Joe Cortright is President and principal economist with Impresa, a Portland consulting firm specializing in regional economic analysis, innovation and industry clusters.  Joe is senior policy advisor for CEOs for Cities, a national organization of urban leaders, and has served as a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.  Joe is also lead researcher for the Talent Dividend Prize, a national competition to promote increased educational attainment. He has advised to state and local governments, private businesses, foundations and advocacy groups in more than a dozen states, Canada and Europe.