Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Institute for Social Leadership MBA Seminar

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Collaboration with the Sanford School of Public Policy

January 2017

“Between Philanthropy and Public Policy”

Mandel Social Leadership MBA Students, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (BGU) and the Mandel Foundation in Israel have established a premier MBA program in Social Leadership, the objective of which is to train and develop top leaders for the nonprofit and public sectors in Israel.

In January, the Heyman Center for Ethics hosted 25 BGU leaders and MBA students for the philanthropy and public policy seminar led by Professor Joel Fleishman.

Seminar speakers included:

Joel L. Fleishman, Professor of Law and Public Policy

Topic: Continuing Dynamism and Change in America’s Nonprofit Sector

Dan Ariely, Lecturer and the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics

Topic: The Challenges and Opportunities with Self-Control

Dr. Ralph Snyderman, Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Duke University

Topic: From Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, to Duke University: Lessons Learned Along the Way

James B. Hunt, Former North Carolina Governor

Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner

Topic: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm

Bruce Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Topic: U.S.-Israel Relations in a Trump Administration

Judith Rizzo, Founding CEO and Executive Director of the Hunt Institute

Topic: The Current Socio-Political Context of Public Education in the U.S.

David F. Levi, Dean of Duke School of Law

Topic: Finding Ties that Bind

Other activities throughout the week included:

Bus tour of Duke campus

Tour of Hunt Library, Institute for Emerging Issues

Tour of SAS

Visit to Southpoint Mall and Tanger Outlet Mall

Tour of Duke Nasher Museum

Visit to American Hebrew Academy

Event Photos
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