join us for
A NIGHT WITH RICHARD REEVES
APRIL 4, 2024
THE EVENT IS STILL ON!
We’re Vermonters… what’s a little snow?!
Thursday April 4, 2024 | 6:00 pm | Dudley H. Davis Center, GRand Maple ballroom
University of Vermont Burlington, VT
Welcome to our much anticipated event with keynote speaker Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves is President of the American Institute for Boys and Men, an organization with a mission to raise awareness of the problems of boys and men and advocate for effective solutions. His 2022 book, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, was described as a "landmark" in The New York Times and named a book of the year by both The Economist and The New Yorker. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, where he previously directed the Future of the Middle-Class Initiative and the Center on Children and Families.
Topic: Leave No Talent on the Table: Solving for the Gender Gap in Education
our speakers
This event is the result of shared leadership, commitment, and funding from a broad range of partners in Vermont’s philanthropic and post-secondary education communities. Our partners have worked together over the past year to make this evening possible and to support important conversations about the experiences of boys and young men in our state.
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Dan Smith
Dan Smith has driven impactful growth as President and CEO of the Vermont Community Foundation since 2016, focusing on philanthropy's role in closing the state's opportunity gap and navigating the Foundation's strategic response to supporting Vermonters during the pandemic and the 2023 floods.
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joyce judy
Joyce Judy has been president of the Community College of Vermont since 2009, where a special focus of her work has been on expanding access to higher education for all Vermonters, from high school students taking college courses to adult students seeking new career opportunities.
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Suresh Garimella
Suresh Garimella is the 27th president of the University of Vermont and a professor of mechanical engineering. His leadership of UVM emphasizes access and affordability for students and support for their success, investment in the university’s distinctive research strengths, and commitment to UVM’s land-grant mission of service to the state of Vermont.