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Join us for this Public Policy in Practice event as we welcome Women’s World Banking President and CEO, Mary Ellen Iskenderian.

Mary Ellen Iskenderian is president and CEO of Women’s World Banking, the global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources they need to achieve security and prosperity. Ms. Iskenderian has led the Women’s World Banking global team, based in New York, since 2006 and also serves on the investment committees of its two impact investment funds.

Dr. Paul C. Light is NYU Wagner's Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service and founding principal investigator of the Global Center for Public Service, Before joining NYU, Dr. Light served as the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, founding director of its Center for Public Service, and vice president and director of the Governmental Studies Program.

Join us for a free happy hour networking event at City Tap Logan Square (Center City Philadelphia) on Monday, December 16, 2019, from 5:30 - 7 p.m., and learn more about the most practical program in public administration in the Ivy League. This networking event is a great opportunity for prospective students to meet some of the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and network with the Fels community in Center City Philadelphia.

Please join Fels for a conversation with Richard Painter, who is the S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Minnesota and former chief ethics lawyer to President George W. Bush. He is also vice-chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

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Join us for a free happy hour and alumni reception at The Sturges Speakeasy on Friday, February 28, 2020, from 5:30 - 7 p.m., and learn more about the most practical program in public administration in the Ivy League!

Please join Fels for a virtual conversation with Wally Adeyemo, President of the Obama Foundation. Wally works closely with current Foundation leadership to manage the Foundation’s day-to-day operations, helping to implement the organization’s overall strategic goals and vision.

Please join Fels for a virtual conversation with Dr. Rachel Levine, Secretary of the PA Department of Health.

Dr. Levine is currently the Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, and the Academy for Eating Disorders. She is also the President of ASTHO, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

Please join Fels for a virtual conversation with US Senator Elizabeth Warren followed by a discussion with political strategist, Chris Sautter.

Please join Fels for a virtual conversation with Sarah Hurwitz.

From 2009 to 2017, Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter, first as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Prior to serving in the Obama Administration, Sarah was chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign.