Voices in Leadership

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 60th Mayor of the City of Atlanta

Read the reflection article by Vanessa Beltran Voices in Leadership During Crises: Mayor Keisha Bottoms Live webcast was streamed on our Facebook and on Voices in Leadership website on Monday, November 9, 2020, 12:00 – 12:45 PM ET. Watch on YouTube. Moderator: Mary Bassett Director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Keisha Lance Bottoms is the … Continue reading “Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 60th Mayor of the City of Atlanta”

Martin J. Walsh, 54th Mayor of the City of Boston

Read the reflection article by Elizabeth Alpert Voices in Leadership During Crises: Mayor Marty Walsh Live webcast was streamed on our Facebook and on Voices in Leadership website on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 11:00 – 11:30 AM ET. Watch on YouTube. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently declared racism a public health crisis, responding to glaring racial inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and massive protests against police abuse that he said served as a call to action. He seeks … Continue reading “Martin J. Walsh, 54th Mayor of the City of Boston”

Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston

THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED The live webcast takes place on this page from 12:30-1:00 p.m. ET, is open to the public, and requires no prior registration. The in-person event is open via RSVP to those with Harvard ID, and takes place 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Leadership Studio at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Martin J. Walsh, a lifelong champion of working people and a proud product of the City of Boston, was sworn in as the City’s … Continue reading “Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston”

Atul Gawande, Executive Director, Ariadne Labs

Leading as a Surgeon by Day and Writer by Night Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, is a surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is professor in both the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, a joint … Continue reading “Atul Gawande, Executive Director, Ariadne Labs”

Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation

Voices in Leadership featuring Chelsea Clinton: Addressing Challenging Global and Domestic Health Problems Thursday, April 9, 2015 Watch on YouTube. Presentation of Next Generation Award and Remarks by Blake Mycoskie, Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS As vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, Chelsea Clinton works alongside her parents, President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, to drive the vision and work of the Foundation. Her work emphasizes improving global and domestic health, creating service opportunities, and empowering … Continue reading “Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation”

Bill Strickland, President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell

Bill Strickland spoke on The Art of Leadership, discussing how his career evolved into starting Manchester Bidwell to educate inner city youth in Pittsburgh. He also discussed lessons he has learned in how to communicate with a broad range of people, and the importance of creating a positive environment to support at-risk young people.

Thomas Menino, Mayor of Boston

With his last term winding down, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino spoke about the importance of communicating with constituents, his account of the Boston Marathon violence in spring 2013, and advice for Boston’s next mayor.