LAFF Reunion Agenda

LAFF SOCIETY REUNION Friday, November 20, 2009 2:00 to 6:00 pm The Ford Foundation Reconnecting with Our Past, Contributing to our Shared Future AIMS ├┐ Strengthen the personal, professional and intellectual bonds among and between past and present Foundation staff members ├┐ Update our members on the Foundation's new strategies and initiatives ├┐ Provide an opportunity for alumni to contribute their insights and talents for the benefit of the Foundation's current endeavors ├┐ Inaugurate our new president PROGRAM 2:00 pm Welcome – Auditorium Peter Geithner, President, The LAFF Society Luis Ubiñas, President, Ford Foundation – New Directions 3:00 pm Breakout Sessions – (Locations to be determined) (1) Natural Assets (Climate Change) Moderator Ray Offenheiser, President, OXFAM America FF Peter Riggs, Program Officer, Natural Resources & Sustainable Development Panelists Sharon Alpert, Program Director, Sustainable Environments, Surdna Foundation Betsy Campbell, Vice President for Programs, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Steven Sanderson, President & CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society (2) Sexuality and Reproductive Health Moderator Joan Dunlop, Board Member: Open Society Institute; InternationalWomen's Health Coalition; Foundation for Community Health FF Margaret Hempel, Director, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights Panelists Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition Joan Kaufman, Distinguished Scientist & Senior Lecturer, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School Marjorie Muecke, Assistant Dean, Global Health Affairs, University of Pennsylvania (3) Human Rights Moderator Lynn Huntley, President, Southern Education Foundation FF Sara Rios, Director, Human Rights Panelists Larry Cox, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA Natalia Kanem, President, ELMA Philanthropies Diana Morris, Director, Open Society Institute - Baltimore (4) Education and Scholarship Moderator Janice Molnar, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Child Care Services, NYS Office of Children & Family Services FF Alison Bernstein, Vice President, Education, Creativity & Free Expression Panelists Joseph Aguerrebere, President & CEO, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Sanda Balaban, Network Leader, NYC Board of Education, Empowerment Schools Greg Farrell, President & CEO, Expeditionary Learning School, Outward Bound (5) A New Logo and Tagline for Ford: How We Got There and What it Means Moderator Aaron Levine, Chief Information Officer, Carnegie Hall FF Marta Tellado, Vice President, Communications 4:30 pm Reception (11th Floor Service Dining Room) Reminiscences – Alan Divack, Moderator (Dick Magat/Michael Lipsky/+) Inauguration of Shepard Forman as LAFF President 6:00 pm Informal dinners arranged by those interested