Featured Speakers

Dame Stephanie Shirley
Ambassador for Philanthropy
United Kingdom

John Sexton
President, New York University

Sir Duncan Rice
Conference Co-Chair
Former Principal
University of Aberdeen

Jean-Paul Warmoes
Executive Secretary
King Baudouin Foundation

Christine Sachs
Senior Major Gifts Officer
University of Oxford North America

Ronald Bruder
Founder and Chairman
Education for Employment Foundation

Paolo Blasi
Professor of Physics
Universita degli Studi di Firenze

Naomi Levine
Founder and Executive Director
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Merilia Bezerra
Director of Commitments
Clinton Global Initiative

Elizabeth Seuling
Director of Foundation Relations
Human Rights Watch

Doug White
Academic Director
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Sue Devine
Executive Director
American Friends of the Louvre

Susan Kotcher
Vice President for Development
International Rescue Committee

Stacy Palmer
Editor, Chronicle of Philanthropy

Robert S. Lapiner
Dean, School of Continuing
and Professional Studies
New York University

Richard Marker
Chair, Academy for Grantmaking
and Funder Education
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Global Public Health
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
New York University
Consultant Health Care, Policy, Philanthropy

Dr. Nina Smidt
Executive Director
American Friends of Bucerius

Florence Davis
President, The Starr Foundation

Vera Jelinek
Divisional Dean
Center for Global Affairs
New York University/SCPS

Richard McPherson
President, McPherson Associates
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Marcia Stepanek
Publisher, Cause Global Media
New Media Advisor and Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Ellen Lambert
Executive Director of Corporate Philanthropy
Executive Vice President
Merck Company Foundation
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Rosemarie Garipoli
Former Executive Director
Bravo Lincoln Center

Richard Mittenthal
President and CEO
TCC Group

Lukas Haynes
Vice President
Mertz Gilmore Fundation
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

L. Jay Oliva
President Emeritus
New York University
Executive Producer
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

Joel Cunningham
Former Vice Chancellor
The University of the South

Richard Feiner
Former Director of Development
New York City Center
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University


 

Program Agenda

LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ON GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY
 

The Heyman Center for Philanthropy
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
New York University



 

6:00 Cocktail Reception

7:00 Dinner and Welcoming Remarks
Robert S. Lapiner, Dean
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
New York University

Keynote:
"Giving Philanthropists a Voice Worldwide"
Dame Stephanie Shirley
Ambassador for Philanthropy
United Kingdom

9:00 Breakfast

10:00 Introductory Comments
Dr. L Oliva
President Emeritus
New York University


Address: "A Fundraising Life"
John Sexton
President
New York University

11:00 The American Model:
New Trends in Philanthropy and Fundraising

Moderator
Doug White
Academic Director
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Address: "Ten New Trends in Philanthropy"
Stacy Palmer
Editor, Chronicle of Philanthropy

Comments: "The American Model"
Naomi Levine
Founder and Executive Director
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University


NOON Break
 

12:30 Lunch and Address:
"(Mostly) British Philanthropy Since 1995 -
a Developing World"
Sir C. Duncan Rice
Conference Co-Chair
Former Principal, University of Aberdeen

2:00 Corporations and Foundations:
The Changing Face of Global Philanthropy
Richard Marker, Chair
Academy for Grantmaking and Funder Education
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Ellen Lambert
Executive Director, Corporate Philanthropy
Executive Vice President
Merck Company Foundation
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Florence Davis
President
The Starr Foundation
 

4:00 The Digital Challenge
Richard McPherson
President, McPherson Associates
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Marcia Stepanek,
Publisher, Cause Global Media
New Media Advisor and Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

8:30 Breakfast
 

9:30 NGOs:
Pitfalls and Triumphs in Securing Funding
Vera Jelinek
Divisional Dean
Center for Global Affairs
New York University/SCPS

Marilia Bezerra
Director of Commitments
Clinton Global Initiatives

Susan Kotcher
Vice President for Development
International Rescue Committee

Elizabeth Seuling
Director of Foundation Relations
Human Rights Watch
 

11:00 International Fundraising
Addie Nelson Backlund
Consultant, Nonprofits and NGOs

Jean-Paul Warmoes
Executive Secretary
King Baudouin Foundation United States

Sue Devine
Executive Director
American Friends of the Louvre

Christine Sachs
Senior Major Gifts Officer
University of Oxford North America


NOON Board Governance:
Accountability, Disclosure,
Oversight and Ethics
Doug White
Academic Director
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Richard Mittenthal
President and CEO
TCC Group
 

1:00 Luncheon Panel:
Philanthropy and Economic Development
on the Global Scene
Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Global Public Health
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
New York University
Consultant Health Care, Policy, Philanthropy

Lukas Haynes
Vice President
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Ronald B. Bruder
Founder and Chaiman
Education for Employment Foundation

 

3:00 Breakout Sessions

Workshop A:
Arts Philanthropy
Dr. L. Jay Oliva
President Emeritus
New York University
Executive Producer
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

Rosemarie Garipoli
Former Executive Director
Bravo Lincoln Center

Richard Feiner
Former Director of Development
New York City Center
Adjunct Instructor
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University


Workshop B:
Higher Education Philanthropy
Naomi Levine
Founder and Executive Director
George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy
New York University

Sir C. Duncan Rice
Conference Co-Chair
Former Principal of the University of Aberdeen

Paolo Blasi
Professor of Physics
Universita degli Studi di Firenze

Dr. Nina Smidt
Executive Director
American Friends of Bucerius

Joel Cunningham
Former Vice Chancellor
The University of the South

4:30 Questions, Suggestions and
Closing Remarks
 

5:00 Cocktail Reception