Where:
The Huntington Theatre
264 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
Admission:
$0 - $500
Categories:
Art, Innovation, Performing Arts
Event website:
bit.ly/LeadersandPoetry
Attend a remarkable evening, as exceptional leaders from diverse fields read a favorite poem and reflect on its connection to their life and work. The Third Evening of Inspired Leaders will lift your spirits, inspire and delight you. This year's participants include:
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston
Anita Diamant, writer, founder Mayyim Hayyim
Bryan Koop, Senior Vice President-Regional Manager at Boston Properties
Carol Fulp, CEO, the Partnership, former Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and Brand Management at John Hancock Financial, founding co-chair of the Massachusetts Conference for Women
Dr. Paula Johnson, President of Wellesley College, nationally recognized leader in public health and women's healthcare.
Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, President and CEO of The Dimock Center
Eva Millona, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
Jabari Asim, writer and multidisciplinary artist, associate professor at Emerson College and the executive editor of The Crisis, the NAACP’s flagship journal
Kerry Healey, former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, current President of Babson College
Linda Mason, co-founder and Chair of Bright Horizons, co-founder Horizons for Homeless Children, Chair of Mercy Corps and currently Leader-in-Residence at the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School
Linette Nieves, Roca member
Lloyd Schwartz, poet, Frederick S. Troy Professor of English at UMass Boston, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic
Marianne Leone Cooper, writer and actress
Molly Baldwin, Founder and CEO of Roca, an organization committed to helping disengaged and disenfranchised young people move out of violence
Roger Brown, co founder of Bright Horizons, President of Berklee College of Music
Roshonda Ndebumadu, City Year member
Victoria Budson, founder and the Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
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