracy. Working across for-profit and nonprofit models, April advises companies, policy makers, entrepreneurs and investors on how to transform communities.
As the 2016 TIAA-CREF Speaker, April will share her knowledge of how cities like Charlotte can fully leverage the sharing economy to develop efficient markets, design for resilience, and realize the value of full citizen participation.
April, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, advises social enterprises, microfinance organizations, and large foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She stays at the forefront of disruptive innovation, financial inclusion, and micro-entrepreneurship through her roles on the Board of Directors of the World Wide Web Foundation and the advisory boards of Harvard’s Law and International Development Society, the National League of Cities, and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network.