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November 9, 2018November 10, 2018

2018 Social Enterprise Conference | Friday, November 30

This headline event provides a unique opportunity for you to tap into the vibrant ecosystem of capital for social impact. They have a diverse line-up of over 40 speakers who will be sharing how they are changing the way they think about how capital is sourced and used to generate sustainable solutions to global, systemic challenges through the lens of business, philanthropy, impact investing, social entrepreneurship, and more.

Make sure to catch their keynote speakers, who will share best practices and how they engender new ideas surrounding the intersection of capital and society.

Friday, November 30, 2018
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027

Student Tickets $50
General Admission $150

Keynote Speakers


Joel Greenblatt	Caroline Roan ’00 SIPA	Darren Walker
Managing Partner of Gotham Capital	Vice President, Corporate Responsibility at Pfizer Inc; President of Pfizer Foundation	President of the Ford Foundation

Sources of Capital

Private Equity Investments in Impact Investing

Chris Cozzone, Senior Vice President, Double Impact at Bain Capital Double Impact Fund
Brian Dunlap, Head of Technology Investing at TPG / The Rise Fund
* Stephanie Kater, Principal at The Bridgespan Group
Elizabeth Seeger, Director, Sustainable Investing at KKR

Opportunity Zones + Community Development Financing

Ron Moelis, CEO + Founding Partner of L+M Development Partners
* Lynne Sagalyn, Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor Emerita of Real Estate at Columbia Business School
Chris Slevin, Legislative Director at The Office of Senator Cory Booker

Intergenerational Wealth Transfer + Millennials Driving Impact Investing

Ghislain Gouraige, Jr., Senior Vice President, Wealth Management at UBS
* Tami Kesselman, Chief Impact Strategist & Alchemist of Aligned Investing Global
Abigail Pohlman, Vice President at Goldman Sachs
Anna Raginskaya, The Blue Rider Group │ Private Wealth Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Foundations with Impact Focused Portfolios

Bob Bancroft, Vice President of Finance for Nathan Cummings Foundation
Preeti Bhattacharji ’14BUS ’09CC, Vice President of Integrated Capitals at Heron Foundation
Shuaib A. Siddiqui, Director, Impact Investing at Surdna Foundation
* Lily Trager, Director of Investing with Impact
at Morgan Stanley

Uses of Capital

Trends in Social Impact Real Estate Development + Affordable Housing

* Thomas Campbell ’09BUS, Managing Member
of Thorobird Companies
Hugh R. Frater ’85BUS, Chairman of VEREIT / Shift Capital
Muzzy Rosenblatt, CEO & President of Bowery Residents’ Committee
Lauren Zullo, Director of Sustainability at Jonathan Rose Companies

Capital Deployment for Scaling Social Ventures

Jessie Gould, Founder of Ox Verte
Alex Husted, Co-owner of HELPSY
* Julius Mokrauer, Managing Director / Fund Manager at Serious Change, LP
Peter Neiman, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Amalgamated Bank

Sports Philanthropy

Eric DiMiceli, Director, Social Responsibility at National Basketball Association (NBA)
Olga Harvey, Vice President, Community Impact at Women’s Sports Foundation
JoAnn Neale, Chief Administrative & Social Responsibility Officer at Major League Soccer
* Ben Schornack, NYC Program Officer at Laureus Foundation

Clean Energy + Renewables

Peter Davidson, Co-founder and CEO of the Aligned Intermediary (AI)
Manish Kumar ’11BUS, Managing Director, Energy Storage at The AES Corporation Nate McMurray ’10BUS, Vice President, Divestiture & Portfolio Strategy at EDF Renewables North America
* Bruce Usher, Co-Director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise; Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director; Professor of Professional Practice

* Moderator of the panel

Click here for full program details.

November 7, 2018December 4, 2018

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity | New Resource for Faculty, Graduate Students, and Postdocs

From the Office of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion:

As part of the University’s continued commitment to nurturing a climate where current, new, and future faculty can thrive, Columbia has joined the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD).

