Frances Beinecke will participate in a discussion at the Yale School of Management on November 5, 2015 in a Leaders Forum event.  The Leaders Forum brings global CEOs and heads of organizations to campus to speak with students.

Frances Beinecke is the former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading nonprofit environmental organization that works to curb global warming, protect people’s health, preserve wild landscapes, and foster vibrant and sustainable communities. Using legal and scientific expertise, NRDC creates and enforces the laws that protect our environment.

Under Ms. Beinecke’s leadership, NRDC focused on finding solutions to some of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, including establishing a clean energy future that curbs climate change, reviving the world's oceans, defending endangered wildlife and wild places, protecting our health by preventing pollution, fostering sustainable communities, and ensuring safe and sufficient water.

Prior to becoming the president in 2006, Ms. Beinecke served as the organization’s executive director for eight years.

In 2010, Ms. Beinecke was appointed by President Obama to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. She has been a member the Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board (SEAB); the Advisory Board of the MIT Energy Initiative, and the board of World Resources Institute (WRI) and the NRDC Action Fund.

Ms. Beinecke, a graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, has received numerous awards including the Yale Medal and the Rachel Carson Award from the National Audubon Society.

Members of the Global Network for Advanced Management are invited to join via live video stream at 11:45 EDT (check the time in your country). Participants may send questions before the event to info@advancedmanagement.net or via Twitter using the hashtag #GNAMEDU.