Tony Guidotti is a Justice, Health, and Democracy fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and a Consultant with New America. As part of the Justice, Health, and Democracy Impact Initiative, Tony leads a research portfolio exploring the impact of economic dignity and security on the health of democratic institutions and how community wealth building methodologies can help develop local institutions and ensure wealth is broadly shared. Within New America, Tony works closely with Elizabeth Garlow, acting as project manager for The Opportunity Project, collaborating with federal and local agencies, along with other stakeholders, to develop alternative well-being metrics and digital tools to help communities implement them. He is interested in the intersection of property-owning democracy and distributism and motivated driven by a desire to foster normative principles, especially integral human development, within the public policy process.
Tony received his Master of Global Affairs from the University of Notre Dame in 2020. He has served as a Research Partner for Catholic Relief Services in Bangladesh and Uganda, studying how humanitarian cash transfers could be used to improve refugee financial inclusion, and as a Livelihood Consultant with Food for the Poor in Honduras. Most recently, Tony was an Innovation Fellow with enFocus, partnering with civic institutions to foster sustainable and community-driven economic programming. Tony enjoys board games, reading, and loudly supporting the Minnesota Vikings and Notre Dame Fighting Irish football teams.