Aki Kimbeche provides various design and creative services including advertising design, new media design, publication design and editing, photography, and interior design. Some of her work includes creative design for communication strategies and publications for organizations such as CNHR, Rockefeller Foundation, AfriCOG, and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. She maintains a portfolio of her work on various projects and clients.
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PROGRAMME AND DIRECTORY
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Dr. Judith Rodin
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
Speakers/Presenters Biographies
AFRICA REGIONAL OFFICE
Partners Convening
AUGUST 15 -17, 2012 THE WINDSOR GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB NAIROBI KENYA
OPENING PRESENTATION:
Rockefeller Foundation: Innovation for the next 100 years
August 16, 2012
Dr. Judith Rodin is President of The Rockefeller Foundation, one of the
world’s leading philanthropic organizations. She was previously president
of the University of Pennsylvania, and provost ofYale University. Since
joining the Foundation in 2005, Dr. Rodin has recalibrated its focus to meet
the challenges of the 21st century, and today the Foundation supports
and shapes innovations to strengthen resilience to risks and ensure more
equitable growth around the world. The Foundation accomplishes these
goals through initiatives to address climate change in poor communities,
strengthen global health systems, catalyze the eld of impact investing,
mobilize an agricultural revolution in Africa and shape smart, sustainable
transportation policies in the United States.
A widely recognized international leader in academia, science and
development issues, Dr. Rodin has actively participated in in uential global
forums, including the World Economic Forum, the Council on Foreign
Relations, Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations General Assembly.
Dr. Rodin is also a member of the African Development Bank’s High Level
Panel and a Board member of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
(co-created by The Rockefeller Foundation).
A pioneer and innovator throughout her career, Dr. Rodin was the rst
woman named to lead an Ivy League institution and is the rst woman to
serve as The Rockefeller Foundation’s president in its nearly 100-year history.
A research psychologist by training, she was one of the pioneers of the
behavioral medicine and health psychology movements. Dr. Rodin is the
author of more than 200 academic articles and has written or co-written
12 books. She has received 18 honorary doctorate degrees and has been
named one of Crain’s 50 Most Powerful Women in NewYork three years in
a row. She has also been recognized as one of Forbes Magazine’s World’s
100 Most Powerful Women in 2011.Dr. Rodin serves as a member of the
board for several leading corporations and non-pro ts including Citigroup,
Comcast and the White House Council for Community Solutions. Dr. Rodin
is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her Ph.D. in
Psychology from Columbia University.
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Acknowledgment
AfriCOG thanks team members Charles Wanguhu, Maureen Kariuki, Seema Shah,
Beatrice Odallo, Anyona Obutu, Carole Theuri, Shwetaketu Radia, Stephanie Wairimu,
Kadenge Kidiga, Noreen Wahome and Maureen Gachomo for their commitment to our
work.
The production of this publication has been made possible by the support of the Drivers
of Accountability Programme, a program of the Government of the United Kingdom’s
Department for International Development (DFID), DANIDA and CIDA.
We are also grateful to the Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA) for their sup-
port to our work.
The views expressed in this report are those of AfriCOG alone.
February 2013
Africa Centre for Open Governance
P.O. Box 18157-00100, Nairobi,Kenya.
Telephone: +254 20-4443707/0737463166
Email: admin@africog.org
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