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PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP AREA HIGHLIGHTS
- PNLC co-sponsored the Pan-African Women’s Philanthropy
Summit (PAWPS) on December 6. The summit, which featured
a keynote speech by Naomi Tutu, activist and daughter of
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was designed to promote philanthropy
and community engagement among women of African
descent in Minnesota.
- Laura Waterman Wittstock, president and CEO of Wittstock &
Associates, a media and education consulting firm, and
founder and longtime leader of MIGIZI Communications, was
selected as the 2006–2007 Hill Fellow. She presented her
research on “American Indian Giving and Philanthropy: The
Overlaid Relationship” at a public symposium on April 10.
The Louis W. Hill, Jr., Fellowship in Philanthropy was created
in 2002 with gifts from the Northwest Area Foundation and
Grotto Foundation to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth
of Louis W. Hill, Jr., grandson of railroad magnate James J. Hill.
- The inaugural Local Government Innovation Awards were
celebrated April 12. Seventeen Minnesota cities, counties,
and school districts were recognized for innovative practices
that have fueled public/nonprofit/private collaborations and
have led to greater efficiency and better public service.
- Zhirong “Jerry” Zhao will join the Institute next year as an
assistant professor of public and nonprofit management. A
native of China, Zhao received a Master of Urban Planning
from Tongji University (Shanghai, China) and Ph.D. in public
administration from the University of Georgia. He consulted
widely with local governments in China during his early career
in urban planning and historical preservation. In 2000, Zhao
returned to the University of Georgia to start a new career in
public administration and policy, with a specialty in public
finance and budgeting. For the past two years, he has been an
assistant professor of political science at Eastern Michigan
University.
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