What is the Leadership Exchange?
The Greater Philadelphia Leadership Exchange is an initiative of the Economy League to develop leaders of business, civic, and government organizations into visionaries dedicated to making Greater Philadelphia a world class region. Through in-region programming and out-of-region learning visits, the Leadership Exchange provides a unique opportunity for participants to build connections with top business, civic, and governmental leaders and to develop a deeper understanding of the Philadelphia region. Since the inception of the Leadership Exchange in 2005, the program has had a strong track record of exposing participants to new insights and ideas, forging connections across sectors and industries, and strengthening a community of leaders who are shaping the region’s future.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
DAMON CENTOLA
University of Pennsylvania
Damon Centola is a Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group. Before coming to Penn, he was an Assistant Professor at M.I.T. and a Robert Wood Johnson Fellow at Harvard University.
His one of the world's leading experts on social networks and behavior change. His work has been published across several disciplines in journals such as Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Sociology, and Journal of Statistical Physics. Damon received the American Sociological Association’s Award for Outstanding Article in Mathematical Sociology in 2006, 2009, and 2011, and was awarded the ASA's 2011 Goodman Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Sociological Methodology and the 2017 James Coleman Award for Outstanding Research in Rationality and Society. He was a developer of the NetLogo agent based modeling environment, and was awarded a U.S. Patent for inventing a method to promote diffusion in online networks. He is a member of the Sci Foo community and Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
Popular accounts of Damon’s work have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, TIME, The Atlantic, Scientific American and CNN. His speaking and consulting clients include Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Cigna, the Smithsonian Institution, the American Heart Association, the National Academies, the U.S. Army and the NBA.
Damon’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, and the Hewlett Foundation. He is a series editor for Princeton University Press, and the author of How Behavior Spreads.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
McKinsey Alston
Community Organizer, SeedSpot
Della Clark
President, The Enterprise Center
Patricia Cummings, Esq.
Supervisor, Conviction Integrity & Special Investigations Unit, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
Harold T. Epps
Director of Commerce, City of Philadelphia
Brandon J. Flood
Secretary of the Board of Pardons, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Jean Friedman-Rudovsky
Co-Executive Director, Resolve Philly
Tre'Cia Gibson
Co-Executive Director, Rebel Ventures
J. Jondhi Harrell
Director, The Center for Returning Citizens
Sarah Harris
Vice President, Social Impact, Entercom; Founding Partner, Social Venture Partners Greater Philadelphia
Danya Henninger
Editor, Billy Penn
Dr. William R. Hite, Jr., Ed.D
Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia
Judy Ni
Vice President, HospitalityTogether | Founder & Managing Partner, Baology
Dan Rhoton
Executive Director, Hopeworks
Jarrett Stein
Co-Executive Director, Rebel Ventures
Paul Tufano
Chairman and CEO, AmeriHealth Caritas
Oscar Wang
President, HospitalityTogether, Founder, CollegeTogether
2019 GPLEX CO-CHAIRS
JEFFREY COOPER
Vice President, Government Affairs, University of Pennsylvania
FOLASADE OLANIPEKUN-LEWIS
Regional Director, Government and Airport Affairs, American Airlines
ARUN PRABHAKARAN
Chief of Staff, Office of District Attorney Larry Krasner
2019 RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Peter Blau, President, ITDATA, Inc.
Tracy Brala, Vice President, Ecosystem Development, University City Science Center
Malik Brown, Vice President, Talent Strategy & Business Engagement, The Graduate Network
Jay Devine, President & CEO, Devine+Partners
Erik Evjen, Director of Research, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
Joanne Ferroni, Director, University and Community Partnerships Drexel
Dominique Goss, Charitable Giving Strategy Senior Manager, TD Charitable Foundation
Beth Hare, President, Criterion Search Group
Malcolm Ingram, Attorney, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sheila Ireland, Executive Director, City of Philadelphia, Office of Workforce Development
Russell Johnson, President & CEO, HealthSpark Foundation
Joe Khan, Of Counsel, Langer Grogan & Diver
Yocasta Lora, Associate State Director, AARP PA
Esther Morales, Director, Puentes de Salud
Lauren Nestler, Chief Communications and Strategy Officer, PHMC
Ellen Rosenberg, Vice President, Development and Civic Engagement, The Goldenberg Group
Andy Toy, Communications and Development Director, SEAMAAC
Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg, Cofounder & CEO, Zivtech
Bill Valerio, The Patricia Van Burgh Allison Director and CEO, Woodmere Art Museum
Jean Wang, President, Quantum, Inc.
