Global Careers Speaker Series
The Buffett Institute's Global Career Speaker Series connects Northwestern PhD students with alumni and leaders across sectors for conversations on a wide range of exciting career paths in international affairs, policy and development. All Global Career Speakers Series events will take place on Thursdays at 12:00 p.m. CT, beginning January 7, 2021.
Winter 2021
January 7: Bonnie Daniels ’69
Former Director at Management Systems International (MSI)
MSI is an international management consulting firm; Bonnie has experience working on activities sponsored by the World Bank, United Nations, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
January 28: Owain Johnstone
Policy Advisor, Ethical Trading Initiative
Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
February 25: Mrittika Sen ’17 PhD
Entrepreneur and Research and Development Consultant, Write Matters
Communication Studies, Northwestern University
March 18: Mamadou Bodian
Researcher, Sahel and West Africa Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Political Science, University of Florida
Spring 2021
April 1: Rebecca Webber Gaudiosi ’04 PhD
International Relations and Negotiation Expert, former U.S. diplomat
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
April 22: Careers in International Development Panel
Panelists to be announced
April 29: Careers in Research Panel
Ari Shaw ’17 PhD
Director of International Programs, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
Political Science, Northwestern University
Clemens Ackermann ’17 PhD
Research Coordination and Internationalization, ARENA2036
German and Critical Theory, Northwestern University
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May 13: Sakhile Matlhare ’14 MA, ’17 PhD
Co-Founder and Art Director, Sakhile&Me
Sociology, Northwestern University
May 27: Catherine Kelly
Assistant Professor of Justice and Rule of Law, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University; previously U.S. Department of State consultant
Government, Harvard University
June 3: Career Changes and Combinations Panel
Panelists to be announced