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The McDonald Cadet Leadership Conference will be held October 17 - 20, 2013 on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

This year's Keynote Speaker is Dr. Gordon Gee, President, Ohio State University.
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Mission About Mentors Participants

For top undergraduate student leaders from diverse backgrounds to participate in a team-based, experiential and analytical exercise that bolsters leadership skills, fosters critical thinking and collaboration, and develops potential strategies for addressing pressing global issues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The McDonald Cadet Leadership Conference invites renowned speakers and analytical, visionary student-leaders: 40 from across the United States, 20 international students, as well as cadet participants. The conference will unite emerging global leaders with preeminent world leaders in a partnership struggling with the most pressing issues worldwide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Richard Barth
President, CEO, Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Foundation

Angela F. Braly
Former Chair, President and CEO, Wellpoint

Dr. Jason Clay
Senior Vice President for Market Trasformation, World Wildlife Fund

Dr. Chris Howard
President, Hampden-Sydney College

Karen Hughes
Worldwide Vice Chair, Burson-Marsteller

Xiao An Ji
Chairman of the Board, Beijing Hualian Group

Robert “Bob” McDonald
Retirng Chairman, President, & CEO, Procter & Gamble

Gail J. McGovern
President and CEO of the American Red Cross

Tjada McKenna
Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future, USAID

Ho Kwon Ping
Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings

Rachel Cohn
Americas Lead for Facebook's Global Partnerships Team

Maggie Wilderotter
Chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications Corp.

President Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico and Director of the Yale Center for Globalization

 

Participation is by invitation only. The faculty of 30 select colleges and universities world-wide will be invited to
nominate and select their top 2 undergraduate candidates to attend and participate as fellows. There will be 84 student participants (fellows)
that will work in twelve teams, each with one mentor (senior fellow) to guide their discussions and leadership development within each of the six topic areas.

To see of a list of the schools selected that will be sending 2 students to this year's conference click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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