“Young women leaders from around the world need to build networks, to share ideas, experiences, strategies and skills with each other. This summer institute will provide a powerful crucible for this exchange.”

Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

The inaugural Women in Public Service Summer Institute will take place at Wellesley College, June 11 – 22, 2012. An integral part of the Women in Public Service Project, the institute is a first-of-its-kind, two-week program that will train the next generation of women leaders.

The institute will convene 50 promising women leaders from around the world, focused on areas undergoing political transformations and social change, such as Arab countries in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region.

Participants will benefit from:

• intensive training and classroom learning through a targeted, innovative curriculum;
• networking and mentoring with peers and established leaders;
• a forum for shared learning and dialogue on leadership;
• a cross-cultural exchange of ideas and resources; and
• an online global support network of peers and mentors

2012 SUMMER INSTITUTE APPLICATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE HERE

WPSP Summer Institute Planning Committee:

Kavita Ramdas, Senior Advisor, Global Fund for Women, Chair

Michael Allen, Professor of Political Science, Bryn Mawr Collge
Victoria Budson, Executive Director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program
Henrietta Holsman Fore, CEO, Holsman International
Laura Bloomberg, Ctr. for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota
Shireen Chengadu, Academic Director Gordon Institute of Business Science
Vishakha Desai, President, Asia Society
Vincent A Ferraro, Ruth Lawson Professor of Politics, Mount Holyoke College
Suzanne George, Principal, Albright Stonebridge Group
Carol Lancaster, Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Kimberly Marten, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
Pat Mitchell, President and CEO, The Paley Center for Media
Iris Newalu, Director of Executive Education, Smith College
Deborah Winslow Nutter, Senior Associate Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Faculty Director, 2012 Summer Institute, Wellesley College
Michele J. Sison, United States Ambassador
Mona Sutphen, Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Policy
Juree Vichit-Vadakan, member of the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand
Kaniya Wignaraja, UNDP Resident Coordinator to Zambia
Saadia Zahidi, Senior Director, World Economic Forum