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.
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