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Brave Leader Series Shannon Sedgwick Davis, Author, To Stop A Warlord
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About the Series
Brave leaders inspire growth in people, organizations and markets. Kellogg hosts prominent leaders from business, government and civil society who engage the Kellogg community in thought-provoking discussions about key issues facing the business community and the world at large.
This event is made possible through the generosity of Donna and Lloyd Morgan, BBA ’62 & KSM ’63
On January 13th, join us in welcoming Brave Leader, Shannon Sedgwick Davis.
Brave leaders inspire growth in people, organizations and markets. Kellogg hosts prominent leaders from business, government and civil society who engage the Kellogg community in thought-provoking discussions about key issues facing the business community and the world at large.
This event is made possible through the generosity of Donna and Lloyd Morgan, BBA ’62 & KSM ’63
On January 13th, join us in welcoming Brave Leader, Shannon Sedgwick Davis.
Shannon Sedgwick Davis is the CEO of Bridgeway Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to ending and preventing mass atrocities around the world.
As an attorney, activist and passionate advocate for social justice, Shannon has guided Bridgeway Foundation in pioneering solutions to seemingly intractable issues around the world. Ms. Sedgwick Davis and the Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their pivotal role in mobilizing awareness, civilian protection, and recovery efforts against the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court.
Shannon's memoir, To Stop A Warlord, was published this spring.
Learn more about Shannon’s story, and how she bravely fights for human rights and is a catalyst for peace around the world, on Monday, January 13th.
Dinner will not be provided.
Event will begin promptly and latecomers will not be admitted.
Dress Casual (jeans ok)
Where
KGH, 2270 - White Auditorium
Global Hub - 2211 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Speakers
Shannon Sedgwick Davis
CEO
Bridgeway Foundation
Shannon Sedgwick Davis is the CEO of Bridgeway Foundation and the author of To Stop A Warlord. The Bridgeway Foundation is a philanthropic organization dedicated to ending and preventing mass atrocities around the world. The organization, established in 2000 as the charitable giving arm of Bridgeway Capital Management, serves as a catalyst for peace and reconciliation in international communities suffering from oppression, genocide, and other human rights violations. As an attorney, activist, passionate advocate for social justice, Ms. Sedgwick Davis has guided the Bridgeway Foundation in pioneering solutions to seemingly intractable issues around the world. The organization has supported the work of groups like Aegis Trust, Resolve Uganda, Human Rights Watch, Invisible Children, and dozens of community-based organizations. Ms. Sedgwick Davis and the Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their pivotal role in mobilizing awareness, civilian protection, and recovery efforts to counter the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court.
Before joining Bridgeway Foundation in 2007, Ms. Sedgwick Davis served as Vice President of Geneva Global, a leading philanthropic consulting firm that advises individuals, foundations, non-profit organizations, and corporations on international development, global health, and poverty solutions. Previously, Ms. Sedgwick Davis was the Director of Public Affairs at the International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights agency that focuses on ending slavery, forced prostitution, and illegal land seizures in the developing world. Her work in helping rescue children from sex trafficking in the Svay Pak village of Cambodia was featured in the 2005 Emmy award-winning piece, “Children for Sale,” on Dateline.
Ms. Sedgwick Davis is an honors graduate of McMurry University and Baylor Law School, from which she received the institution’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award in 2011. Other awards include- Nomi Networks 2014 Abolitionist Award and The Rotary Club of San Antonio’s 2014 Outstanding Young San Antonian and the Global Human Rights Hero award from Saving Innocence. Ms. Sedgwick Davis currently serves on the advisory council of the Elders and is a board member of several organizations including Humanity United, charity: water, This Bar Saves Lives, Verdant Frontiers, Virunga Fund Inc., and formerly, TOMS LLC.