WWS LUNCH TIMER EVENTS

All events with one exception (see Tuesday, 11 Janet Holmgren 74) - will be held in classroom 015, Robertson. Each will begin promptly at 12:15 and end at 1:00 p.m. Advance sign-up is required.

September
Monday, 26 Achilleas Antoniades former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus Diplomacy and Intractable Conflicts: The Case of the Middle East and Cyprus Problems Ambassador Antoniades retired recently from the diplomatic service of the Republic of Cyprus where he served as a career diplomat for almost 30 years. He served in numerous countries including the US, Canada, Australia, Belgium and the European Union. He also had a number of cross appointments in countries of South East Asia. His last posting was ambassador to the Czech Republic. At the Foreign Ministry he held a number of senior positions including Deputy Director of the European Union Division and Director of the Permanent Secretarys Office. He also served as Coordinator of the Office of the Greek Cypriot Negotiator at the Inter-communal Talks aimed at resolving the Cyprus problem. Tuesday, 27 - Hillel Neuer, Executive Director, UN Watch Title: Eleanors Dream? The United Nations and Human Rights Neuer is the executive director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO in Geneva, Switzerland. Neuer appears regularly before the United Nations Human Rights Council, intervening for the victims of Darfur, the rights of women, political prisoners in Cuba, Russia and Zimbabwe and the cause of Middle East peace. In 2008 he was elected VicePresident of the Conference of NGOs' Special Committee on Human Rights in Geneva. Neuer represented 25 human rights groups as secretary-general of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy at its 2009 and 2010 conferences.

October
Monday, 03 Patricia Doykos, Director, Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Two Stories of Corporate Philanthropy Responding to Health Crises: HIV/AIDS in Africa and Type 2 Diabetes in the U.S. Co-sponsored with Center for Health and Wellbeing Doykos works on health strategy for the Foundation and has responsibility for partnership development and grant making in the areas of serious mental illness in the U.S. and cancer in Europe. These initiatives address health disparities at the community level by strengthening and integrating healthcare worker capacity (lay/professional) and community mobilization and supportive services for patients and their families. In the area of HIV/AIDS, her primary role is to mobilize lessons learned from Bristol-Myers

Squibb's philanthropic program for HIV/AIDS in Africa, SECURE THE FUTURE, to other regions of the world so that they can be replicated and inform evidence-based public health policy and investments. Tuesday, 04 Elias Cattan - founder and director, Taller13 Arquitectura Regenerativa; professor of Design and Environmental Theory, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City Regenerating Mexico City's Rivers: Ro La Piedad" Elas Cattan is the founder and director of Taller13 Arquitectura Regenerativa and a professor of Design and Environmental Theory at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. All of his endeavors focus on understanding cities as ecosystems and living systems and on designing at different scalesfurniture, interiors, buildings and urban spaces. Cattan studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico and has continued his studies at Schumacher College in the UK through a series of courses on deep ecology, permaculture, biomimicry and systems theory. Thursday, 06 Katherine Taylor, Associate Fellow, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania "Pharma Influence Over Physicians and Medical Research: Benefit or Compromised Science?" Co-sponsored with Center for Health and Wellbeing Taylor is a heath care lawyer and bioethicist. She received her JD from the University of Texas School of Law in 1985, and her PhD in philosophy, specializing in bioethics, from Georgetown University in 2006. She has worked on a broad span of issues, defending hospitals and doctors in malpractice suits, advising hospitals on informed consent and termination of treatment issues, and representing clients on Capitol Hill and before federal agencies such as the FDA and HCFA. Her interests in bioethics range from ethics in reproduction, to clinical ethics, and ethics in the pharmaceutical industry. Tuesday, 11 Janet Holmgren 74, former president of Mills College Title: The Politics of Public Education - Public Education Reform in an Era of Scarce Resources and Polarized Politics Prospect House 12:15-1:00 Holmgren concluded two decades as president of Mills College in Oakland California on June 30, 2011. Holmgren began her presidency at Mills College in 1991. During her tenure she exceeded all enrollment and fundraising records, expanded undergraduate academic programs and graduate education, and introduced the College's first doctoral degree-an EdD in educational leadership. Holmgren was also responsible for introducing the innovative Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business dedicated to preparing ethical and socially responsible organizational leaders. Wednesday, 12 - Michael Ticktin, MPA 70 - NJ State Government, Department of Community Affairs (retired) Staying Close to Princeton: Reflections on Nearly Four Decades in New Jersey State and Local Government"

