1:30-2:30pm - Meeting with undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in the non-profit sector (restricted to Princeton students).  Contact Amy Pszczolkowski at alp19@princeton.edu to participate.

4:30-5:30pm - Fireside Chat with Aly Kassam-Remtulla (Robertson Hall, Bowl 001)

Stewardship in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Gates Foundation

This fireside chat will explore what it means to be a steward of resources, mission, and reputation at the highest level.  Drawing on her leadership role at the Gates Foundation, Carolyn will discuss how institutions can manage vast resources responsibly, and plan for the long term while responding to urgent and immediate challenges.

12:15-1:15pm - Public Lecture (Robertson Hall, Bowl 001)

When Good Intentions Go Wrong: The Hidden Crisis in Nonprofit Boardrooms

How do well-intentioned board oversight mechanisms systematically undermine nonprofit effectiveness, and what can be done to address these failures?

The US nonprofit sector forms the backbone of American civil society, yet its governance structures are fundamentally broken, creating a crisis that threatens the very missions these organizations were designed to protect.

Despite their fiduciary responsibility to advance organizational missions, nonprofit boards frequently engage in counterproductive behaviors that impede strategic execution, compromise operational efficiency, and erode stakeholder confidence.

We will explore these psychological, structural, and institutional factors, then propose a framework for governance reform with targeted interventions to realign board functions with organizational objectives.

RSVP at: https://my.princeton.edu/GradFUTURES/rsvp_boot?id=1964462.

1:30-2:30pm - Meeting with undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in the non-profit sector (restricted to Princeton students).

1:30-2:30pm - Meeting with undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in the non-profit sector (restricted to Princeton students).  Students can register here.

4:30-5:30pm - Fireside Chat with Heather Howard (Robertson Hall, Bowl 001)

Addressing Inequities in the American Healthcare System: Lessons from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Join us for a fireside chat with Avenel Joseph, Vice President for Policy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Heather Howard, Professor of the Practice at Princeton University, as they examine how structural racism shapes health and healthcare in the United States. They’ll unpack the policies and power dynamics driving disparities—from access and quality to outcomes—and share evidence-based solutions the Foundation is advancing to build a more equitable healthcare system.

More information at: https://spia.princeton.edu/events/addressing-inequities-american-healthcare-system-lessons-robert-wood-johnson-foundation

Midterms week - no public programming

12:15-1:15pm - Fireside Chat with Aly Kassam-Remtulla (Robertson Hall, Bowl 001)

Institutions--like the communities they serve--are living systems: formed, sustained, and continually remade by people.  This discussion situates contemporary non-profit strategy as a practice of institutional design and imagination: inviting new ways of thinking about, stewarding, and evolving the systems that shape our collective life.  Dr. Mariko Silver, President and CEO of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, will reflect on her leadership career across higher education, philanthropy, and the arts to touch on key issues facing the field today.  Dr. Silver will be in conversation with Princeton Vice Provost Aly Kassam-Remtulla.

Further details available here: https://spia.princeton.edu/events/institutional-design-systems-thinking-21st-century-non-profits.

12:15-1:15pm - SPIA Dean's Leadership Series Lecture Fireside Chat with Aly Kassam-Remtulla (Robertson Hall, room TBA) 

Join us for a fireside conversation with Stephen Heintz, President and CEO of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. A leading voice in philanthropy and global governance, Heintz will discuss his recent report, A Logic for the Future: International Relations in the Age of Turbulence, and also explore the vital role of philanthropic institutions in advancing the public good. He’ll share insights on leadership, sustainability, and how philanthropy and public policy together can drive meaningful, long-term change for society.  In conversation with Aly Kassam-Remtulla.

Register HERE.

Lunch provided to Princeton University ID holders.

1:30-2:30pm - Meeting with undergraduate and graduate students interested in careers in the non-profit sector (restricted to Princeton students).  Students can register here: https://cglink.me/2gi/r1967953.

4:30-5:30pm - Public Lecture (Robertson Hall, Bowl 001)

Do Liberal Democratic Institutions—as We Know Them—Have a Future?

We are living through an historically unprecedented assault on the structure and status of the public and private institutions that comprise our modern liberal democracy. Why are our institutions under such vitriolic attack?  How can they be defended?  What does this moment portend for the these institutions and, with them, the fate of our democracy?

Further details available here: https://spia.princeton.edu/events/do-liberal-democratic-institutions-we-know-them-have-future.

No public programming

No public programming