Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Social Leadership MBA Seminar
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Collaboration with the Sanford School of Public Policy
January 2014
“Between Philanthropy and Public Policy”
Mandel Social Leadership MBA Students, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (BGU) and the Mandel Foundation in Israel have established a premier MBA program in Social Leadership, the objective of which is to train and develop top leaders for the nonprofit and public sectors in Israel.
In January, the Heyman Center for Ethics hosted 25 BGU leaders and MBA students for the philanthropy and public policy seminar led by Professor Joel Fleishman. The stellar lineup of guest speakers throughout the seminar included:
Joel L. Fleishman, Professor of Law and Public Policy
Topic: Continuing Dynamism and Change in America’s Nonprofit Sector
Dan Ariely, Lecturer and the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics
Topic: The Challenges and Opportunities with Self-Control
Dr. Ralph Snyderman, Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Duke University
Topic: From Bensonhurt, Brooklyn, to Duke University: Lessons Learned Along the Way
Cathy Clark, Adjunct Professor, Fuqua School of Business
Topic: Overview of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) program
Former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt
Topic: Time as Governor, Impact and Change, and the State of Things Now
Billy Shore, President of Share Our Strength
Topic: Strategies for Transformational (rather than incremental) Social Change
Bob Lefkowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner
Topic: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm
Other activities throughout the week included:
Tour of the Duke campus, including the Duke Gardens
Duke Men’s Basketball game
Tour of the Institute for Emerging Issues and the Hunt Library at NC State University
Tour of the North Carolina Museum of Art
Tour of the Duke Nasher Museum
Event Photos
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