By Office of News & Public Affairs |

Published: Feb. 3, 2011

Global and local issues that connect business, society and the environment will be the topic of “Through the Lens of Water,” the second annual Leadership for Change Sustainability Symposium on Feb. 11, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Murray Room of the Yawkey Athletic Center.

The symposium will feature a morning panel discussion, “The Global Lens: Water and Public Policy with a Global Perspective,” with Elisa M. Speranza, president of the CH2M HILL Operations & Maintenance Business Group; National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Director of Policy Sally Yozell;  and David Brooks, senior advisor for Fresh Water for Friends of the Earth, Canada. 

Another discussion,  “The Local Lens: In the Mystic River Watershed,” will take place in the afternoon with Mystic River Watershed Association Water Quality Monitoring Director Patrick Herron and Andrew DeSantis, assistant director of public works for the City of Chelsea, among the panelists.

Public registration for the event is now closed. For information on other Leadership for Change activities and programs, visit the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics website at http://tinyurl.com/4vovneh.

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