Register for free April 8 conference on leadership and philanthropy “Private Money/Public Causes”

Our global social safety net, that helps people gain access to education and health care and assists with meeting basic human needs, depends on private funding in the form of philanthropy.

Three national experts in nonprofit leadership and philanthropy will speak April 8 at the University of Richmond on the topic of “Private Money/Public Causes: Leadership, Philanthropy and the Common Good.”

The conference is free and is the last program for the 2009-10 Jepson Leadership Forum season that is exploring the concept of The Common Good. The session, which includes a networking luncheon,  will be 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on campus at the University of Richmond. Registration is required and seating is limited. Details.  

Speakers:

  • Deborah Bial, Ph.D., president and founder of The Posse Foundation, a youth leadership development and college access organization that sends students from diverse backgrounds to selective colleges and universities throughout the United States. She is considered an innovator and is widely respected nationally as a leading educational strategist.
  • Patricia M.C. Brown, Esq., president of Johns Hopkins HealthCare, a managed care organization owned by Johns Hopkins Health System and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. An expert on health care reform, she is a 1982 graduate of the University of Richmond, an attorney, and former assistant attorney general for Maryland. She is serving as the 2010 Leader-in-Residence for the Jepson School of Leadership Studies.
  • Leigh Carter is the executive director at Fonkoze USA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to securing financial and technical support for its Haitian partners at Fonkoze, the largest microfinance institution n Haiti. Fonkoze was founded in 1994 by a Haitian Catholic priest who started the institution with a vision to provide the means for all Haitians, even the poorest, to participate in the economic development of the country. Recipients of Fonkoze grants are women because they are the backbone of the Haitian economy and the doorway to the family unit.

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Sue Robinson

Sue Robinson Sain is the Director of the Community Programs Office at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies.