CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Meeting Public Challenges from the Private Sector

w/Michael Fairbanks co-founder of SEVEN (bio below)
TOMORROW, March 28, 1-2pm @ Haldeman 041

Panera lunch provided (please RSVP to [log in to unmask])

 

CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Micro-Finance & Economic Development

w/Maria Otero, former CEO of Accion (bio below)
THURSDAY, April 11th, 1-2pm @ Haldeman 041

Panera lunch provided (please RSVP to [log in to unmask])

 

BIOS for speakers:

Michael Fairbanks
Michael Fairbanks was a U.S. Peace Corps teacher in Kenya (1979-1981). He has been a founder and chief executive in both the private and NGO sectors. A long-time angel investor in the life sciences, he is a founding board member of Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals, based in San Francisco, which is focused on solutions to heart disease; and a founding board member in Akagera Pharmaceuticals, which seeks a solution to Tuberculosis. 
He has worked closely with two dozen heads of government in Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Asia; he is Senior Advisor since 2001 to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. He co–authored Harvard Business School’s book on business strategy in emerging markets, “Plowing the Sea, Nurturing the Hidden Sources of Advantage in Developing Nations,” and edited, “In The River They Swim, Enterprise Solutions to Poverty.” He has written for the Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Philanthropy Magazine, and The Harvard International Review.
He was a visiting fellow at Stanford, and a Weatherhead Fellow at Harvard. He is a Director of the Rwanda Biomedical Board, which oversees that nation’s health care system, and the Akilah Institute for Women, Rwanda’s first women’s college. He is a citizen of the United States, the European Union (Ireland), and Rwanda.

 

Mario Otero

Under Secretary, CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS at United States Department of State

Maria oversees and coordinates U.S. foreign relations on the spectrum of civilian security issues across the globe, including democracy, human rights, population, refugees, trafficking in persons, rule of law, counter-narcotics, crisis prevention and response, global criminal justice, and countering violent extremism. 

She also serves as the President’s Special Representative for Tibetan Issues. Ms. Otero was formerly the president and CEO of ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in economic development working in 25 countries around the globe.  She is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on inclusive economic growth, women’s issues and international development.