Polarization is a defining characteristic of this moment, contributing to and exacerbating poverty, social injustice, and the existential threat of climate change.
Meeting these challenges requires collaborations that center and support proximate leaders, that act on the root causes of problems, and that are rigorously values-based. Most of all, it requires working across our differences.
Members of Synergos' global network came together in and around New York City to explore building the kind of leadership needed today.
Speakers & Performer

Michael R. Bloomberg
Founder
Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies

Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota

André Hoffmann
Vice Chairman
Roche Holding

Jazzmeia Horn
Multi-Grammy-Award-nominated musician

Uday Khemka
Board Member
Synergos

Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD
Executive Director
Climate Emergency Fund

Rodney McKenzie, Jr.
Vice President, Ally Development The Fetzer Institute

Lisa Miller, PhD
Author
The Awakened Brain

Alyse Nelson
President, CEO &
Co-Founder
Vital Voices Global Partnership

Eddie Ndopu
Humanitarian, activist, and UN SDG Advocate

Paul Polman
Business leader and author

Zainab Salbi
Humanitarian, author, and media commentator

Peter Seligmann
CEO, Nia Tero
Chairman, Conservation International

Jolene Smith
Impact Producer, Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

Darren Walker
President
Ford Foundation

Ajay Dahiya
Managing Director, Philanthropy
Synergos

Elliott Donnelley II
Vice Chair
Synergos

Peggy Dulany
Founder and Chair
Synergos
Events
BRIDGING LEADERSHIP AWARD SPONSORS
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Peggy Dulany |
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Carlos and Gabriela Rodríguez-Pastor |
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Jeannie Blaustein and Peter Bokor |
Mo Ibrahim |
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Marcos de Moraes |
David Rockefeller Fund |
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Barbara Papitto |
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