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The Annenberg Leadership Forum Mission<\/h2><\/div>
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The Annenberg Leadership Forum is an integral part of 91̽»¨\u2019s commitment to encouraging students to lead with integrity. Endowed through a generous gift from The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Fund for Leadership Development, this series brings to campus accomplished individuals who are recognized, world-class leaders in their fields of endeavor. The lectures provide an engaging forum for senior executives to address pertinent leadership issues and to share their insights with the HMC community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2026 Leadership Forum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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AI and Investing for Social Good<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, September 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Noon\u20131 p.m., Lunch and Learn<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDemystifying Venture: Funding, Growth and Leadership\u201d <\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Presented by the 91̽»¨ Annenberg Fellows, Joseph B. Platt Campus Center, Green Room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u20136 p.m., Meet the Experts Reception<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

R. Michael Shanahan Center for Teaching and Learning, Caryll Mudd and Norman F. Sprague Jr. Courtyard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\u20137 p.m., Heather Lord, Kelly Graziadei and Chris Lee in Conversation with President Harriet B. Nembhard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCapital and Character: Steering AI Toward Societal Impact\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Wayne \u201973 and Julie Drinkward Recital Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\nRegister<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Forum Panelists<\/h2><\/div>
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<\/span>Heather Lord<\/span><\/h2>

Chief Innovation Officer, Capital Group<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Kelly Graziadei<\/span><\/h2>

Co-Founder and General Partner, Perplexity Fund<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Christopher F. Lee<\/span><\/h2>

Senior Partner, FAA Investments, and HMC Trustee<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nEvent Details<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Past Annenberg Events<\/h2>More<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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<\/span>\u201cWhy This Education Matters: Alumni Founders on Impact and Purpose\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/h2>

A panel of experts discussed what it means to lead with purpose in an era of rapid technological change. With tech entrepreneurs and VC founders Josh Jones \u201998, Nihal Mehta and Aileen Lee P\u201928.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\u201cBuilding Connection in STEM: A Path to Collaborative Progress\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/h2>

With Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, and Katie Shilton,\u00a0professor in the College of Information at the University of Maryland, College Park. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>“Entrepreneurship for Social Good”<\/span><\/a><\/h2>

With Mellody Hobson, co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments, and Ajit Singh, partner at Artiman Ventures.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4722,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-primary.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4707","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4707"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5741,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4707\/revisions\/5741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}