The Emerging Leaders Program - Program Schedule

Emerging Leaders Program
Of the Center for Collaborative Leadership
College of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston

Upcoming Events

ELP Annual Luncheon with Liz Walker

Liz Walker

October 23, 2008

Westin Copley Hotel

Join the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Center for Collaborative Leadership, many of the area’s most distinguished business and civic leaders, and the event’s sponsor Blue Cross Blue Shield, as we celebrate Greater Boston’s future leaders at the annual Emerging Leaders lunch on Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Westin Copley Place Hotel. The lunch will celebrate and honor the 2008 Emerging Leaders Fellows, while introducing the Emerging Leaders Program to participants for the 2009 cohort.

We are delighted to have as our keynote speaker Liz Walker, Award-winning journalist and documentary producer and co-founder of Liz Walker Journey Productions. Liz Walker is Host and Executive Producer of WBZ 4's Sunday With Liz Walker. An ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a 2005 graduate of Harvard Divinity School, Walker has chosen to combine her communication skills with her spiritual passion to serve the world. Ms. Walker will be giving a speech entitled Leading with my Heart: How I Learned to Take Risks. To request more information, please contact Andrea Wight at leaders@umb.edu or 617-287-3890.

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Location: The University of Massachusetts Boston Campus Center, 3rd floor, room 3540

Week Long Seminar
Monday, January 28, 2008: Leadership Models and Understanding the Role of Diversity
Location: The University of Massachusetts Boston Healey Library, 11th Floor

Speakers:
-Marsh Carter, Chairman- New York Stock Exchange
-Dr. Sherry Penney, Professor of Leadership- UMass-Boston
-Dr. Karen Suyemoto, Psychology- UMass-Boston
-Diane Darling, CEO, Effective Networking

Tuesday, January 29, 2008: Adaptive and Inclusive Leadership
Location: The University of Massachusetts Boston Healey Library, 11th Floor

Speakers:
-Judge Sandra l. Lynch- U.S Court of Appeals
-Dr. Lee Tietel, Graduate School of Education, Harvard

Wednesday, January 30, 2008: Leadership and Teams
Location: The University of Massachusetts Boston Healey Library, 11th Floor

Speakers:

-Robert Glassman, CEO, Wainwright Bank
-Jose Masso, former Regional Director, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs
-Dr. Maureen Scully, College of Management - UMass-Boston

Thursday, January 31, 2008: Leadership and Conflict Resolution
Location: The University of Massachusetts Boston Healey Library, 11th Floor

Speakers:
-Ellen Zane, President & CEO, Tufts New England Medical Center
-Rick Friedel, AT&T
-John Herlihy, Mellon Financial Corporation
-Dr. David Matz, College of Public & Community Service- UMass-Boston

Friday, February 1, 2008: Leadership Models and the Role of Diversity
Location: The University of Massachusetts Boston Healey Library, 11th Floor

Speakers:
-Reverend Ray Hammond, Ten Point Coalition

Diversity Panel:
-Dr. Karen Suyemoto, Moderator. Psychology- UMass-Boston
-Dr. Peter Kiang, College of Education- UMass-Boston
-Dr. Ping Ann Addo, Anthropology

-Dr. Tim Sieber, Anthropology
-Dr. Lorna Rivera, College of Public & Community Service- UMass-Boston
-Robert McCulley, Institute for Community Inclusion- UMass-Boston

Monthly Forums

Thursday, February 14, 2008: Leadership and the Political Process: Dynamics of Public/ Private Relationships
Location: Federal Reserve Bank, New England Room, 4th Floor

Speakers:
-Dr. Robert Krim, Executive Director, Boston History & Innovation Collaborative

-Sam Yoon - Boston City Council

Thursday, March 13, 2008: Leadership and the Media
Location: Boston Globe

Speakers:
-P. Steven Ainsley, Publisher- The Boston Globe
-Martin Baron, Editor- The Boston Globe

-Robert Turner, Boston Globe Fellow - UMass Boston McCormack Graduate Studies

Media Panel:
-Kevin Cullen, Moderator-Projects Reporter, The Boston Globe
-Linda Polach, Executive Producer, Greater Boston- WGBH
-Chazy Dowaliby, Editor- The Patriot Ledger
-Shirly Leung, Senior Assistant Business Editor- The Boston Globe

Thursday, April 10, 2008: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Risk Taking
Location: State Room/ Longwood Events Atop Sixty State Street

Speakers:
-Jim Apteker, CEO- Longwood Events
-Dr. Barry Zuckerman, Chief of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center
-Chi Huang, MD - Boston Medical Center

Business Entrepreneurship Panel:
-TBD

Personal Branding Workshop:
-Marjorie Arons-Barron, President- Barron Associates Worldwide, Inc.

Thursday May 8, 2008: Leading from the Middle and Leadership and Work/Life Balance
Location: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Speakers:
-Steve Booma, Executive Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
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Thursday, June 12, 2008: Leadership and Negotiation
Location: Citizens Bank, Brigham Room

Speakers:
-Lawrence Fish, Chairman, Citizens Financial Group
-Dr. David Matz, College for Public & Community Services, UMass-Boston
-Dr. Eben Weitzman, College for Public & Community Services, UMass-Boston

Tuesday, July 8, 2008: Project Team Presentation
Location: State Street Corporation

Speakers:
-TBD
-Team Project Presentations

Thursday, October 23, 2008- Awards Luncheon
Location: Westin
- Keynote Speaker: Liz Walker

Past Events