KEYNOTE & PLENARY PANEL CONVERSATIONS
Welcome to the Keynote and Plenary Conversation Recordings from the 18th Annual Global Health & Innovation Conference
The Global Health & Innovation Conference embraces and nurtures diverse talents, creativity, curiosity, and collaboration. We dive deep into the complexities, impact, challenges, joys, and lessons learned in global health, innovation, education, and social impact. Join this unique forum where everyone is inspired to dive deep, to have meaningful conversations, and to embrace our collective extraordinary potential for growth and impact.
This year’s event included eight phenomenal hour-long keynote conversations, as well as plenary panel conversations with 4-6 thought leaders in each. Each session is an in-depth conversation, with no lectures, memorized talks, or PowerPoints. The sessions are not siloed based on discrete topics, but instead the conference is designed as a unique forum and exchange of ideas across disciplines.
Recordings for each of these sessions are included below.
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION RECORDINGS
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021
9:00-9:55am “A Conversation with Jordan Levy about the Power of Positive Messaging During Challenging Times, ” Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways, in dialogue with Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba, HIV Activist; Ambassador, South African International Youth Committee; Member, International Youth Forum
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10:00-10:45am “A Conversation about Leadership and Public Service with Caroline Kennedy,” Honorary President, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; Former United States Ambassador to Japan, in dialogue with Julie Mountcastle, Head of School, Slate School
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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
8:00-8:55am: “A Conversation with Agnes Binagwaho about Innovations in Global Health Equity,” Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda; Former Minister of Health, Rwanda; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine in dialogue with Jeffrey Blander, Chief Innovation Office Coordinator, PEPFAR Program Management, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
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9:00-9:55am “A Conversation with Peter Singer about Creative Solutions to Global Health Challenges, “ Special Advisor to the Director General, World Health Organization; Former CEO, Grand Challenges Canada in dialogue with Elizabeth Bradley, President, Vassar College
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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021
9:00-9:55am “A Conversation about Integrity and Humility in Global Health with Vanessa Kerry”, Founder and CEO, Seed Global Health; Associate Director of Partnerships and Global Initiatives, Mass General Global Health; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School in dialogue with Shinichi Daimyo, Senior Clinical Lead, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health
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11:00-11:55am: “A Conversation about Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, and Reaching for Hope with Nicholas Kristof,” Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times," in dialogue with Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways
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SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021
9:00-9:55am "A Conversation about Innovation, Impact, and Ending Global Poverty with Ann Mei Chang", Former Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director, US Global Development Lab, USAID, in dialogue with Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors
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10:00-10:55am "A Conversation About Building Back Better Post COVID with Jeffrey Sachs”, Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University; University Professor, Columbia University; Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General, António Guterrez, in dialogue with Brian Heuser, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
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PLENARY PANEL CONVERSATIONS RECORDINGS
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021
11:00-11:55am: Beyond Bold Commitments: Transforming Delivery
Jeffrey Blander, Chief Innovation Office Coordinator, PEPFAR Program Management, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
Lena Fiebig, Head of Tuberculosis, APOPO
Abraham Zerihun Megentta, Ethiopia Program Director, Last Mile Health
David Scheiman, Vice President of Programs, LifeNet International
In Conversation With Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways
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12:00-12:55pm: The Art of Listening, and Authentic Cultural Humility
Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors
Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance
Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030
Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
In Conversation With Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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1:00-1:55pm: Beyond Imagining: The Power of Creativity in Innovation
Ashok (AJ) Kumar, Head of Field Experimentation, Agronomic Products, Indigo; Scientific Advisor, Jana Care
Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University
Eliza Squibb, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Krishna Udayakumar, Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, Duke University; Director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center; Executive Director, Innovations in Healthcare
Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds; Co-Founder, citiesRISE; Co-Founder, Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs; Member, Global Future Council on Mental Health, World Economic Forum; Founder and Principal, Mentor Services
In Conversation With Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology
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2:00-2:55pm: A Deep Dive into Responsible Global Engagement
Michael Ekuoba-Gyasi, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Saint Thomas Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Laura Herman, Principal, Dalberg
Gene Kwan, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine; Health and Policy Advisor, Partners In Health
Jana Zindell, Chief Strategy Officer, Ubuntu Pathways
In Conversation With Jennifer Staple-Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unite For Sight
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3:00-3:55pm: Lessons from the Field: Authentic Collaboration in Low Resource Settings
James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director
Marc Julmisse, Chief Nursing Officer at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais; Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Partners In Health
