The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Alumni Reception and Panel
With Tom Farley, Judith Samuelson and Jorge Tacla
Thursday, March 12, 2015
5:15 - 7:00 PM (reception begins at 5:15pm, panel begins at 6:00pm)
If you are going to be in the New York City area on Thursday, March 12th, we would like you to join us for our annual alumni event at The Rockefeller Foundation. We are excited to bring together three former Bellagio Resident Fellows, Tom Farley, Judith Samuelson and Jorge Tacla for a reception and discussion of their post-Bellagio work.
As space is very limited, we are urging everyone who is interested in attending this year's Bellagio Center Alumni Event to RSVP at your earliest convenience.
Thomas Farley, Distinguished Fellow in Public Health Policy, Hunter College, City University of New York
Bellagio Project Title: Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases and Extending Healthy Life: Lessons from New York City
Thomas A. Farley Is currently the CEO of the Public Good Projects, an organization that uses the mass media to promote health. Trained as a pediatrician, Dr. Farley has had an extensive career within the field of public health. He previously worked with the Center for Disease Control in various capacities, including as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and later in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Before arriving at Hunter College, Dr. Farley served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. As Health Commissioner, he was at the forefront of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s high profile advocacy campaigns and public health policies. Dr. Farley earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Haverford College. He also earned both an M.D. and M.P.H. from Tulane University School of Medicine.
Whilst at the Center, Tom used his residency to complete a book describing the successful efforts of the New York City Health Department to reduce non-communicable diseases and advance health. The book hopes to describe how initiatives were undertaken so that readers could understand not only the value of the specific initiatives, but also the process by which successful health policies can be developed and implemented. The book was written to provide a common understanding of successful government responses and as an advocacy tool for those working to implement them.
Judith Samuelson, Executive Director, The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Bellagio Project Title: Making Business Sense: Aligning Corporations with the Long Term Health of Society
Judith Samuelsson is the founder and Executive Directors of the Business and Society Program at The Aspen Institute which works to explore the intersection of business and society through dialogue, teaching, and research. Her diverse professional background includes positions in the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. Ms. Samuelson initially tackled health and education related issues as a lobbyist and legislative aid in Sacramento, California and later worked as a policy analyst in the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. She then spent seven years as a commercial banker with Bankers Trust Company before joining the Ford Foundation in 1989. While with the Ford Foundation, Ms. Samuelson served as Director of the Office of Program-Related Investments. She later helped establish Ford’s Corporate Involvement Initiative which supports partnerships between private and nonprofit entities with the aim of promoting long-term value creation for both business and society. Ms. Samuelson obtained a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Management as well as a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from UCLA.
Whilst at the Center, Judith used her residency to produce an article for a general and business audience. It focused on the need for a fundamental rethinking of the purpose of the public corporation and for fresh ideas to influence the conventional metrics and models taught in business school. Its aim was to connect the dots between the health of business, markets, and wider society to our fixation with "shareholder primacy" and "pay for performance," connected to short-term share price. The goal was to develop a road map that employed both theory and practice, useful in both boardrooms and classrooms.
Jorge Tacla, Visual Artist, Co-founder, Artistic Director Adjunct, SANFIC Santiago International Film Festival
Bellagio Project Title: Hidden Identities, an artwork
Originally from Chile, Jorge Tacla moved to New York after studying at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Chile located in Santiago, Chile. Tacla continues to both work and live in Santiago and New York. Much of his art is representative of social rupture that provides insight into previously unexplored structural systems. His work has been displayed across the world, most recently in cities such as Beijing, Venice, Sharjah, and Lima. Tacla continues to receive numerous recognitions for his work, most notably grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts (1988, 1992); the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1991), and the Eco Art Award (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992).
Whilst at the Center, Jorge used his residency to develop an interdisciplinary project that involved both art and literature. The residency included working on drawings and texts, as well as researching various psychological and philosophical theories, which would be interwoven with contemporary poetry in order to develop a new body of work.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Juanita Frazier-Martin at Bellagio_NY@rockfound.org.