On the road with
George and Carrie
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EF President George de Lama and his wife Carrie Holt de Lama have been on the move over the last few weeks, visiting eight countries in February and March to meet with Fellows, Trustees, donors and other friends of EF from Taipei to Istanbul. In the process, they met with senior government officials in Sri Lanka and Pakistan and with Carrie’s Bollywood colleagues in India, collecting stories of impact from our Fellows and helping spread the word about Eisenhower Fellowships everywhere they went.
Read more here.
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Annual Meeting Day events are scheduled for May 16 and 17, with dinners celebrating the leadership of General Colin L. Powell, USA (Retired) and EF’s new chairman, Former Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates.
Learn more and register here.
In October, EF will host a Women’s Leadership Conference and European Regional Conference in London from October 25 – 27, The Women's Leadership Conference is devoted to providing both inspiration and practical ways for women Fellows from the EF global network to connect and collaborate with one another. Following this, the European Hub of chapters will host a day-long symposium (October 27) focused on immigrants, refugees and their integration throughout Europe.
Learn more here.
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Distinguished Fellow Award
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Eisenhower Fellowships will honor Dr. Mari Pangestu of Indonesia as the recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Fellow Award, the organization’s highest award for a Fellow.
Mari Pangestu is a deeply engaged Eisenhower Fellow with a distinguished career spanning 30 years in government, academia, diplomacy and private sector. She served as Indonesia’s Minister of Trade from 2004 to 2011, and as Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy from 2011 until October 2014.
The Indonesia EF Chapter has benefitted enormously from Dr. Pangestu’s consistent support—she actively attends chapter events and her convening power has sparked new energy in the Indonesia Fellows group.
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EF Youth Leaders have gone from strength to strength since their debut at the Future of Work conference in Malaga last year. Guided by their EF mentors and led by co-chairs Alberto Niego and Mihai Toader-Pasti, this impressive group of young people is taking full advantage of what EF has to offer and integrating into the EF network. Here we highlight just a few of the 32 young men and women selected to be part of EF’s inaugural Youth Leadership Network.
With the generous support of their EF mentors, the 2017 Youth Leaders are proving to be a strong, resourceful and ambitious network. Stay up to date on their #efjourney by keeping up with
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and by liking EF’s facebook page.
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A young Romanian former minister of health who has launched new start-up ventures to foster innovation in health care and provide a camp for children with cancer. A Dutch pioneer of a new form of journalism for the 21st century. A Spanish founder of a lawyer’s association intent on creating legal frameworks for robotics and artificial intelligence.
The 2018 Global Program will begin on April 2. 25 Fellows from around the world will begin their fellowship with a few days in Philadelphia.
Learn more about the Fellows here.
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For four weeks, nine Eisenhower Fellows will travel throughout China, pursuing individual projects and engaging in transformative exchanges of knowledge and ideas with leading thinkers in their respective fields. Their program will begin in Beijing with robust cultural immersion training and exposure. The Fellows will embark on a customized program in three to four cities meeting with top leaders in their fields concluding in Shanghai to share key takeaways.
Read more here.
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Eisenhower Fellowships 2018 USA Fellows will be traveling to 23 countries throughout the calendar year. These 11 Fellows are from diverse professional backgrounds and will explore key issues in topics including health care, fire safety, transportation technologies and cattle production.
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Last year, close to 300,000 travelers from around the globe descended on Austin, Texas to partake in
South by Southwest,
a music, film and creative economy conference and festival. This year, Eisenhower Fellows were present, visible and demonstrating their leadership and drive at SXSW, giving our Fellows and organization an opportunity to be showcased through various opportunities.
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