Alyson Moadel-Robblee, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director, BOLD Cancer Wellness Program, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care
Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston Downtown; Founder and Director, Design Global Change
Arti Patel Varanasi, President & CEO, Advancing Synergy, LLC
In Conversation With David Aylward, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Senior Advisor, Eugene Farley Jr. Health Policy Center, University of Colorado
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4:00-4:55pm: Taking Risks and Embracing Failure: Humility and the Path to Innovation
Kiran Agarwal-Harding, Harvard Global Orthopaedics Collaborative, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ned Breslin
Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Ana Rowena McCullough, CEO, Co-Founder, and Board Chair, QuestBridge; Co-Founder and Co-President, Global Leadership Incubator
Laura Stachel, Executive Director and Co-Founder, We Care Solar
Rich Thorsten, Chief Insights Officer, Water.org
In Conversation With Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways
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5:00-5:55pm: Nurturing the Next Generation of Global Health Leaders and Practitioners
Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Faculty Director, InnovateHealth Yale; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Program Director BA-BS/MPH Program in Public Health, Yale University
Rachel Leatham, Associate Director, Internships and Experiential Learning, Carleton College
Rachel Tomas Morgan, Associate Director, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame
Richard Skolnik, Former Director for HNP, South Asia Region at the World Bank; Former Lecturer, Yale University and The George Washington University; Author, Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101; Instructor, Yale/Coursera - 'Essentials of Global Health'
Harsh Sule, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Director, Office of Global Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
In Conversation With Lanch McCormick, Director of Student Engagement for Undergraduate Research & Distinguished Scholarships, University of Oregon
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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021
10:00-10:55am: Effective Building of Healthcare Workforce Capacity
Jennifer Dohrn, Director, Office of Global Initiatives and WHO Collaborating Center in Advanced Practice Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing
Naz Karim, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Brown University
Martin Klein, Director, Executive MPH, Yale School of Public Health; Executive Director, Yale Center for Climate Change and Health; Lecturer, Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health
Margaret Tarpley, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana
In Conversation With Patricia Davidson, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Wollongong (May 2021)
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11:00-11:55am: Accountability and Transparency in Science: How Do We Know What Is Effective?
Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health
Leslie London, Chair of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
Anatole Manzi, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Quality & Health Systems Strengthening; Director, Learning Collaborative, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
In Conversation With David Tovey, Chair, Scientific Committee, Center for Biomedical Research Transparency; Co-Editor in Chief Elect, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology; Senior Adviser, COVID-END and COVID-NMA; Emeritus Editor in Chief, Cochrane
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12:00-12:55pm: Focus on the Whole Child
Ned Breslin
Alexandra Harrison, President and Co-Founder, Supporting Child Caregivers; Assistant Professor Part-Time in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Core Faculty, University of Massachusetts Boston Infant Parent Mental Health Post Graduate Certificate Course
Morgan Lance, CEO, OneSky for all children
Alison Porcelli, District-Wide Staff Developer, Katonah-Lewisboro School District in Westchester County, NY; Co-Author, Purposeful Play: A Teacher’s Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day; Co-Author, A Quick Guide to Boosting English Language Acquisition through Choice Time
Nomawethu Siswana, Family Engagement Coordinator, Ubuntu Pathways
In Conversation With Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University
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1:00-1:55pm: Expecting the Unexpected in Healthcare Delivery: Challenge as Opportunity
Michael Ekuoba-Gyasi, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Saint Thomas Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
Regan Marsh, Senior Technical Lead, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Laura Stachel, Executive Director and Co-Founder, We Care Solar
John Tarpley, Head of Department, Surgery Faculty, Medicine University of Botswana
Sten Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
In Conversation With Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors
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2:00-2:55pm How to Design for Impact at Scale
Edith Elliott, Co-Founder and CEO, Noora Health
Ari Johnson, CEO, Muso; Associate Professor, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences
Kiah Williams, Co-Founder, SIRUM
In Conversation With Jim Bildner, CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Institute for Civil Society and the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University
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3:00-3:55pm: Communicating and Evolving an Organization’s Values and Impact
Jane Aronson, Clinical Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine; Founder and Former CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Director, International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC; Director, Global Behavioral Health Network for Children and Young People
Andrea Feigl-Ding, Founder and CEO, Health Finance Institute
Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group
Andy Posner, Founder and CEO, Capital Good Fund
Derek Yach, President, Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
In Conversation With Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Advisory LLC
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4:00-4:55pm: Beyond the Box: The Path from Idea to Field Success
Dan Berelowitz, Founder and CEO, Spring Impact
Andy Bryant, Executive Director, Segal Family Foundation
Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health
Elizabeth Johansen, Founder, Spark Health Design; Director of Product Design, Vaxess Technologies; formerly Design that Matters and IDEO
Thane Kreiner, CEO, Marin Agricultural Land Trust; Board Member, Conservation X Labs; Co-Founder, Black Corporate Board Readiness Program
In Conversation With Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group
