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Marina Gorbis

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Executive Director at Institute for the Future
📍 Menlo Park, California, United States

Marina Gorbis serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF), guiding organizations on the transformations in work and value creation. A graduate of UC Berkeley, she launched the Workable Futures and Equitable Enterprise Initiatives to prototype positive platforms and understand new work patterns, shaping discourse on technological and social innovation.

Originally from Odessa, Ukraine, Marinas personal history in the former Soviet Union provides her with a unique global perspective that informs her work. This background fuels her analysis of how social networks and community-based systems create value, a theme she connects to both past and future economies.

She coined the term "socialstructed" to describe how technology and social relationships are rebuilding our economy and institutions from the ground up.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Future of Work
Leads the 'Workable Futures Initiative' at IFTF, exploring how technology and AI will reshape jobs, organizations, and the skills needed for tomorrow.
Equitable Enterprise
Founder of the 'Equitable Enterprise Initiative, ' which aims to develop and prototype new, fairer models for businesses and organizations.
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Career

Work history

9-1998
Executive Director
Institute for the Future
Director
SRI International
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A Talk by Marina Gorbis, Executive Director, Institute for the Future. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1981 - 1983
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University of California, Berkeley
1976 - 1979
BA
University of California, Berkeley
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