Harvard Alumni Leadership Conference Highlights Building Alumni Communities
The theme of this year's conference (February 4-5) is “Building Alumni Communities in Turbulent Times.”
The Harvard Alumni Association will host its annual Alumni Leadership Conference on February 4-5 in Cambridge, which will be attended by approximately 150 alumni leaders from around the world. The theme of this year's conference is “Building Alumni Communities in Turbulent Times.”
Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust will provide a University update at the outset of the conference. Robert Kegan, the Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will deliver an address on the growth of the adult mind and its implications for leadership in his talk, “In Over Our Heads?: An Adult Development Approach to Leadership.”
The Conference will include numerous panels of interest to Harvard Clubs and Shared Interest Group leaders. Panel topics include Harvard's role in public service, creating vibrant communitiies, and membership initiatives.
Cynthia Torres AB '80, MBA '84, former President of the Harvard Club of Southern California and a current member of the HAA Executive Committee, will be leading a panel on career networking initiatives, including how alumni communities have developed programs to assist members and students in leveraging the Harvard network. The HAA's recent Global Networking Night on December 30th will be discussed.