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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021
10:00-10:55am: Better Together: The Art of Collaboration
Elizabeth Bradley, President, Vassar College
Ned Breslin
Scott Corlew, Lecturer, Program in Global Health and Social Change, Harvard Medical School
Charlie MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save The Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action
Santa Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia
Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
In Conversation with Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 2/3 Teacher, Slate School
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12:00-12:55pm: Discovering Your Passion and Your Purpose: Pathways to Fulfilling Careers
Robin Allinson Smalley, Co-Founder and Chief Connector, mothers2mothers International
Shinichi Daimyo, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health
Richard Gerver, Innovator and Educator; Adviser to the UK Government; Author, Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Today and Change: Learn to Love it, Learn to Lead it
Ana Rowena McCullough, CEO, Co-Founder, and Board Chair, QuestBridge; Co-Founder and Co-President, Global Leadership Incubator
In Conversation With Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 2/3 Teacher, Slate School
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1:00-1:55pm: Embracing New Possibilities: Inspiration from Mentors and Mentorship
Pam Bolton, SVP, Global Health, Tech Care for All
Shinichi Daimyo, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health
Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors
Charlie MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save The Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action
Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
In Conversation With Marie H. Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine
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2:00-2:55pm: Innovation in Low-Resource Settings
James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director
Rose Molina, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School; Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Associate Faculty at Ariadne Labs
Lynn Murphy Michalopoulos, Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work; Global Health and Mental Health Unit, Social Intervention Group, Columbia University School of Social Work
Steve Ollis, Senior Digital Health Advisor, Center for Digital Health, John Snow Inc.; Team Lead, MEASURE Evaluation Project, John Snow, Inc.; Co-Chair, Global Digital Health Network
Lindsey Pollaczek, Vice President of Programs, Fistula Foundation
In Conversation With Katherine Semrau, Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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3:00-3:55pm: Student Leaders in Global Health
“An Evaluation of the 2035 WHO End TB Strategy in 40 High Burden Countries,” Jaeyoon Cha, Undergraduate Student, Princeton University
“Virtual Consults: A Paradigm Shift for Second Opinions in Oncology Care,” Nechelle Dias, Undergraduate Student, University of Connecticut
“A Global Ecological Study of Associations Between National Non-Communicable Disease Burden and COVID-19 Outcomes,” Drew Prinster, Undergraduate Student, Yale University
“HPV Vaccine Implementation in Rwanda: A Remarkable Journey and a Motivation for the Developing World,” Mansi Purwaha, Undergraduate Student, University of Toronto
In Conversation With Jaimie Steinmetz, Research Scientist, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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3:00-3:55pm: Eliminating Barriers to Care for the Hardest-to-Reach Patients
Christina Briegleb, Senior Director of Global Programs, We Care Solar
Arachu Castro, Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America and Director of the Collaborative Group for Health Equity in Latin America, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance
Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Friends Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
Stefani Zimmerman, Account Executive, SAS
In Conversation With Marie H. Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine
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4:00-4:55pm: Storytelling for Impact
Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative
Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift
Yvonne MacPherson, North America Director, BBC Media Action
Cliff Schmidt, Executive Director, Amplio
Rebecca Wear Robinson, Founder and President, Make the Minute Matter, Inc.
In Conversation With Rachel Turkel, Volunteer Experience Coach, Crisis Text Line; Board Member, Unite For Sight
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4:00-4:55pm: Exploring Intersectionality and Equity in Global Health
Rebecca Hardin, Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Anatole Manzi, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Quality & Health Systems Strengthening; Director, Learning Collaborative, US Public Health Accompaniment Unit, Partners In Health; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030
In Conversation With Shinichi Daimyo, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Project HOME; Advisor, American Psychological Association, Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program; Previous Senior Advisor, Mental Health, Partners In Health
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SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021
11:00-11:55am: Lessons from the Field: Turning Ideas into Policies
Kelly Brownell, Director, World Food Policy Center, Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
Woodie Kessel, Senior Scholar, Koop Institute, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Professor of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College; Professor of the Practice, School of Public Health, University of Maryland
Linda Reinstein, President and CEO, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
Michael Schmoyer, Assistant Director for Health Security Threats, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
Alicia Ely Yamin, Lecturer on Law and Senior Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School; Senior Advisor on Human Rights, Partners in Health
In Conversation With Sam Daley-Harris, Founder and Principal, Civic Courage, A Program of RESULTS Educational Fund
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12:00-12:55pm: Funding for Bold Social Impact
Thane Kreiner, CEO, Marin Agricultural Land Trust; Board Member, Conservation X Labs; Co-Founder, Black Corporate Board Readiness Program
Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health
Charlie MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save The Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action
Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
In Conversation With Robin Allinson Smalley, Co-Founder and Chief Connector, mothers2mothers International
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