Goldman, Sachs & Co. (NYSE: GS):
WHAT: | A week-long Institute to recognize outstanding participants in this year's Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program. Addressed by diverse and highly inspirational speakers, the event gathers and honors the top candidates of this annual Goldman Sachs and International Institute of Education collaboration. | |
WHO: | Speakers at the Global Leaders Institute will include: | |
Ms. Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Director of the Arab Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation | ||
Ms. Stephanie Bell-Rose, Managing Director and President of The Goldman Sachs Foundation | ||
Ms. Peggy Blumenthal, COO of IIE | ||
Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud, Head, United Nations University | ||
His Excellency Luis Gallegos, Ecuadorian Ambassador to the USA | ||
Dr. Allan Goodman, President of IIE | ||
Dr. David Gordon, Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department | ||
Mr. Robert Hammond, President, Friends of the High Line | ||
Ms. Laura Liswood, Senior Advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co. | ||
Mr. John Pomfret, Author of 'Chinese Lessons' | ||
Ms. Dina Powell, Managing Director and Global Head of the Office of Corporate Engagement, Goldman, Sachs & Co. | ||
Ms. Cokie Roberts, Author of 'Ladies of Liberty' | ||
Ms. Kate Roberts, Founder of YouthAIDS | ||
Ms. Ann Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF | ||
Dr. Shyama Venkateswar, Senior Advisor, Mercy Corps | ||
***INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE BY REQUEST ONLY*** | ||
WHY: | To celebrate and cultivate tomorrow's Global Leaders; honoring the minds that will shape the future through initiative and endeavor. | |
WHEN: | 14th - 17th July 2008 (speaker schedule available upon request) | |
WHERE: | Goldman, Sachs & Co., 180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY, 10038 | |
ABOUT: | 900 students from around the world have been named as Goldman Sachs Global Leaders since the program began in 2000. They have built an extensive alumni network with each other and, with modest seed funding from the program's Social Entrepreneurship Fund, have joined forces to launch innovative social ventures. Funded projects to date have assisted with the creation of a community school in India, stopping the spread of malaria in Africa, and providing scholarships for children orphaned by AIDS in Thailand. | |
Contacts:
Andrew Kirk
212-486-7070
646-250-1114
AndrewK@brownlloydjames.com
or
Goldman
Sachs
Gia Morรณn
gia.moron@gs.com
or
IIE
Mary
McBride
718-813-1373
212-984-5462
MMcBride@iie.org