The NCFDD is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students from over 450 colleges and universities. They provide a variety of virtual programs and resources including:

Weekly Monday Motivator
Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars
Monthly Guest Expert Webinars
Access to Multi-Week Courses
Access to Dissertation Success Curriculum for graduate students
Private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, & moderated writing challenges
Monthly accountability buddy matches
Access to 14-Day Writing Challenges
Access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials, referrals, and readings

The Institutional Membership includes access to NCFDD resources for ALL Columbia faculty, graduate students and postdocs.

To claim your free membership, complete the following steps:
Go to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity website (http://www.facultydiversity.org/).
Select the “Become a Member” tab and choose “Claim Your Institutional Membership.”
Within the list of universities, click on “Columbia University.”
Complete the registration form by following all instructions. Be sure to provide your Columbia email address.
Once you have submitted your registration information and NCFDD has approved your connection to Columbia, you should receive a welcome email.

If you have any questions about Columbia’s institutional membership, please contact Shana Lassiter (Assistant Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion) at [email protected].

Additional information, including a calendar of upcoming NCFDD events, can also be found at https://provost.columbia.edu/content/national-center-faculty-development-and-diversity-ncfdd.

If you have any technical questions, please email NCFDD at [email protected].

October 29, 2018November 14, 2018

Elise Verdooner ’17, Executive Director at TEEEM, Discusses Path to Leadership in Network for Social Work Management’s Blog Series

After graduating from CSSW in 2017, Alumna Elise Verdooner dedicated her evenings to volunteering with TEEEM, a small international nonprofit run only by the founder, fellow CSSW alumnus Jarret Schecter ’14, while working full-time at a technology company. Months later, she was working as the organization’s new Executive Director. Read more about her professional journey, the path to management, and the impact of networking in the Network for Social Work Management’s latest blog series post.

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

Alumna Jillian Rose ’05 Receives Distinguished Educator Award!

We’d like to extend a warm congratulations to Alumna Jillian Rose, LCSW ’05, MPH, on receiving the Distinguished Educator Award from the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP) for her “sustained excellence in the teaching of patients and students/trainees, including health professional students, medical students, residents, graduate students, and/or fellows, with their primary focus being rheumatology-related content.”

Jillian currently serves as Director of Community Engagement, Diversity and Research at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City. She started her career at HSS in 2005 and has dedicated much of her work to understanding inequalities in rheumatology care and empowering both patients and health care providers to ensure the highest quality of care for all.

Most recently, she served as a guest speaker at our recent Communities of Color Roundtable Networking Event, where she provided mentorship and advice to current students about leading successful careers as professionals of color.

Read the full press release to learn more about her background and achievements.

October 22, 2018October 23, 2018

World Leaders Forum Continues in October

The World Leaders Forum is pleased to offer the below listed event opportunities:

Please note the following:

Online registration is required and seating is limited. Please visit the online links for more detailed event information and to register.
Registration is open to current students, faculty, and staff from Columbia University, Barnard College, and Teachers College.
All events will be held in the Teatro, Italian Academy.

Monday, October 29 @ 6:00 pm

World Leaders Forum: Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Online registration is required and is currently open. To register, click here.

Friday, November 2 @ 12:00 pm

World Leaders Forum: Estonia, the Land of Skype, the Digital Land
Online registration is required and is currently open. To register, click here.

Friday, November 16 @ 10:00 am

World Leaders Forum: Cities of the Mind: Lost Cities and Their Inhabitants
Online registration is required and is currently open. To register, click here.

October 22, 2018December 11, 2018

Scholarship to Attend 2019 American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW) Conference

Interested in psychoanalysis or the intersectionality of psychoanalysis and social work practice?

The American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW) is hosting its biennial national conference, “Intrigue, Insight, Inquiry: Through Today’s Psychoanalytic Lens”, in Durham, North Carolina in March of 2019 (March 28-31), and offering a Conference Scholarship to make it feasible for MSW students to attend.

This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow students, social work clinicians, academics, and high-profile individuals from outside the profession, and learn about how psychoanalytic ideas and techniques can enrich social workers’ ability to not only provide psychotherapy, but all types of social work services. Through the scholarship, students can enjoy additional perks noted below.

Learn more about the conference here.

Conference Scholarship Award

Waiver of the conference fee
Opportunities to interact with other students and senior AAPCSW members at the conference
Free membership in AAPCSW for a period of two years
Assignment to an “AAPCSW mentor” who can serve as a resource around issues of professional development, becoming involved in post-conference AAPCSW activities, and deeper exploration of the psychoanalytic perspective in clinical social work. (Please note, AAPCSW mentors do not provide students with clinical/professional supervision.)

