Global Leadership Forum (2018)
Overview
The 2018 Global Leadership Forum brought 21 emerging leaders from more than 16 countries together to discuss and identify solutions for Advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment. Participants were all deeply committed to promoting women’s entrepreneurship, access to financial services, vocational training and career education, empowering and inclusive workplaces, and gender equality. The four day program moved between the Grounds of the University of Virginia and nearby Morven Farm.
The annual Global Leadership Forum is a premier, multi-regional gathering of young professionals. Each year brings a new program topic, spanning across a week of plenary sessions, small group discussions, breakout workshops, and site visits to community organizations. Since its launch in 2015, the Global Leadership Forum has convened emerging leaders from 63 countries in every region of the world.
"The Power of Partnerships for Advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment” conference is part of the Presidential Precinct’s 2018 Global Leadership Forum. Distinguished speakers will include President of the University of Virginia James E. Ryan; Manisha Singh, Assistant Secretary of State for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; and Rick Goings, Executive Chairman of Tupperware Brands Corporation.
At the University of Virginia’s iconic Rotunda, start your morning by networking with top executives and young leaders from around the world and delve into the key questions this conference will explore: What are the main challenges and opportunities facing women as they seek to contribute to and benefit from economic activity and growth? How are governments, corporations, and nonprofits working together to increase women’s participation in the economic arena? What can young people do to empower women around the world?
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Presenting Partner
Partnership of Purpose
Tupperware’s sponsorship of the Global Leadership Forum reflects their longstanding commitment of igniting global communities, especially women, to realize their best selves. As a pillar in the company’s purpose for 70 years, the Global Leadership Forum is among other select programs and women’s initiatives that the company supports, including the Global Links program. Since 2012 this cross-cultural exchange program has been empowering women through education and opportunity by engaging high achieving female business and economics professors in developing and post-conflict countries. Co-founded by Tupperware Brands and Rollins College, with the support of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, Global Links has provided free social entrepreneurship training to more than 4,000 university students, faculty and staff who have mentored more than 150 female entrepreneurs in Iraq and India.
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The 2018 Global Leadership Forum is also made possible thanks to the support of CFA Institute, the premier global association of investment management professionals.
Speakers & Facilitators
Rick Goings
Executive Chairman
Tupperware Brands Corporation
Gabrielle Ingram
Vice President of Global Talent Management & Leadership Development
Tupperware Brands Corporation
Christine Mahoney
Professor of Public Policy and Politics; Director of SE@UVA
UVA Batten School of Public Policy
James E. Ryan
President
The University of Virginia
Jeanine Braithwaite
Professor of Public Policy
UVA Batten School of Public Policy
Elinor Steele
Vice President of Global Communications & Women's Initiatives
Tupperware Brands Corporation
Dr. Rumpa Chakraborty
Professor of Finance & Accounting
Shri Shikshayatan College
Sanchari Chatterjee
Global Links Changemaker
The University of Calcutta
Lisa Plaxco
Head, CFA Program
CFA Institute
Samm Miller
Managing Partner & President
Hillcrest Finance LLC
Megan O'Donnell
Senior Policy Manager for Gender & Inclusive Growth
The ONE Campaign
Kat Imhoff
President & CEO
The Montpelier Foundation
James B. Murray, Jr.
Founder
The Presidential Precinct
Vusi Mahlasela
South African Singer, Songwriter, and Poet-Activist
Stewart Gamage
Director
Morven Programs
Abella Bateyunga
Tanzanian Social Entrepreneur and Youth Mentor
Renee Grisham
Board Member
The Presidential Precinct
Bala Mulloth
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
UVA Batten School of Public Policy
Lulu Haangala-Wood
Zambian Media Consultant
Danielle Hopkins
Founder
IF Consulting
Jaronda Miller Bryant
Director, Engaged Scholarship & Global Outreach; Associate Program Director, Young Women Leaders Program
UVA Women's Center
Lauren Purnell
Senior Business Development Lead: Innovation & Strategy Team
UVA Health System,
Rachel Spracker
Compliance Director for Equity and Affirmative Action
UVA Office for Equal Opportunity & Civil Rights
Mary Conway Dato-on
Professor of International Business and Social Entrepreneurship
