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Christy Kane

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Gabriel Kuris
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Christy Kane
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Executive Director
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Louisiana Appleseed
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English
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Abstract

In this interview, Christy Kane talks about the creation of Louisiana Appleseed, an advocacy organization that works to solve societal problems by altering public policy. She was initially an attorney at Adams and Reese LLP, a law firm that incubated Louisiana Appleseed, and soon became the organization’s executive director. Kane discusses Louisiana Appleseed’s efforts to reform property and heirship laws after natural disasters, so that people could get access to funding to repair their homes. She talks about the process of proposing changes to the law, negotiating, and compromising with opposition, as well as the features of Louisiana's civil law system. Kane also discusses Louisiana Appleseed’s collaboration with Appleseed centers in other states to promote disaster recovery on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Lastly, she talks about working with local organizations to make sure that any change in legislation actually benefits the people it was meant to help.

 

Profile

At the time of this interview, Christy Kane was Louisiana Appleseed’s first executive director. She began working with Louisiana Appleseed in 2007. Kane left her position as a class-action litigator at Adams and Reese LLP, a firm in New Orleans, in 2009 to work with Louisiana Appleseed full time. She received her law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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Christy Kane Full Interview

Innovations in Land Tenure Systems and Land Titling (Cross-Cutting)

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Innovations for Successful Societies Program
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This cross-cutting analysis draws on a series of case studies conducted by Innovations for Successful Societies under the auspices of a grant from the Omidyar Network and the British Academy-Department for International Development Anti-Corruption Evidence Program. Published February 2018.

 

Leslie Hildebrandt and Godfrey Archbold

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Maya Gainer
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Leslie Hildebrandt and Godfrey Archbold
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English
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British Columbia
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Abstract

In this interview, Godfrey Archbold and Leslie Hildebrandt discuss their private corporation, The Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSA), which was formed in 2005 and administers the land titles and survey systems of British Columbia. Archbold and Hildebrandt go into detail about their own involvement with the program, which began forming in 2003. They go on to explain the process of establishing this organization, which required overhauling the previous administrative system and coordinating between government and private business to create a new one. 

Profile

At the time of the interview, Godfrey Archbold was the president and CEO of the LTSA. He had been working with the LTSA and in service of the province of British Columbia for the past 35 years.

Leslie Hildebrandt was serving at the Vice President of the LTSA in Regulatory and Corporate Affairs. As stated on the LTSA’s offical website, “Leslie Hildebrandt, LL.B., leads the LTSA's corporate legal and regulatory services and her team directly supports the LTSA's corporate governance, compliance and public administration accountabilities

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Godfrey Archbold and Leslie Hildebrandt Interview