Our next signature event is scheduled for February 7th as we welcome Ross Professor Paul Clyde, the President of the William Davidson Institute to help launch our International Development Networking Group. Details are as follows:
Date: Thursday, February 7th, 6pm to 8pm
Location: The Yard - Eastern Market (700 Pennsylvania Ave, SE)
Cost: $10 per person (alums and guests invited) -- light drinks and appetizers served
Registration: available here
Ross Club of DC International Development Group Presents; an evening with Paul Clyde, President of the William Davidson Institute (WDI) at the University of Michigan and professor at the Ross School of Business. Established in 1992, WDI is an independent, non-profit research and educational organization focused on providing private-sector solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
Prior to joining WDI, Paul served as the academic director of the part-time MBA program at Michigan Ross and as an economist in the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. While at the U.S. Department of Justice, he advised governments in Eastern Europe on competition policy, natural monopolies and securities markets, and spent one year in Slovakia advising the Czech and Slovak governments. Over the past 15 years, he has advised or directed more than 80 healthcare, education and finance projects in more than a dozen low- and middle-income countries. He has also worked with corporations ranging in size from small startups to large organizations such as Johnson & Johnson and Novo Nordisk.
Paul will be providing an overview of WDI and will address the ongoing discussion of the role of business in society, including its role in economic development and the role of profit-maximizing firms vs. social ventures. Paul will also share ways to interact with WDI as alumni.
