LOOKING FORWARD 9:30 – 10:30 President’s Hall
Speaker: Kevin Smith, Interim President and CEO, Minnesota Orchestra Smith, esteemed for his leadership of the Minnesota Opera and the Ordway, assumed the role of Interim CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra last summer. He will describe the orchestra’s ongoing holistic and collaborative programming. Included are plans for growing confidence and trust among staff, board members, musicians, and community, as well as building audience.
TOWARD A BETTER WORLD 10:45 – 11:45 President’s Hall
Speaker: Michele Boston, Co-founder, No Time for Poverty Boston has been co-owner and CEO for a large corporation and a non-profit organization. She is now founder and CEO of a for-profit corporation established to donate 100% of its profits to charity. She will share her personal journey as a girl from the Bronx who discovered a simple formula for not only living in a complex world changing by nanoseconds, but for making a better place.
ANNOUNCEMENTS 11:45 – 12:00
LUNCHEON 12:00 – 1:15
CANCER IS A BUSINESS Burzynski Documentary Film 1:15-2:15 President’s Hall
Speaker: Barbara Eiger, AAUW Member “No one appears to contest the efficacy of his treatment; the problem…is a pharmaceutical industry with nothing to gain…and much to lose…from the introduction of a highly successful, nontoxic competitor to chemotherapy and radiation.” The New York Times, June 4, 2010
“…a wonderful movie…grippingly told… compelling.” Dr. Mehmet Oz, May 17, 2011
“TOP TEN BEST FILM OF 2010! It will give you goose bumps and bring tears to your eyes.” The Movie Film Show