Final Friday Lunch Series
Friday, October 30, 2009
Join ETHL each final Friday of the month for an informal luncheon with various North Carolina notables.
Come share your thoughts about the future of North Carolina--challenges, opportunities, hopes. Following remarks from the special guest, we'll provide ample time for Q&A.
Consider Final Fridays a rare opportunity to share lunch with seasoned North Carolina leaders with whom you may not normally have the chance to interact one-on-one.
In Durham, Join Us as We Meet Bill Shore, Director of US Community Partnerships for GlaxoSmithKline.
Bill Shore is Director of US Community Partnerships for GlaxoSmithKline. He has overall responsibility for GSK's US community programs. In this role, Bill is responsible for building relationships with key US external stakeholders and developing GSK's reputation and commitment as an intelligent and responsible corporate social investor. Bill heads up the U.S. Community Partnership team and serves on the U.S. Corporate Contributions Committee, which determines GSK's corporate social investments in the US.
Mr. Shore joined Glaxo in January 1985 as manager of administrative services. He started the community affairs program in 1987 and has expanded the department's focus from the Raleigh-Durham-RTP area to state and national projects. He has helped make GlaxoSmithKline a national corporate leader in volunteerism and community involvement. Bill is honorary co-chair of the Ronald McDonald House $15 million Campaign in Durham, NC. He serves as chairman of N.C. Communities in Schools Board of Directors.
Mr. Shore has been, or is currently, on the board of directors for groups including the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health in New York, N.C. Business Committee for Education, the N.C. Public School Forum, the Durham Public Library Foundation, the Durham Chamber of Commerce, The Hill Center, North Carolina Central University Board of Trustees, N.C. Center for Public Policy Research, co-chair of the Regional Transportation Alliance, and many others.
He is a former member and chairman of the board of the Durham Public Education Network and is currently Vice Chairman of the Institute for a Competitive Workforce and serves as a board member of BCLC and EETC at the U.S. Chamber. Bill is also a member of the President's Council for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Washington, DC. and chairs the Student Affairs Advisory Board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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In Raleigh, Join us as We Meet John Quinterno, Principal of South by North Strategies.
John Quinterno is a principal with South by North Strategies, Ltd. He is an expert in issues of state-level labor market analysis, regional economic development, community college policy, workforce development, and social insurance.Known for an ability to translate complex issues into a form easily grasped by public officials and opinion leaders, Quinterno has published widely on economic and social topics. For example, he authored the well-regarded report When Any Job Isn't Enough: Jobs-Centered Development in the American South (2009, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation). He also was the author of two noted reports published by the North Carolina Budget & Tax Center: Making Ends Meet on Low Wages (2008) and North Carolina's Unfinished Transformation (2006).Quinterno's analyses and commentaries also have appeared in a variety of newspapers, magazines, and new media publications. He also is cited regularly in stories about the overall economy, recession, and recovery.Earlier in his career, Quinterno worked at the NC Budget and Tax Center in Raleigh, the Program on Public Life at UNC-Chapel Hill, and The HOPE Program in New York City. Quinterno also has served on numerous public, philanthropic and non-governmental committees interested in reforming the public workforce development system.A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Quinterno resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.For more information and to RSVP for Raleigh, click here.
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The mission of the Emerging Tar Heel Leaders (ETHL) is to provide young North Carolinians with the knowledge, skills and resources necessary for active engagement and leadership in our communities. As a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, ETHL works to cultivate and unite young professionals around issues important to the future of North Carolina.