Report Contents
Chair & President's Letter
Sponsors
Plenary Remarks
Topics, Faculty & Hosts
Recommendations
Organizations
Summary Report (PDF)
University for a Night 2003
The Synergos Institute
Theme 1 Business Leadership -- Actions local and global corporations can take to reduce social and economic divides
Actions Corporations Can Take to Produce Economic Returns and Social Benefits
Sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
William B. Harrison, Jr., Chairman and CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Host: Maria Elena Lagomasino, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Private Bank
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Sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Marlene Hess, Managing Director, Global Philanthropic Services, JPMorgan Private Bank
David Rockefeller
Host: Marnie Pillsbury, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
The Critical Role of Business in Advancing Development in Africa
Brian Henderson, Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch Europe Middle East and Africa, Chairman, Emerging Markets, Merrill Lynch
Tokyo Sexwale, Executive Chairman, Mvelephanda Holdings
Host: Peter Franks, Professor, Leadership Regional Network
The Publish What They Pay Campaign -- One Way Companies Can Fight Corruption Where
They Do Business
Sponsored by Shell and the Open Society Institute
Alan Detheridge, Vice President, Shell International Ltd.
Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute
Host: Lauretta Bruno, Partner, Gramercy Partners
How Corporations Can Work with Other Groups to Build Capacity on the Ground to Address HIV/AIDS
Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Julius E. Coles, President, Africare
John Damonti, President, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Host: Noreen Clark, Dean and Marshall H. Becker Professor, The University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ensuring the Benefits of Globalization Are Widely Shared -- The Role of Global Corporations
Rodrigo Borja, former President of Ecuador and current presidential candidate
Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman, Sachs (International)
Host: Cornelio Marchán, President, Esquel Foundation
Raising Public Consciousness About Social Needs -- The Roles of Business and Media
Herbert Chao Gunther, President and Chief Executive Officer, Public Media Center
Helio Mattar, President, Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights
Host:Charlotte Cole, Vice President of Education and Research, Sesame Workshop
Using Market Forces to Produce Profits and Social Change
Joyce Haboucha, Manager, Enterprise Global Socially Responsive Fund, Rockefeller & Co.
Michael von Stumm, Managing Director, Foursome Investments Ltd.
Host: David Brewer, Managing Partner, Aragon Ventures
Theme 2:
Bridging Divides -- Pathways for building understanding and respect across economic, cultural and religious divides
Opening New Dialogue between Women in the Muslim World and the West
Swanee Hunt, Director, Women and Public Policy Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
Host: Steve Waddell, Director, The Collaboration Works, Organizational Futures
Bridging Divides in the Middle East
Sponsored by Michael Sonnenfeldt and Katja Goldman and Dorian Goldman and Marvin Israelow
Rick Hooper, Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Political Affairs, United Nations
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, Chairman, MUUS Asset Management Company
Host: Marty Linsky, Co-Principal, Cambridge Leadership Associates
The Role of Civil Society and Business in Bridging Cultural and Religious Divides -- Perspectives from Asia
Sponsored by the Nursalim family
William Fuller, President, The Asia Foundation
Cherie M. Nursalim, Executive Director, Gajah Tunggal International Group
Host: Chaiwat Thirapantu, President, Civicnet Institute
The Critical Role of Education in Bridging Divides
Hylton Appelbaum, President, Liberty Life Foundation
Verônica Dantas, Partner and Managing Director, Opportunity Asset Management
Host: David Morrison, President, NetAid
Healing Apartheid's Divides in Southern Africa -- Progress and Challenges
Nonhlanhla Matshazi, Communications & Social Accounting Manager, Leadership Regional Network for Southern Africa
Rose Styron, author
Host: Nadine Hack, President, beCause Global Consulting
Bridging Divides -- The Role of Higher Education and Life-long Learning
Ernesto Garilao, Associate Dean and Professor, Asian Institute of Management
Mahesh Sharma, Professor of Education and Provost, Cambridge College
Host: Eric Gimon
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C. Welton Gaddy, Executive Director, The Interfaith Alliance
Olivia Holmes, Director, International Relations, Unitarian Universalist Association
Host: Boris Cornejo, Vice President, Esquel Foundation
New Tools for Dialogue and Building Social Capital
Jacinto Gavino, Professor of Business Ethics, Asian Institute of Management
Gonzalo Ortiz, Coordinator, Bridging Leadership Program, Esquel Ecuador Foundation
The Critical Role of Leadership in Southern Africa
Mora McLean, President, Africa-America Institute
Gavin Andersson, Executive Director, Leadership Regional Network for Southern Africa
Host: Ian Simmons, Principal, The Foundation for Civic Leadership
Theme 3: Creating Greater Economic Equity -- Developing strategies and
policies to promote shared prosperity
US-Mexican Economic Integration -- What Does It Mean for Social Equity?
