Past Event
Seminar

Josette Sheeran, Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum: "Leading in a Flat World--Lessons from the Frontlines of World Hunger"

Open to the Public

Josette Sheeran is the current Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum, having concluded a six-year stint as Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme in April 2012. Her lecture will address the potential for progress and innovation in the battle against global hunger.

Josette Sheeran, Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum: "Leading in a Flat World--Lessons from the Frontlines of World Hunger"

About

Josette Sheeran is the current Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum. As a Spring 2013 Fisher Family Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project, Sheeran will spend a month in residence at the Harvard Kennedy School teaching a variety of seminars, roundtables, and lectures. Her public address on May 2 is entitled "Leading in a Flat World--Lessons from the Frontlines of World Hunger."

Prior to the World Economic Forum, Sheeran was the eleventh Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (November 2006-April 2012), the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger. In 2011, she was named by Forbes as the world's 30th most powerful woman. She also served previously as US Undersecretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs.