Leadership in a Time of Polarization and Change

Date & Time Oct 27 2021 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location Zoom webinar
Speaker(s)
Sonal Shah
Audience Restricted to SPIA students, faculty, and fellows

Leadership in a Time of Polarization and Change

This discussion will be about the type of leadership needed in polarized times, including the role of technology in creating polarization and the importance of diversity of voices in making change

Sonal Shah is the president of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF).

Previously she started and ran the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University where she is still a professor and coordinate the Tech and Society initiative.  She started the White House of Social Innovation for President Obama and has worked at Goldman Sachs on clean tech and Google.org on tech solutions for social impact.

Sonal will be participating as the School’s Judith H. Rawson and Robert Rawson Distinguished Visitor.

This event is open to SPIA students and faculty only. To register, please visit here.