Summit 2012 Video Links
Click on the links below to view Summit highlights
Opening Session January 24
Speakers included:
MENTOR’s Chief Executive Officer David Shapiro.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Acting Administrator Melodee Hanes.
The Corporation for National and Community Service’s Acting CEO Robert Velasco.
The Harvard School of Public Health’s Associate Dean Jay Winsten.
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D, LA).
Keynote Session January 24
Speakers included:
MENTOR’s Co-Founder Geoff Boisi.
Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Joshua DuBois.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor for Strategic Engagement Michael Strautmanis.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Mack Koonce.
Vice President of National Engagement for United Way Worldwide Peter Hahn.
Executive Director of the New York and Long Island Mentoring Partnerships Jean Cohen.
Chair of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism and School Engagement Leslie Cornfeld.
Keynote Session January 25 - Emotionally Moving Panel of Mentors and Mentees
Speakers included:
Executive Director of the Minnesota Mentoring Partnership Joellen Gonder-Spacek.
The Founder and Executive Director of BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Beverly Bond.
Youth mentees Tiani, Jimmy, Jonathan, Chad and D’Vondre.
Adult mentors Joy, Fred, John (representing Ron), David and Kevin.
Corporate Leadership Session January 24
Speakers included:
Vice Chair, People, for Ernst & Young Nancy Altobello.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Starbucks Paula Boggs.
Senior Vice President and National Volunteerism Manager of Wells Fargo Melissa Buchanan.
Director of Employee Engagement for the Gap Foundation Gail Gershon.
President of the Bank of America Charitable Foundation Kerry Sullivan.
Director of Volunteerism at AT&T Bradley Yates.
Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for Viacom Denise White, introducing the corporate mentoring tool titled Mentor In a Box.