Eisenhower Fellowships - Back in Philly - Final Farewells with Friends, Fellows, Trustees, Sponsors

Marni Oaten, November 2010, Eisenhower Fellowship Women’s Leadership Program USA

…..7 weeks, 19 fellows, 22 meetings with leaders, 3 conferences, 1 executive management course, 10 cities in USA, over 400 people met…..

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Eisenhower Fellowships

Chairman of the Board of Trustees: General Colin L Powell (retired)

Eisenhower Fellowships President: John S. Wolf

Program Officer: Brandyn Campbell

Trustees/Sponsors visited during fellowship: Oct-Nov 2010

• Linda Gooden – Executive Vice President Information Systems & Global Services, Lockheed Martin.  (Philadelphia, 11 Oct)
• Suzanne McCarron – President ExxonMobil Foundation and VP of Public Policy, ExxonMobil . (Dallas, 27 Oct)
• Mike Goodrich – Ex-CEO and Chairman of Board, BE&K (EF Trustee/Sponsor) (Birmingham, 15 Nov)

Some of the leaders visited during fellowship: Oct-Nov 2010 (a sample of those met)

• Charlisse R Lillie – Vice President Community Investment, Comcast Corporation
• Noa Gimelli – Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, ExxonMobil (Washington DC, 12 Oct)
• Laurie Jackson – WP Women’s Programs  ExxonMobil (Washington DC, 12 Oct)
• Stephen Jordan – Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Business Civic Leadership Centre (affiliate of US Chamber of Commerce) (Washington DC, 13 Oct)
• Nancy Buczko – Associate Director of Tufts Gordon Institute, (Boston, 14 Oct)
• Dr. Jason Jay – Lecturer and researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management (Boston, 15 Oct)
• Dr. Chris Pinney – Director of Research & Policy, Centre for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College
• Karen Kelly – Water Resources Engineering and Community Engagement officer, CDM (Boston, 22 Oct)
• Karl Pfalzgraf – Director, AccountAbility (New York, 25 Oct)
• Margaret Coady – Director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (New York, 25 Oct)
• Lee Tashjian – Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Fluor & Glenn Gilkey – Vice President, Human Resources, Fluor (28 Oct)
• Patty Keck – Director of Community Involvement, CH2M Hill (29 Oct)
• Art Eins – Director of Development, Engineers Without Borders (29 Oct)
• LeeAnne Lang – Bechtel Group Foundation & Community Services Manager, Bechtel (San Francisco, 11 Nov)
• Carol McCauley – Global Programs Senior Specialist, Chevron (San Francisco, 12 Nov)
• Skip Rhodes – Ex- Manager of Corporate Community Involvement, Chevron (San Francisco, 12 Nov)
• Jane Shaw - Chairman of the Board, Intel (Philadelphia, 17 Nov)

Other key contacts developed via conferences or follow-up referrals etc

• Harvard Business School’s Executive Education course in “Leadership for the 21^st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage”(Boston, Oct 17-22): Naazlee Sardar (USAID Pakistan), Jay Mroszczak (Booz Allen Hamilton)
• Women’s Leadership Conference (San Francisco, Nov 8-11 ): Mary Bennet, Sharon Schachter (Coca-Cola)

The Eisenhower Fellowships "Leadership & Innovation" Conference
http://www.eisenhowerfellowships.org/events/eisenhower_fellowships_events.php

The 2010 Fellows
http://www.eisenhowerfellowships.org/programs/eisenhower_fellowships_current_international_fellowships.php

What is the relationship between PROFITS, PEOPLE & PLANET?
Governor Chistine Whitman, Suzanne McCarron (ExxonMobil) discussed BP disaster recovery, Meredith Hellicar (Australian Alumni Fellow) spoke about James Hardie experience. 

"Creating opportunities for the next generation of leaders" with Dr. Sally Ride, President and CEO, Sally Ride Science - First Female NASA Astronaut

Myself and Meredith Hellicar (Australian Fellow 1993) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art reception