Bestselling Authors, Seafood Entrepreneur, Worldwide Travel Executive, Business Startup Guru, and Fundraising Visionary top the Newton Inspires speaker list.
Newton Schools Foundation will present the fifth annual Newton Inspires: An Evening of Ideas and Community. Since 2011, Newton Inspires has been uniting Newton residents for an evening of discussion with some of Newton’s brightest, most accomplished and most interesting community members.
This year’s program features headliners, Anita Diamant, author; John Harthorne, founder and CEO, MassChallenge; Billy Starr, founder and executive director, Pan-Mass Challenge; Stephen Kaufer, president and CEO, TripAdvisor; Roger Berkowitz, president and CEO, Legal Sea Foods; and Neil Swidey, journalist and author.
The program will take place November 9th, 7:00 – 9:45 pm at Newton South High School. It is FREE for Newton residents, $15 for non-residents, and this year high school seniors are welcome to attend. Space is limited, so advance registration is highly recommended. For more information on the program and to register, go to www.NewtonSchoolsFoundation.org
In addition to the six headliners these speakers will participate in this year’s program:
Rev. Brandon Crowley – Senior Pastor, Myrtle Baptist Church
Barbara Erickson – President, The Trustees of Reservations
Dr. Giovanni G. Fazio – Senior physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
David Fleishman – Superintendent, Newton Public Schools
Lachlan Forrow – Physician and Medical Ethicist
Candy Kosow Gold – Producer
Christopher Landrigan – Pediatric Hospitalist & Patient Safety Expert
John Mahoney – Director of Undergraduate Admission, Boston College
Ronald Prinn – Professor of Atmospheric Science, MIT
Genevra Stone – Physician & Olympic Rower
Denise Swidey – Chef & Culinary Producer
Hugh Wolff – International Orchestra Conductor
NSF thanks these businesses for supporting Newton Inspires by donating food and beverages: Anna’s Taqueria, Baker’s Best Catering, Better Life Food, Fleck Coffee House,, L’Aroma Café & Bakery, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Rancatore’s Ice Cream and Yogurt, Rosie’s Bakery, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods Market.