EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS INCORPORATED
250 SOUTH 16TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102 www.efworld.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS IDENTIFIES, EMPOWERS AND CONNECTS INNOVATIVE LEADERS THROUGH A TRANSFORMATIVE FELLOWSHIP EXPERIENCE AND LIFELONG ENGAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL NETWORK OF DYNAMIC CHANGE AGENTS COMMITTED TO CREATING A WORLD MORE PEACEFUL, PROSPEROUS AND JUST.

A GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK THAT FOSTERS A MORE PEACEFUL, PROSPEROUS & JUST WORLD.

TWENTY-TWO EISENHOWER FELLOWS IN THE 2019 GLOBAL PROGRAM TRAVELED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE SPRING OF 2019, REPRESENTING COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. THE PROGRAM, WHICH TOOK PLACE FROM MARCH 28 TO MAY 10, 2019, PROVIDED THESE ASCENDANT GLOBAL LEADERS WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL FIELDS AND FURTHER THEIR INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP PROJECTS. FELLOWSHIP PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO ADVANCE LASTING POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE FELLOW'S COMMUNITY, COUNTRY OR WITHIN THE BROADER SOCIETY. THE 2019 PROJECTS ADDRESSED IMPORTANT GLOBAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION, HEALTH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, COUNTER-TERRORISM, HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. [CONT. ON SCHEDULE O]IN MARCH 2019 THE FELLOWS ATTENDED A THREE-DAY ORIENTATION AND OPENING SEMINAR PROGRAM WITH EF STAFF AND 2019 USA FELLOWS IN PHILADELPHIA. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE SEMINAR PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH EF TRUSTEE DAVID EISENHOWER, WHO LED A FASCINATING DISCUSSION OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. OVER THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS THE FELLOWS TRAVELED TO AN AVERAGE OF 10 U.S. CITIES EACH AND CONDUCTED OVER 1,070 PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS. FELLOWS MET WITH LEADERS IN THE PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND NGO SECTORS, AS WELL AS EXPERTS IN ACADEMIA AND THE MEDIA. THROUGHOUT THEIR TRAVELS THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN GROUP MEETINGS AND SPECIALIZED SEMINARS DESIGNED TO FOSTER DIALOGUE, ENCOURAGE CONTINUED LEARNING AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND COLLABORATION WITH OTHER EISENHOWER FELLOWS. A HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR CLOSING SEMINAR IN PHILADELPHIA IN MAY WAS AN OFF-THE-RECORD SEMINAR WITH EF CHAIRMAN AND FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT M. GATES. DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS DINNER, SECRETARY GATES AWARDED THE 2019 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEDAL FOR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE POSTHUMOUSLY TO LATE U.S. SENATOR JOHN S. MCCAIN III IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DECADES OF LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND THE SENATE.

THE GLOBAL FELLOWS' NETWORK FOSTERS CONTINUED CONNECTION AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG FELLOWS AROUND THE WORLD. EISENHOWER FELLOWS CURRENTLY HAVE ORGANIZED NEARLY 50 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL FELLOW CHAPTERS. CHAPTER MEMBERS ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RECRUITING, HOLDING PRELIMINARY CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS, ORGANIZING REGIONAL CONFERENCES AND HOSTING INCOMING USA FELLOWS. FELLOWS PROVIDE VISITING FELLOWS WITH BOTH HOME HOSPITALITY AND MENTORING. EF FELLOWS PARTICIPATE IN THE EF GLOBAL NETWORK COUNCIL (GNC), AND EF'S PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL. EF PRODUCES QUARTERLY NEWLETTERS AND ENCOURAGES FELLOWS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES BY PENNING FELLOW BLOGS AND SHARING THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. EF ALSO ASSISTS GLOBAL FELLOWS IN PROMOTING AND FACILITATING REGIONAL CONFERENCES AND EISENHOWER DAY OF FELLOWSHIP EVENTS. [CONT. ON SCHEDULE O]IN JUNE 2019, EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS HOSTED A DYNAMIC REGIONAL GATHERING IN KIGALI, RWANDA. THE CONFERENCE WAS THE FIRST ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA IN EF'S HISTORY, FOLLOWING UP ON EF'S FIRST AFRICA PROGRAM WHICH BROUGHT 24 VISIONARY AFRICAN LEADERS TO THE U.S. IN 2016. THE THREE-DAY SUMMIT BROUGHT TOGETHER LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF AFRICA'S GLOBAL INTEGRATION AND PROVIDED A PLATFORM FOR EISENHOWER FELLOWS FROM ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND OTHER REGIONS TO EXPLORE INNOVATIVE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE EF NETWORK. MORE THAN 350 PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THE CONFERENCE, INCLUDING 50 FELLOWS FROM 21 COUNTRIES AND THREE EF TRUSTEES. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONFERNCE WAS THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH FEATURED A CONVERSATION BETWEEN EF PRESIDENT GEORGE de LAMA AND H.E. PAUL KAGAME, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA.

IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2019, EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS BROUGHT 23 ASCENDANT LEADERS FROM ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PARAGUAY, PERU AND VENEZUELA, TO THE U.S. FOR ITS FALL 2019 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM WAS EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS' FIRST TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN MORE THAN A DECADE. THE 23 FELLOWS, REPRESENTING A BROAD RANGE OF PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT FIELDS, INCLUDED A BEST-SELLING CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR BUILDING AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, A PROFESSOR OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGNING DYNAMIC DISASTER RESPONSE PLANS AND A START-UP CO-FOUNDER INVESTING IN SUSTAINABLE JAMAICAN SMALL BUSINESSES. [CONT. ON SCHEDULE O]THE FELLOWS GATHERED IN PHILADELPHIA FOR AN OPENING SEMINAR IN OCTOBER BEFORE FANNING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO VISIT A TOTAL OF 53 CITIES IN 29 STATES AND PARTICIPATE IN OVER 1,100 CUSTOMIZED MEETINGS WITH EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. THE FELLOWS RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA FOR THEIR CLOSING SEMINAR IN NOVEMBER BEFORE RETURNING TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES TO CARRY OUT THEIR CONCRETE, HIGH IMPACT EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIP PROJECTS.

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