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September 2023 • Edition 25

Wharton Impact announces new Tour dates with Dean Erika James and spotlights Robb LeMasters, W’99, and one of the School’s fundraising priorities: the Coalition for Equity and Opportunity.

Join Dean James on the Wharton Impact Tour

The Wharton Impact Tour Map
The Wharton Impact Tour has been visiting cities around the globe, and will include new stops in North America and Asia this year (current cities in red).

To share her vision for Wharton’s future, Dean Erika James will be back on the road for an exclusive series of in-person events. She will be joined by an all-star cast of alumni guest speakers and Wharton faculty, including T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, W’91, and Jeremy Siegel, Russell E. Palmer professor emeritus of finance.

Join Dean James in a city near you!

  • Atlanta – September 28, 2023
  • Seoul – October 11, 2023
  • Shanghai – October 17, 2023
  • Seattle – November 29, 2023
  • New York – February 21, 2024
  • Hong Kong – March 2024

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Robb LeMasters, W’99, Makes an Impact at Wharton

Robb LeMasters
Robb LeMasters, W’99, is helping to expand the ESG Initiative and showing Whartonites new ways to make an impact.
For Robb LeMasters, W’99, ESG is about more than just following a best-practices handbook. A supporter of the Wharton ESG Initiative and new member of the Undergraduate Executive Advisory Board, LeMasters is helping find applications for nuclear technology in medicine and clean energy and wants to show investors and the next generation of Whartonites just how many ways there are for businesses to benefit the world.

Wharton’s Coalition for Equity and Opportunity Engages the Community

Kenneth L. Shropshire and Dr. Renita Miller
Kenneth L. Shropshire, senior advisor to the dean for the Coalition for Equity and Opportunity and Dr. Renita Miller, Wharton’s chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer.
The first Wharton Wellness Summit recently took place in Saunders Park in West Philadelphia. Wharton’s Coalition for Equity and Opportunity brought together financial- and health-focused organizations to provide resources and activities for community members.

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