Chris Surprenant is professor of ethics, strategy, and public policy at the University of New Orleans, where he also directs UNO's Urban Entrepreneurship and Policy Institute. His academic work focuses on current issues in ethics and public policy, including the connection between human well-being and entrepreneurship; the importance of free exchange to the proper functioning of a free society; and the role of financial incentives in shaping institutions and influencing public policy, especially in the US criminal justice system. For the past three years, he has examined the opportunities and challenges for minority entrepreneurs, especially coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. From July 2023 through June 2026, he will be examining how to make high school financial education more impactful for minority and Pell-eligible students. This project is supported by a $2M grant from the John Templeton Foundation.