Cornell College of Business Annual San Francisco Predictions Event

by Alumni Affairs & Development (AA&D)

Alumni/Development

Tue, Jan 17, 2017

6:30 PM – 9 PM

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San Francisco Marriott Union Square

480 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States

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Cornell College of Business (CCB) along with the Johnson Club of the Bay Area invite you to join them for the
 
Annual San Francisco Predictions Event 
featuring 


Paul Rice
President and CEO, Fair Trade

Paul Rice will speak about recent developments and trends in the Fair Trade arena and the positive global impact that Fair Trade has inspired. Paul will also discuss what he sees for the future of conscious capitalism, fair trade, and the societal impact that results from partnerships with businesses. 

Tuesday, January 17, 2017
6:30 - 9:00. p.m.

Presentation to begin at 7:15
  
San Francisco Marriott Union Square
480 Sutter Street | San Francisco, California  94108

 
Special guest Mark W. Nelson, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, will provide an update from Cornell. 
  
Cost
Alumni and guests: $55
Current students: $40
 
Fees include drinks, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and a dessert reception. 
 
Register now | See who's coming 
 
 
Let us tell you a little more about the Cornell College of Business Predictions series
 
How did the Prediction series get started? First launched by the Johnson Club of the Bay Area 22 years ago, the Predictions series quickly became a tradition supported by Johnson alumni clubs throughout the U.S., and also in London. Every year, Predictions events welcome all members of the Cornell community to come, mingle, and listen to top leaders and thinkers share industry insights for the coming year.   
 
What is the format? Each event opens with a networking cocktail reception that includes heavy hors d'oeuvres. The following program includes an update from Johnson Dean Mark W. Nelson, a Predictions announcement, and a TED-style talk by the keynote speaker followed by an interactive Q&A session. The event concludes with a passed dessert reception.
 
Why are they called Predictions events?
In addition to a forward-looking keynote presentation, club leaders collaborate to create a short list of business-related questions for attendees, who are asked to cast their best predictions for 2017. Those who offered the most accurate responses to the 2016 Predictions questions will be honored at this year's events.
 
Cornell College of Business Partnership
This year, Johnson is partnering with the School of Hotel Administration and Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management to bring you a series of Cornell College of Business Predictions events. While continuing with our long-standing Predictions tradition, we're happy to offer more opportunities to connect with alumni, students, and friends of Cornell.
 
We hope to see you at a Predictions event in your area! Click here to view a complete lineup of the 2017 Cornell College of Business Predictions Series.

 

For more information, contact the Johnson Alumni Affairs Office at 1-800-847-2082, ext. 2 or at alumni@johnson.cornell.edu. 

 

Where

San Francisco Marriott Union Square

480 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States

Speakers

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Paul Rice

President and CEO

Fair Trade

Paul opened our first "national headquartersÔÇØ ÔÇö a one-room office in a converted warehouse in downtown Oakland ÔÇö in late 1998. Since launching the Fair Trade Certified label, Paul has pushed to mainstream the Fair Trade movement and expand its impact on farmers by innovating the model, partnering with over 800 U.S. companies and expanding certification across new product categories. This vision and leadership helped push U.S. retail sales of Fair Trade products to an estimated $1.5 billion in 2011, enabling millions of small farmers and workers to live better.

Paul came to Fair Trade by way of the mountainous Segovias region of northern Nicaragua, where he served for 11 years, organizing cooperatives and training farmers. While in Nicaragua, Paul founded and led PRODECOOP, the country's first Fair Trade, organic coffee export cooperative, which introduced him to the transformational power of Fair Trade. Subsequently, Paul served as strategy consultant and development advisor to 22 cooperative enterprises throughout Latin America and Asia, helping them become more competitive, democratic and self-reliant. PaulÔÇÖs first-hand experience over the last 30 years in the areas of global supply chain transparency, social auditing, sustainable agriculture, and cooperative enterprise development is unique in the certification world.

Paul has received numerous honors and awards for his pioneering work as a social entrepreneur in the Fair Trade movement. In 2000 he received the prestigious international Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship. In 2001 Paul was recognized by the AVINA Foundation for his "leadership for change.ÔÇØ Paul was honored by the Klaus Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum as one of the world's top 40 Social Entrepreneurs in 2002. Fast Company magazine named Paul ÔÇ£Social Capitalist of the YearÔÇØ four years in a row (2005-08). Paul also received the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and has been honored by the Clinton Global Initiative for his leadership in Fair Trade. Paul holds an Economics and Political Science degree from Yale University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

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