IWF Georgia Member Luncheon, March 26th
Hosted by Nelson Mullins at their offices in Atlantic Station
Topic: Environmental Impact
Featuring a fireside chat with Dr. Katherine Wilkson, Founder of The All We Can Save Project and moderated by IWF Member, Debra Lam, Founding Executive Director, Partnership for Inclusive Innovation
Location:
Nelson Mullins
201 17th St NW #1700, Atlanta, GA 30363
Timeline:
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Arrival & Networking
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Program
About Our Speaker:
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is an author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world,” according to Time magazine. She is co-founder and executive director of The All We Can Save Project, nurturing the leaderful climate community we need for a life-giving future, and co-host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees, telling stories for the climate curious with Dr. Leah Stokes. Her books on climate include the bestselling anthology All We Can Save, The Drawdown Review, the New York Times bestseller Drawdown, and Between God & Green. She is the creator of groundbreaking experiential programs, including All We Can Save Circlesand Climate Wayfinding. Previously, Dr. Wilkinson was the principal writer and editor-in-chief at the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. She speaks widely, including apopular TED Talk on climate and gender equality that has more than 2 million views. Her writing and perspective have been featured by CNN, The New York Times, Time, the TODAY Show, The Washington Post, and many others. A former Rhodes Scholar and periodic visiting professor, Dr. Wilkinson holds a doctorate in geography and environment from Oxford and a bachelors in religion from Sewanee. She is a homegrown Atlantan, happiest on a mountain or a horse.
About Our Moderator:
Debra Lam, Founding Executive Director, Partnership for Inclusive Innovation
Debra Lam is the Founding Executive Director for Partnership for Inclusive Innovation. Prior to this, she served as Pittsburgh's first Chief of Innovation & Performance where she oversaw all technology, sustainability, performance and innovation functions of city government. Prior to that, she was a management consultant at a global engineering and design firm, Arup. She has been the recipient of various awards, including one of the top 100 most influential people in digital government by Apolitcal. She has worked and lived in the UK, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and University of California, Berkeley.
A very special thank you to IWF Members for their sponsorship of this program including:
Katerina Taylor, Director, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough- Click to Connect