Ticktin is an attorney and pensioner who spent nearly four decades in New Jersey public service. He received his law degree from Columbia University in 1973 and served in the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs from 1977 through May, 2011. During his tenure in government, Ticktin held numerous leadership positions including chief, legislative analyst; supervising program development specialist; and worked in the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts, Division of Criminal Practice, New Jersey Department of Banking, and the New Jersey Department of Treasury, Management Improvement Unit. Thursday, 13 - Herbert Klein - President, Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Greater Mercer County Managing Outcomes and Donor Expectations in a Non-profit Organization Klein was named president and CEO in March of 2011 and brings a number of years experience in executive management experience in both for profit and not-for-profit organizations. He is a demonstrated change agent, culture/team builder and catalyst skilled in business creation, business turnaround, and management of rapid growth, for profit and non-profit organizations. In addition, he brings a practical understanding of emerging technologies and their commercial applications having spent several years at both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture. Monday, 17 - Livia Plaks President, Project on Ethnic Relations (PER) Is It Possible to Prevent Ethnic Conflicts? A View of a Practitioner Plax has been involved in the field of conflict resolution for over twenty years and has been actively using mediation tools for preventing or ameliorating ethnic tensions in Central-Southeastern Europe since 1991. The PER is a Princeton-based nongovernmental organization. After working intensively for the past two decades in Central-Southeastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the PER is taking steps to bring its expertise to the MiddleEast. Tuesday, 18 Topher Spiro 98 Director of Health Policy, State of Rhode Island Title: TBA Co-sponsored with the Center for Health and Wellbeing * Will meet 1:1 with students after discussion sign-up will be handle through the Center for Health and Wellbeing Christopher (Topher) Spiro serves as Health Policy Director for the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Rhode Island, who chairs the Rhode Island Healthcare Reform Commission. In this capacity, Topher coordinates the States implementation of health reform and leads the Commissions stakeholder consultation process on several key issues, including the design of the States health benefit exchange and payment reform. Topher served in the United States Senate for over 5 years, most recently as Deputy Staff Director for Health Policy for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, where he worked for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and later Senator Tom Harkin. Wednesday, 19 Rachel McCleary, Senior Research Fellow, Taubman Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"Competition in U.S. International AID: the State and NGOs" Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Religion McCleary is also a Research Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. She conducts research on the political economy of religion, and focuses on how religion interacts with economic performance and the political and social behavior of individuals and institutions across societies. McCleary studies how religious beliefs and practices influence productivity, economic growth, and the maintenance of political institutions such as democracy. She
holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago, a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University, and a B.A. from Indiana University.

Thursday, 20 Milena Novy-Marx MPA 95, PhD 99, Program Officer, The MacArthur Foundation Title: "Philanthropy and Development: Looking Beyond the MDGs to Advance PostPrimary Education in Africa" Novy-Marx joined the Foundation in 2003 and co-led a two-year effort to develop the Foundations Initiative on Global Migration and Human Mobility. She also manages the Foundation's work on international development, where she has led an effort to create the new, interdisciplinary Master's in Development Practice degree at universities worldwide. She previously worked for the World Bank, USAID, and as an economic consultant on anti-trust issues. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former board member of the African Economic Research Consortium. A Fulbright Scholar, she earned her B.A. in political science from Yale University, and her M.P.A. in economic policy and her Ph.D. with a focus on economics and development from the Woodrow Wilson School.

November
Monday, 07 - Nick Rasmussen MPA '90 - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism, Counterterrorism Policy, National Security Staff, Executive Office of the President Title: TBA Bio to follow Thursday, 10 - Bryan Walsh 01- environmental reporter, TIME magazine Title: TBA Bryan Walsh writes TIME's Going Green column, which focuses on environmental issues, and he frequently writes news stories about the environment in addition to covering general interest and national stories. A former Tokyo bureau chief for TIME, Walsh was named writer in August 2007 and is now based in New York. Before his stint in Tokyo, Walsh worked as a Hong Kong-based reporter as well as staff writer for TIME Asia, where he covered a wide range of subjects, focusing on public health, science and the environment. He wrote extensively on the SARS outbreak, reporting from the laboratories of the University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales hospital. Additionally, he wrote numerous cover stories for TIME Asia on topics ranging from the rise in global obesity to the threat of Avian Flu. He is also the blogger behind the magazine's Ecocentric blog.

