When a girl gets an education it helps her, her family and her community. What happens when education is denied to women? What role does poverty play? What are the inequities in education and why is equal access important?
Patricia Salner, Achieve Hartford!
Ms. Salner is the Community Programs Director for Achieve Hartford! and is a long time Hartford area resident with deep roots in the not for profit and arts community. In her role, she incorporates her passion for creating and administering educational opportunities for children with her long developed knowledge of Hartford as she works collaboratively with Hartford community members, including educational professionals, civic leaders, community based organizations and business professionals. Prior to her joining the staff of Achieve Hartford! she was Executive Director of the Hartford Education Foundation, the predecessor entity of Achieve Hartford!, which largely focused on supporting innovative teaching in Hartford. She is a Board member of the Connecticut Consortium of Education Foundations, the Women's Education and Leadership Fund at the University of Hartford, and the Hill-Stead Museum. She is an honorary docent at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Pat is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and is involved in a host of local community organizations.
Susan Lennon, Women's College Coalition
Ms. Lennon has been president of the Women's College Coalition, an association of colleges and universities that are committed to the unfinished agenda of the 21st Century: The education and success of women and girls across all age, racial and ethnic, socioeconomic and religious groups in the U.S. and around the world - since 2004. Susan earned her MPPM/MBA from Yale University School of Management and her bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of San Diego. Her career has traversed the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, affording her a distinctive perspective on the competitive nature and complexities of the business of higher education in which colleges and universities must be mission driven and market smart, accountable and transparent.
April 28, 2011
Reception at 5pm. Conversation from 5:30 - 7pm.
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