In this episode of Building the Future, Dan is joined by Dex M. Burns, the Founder, President, and CEO of First Trip, an organization focused on diversifying the field of International Relations by alleviating barriers for underrepresented college students to travel abroad for the first time and pursue global careers.
Sep 2024
Shaping Tomorrow: USAID’s Digital Future with Chris Burns
In this episode of Building the Future, Romina Bandura is joined by Chris Burns, Chief Digital Development Officer for USAID and the Director of the Technology Division, to discuss USAID’s work on digital development and dive deeper into USAID’s 10-year Digital Strategy for 2024- ... Show More
44m 10s
Jun 2024
Bridging the Gender Digital Divide with Jamie Zimmerman
In this episode of Building the Future, Guest Host Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow at the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development, is joined by Jamie Zimmerman, the Deputy Director of Digital Connectivity at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss opportunities and cha ... Show More
38m 31s
Aug 2021
Karen Gram-Skjoldager et al., "Organizing the 20th-Century World: International Organizations and the Emergence of International Public Administration, 1920-1960s" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
The history of international organizations has been an exciting area of research in recent years, with such landmark studies as Stephen Wertheim’s Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global Supremacy and Adom Getachew's Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determi ... Show More
1 h
Aug 2022
Stuart Rees Jones, CEO at Camps International
With us, today on Dubai Works is Stuart Rees Jones. The CEO at Camps International, a worldwide volunteer travel operator founded in 2002. And to date, has hosted more than 30,000 travelers and completed over 200 transformative community, wildlife, and environmental projects.
48m 42s
Oct 2022
Navigating Macro Headwinds: A Conversation With the Founders of Brex and Chief
What’s top of mind for exceptional entrepreneurs? In the latest episode of Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs’ Kim Posnett, global head of Investment Banking Services, sat down with two company founders — Henrique Dubugras, co-founder and co-CEO at Brex and Carolyn Childer ... Show More
22m 47s
Jan 2014
Verne Harnish, the founder of Entrepreneurs Organization talks shop with Fire Nation
Verne is Founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and chaired for fifteen years EO’s premiere CEO program, the Birthing of Giants held at MIT. He is the Founder of Gazelles, a global executive education and coaching company, and Author of Mastering the Rocke ... Show More
41m 5s
Mar 2024
981: Bridging Continents: A Finance Leader’s Journey | Jakson Peters, CFO, TourRadar
Jakson Peters's journey from humble beginnings to becoming a global CFO is a tale adaptability, and continuous learning. Born in Brazil, he had initial career expectations far removed from the finance world that had their roots in the start of his working life as part of the fami ... Show More
48m 19s
Jan 2024
Man Group CEO Robyn Grew Talks Diversity and Purpose
The world’s largest listed hedge fund manager, Man Group, has a female in charge for the first time in its 240 year history. Robyn Grew was promoted from president to CEO last September, the high point of a 15-year career at the firm. On the latest episode of Leaders With Lacqua, ... Show More
24m 4s
Feb 2024
Women in International Law – Episode 01 – Lucy McKernan
The Women in International Law podcast, presented by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the ATLAS Network, showcases women with diverse experiences and career paths in the field. Together, we explore their journeys, pivotal moments and chall ... Show More
21m 1s