2024 Global Education Leaders Program

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Applications for the 2024 Global Education Leaders Program have closed. We invite you to visit worldview.unc.edu to learn more about upcoming programs.

Schedule

TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2024

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2024

THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2024

Featured Speakers

Hazael Andrew is the Associate Director of UNC World View. As part of his role, Hazael plans and administers professional development programs for K-12 and community college educators. He collaborates with 31 community colleges in North Carolina and Florida on the Scholar of Global Distinction program, a program where community colleges and their faculty commit to develop and offer globally intensive courses and activities through which students can earn a global distinction credential from UNC World View. Hazael’ s educational background includes a Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a concentration in Cultural Foundations from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, an MBA in Finance from Mississippi State University, and a dual bachelor’s degree in Managerial Economics and Finance from Fayetteville State University.

Robert H. “Robin” Dorff currently serves as Senior Advisor, Gables Group Strategies, Inc. and as Managing Director of Gables Group Germany, GmbH. He is also an Instructor, Coach, and Creative Director for Online Programming for The Leadership Collaborative. He specializes in formulating and applying strategy and in developing strategic leadership in higher education, non-profits, and international business. Until his retirement in 2020, Dr. Dorff spent more than 40 years in higher education that included administrative leadership roles as Provost/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and with the rank of Full Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. He served as the General Douglas MacArthur Research Professor of National Security Affairs (2007-2012) at the U.S. Army War College with a special focus on US-Transatlantic Relations, NATO, and International Security. Prior to that he was Professor of National Security Policy and Strategy in the Department of National Security and Strategy (1997-2004), held the General Maxwell D. Taylor Chair (1999-2002), and served as Department Chair (2001-2004). Dr. Dorff also served as Executive Director of the Institute of Political Leadership in Raleigh, NC, a multi-party non-profit that worked with people interested in running for elected office. He lectures and consults frequently on strategy, leadership, and international security issues for corporate as well as national security audiences and has spoken all over the U.S. and in Canada, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He has also been a regular speaker in UNC World View Programs since 2012. Dr. Dorff is the recipient of the U.S. Army Superior Civilian Service Award, the U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, and the U.S. Secretary of State Distinguished Public Service Award. He received his B.A. from Colorado College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He lives in Holderness, New Hampshire.

Tim Flood is a clinical associate professor of management and corporate communication at UNC’s Kenan Flagler Business School. He also works at Launch Chapel Hill, an entrepreneurship and startup accelerator here in Chapel Hill. Dr. Flood teaches several courses on presentation skills, global communication, business writing, U.S. language and culture for international and exchange students, and segments of the Communication, Leadership and Career Management series. He is the author of MBA Fundamentals: Business Writing (Kaplan Press, 2008). He also edited The Rhetorical Dimensions of Cyberspace with Beth Baldwin (1997). His research interests include the roles of media and technology in both interpersonal and corporate communication, cross-cultural communication and global business leadership fluency.

Dr. Flood has been very fortunate that his academic and off-campus worlds intersect in many great ways. He has travelled for work and student trips to 18 countries (and counting) and consulted with companies in Finland, Egypt, Turkey, Dubai, the UK, and across the US. Dr. Flood has worked—as a consultant, advisor, pitch coach and critic, vocal supporter and networker—with Fortune 500 companies, startups, small and medium businesses, teams who have come through Launch Chapel Hill, and across the many-layered entrepreneurship ecosystem coming out of the Business School, Innovate Carolina, and across the UNC campus, NC, and the southeast. 

Dr. Flood has consulted with the World Bank/IFC and Egyptian Institute of Directors on issues of corporate governance and educational outreach. Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, Dr. Flood worked as a solutions consultant for Vanguard Cellular Systems (now part of AT&T Wireless).

He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, his MA from Texas A&M University and his BA from the University of Maryland.

Jonathan Hartlyn is the Kenneth J. Reckford Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. Jonathan Hartlyn received his B.A. from Clark University and both his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. Before coming to UNC-Chapel Hill in 1988, he taught at Vanderbilt University. His research and teaching interests are in the comparative politics of Latin America, especially with relation to questions of democratization, political institutions, political behavior, and state-society relations. He is the co-author of Latin America in the Twenty First Century: Toward a New Socio-Political Matrix (2003; Spanish publication, 2004 and Portuguese publication, 2007), and author of The Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic (1998; Spanish publication, 2008) and The Politics of Coalition Rule in Colombia (1988; Spanish publication, 1993). He has authored or co-authored journal articles on issues that include democratic transitions, gender and politics, migration and political parties, public opinion and institutional trust, elections and electoral governance, constitutionalism, and comparative political party systems. He received a Johnston Award for Teaching Excellence from UNC in 2010 and a Robson Award for Excellence in Graduate Instruction from UNC’s Department of Political Science in 2022. He served as Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Global Programs for UNC’s College of Arts & Sciences from 2009 to 2017, and has also served at UNC as Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies (now the Institute for the Study of the Americas). He was elected to a term as Chair of the Comparative Democratization section of the American Political Science Association, and as a member of the Executive Council of the Latin American Studies Association.

