Dr. Tiffany Manuel is the President and CEO of TheCaseMade, a public benefit
corporation dedicated to helping leaders powerfully and intentionally make the case for
systems change. In this role, Dr. Manuel works with hundreds of passionate social change
leaders, changemakers and innovators around the United States who are building better, stronger
communities that are diverse, equitable and inclusive. By aligning their community stakeholders
around the kind of deep systems changes that can improve population outcomes, these leaders are
able to grow their impact, scale their programs, and harness the investments they need to improve
their communities. Dr. Manuel is a dynamic speaker, thought leader, and writer on the issues of
community development, social change and cross-sector partnerships. She has worked to expand
opportunity for low-income workers, families and communities through 25+ years of professional and
volunteer experience spanning the private and non-profit sectors, government and academia. She is
the primary architect of the Opportunity360, a data platform with more than 100k+ users in the
community development field, it remains the most comprehensive data platform for practitioners
looking to advance systems change and population outcomes. Dr. Manuel is passionate about
translating the insights harvested from this work to increase opportunities for public deliberation and
public will-building around the issues of poverty, inequality and social exclusion. Dr. Manuel holds
doctorate and master’s degrees in public policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston, a
master’s degree in political science from Purdue University and a bachelor’s degree from the
University of Chicago.