One-on-One with Dr. Sanjeev Khagram on the Historic Education Announcement

Global Chamber® was pleased to speak one-on-one with Dr. Sanjeev Khagram in an event that included the BIG news today from Thunderbird on educating over 100 million students by 2030. Dr. Sanjeev Khagram is the CEO, Director General and Dean of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and the Foundation Professor of Global Leadership and Global Political Economy.

Read the announcement HERE.

Watch the youtube interview of Dr. Khagram HERE or listen to the podcast HERE.

More in Linkedin on the Thunderbird announcement HERE.

Professor Khagram is a world-renowned scholar and practitioner in the areas of globalization, transnationalism, leadership, strategic management, entrepreneurship, social enterprise, cross-sector innovation, public-private partnerships, inter-organizational networks, good governance, transparency, the global political economy, sustainable development, human security, and the data revolution. He holds a bachelor's in development studies and engineering, a master's degree and doctoral degree minor in economics and doctorate in political economy, all from Stanford University.

Professor Khagram most recently led the establishment of the cross-sectoral Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and International Open Data Charter. He also previously founded and was the architect of the multi-stakeholder Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT). Dr. Khagram was selected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and authored UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moons Report on the Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis in 2009. He was dean of the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre, Foundation and Trust from 2003-2005, and he was Senior Policy and Strategy Director at the World Commission on Dams where he was the lead writer of the Commissions widely acclaimed Final Report from 1998-2000. Prof. Khagram also founded and led Innovations for Scaling Impact  a global enterprise from 2007-2012.

Thunderbird’s new state-of-the-art global headquarters on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus is completed! The celebration of the 75th anniversary of the School’s founding... and the Grand Opening is in April, 2022. The cutting-edge facility will allow Thunderbird to deliver exceptional leadership and management education for generations to come.

Stand by for the announcement of Global Chamber® moving into the new building later this month.

"Our lives were transformed by access to quality education at Thunderbird and we wanted to extend that same transformative experience to people around the world who lack access to quality education. We are excited and deeply humbled to be part of such a bold initiative.” - Francis and Dionne Najafi

Keynote Speaker Biography

Sanjeev Khagram

Sanjeev is the CEO, Director General and Dean of Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Dr. Sanjeev Khagram is CEO, Director-General and Dean of Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU Foundation Professor of Global Leadership, and a member of ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability's board of directors.

He is a world-renowned expert in global leadership, the international political economy, sustainable development, and the data revolution. He has worked extensively with global start-ups, corporations, governments, civil society groups, nonprofit organizations, cross-sectoral action networks, public-private partnerships, foundations, professional associations, and universities worldwide.

Dr. Khagram holds a bachelor’s degree in Development Studies and Engineering, and a master’s degree and doctorate in Political Economy, all from Stanford University.

Moderator: Doug Bruhnke - Founder/CEO of Global Chamber®. Doug is a global entrepreneur dedicated to helping members of Global Chamber® successfully reach new markets across 525 metros - everywhere! He is a two-time expat with Dupont in Tokyo and Singapore with 35 years of global business experience in nearly all countries and segments. Also Doug is regional advisor for U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and a member of Arizona District Export Council and others. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Utah and an EMBA from Michigan State University, and is co-inventor on 5 patents. Doug was born in Mount Kisco, New York and now is based in Scottsdale, Arizona and Palo Alto, California. Hear the Global Chamber® story here.

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