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NYU/SCPS 1st Annual Women in Philanthropy Summit
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The NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS)
George H. Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising (scps.nyu.edu/phil)
will hold its 1st Annual Women in Philanthropy Summit on Monday,
April 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
at the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life. Karen Brooks
Hopkins of Brooklyn Academy of Music, Nancy Lublin of
DoSomething.org, Kimberly Bryant of Black Girls
Code, and Ron Bruder of Education for Employment will be
among honorees at the event. |
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Karen Brooks Hopkins of Brooklyn Academy of Music,
Nancy Lublin of DoSomething.org, and
Ron Bruder of Education for Employment are
Among Honorees |
Through a new initiative created to honor
and to recognize top women in philanthropy, nonprofit
fundraising, cause advocacy, and social enterprise, the
NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS)
George H. Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and
Fundraising (scps.nyu.edu/phil)
will hold its 1st Annual Women in Philanthropy Summit
on Monday,
April 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
at the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life.
The one-day event will feature prominent
leaders in a broad array of professions, who are working
locally, nationally, and globally to improve the status
of women and to change the face of philanthropy and
social entrepreneurship.
“We want to initiate a new,
multigenerational conversation that identifies emerging
leadership challenges and promotes improved cross-sector
collaboration for women and girls,” said Naomi B.
Levine, executive director of the NYU-SCPS George H.
Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising.
“Through thoughtful conversation, speeches, and
intelligent debate, the Women in Philanthropy Summit
will highlight some of the best examples of women's
cause leadership and will focus on emerging innovators
who are utilizing new strategies to raise awareness of
women’s and girls’ issues—at home and abroad.”
During the event, the NYU-SCPS Heyman
Center also will bestow awards upon distinguished and
nationally renowned leaders in the industry. Among the
honorees are Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM), who will receive the Lifetime
Achievement Award; Ron Bruder, founder and chair of the
board of Education for Employment (EFE), who will be
recognized with the Excellence in Philanthropy Award;
and Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code, who
will receive the Rising Star Award.
Nancy Lublin, chief executive officer of
DoSomething.org, who will be awarded the Nonprofit
Leadership and Innovation Award, will present the
luncheon keynote address. The results of a recent Harris
Poll also will be announced at the Summit by Stacy
Palmer, editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and
Marcia Stepanek, chair and curator of the Women in
Philanthropy Summit, NYU-SCPS Heyman Center adjunct
instructor, and president of BrandStories.
The program also will include a number of
panels featuring notable leaders in philanthropy and
fundraising. Panels include:
• Four Under 30 – Casey Rotter
(moderator), deputy director of community fundraising
and founder of UNICEF's Next Generation for the U.S.
Fund for UNICEF; Jenna Arnold, co-founder of Organize;
Anna Stork, co-founder of LuminAID; Rebecca van Bergen,
founder and executive director of Nest; and Solome
Lemma, co-founder and executive director of Africans in
the Diaspora
• Visualizing Change – Maria
Hinojosa (moderator), an award-winning news anchor and
reporter for PBS and NPR; Abigail Disney, filmmaker,
philanthropist, activist, co-founder and co-president of
the Daphne Foundation, and board member of the Roy
Disney Family Foundation; Nancy Schwartzman, filmmaker,
media strategist, and executive director of Tech 4 Good,
LLC; Jon Vidar, co-founder and executive director of The
Tiziano Project; and Susan MacLaury, co-founder and
executive director of Shine Global
• Transforming Global Health, Woman
by Woman – Marilyn DeLuca (moderator), a consultant in
global health, health systems, and philanthropy; Pamela
Barnes, president and chief executive officer of
EngenderHealth; Carolyn Jones, an award-winning
photographer and filmmaker; Lola Dare, president of the
Centre for Health Sciences Training, Research, and
Development (CHESTRAD); Leith Greensdale, vice chair,
Office of the U.N. secretary general's Special Envoy for
Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
and co-chair of Child Health at the MDG Health Alliance;
and Salimah R. Walani, director of Global Health
Programs at the March of Dimes Foundation
• Not Your Mother’s Workplace – Liz
Ngonzi (moderator), NYU-SCPS Heyman Center adjunct
instructor and a recognized authority on fundraising,
entrepreneurship, leadership, and technological
innovations to advance international development
communication; Lynn Stekas, senior consultant in the
Corporate Social Engagement practice of Changing Our
World; Kim Keating, founder and managing director of
Keating Advisors; Terri Austin, vice president of
Diversity and Inclusion for The McGraw-Hill Companies;
and Caroline Woodruff, philanthropy advisor at Bessemer
Trust
• Networked Feminism: How Women
Drive Social Change – Tom Watson (moderator), president
and founder of CauseWired; Allison Fine, author and
social entrepreneur; Penny Abeywardena, associate
director of commitments and head of Girls & Women at the
Clinton Global Initiative; Jamil Smith, a segment and
digital producer for MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry show;
and Deanna Zandt, a media technologist, the co-founder
of and partner at Lux Digital, and the author of Share
This! How You Will Change the World with Social
Networking
Registration fees are $175. NYU students
pay a discounted price of $75. For more details or to
register, visit scps.nyu.edu/womenssummit.
About the NYU School of Continuing and
Professional Studies
Established in 1934, NYU-SCPS (scps.nyu.edu)
is one of NYU’s several degree-granting schools and
colleges, each with a unique academic profile. The
reputation of NYU-SCPS arises from its place as the NYU
home for study and applied research related to key
knowledge-based industries where the New York region
leads globally. This is manifest in the School’s diverse
graduate, undergraduate, and noncredit programs in
fields such as Real Estate, Real Estate Development, and
Construction Management; Hospitality, Tourism, and
Sports Management; Global Affairs; Fundraising and
Grantmaking; Publishing; Professional Writing; Human
Resource Management and Development, Marketing, Public
Relations and Corporate Communication, Management and
Systems, Advanced Digital Applications, Graphic
Communications Management and Technology, Project
Management, and Accounting, Finance, and Law; Liberal
and Allied Arts; Foreign Languages, Translation, and
Interpreting; Applied Politics; and Health Information
Management.
More than 100 distinguished full-time
faculty members collaborate with an exceptional cadre of
practitioner/adjunct faculty and lecturers to create
vibrant professional and academic networks that annually
attract nearly 5,000 degree-seeking students from around
the globe. In addition, the School fulfills the
recurrent continuing higher education needs of local and
professional communities, as evidenced by close to
48,000 annual noncredit enrollments in individual
courses, specialized certificate programs, workshops,
and seminars. The School’s community is enriched by more
than 27,000 degree-holding alumni worldwide, many of
whom serve as mentors, guest speakers, and advisory
board members.
For more information, visit: scps.nyu.edu.
Please visit the Heyman Center website at scps.nyu.edu/phil
for more information on its broad array of academic and
noncredit offerings.
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