Application Process

To apply, interested students should submit a one-page statement about why they would like to attend the conference and how attendance would enrich their lives in social work school and beyond. Applicants should articulate a compelling argument about the how the psychoanalytic perspective is relevant to their current and future identities as clinical social workers.

Statements must be submitted by January 15, 2019 via email to:

Scott Graybow, PhD, LCSW
Chair, Student Outreach Ad-Hoc Committee
[email protected]

See below for additional details and contact Dr. Graybow directly with questions.

*Please note that you can also attend the conference at no cost by volunteering. Contact Volunteer Committee Chair, Barry Ostrow, MD, at [email protected] or Conference Chair, Penny Rosen at [email protected] regarding this option.

About the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW)

The American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW) is an 850-member, not-for-profit, professional membership organization. Founded in 1980, AAPCSW seeks to achieve practice parity between clinical social workers and other mental health professionals engaged in the practice, research, and teaching of psychoanalysis. It brings to this effort an appreciation for the intersectionality of psychoanalysis and social work through acknowledgement and exploration of their shared emphasis on respect for the individual and commitment to safe, effective clinical care.

AAPCSW achieves these goals through a range of nation-wide professional and intellectual activities that promote psychoanalytic education, advance clinical social work, facilitate the production and dissemination of knowledge, and advocate for high standards of practice. These activities include a biennial national conference, regional conferences, a national listserv, and publications including an online monograph and a tri-annual newsletter. The organization is an active member of the Psychoanalytic Consortium that is composed of AAPCSW, the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDP), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association, and the Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS). Through membership in the Consortium, AAPCSW ensures the social work profession has a voice in critical conversations about the future of psychoanalytic education and practice.

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018

Facebook live with Mariam Jalabi, Co-Founder of Syrian Women’s Political Movement | Thursday, October 25 @ 2:30 pm EST

Mariam Jalabi, the Syrian National Coalition’s representative to the United Nations and founding member of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement, will field questions about current efforts to reach a peace agreement in the Syrian war.

Q & A on Syrian Peace Process with Mariam Jalabi on Facebook Live
Thursday, October 25 @ 2:30 pm EST
Presented by: Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and PassBlue
Sponsored by: UN Women
Join the conversation

The discussion will be moderated by Jamille Bigio, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Maria Luisa Gambale, PassBlue correspondent, and reveal pitfalls of negotiations that sideline female participants.

Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions directly to experts in women, peace, and security about the conflict in Syria, pathways to lasting resolution, and women’s role in the peace process.

About the Participants

Mariam Jalabi, the UN Representative of the Syrian National Coalition and a founding member of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement. She has led the Syrian Coalition’s diplomatic engagement with the Permanent Missions to the United Nations, UN Department of Political Affairs, and Office of the UN Secretary-General. Ms. Jalabi’s advocacy and leadership at the United Nations has proven instrumental in framing the narrative on Syrian with the UN community.

Jamille Bigio is a senior fellow in the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Her research focuses on women’s contributions to security and global prosperity. Bigio led the U.S. government’s launch of its first National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, an effort for which she was recognized with the U.S. Department of State Superior Honor Award and the U.S. Department of Defense Secretary of Defense Honor Award.

Maria Luisa Gambale, journalist and filmmaker, has covered the involvement of Syrian women in peace negotiations exclusively for PassBlue, and formerly reported on women working in conflict resolution in Syria.

PassBlue, an independent, women-led digital publication, covers women’s issues, human rights, peacekeeping and other urgent global matters from our base in the UN press corps, with an additional focus on the U.S.-UN relationship. Led by Dulcie Leimbach and Barbara Crossette, PassBlue receives the support of the Carnegie Corporation and is a project of the New School’s Graduate Program in International Affairs. PassBlue is independent financially and otherwise from the UN.

Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Co-Host, was launched in 2011 in order to build the evidence-based case for a focus on women, peace, and security. The institute seeks to promote a more stable, peaceful, and just world by focusing on the important role women play in preventing conflict and building peace, growing economies, and addressing global threats like climate change and violent extremism.

UN Women is the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.