Crummer Graduate School of Business
Eric Field
Director of Information Technology
UVA School of Architecture
Lucy Bassett
Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy
UVA Batten School of Public Policy
Josh Chance
Manager, Society & Institutional Engagement
CFA Institute
Nancy Hopkins
Director of Programs
The Presidential Precinct
Yasmin Mesbah
Program Manager
Global Links
Agenda
Day 1
October 29, 2018
9:00AM-12:15PM
Leadership and Personal Development Workshop
Rick Goings, Executive Chairman, Tupperware Brands Corporation
Gabrielle Ingram, Vice President of Global Talent Management and Leadership, Tupperware Brands Corporation
1:30-2:00PM
Opening Roundtable Discussion
Nancy Hopkins, Director of Programs, The Presidential Precinct
2:00-4:00PM
Introduction and Discussion of Case Project
Christine Mahoney, Professor of Public Policy and Politics; Director of SE@UVA, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, The University of Virginia
Design Thinking Workshop
Christine Mahoney, Professor of Public Policy and Politics; Director of SE@UVA, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, The University of Virginia
4:00-5:30PM
Strategy Session with SheLab Mentors
Day 2
October 30, 2018
8:15-11:30AM
Power of Partnerships Conference
Networking & Light Breakfast
The Power of Place
James E. Ryan, President, The University of Virginia
Jeanine Braithwaite, Professor of Public Policy, UVA Batten School of Public Policy
Keynote Speech: A New Narrative
Rick Goings, Executive Chairman, Tupperware Brands Corporation
The Global Links Program: Empowerment through Education and Entrepreneurship
Elinor Steele, Vice President of Global Communications & Women's Initiatives, Tupperware Brands Corporation
Dr. Rumpa Chakraborty, Professor of Finance & Accounting, Shri Shikshayatan College; Global Links Scholar
Sanchari Chatterjee, Global Links Changemaker, The University of Calcutta
Catalyzing Women's Economic Participation
Lisa Plaxco, Head, CFA Program, CFA Institute
Samm Miller, Managing Partner & President, Hillcrest Finance LLC
Megan O'Donnell, Senior Policy Manager for Gender & Inclusive Growth, The ONE Campaign
Kat Imhoff, President & CEO, The Montpelier Foundation
The Power of Ideas
James B. Murray, Jr., Founder, The Presidential Precinct
Musical Performance
Vusi Mahlasela, South African Singer, Songwriter, and Poet-Activist
12:00-1:00PM
Young Leader Award Luncheon
Honoring Abella Bateyunga, Presidential Precinct Alumna from Tanzania
1:30-3:00PM
Strategy Session with SheLab Mentors
3:30-5:00PM
Communicating the Impact of your Social Venture
Bala Mulloth, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UVA Batten School of Public Policy
5:00-6:00PM
SE@UVA Speaker Series: Community Empowerment and Economic Opportunity
Lisa Hamilton, Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Annie E. Casey Foundation
7:30-9:30PM
Vusi Mahlasela Public Concert
Hosted at the Jefferson Theatre
Day 3
October 31, 2018
8:30-10:00AM
Strategy Session with SheLab Mentors
10:30-11:45AM
Site Visit: Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment in Charlottesville
Charlottesville Works Initiative at Piedmont Virginia Community College
12:15-1:15PM
#GLFLive Panel Discussion
Lulu Haangala-Wood, Zambian Media Consultant
1:30-2:30PM
Workshop: Women's Economic Empowerment through Financial Inclusion
Danielle Hopkins, Founder, IF Consulting
2:30-4:15PM
Thematic Roundtable Discussions
Table 1 | Challenging gender norms and stereotypes for women's economic empowerment
Jaronda Miller-Bryant, Director of Engaged Scholarship & Global Outreach, Associate Program Director, Young Women Leaders Program, UVA Women's Center
Table 2 | Creating gender-inclusive economic policy
Lauren Purnell, Senior Business Development Lead: Innovation and Strategy Team, UVA Health System
Table 3 | Promoting women's economic empowerment in the workplace
Rachel Spraker, Compliance Director for Equity and Affirmative Action, UVA Office for Equal Opportunity & Civil Rights
Table 4 | Supporting women's entrepreneurship
Mary Conway Dato-on, Professor of International Business and Social Entrepreneurship, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College
Dr. Rumpa Chakraborty, Professor of Finance and Accounting, Shri Shikshayatan College; Global Links Scholar
4:30-5:30PM
Workshop: Data for Development and Data Visualization for Impact
Eric Field, Director of Information Technology, UVA School of Architecture
Day 4
November 1, 2018
9:15-10:15AM
Investing in Childcare for Women's Economic Empowerment
Lucy Bassett, Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, UVA Batten School of Public Policy
11:00AM-1:00PM
Strategy Session with SheLab Mentors
1:00-3:00PM
Project Presentations & Reflections
3:00-3:30PM
Closing Keynote
Josh Chance, Manager, Society & Institutional Engagement, CFA Institute
3:30-4:15PM
Program Evaluation and Next Steps
Nancy Hopkins, Director of Programs, The Presidential Precinct
Yasmin Mesbah, Program Manager, Global Links