Monday, 14 Mary Jeka Title: TBA

Vice President, University Relations, Tufts University

Jeka was appointed Vice President for University Relations at Tufts in May 2003. A member of President Lawrence S. Bacows senior leadership team, she has responsibility for all communications, government & community relations and legal counsel across the university. Prior to coming to Tufts, Jeka was a principal aide and General Counsel to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, (D-Mass) for over ten years. She worked with Senator Kennedy on appropriations, education, environmental, transportation and health care issues and became General Counsel of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. She returned to Massachusetts in 1992 to serve as General Counsel for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) with primary responsibility for managing the legal affairs and government relations in Washington D.C. Thursday, 17 Eileen Fitzgerald MPA 89 - CEO, NeighborWorks America Title: TBA Fitzgerald became chief executive officer June 1, 2011, after serving as acting chief executive since January 2011. She oversees the provision of technical assistance, financial assistance and training to over 3,000 community based organizations and the support of a national network of more than 235 affordable housing and community development organizations serving over 4,000 communities. NeighborWorks America is a public nonprofit corporation established as the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation by an Act of Congress in 1978.

December

Thursday, 01 - Ambassador Jimmy Kolker - chief of the HIV/AIDS section of UNICEF in New York Title: TBA Co-sponsored with the Center for Health and Wellbeing Kolker has been Chief of the HIV/AIDS Section at UNICEFs New York headquarters since 2007. Prior to joining UNICEF, he served as Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, which leads implementation of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. He served in numerous political reporting and management assignments during his 30-year diplomatic career with the U.S. Department of State. Kolker served as U.S. Ambassador to Uganda (2002-2005) and to Burkina Faso (1999-2002). He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Denmark (19961999) and Botswana (1990-1994). Other overseas posts were in Britain, Sweden, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Monday , 05 - Reverend Jennifer Butler, Executive Director, Faith in Public Life Title: TBA Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Religion This event is part of the Crossroads in Religion and Politics series Rev. Jennifer Butler founded Faith in Public Life in 2005 to transform the American values debate. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Butler most recently served as the Presbyterian Church (USA) Representative to the United Nations (UN). During her nine years at the UN, Butler represented the denomination on a range of issues, including womens rights, genocide in the Sudan, and the war in Iraq. Her book Born Again, The Christian Right Globalized (University of Michigan, 2006) explores the Christian Rights

impact on the global womens movement through its growing activism at the United Nations and globally. Her work on religion, human rights and politics has been featured in articles in The Nation, Mother Jones, The American Prospect and the Washington Post. Tuesday, 06 - Giacomo Luciani, 2010-11 Princeton Global Scholar Global Scholar; Director, Dubai-based Gulf Research Center Foundation Title: TBA The Dubai-based Gulf Research Center Foundation is a nonprofit organization that gathers and disseminates knowledge about the Gulf region through scholarly research on political, economic, social and security issues. A leading specialist in the political economy of the Middle East, as well as the economics of energy in the Persian Gulf and the Arab world, Luciani focuses on understanding the political and economic context in the Middle East and how it affects the rest of the world. He currently leads research on security of oil supplies within the SECURE project (Security of Energy Considering its Uncertainty, Risk and Economic implications), and participates in the POLINARES (POLIcy for NAtural RESources) project led by the University of Dundee. Thursday, 08 Tsung-Mei Cheng - Health Policy Research Analyst, Woodrow Wilson School Health Policy in China co-sponsored with Center for Health and Wellbeing Tsung-Mei Cheng is an expert on comparative health systems with an emphasis on Asian countries. She writes and lectures internationally on topics ranging from single payer systems, health systems change, health care technology assessment and comparative effectiveness research, health care quality, financing, pay for performance focusing on East Asian health systems, to the impact of the WTO and GATS on national health policy. She is the co-founder of the Princeton Conference, an annual national conference on health policy that brings together the U.S. Congress, government, and the research community on issues affecting health care and health policy in the United States. Cheng is an adviser to the China National Health Development Research Center, the official Chinese government think tank for health policy under Chinas Ministry of Health. She is also an advisor to NICE International, which advises governments and agencies overseas on capacity building for an evidence base to inform national health policy as well as knowledge transfer among decision-makers across national borders.