Timothy Humphrey is currently IBM’s Chief Analytics Officer. He is also the Senior State Executive for IBM in North Carolina and Senior Location Executive for IBM in Research Triangle Park, NC, one of the company’s largest sites. Tim has over 25 years of global experience with IBM and Lenovo. He has held various roles spanning hardware, software, battery technology, supply chain, acquisitions, data, and AI. He has earned numerous patents as well as management, innovation, and excellence awards for his contributions to the computing industry.

Active in the community, Tim engages in several non-profit fundraising activities, special events, and volunteer efforts. He serves as a board member for many local non-profit organizations. Tim is also a very active mentor to over 40 global professionals, students, and youth.

Tim graduated from North Carolina State University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and is a member of the North Carolina State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Hall of Fame and the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees. Tim is a North Carolina native and currently resides in Raleigh, NC.

Robert M. Jenkins is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His scholarly interests are in the areas of security policy, climate change, international organizations, social and political change, ethnic conflict and nationalism, and state building. A long-time specialist in Central and Eastern Europe, his expertise also includes the institutions and policies of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). His current research includes climate change policies in the European Union and United States, the social bases of populism in post-communist Europe, and international intervention into the post-conflict Western Balkans. Dr. Jenkins has been actively involved in study abroad activities since 2001.  Recently, he directed UNC study abroad semester programs on Transatlantic security in Brussels and London in 2022 and 2023.  He regularly leads a summer program to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Vienna, Austria.  He was also faculty director of the UNC Honors semester in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013 and 2016. From 2001 to 2015, Dr. Jenkins was Director of the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. Prior to joining UNC, he was an independent consultant and researcher as well as a professor at Yale University. His consulting projects included regional studies of higher education reform in East Europe countries and evaluations of academic and civic education programs in Central Europe. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1987.

Charlé LaMonica has held service to the state front and center in her work. Since 2013, LaMonica has expanded UNC World View’s support of educators and increased partnerships in both rural and urban settings. LaMonica and the World View team have led more than 21 global study visits, taking K-12 and community college educators around the world to learn about educational systems, classroom experiences, history, business and culture. Since the founding of UNC World View in 1998, more than 25,000 teachers have participated in UNC World View programs from every county in North Carolina.

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall In 1996, Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall became the first woman ever elected to a statewide, executive branch office in North Carolina and has served as President of the National Association of Secretaries of State. Voters re-elected her to a seventh term in 2020, and Governor Cooper presented her with the NC Order of the Long Leaf Pine award in 2022, the Governor’s highest award for service to the State. A former teacher, small business owner, and private practice attorney, Secretary Marshall was elected to the NC Senate before rising to statewide office.

Under Secretary Marshall’s administration, more than 1.8 million businesses have been formed, she has pioneered e-commerce in government, protected investors and intellectual property owners, and promoted financial capital formation in North Carolina.

Secretary Marshall has been very active in many civic groups in the areas of child welfare, women’s issues, and agriculture and small town economic development. She credits 4-H as an important part of her youth and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from North Carolina 4-H and in 2014 was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame .

She holds a B.S. in Home Economics from the University of Maryland and a law degree from Campbell University. She has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Campbell University, Lees-McRae College, Meredith College and the Republic of Moldova State University of Medicine.

Since becoming Secretary of State, she has received numerous state and national awards for leadership in technology, government innovation, and women’s leadership. These awards include:

• The First Annual Achievement Award from the national Notary Public Administrators Section of the National Association of Secretaries of State in 2023, also named in her honor as the Jaeger-Marshall NPA Achievement Award;
• The 2022 Champion for Children Award from the North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children;
• The 2020 Ray of Light award from Boundless Impact for her decades of work advancing North Carolina’s Global Competitiveness;
• The 2018 Person of the Year Award from The Women’s Business Center of North Carolina and was inducted into the North Carolina Women Business Owners Hall of Fame the same year;

She has been recognized as a leader in state trademark protection by the US Chamber of Commerce, the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition and Underwriters Laboratories — just to name a few.

Lodging & Directions

A courtesy block of rooms is being held at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill.  You can reserve through this site. Please note that the rate for participants in the Global Education Leaders Program is available until June 3, 2024.

However, you are not obligated to stay at this property! There are several other hotels close to the Rizzo Center, so please choose what is best for you. The other closest hotels are Courtyards by Marriott Chapel Hill, or Aloft Chapel Hill.

Program Materials

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Directions/Parking

The Rizzo Center
150 DuBose Home Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
+1 919.913.2098

Click HERE for directions to the Rizzo Center. 

Program Material

More information coming soon!

Policies

UNC World View Photography/Social Media Policy:

By registering for this program, I grant permission for photographs/video and audio to be taken of me during various program activities. I authorize UNC World View to use any and all photographs and recordings in any format or medium, including but not limited to UNC World View promotions, literature, and educational material.

UNC World View Cancellation Policy:

UNC World View understands that educators work in dynamic environments and may not be able to attend all programs for which they registered. UNC World View thus offers a credit in the amount of the original registration fee for future programs to educators who contact World View at least one (1) week before the program’s start date. Cancellations made within one (1) week of the program (or after the program has occurred) will not be credited or refunded. Thank you for your understanding!

To review UNC World View’s program policies webpage, click HERE.