William Beezley, Professor of History, University of Arizona
Antonio Madero, Chairman and CEO, SANLUIS Corporación
Host: Michael Cohen, Director, International Affairs Program,
The New School
The Triple Bottom Line -- Ensuring Social, Environmental and Economic Returns
Jeff Erikson, Chief Operating Officer, SustainAbility
Kim Samuel-Johnson, Director, The Samuel Group of Companies
Host: Elisabeth Biemann, Associate Director, Working Communities, The Rockefeller Foundation
What Global Strategies Are Needed to Create Greater Economic Equity?
Olav Kjørven, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway
Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Host: S. Bruce Schearer, President, The Synergos Institute
Creating Global Digital Opportunity: New Strategies, Solutions, and Partnerships
Sponsored by the Markle Foundation
Allen Hammond, Chief Information Officer and Senior Scientist, World Resources Institute
Karen Lynch, Director, Global Digital Opportunity Project, Markle Foundation
Host: Bill Bohnett, Partner, Fulbright and Jaworski LLP
Microcredit and Other Innovative Approaches to Local Economic Development
Eugenio Gonzales, former Executive Director, Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc.
Phyllis Wanjiku Kibui, Director of Relationship Management, Women’s World Banking
Host: Michaela Walsh, President, Women's Asset Management
Supporting Microcredit -- Roles for Investors and Philanthropists
José Ignacio Avalos, Founder and President, Gente Nueva
Mike Murray, Chair and Co-Founder, Unitus
Stephen Rockefeller, Principal, Managing Director, Bankers Trust Private Banking, Deutsche Bank
Host: Jean-Paul Gimon, Flora Family Foundation
How Can We Provide "Public" Goods to Advance Equity Globally?
Lincoln Chen, Director, Global Equity Initiative, John F. Kennedy School
of Government
Inge Kaul, Director, Office of Development Studies, United Nations Development Programme
Host: Eve Annecke, Director, The Sustainability Institute
Using Philanthropic Resources to Advance Social Justice
Nelson Colón, President, Puerto Rico Community Foundation
Juliette Gimon, Co-Director, Global Philanthropy Forum
Host: Salvatore LaSpada, Director, The Philanthropy Workshop, The Rockefeller Foundation
How Can Families Work Together Philanthropically?
Judy Green, Executive Director, Family Firm Institute
Abby O'Neill, former Chair, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Host: Alejandro Baillères, General Director, Grupo Nacional Provincial
Theme 4:
Alliances for Social Progress -- Adding the social component
to globalization
Building Donor Collaboratives to Address HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Achmat Dangor, former Chief Executive, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
Vera Miao, Project Director, Funders' Collaborative on Youth
Host: Len Le Roux, Director, Rössing Foundation
Combating Pandemics -- Partnerships to Develop and Popularize Microbicides and Vaccines for All Who Need Them
Sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation
Seth Berkley, President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
George Brown, Associate Director, Health Equity, The Rockefeller Foundation
Gordon Conway, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Host: Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition
Can the New Partnership for African Development Address the Continent's Social Needs?
Frank Ferrari, Vice President, ProVentures Inc.
Sheila Sisulu, Ambassador of South Africa to the United States
Host: Debra Meyer, Director of Development, Africa-America Institute
New Partnerships Between Foundations and the Business Community
Donald Hubbs, Chairman and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Javier Vargas, President, Vamos Foundation
Host: Valentin von Arnim, Corporate Treasury, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
What Will War and Conflict Mean for the Global Social Agenda?
Pierre Schori, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
John Sewell, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center
Host: Andres Falconer, Director, Brazilian Association for Leadership Development
What Role Can Private Philanthropists Play in Advancing the Global Social Agenda?
Peggy Dulany, Chair, The Synergos Institute
Host: Maria Rosa Baquerizo
Improving Quality of Life Along the US-Mexico Border -- A Philanthropic Partnership
George Grainger, Grants Officer, Houston Endowment
Richard Kiy, President and CEO, International Community Foundation
Ramon Perez Gil, Program Director, Fundación Gonzalo Rio
Host: Sarah Spencer, Program Specialist, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
How Can Nonprofit Efforts Go to Scale?
Charles F. MacCormack, President, Save the Children
Sarah Timpson, Global Manager, United Nations Development Programme/Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme
Host: Janice Perlman, Founder and President, Mega-Cities Project
The Emerging Role of Community Foundations Around the World
Adriana Cortes, General Director, Bajio Community Foundation
Monica Patten, President and CEO, Community Foundations of Canada
Host: Erica Simmons, The Bridgespan Group
The Outlook for Environmentally Sustainable Development Post-Johannesburg
Ismid Hadad, Executive Director, Kehati Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation
Rohinton Medhora, Vice President, International Development Research Centre
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