Corporate Responsibility And SHELL OIL: The Why And How Of A New Way Of Working
| JMHH F50 |
| April 19, 2010 |
| 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
Join WPBA as we kick off our 2010-2011 theme of “Energy in Expansion” (How will business practices address the issue of energy as the economy rebounds?) with an exciting discussion about Shell Oil’s approach to corporate responsibility. Our speaker will be Dr. Deirdre LaPin, who led Shell Nigeria’s community development program for five years and is now a consultant for both the private sector and international development agencies on best practice social policy. After an academic career teaching at Emory and Penn, she worked at UNICEF and USAID in health planning.
Monday, April 19th
JMHH F50
6-8pm
Dr. Deirdre LaPin is currently an Associate in the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania and a consultant for the private sector and international development agencies on best practice social policy and investment. During 2008-2009 she was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Smithsonian Institution researching the social history of the Niger Delta. Previously a Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of Ife, Nigeria, and has taught at Emory University, the University of Pennsylvania, and as tenured Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas. Subsequent to her academic career, Dr. LaPin joined UNICEF in 1984 as a senior official in Benin Republic and Somalia, where she initiated new strategies for health, water supply, and strategic planning. She later became manager of a worldwide project for the USAID Office of Health and Population. From 1997 she served a major company in the oil industry as a social investment manager, based for five years in the Niger Delta and two years in Oman, leading the design, staffing, implementation, and evaluation of sustainable community development programs.
Dr. Deirdre LaPin is currently an Associate in the African Studies Center at theUniversity of Pennsylvania and a consultant for the private sector and internationaldevelopment agencies on best practice social policy and investment. During 2008-2009she was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Smithsonian Institution researchingthe social history of the Niger Delta. Previously a Research Associate and Lecturer at theUniversity of Ife, Nigeria, and has taught at Emory University, the University ofPennsylvania, and as tenured Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas.Subsequent to her academic career, Dr. LaPin joined UNICEF in 1984 as a senior officialin Benin Republic and Somalia, where she initiated new strategies for health, watersupply, and strategic planning. She later became manager of a worldwide project for theUSAID Office of Health and Population. From 1997 she served a major company in theoil industry as a social investment manager, based for five years in the Niger Delta andtwo years in Oman, leading the design, staffing, implementation, and evaluation ofsustainable community development programs.
Spring Political Tickers
| April 9, 2010 |
| 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm |
| April 14, 2010 |
| 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm |
| April 21, 2010 |
| 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm |
Spring General Body Meeting
| January 27, 2010 |
| 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm |
We will be holding a General Body Meeting for all members this Wednesday, January 27, Huntsman Hall 340, at 6pm.
We will be discussing plans for the rest of the year, speakers, and new opportunities.
Food and drinks will be provided by New Style Pizzeria.
A discussion with Josh Sevin of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
| JMHH G65 |
| November 23, 2009 |
| 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
WPBA presents…
A discussion with Josh Sevin of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
Monday, November 23rd
7.00pm
Huntsman Hall G65
WPBA is hosting a discussion-oriented event with Project Manager Josh
Sevin of the Economy League. This event, “What will it take to make
Greater Philadelphia a world class region?” will surround the political,
planning, economic and developmental concerns of renewing one of the
nation’s greatest and most historic cities. Come for a night of discourse
and ask questions about what our city government is doing to improve
Philadelphia.
The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia is an independent, nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization dedicated to research and analysis of the region’s
resources and challenges with the goal of promoting sound public policy
and increasing the region’s prosperity. [www.economyleague.org]
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