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10th Annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner
Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs hosted its Tenth Annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on April 29 at New York's Mandarin Oriental. The event honored two individuals and a not-for-profit organization that exemplify the qualities and achievements that SIPA seeks to embody:
Fareed Zakaria oversees all of Newsweek’s editions abroad. His cover stories and columns – on subjects from globalization and emerging markets to the Middle East and America’s role in the world – reach more than 25 million readers each week. Dr. Zakaria also hosts “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” a weekly foreign affairs program that airs Sundays worldwide on CNN International. Prior to joining Newsweek, Dr. Zakaria served an eight-year term as managing editor of Foreign Affairs, a widely-circulated journal of international politics and economics.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Managing Director of the World Bank, with oversight of the operational portfolio in Europe, Africa, South and Central Asia. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has spearheaded several World Bank initiatives to assist low-income nations during the food and financial crises. She is also chairing the replenishment of over $40 billion for the International Development Association (IDA), the grant and soft credit arm of the World Bank. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala previously served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, and as Finance Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria.
Partners In Health, represented by Chief Operating Officer Paul Zintl, is a Boston-based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a “preferential option for the poor.” Partners In Health was founded in 1987 after two of its founders, Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl, had previously set up a community-based health project in Cange, Haiti. The clinic was the first of several successful projects intended to address the health care needs of residents in the poorest area in Haiti. Since its founding, Partners In Health has expanded to eight other sites in Haiti and nine additional countries.
The event also recognized SIPA students John Burnett (MPA '11) and Wendy Carlson (MIA '10) for their achievements. The Annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner provides fellowship support to SIPA’s 1,200 students.