April 4, 2022 Group Watch: Alabama’s Innovation Economy Sees Strength In Inclusion
Alabama’s innovation economy will not reach its full potential unless it is inclusive. That was the message from Alabama Director Bill Poole who chairs the board of the Alabama Innovation Corporation. Poole said the innovation economy needs input from women and other groups to ensure that all ideas are being captured and all are being represented as the state pulls in unison to grow in areas of entrepreneurship, technology, research and development, and the broader knowledge-based economy. The Corporation board includes two women, including Gov. Ivey and Alabama native Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state and director of the Hoover Institution. Poole said there are a number ways Alabama can grow the innovation economy, but one key will be to convince more college graduates to remain in Alabama.
