Description

Join us for a conversation with Walter White (WG '86), President and CEO of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, on the Alzheimer's crisis, the Allianz Corporate Giving Program, and why Allianz chooses the Alzheimer’s Association as the recipient of the proceeds raised at their annual signature event.

The conversation with Walter will be facilitated by Stu Silberman (WG '93), Sr. Donor Advisor at the Alzheimer's Association.

Prior to his current role, White served as chief administrative officer leading Operations, IT, Compliance, Suitability and the Central Project Office.

Before joining Allianz Life in 2009, White was president of Woodbury Financial Services, a securities broker/dealer, and led the formation of the company after Hartford Life purchased Fortis Financial Group in 2001.

White earned a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from The Wharton School.

He is a board member of the Minnesota Business Partnership, a director and member of the Executive Committee of Senior Community Services, a member of the Advisory Board of the American College Center for Ethics in Financial Services, and a director and member of the Audit Committee of the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.

Schedule:
Monday, September 23, 2019
5:30 - Check-in and networking
6:00 - Conversation with Walter White

Location:
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
5701 Golden Hills Dr, Minneapolis, MN 55416

Space is limited, please register before September 19th.

Eligibility

All

Description

Motivated by the DiversAbility at Yale group, YAANW will be hosting Dr. Matthew Weed for an inspirational evening of stories about overcoming challenges. The event will be free to attend and includes light snacks. The talk will be at Augsburg University's Hagfors Center in room 150B (700 21st Ave. S, Minneapolis).

Matthew Weed is the first totally blind and brittle type I diabetic to graduate from Yale University (B.A. in Political Science, 1993; Ph.D. in Genetics, 2004). He also holds degrees from Harvard (M.A. in Genetics, 1996) and Princeton (MPA, 1995).

Low vision was diagnosed when Matthew was six weeks old. Diabetes was diagnosed when he was one year old. By age 8 he had lost all of his sight. When Matthew was 19, his father died of diabetic complications. In spite of all these challenges, Matthew has found ways to live a full and impactful life: besides his spectacular academic achievements, he has completed a rollerblading marathon, skis, engages in other outdoor pursuits, and has traveled around the world—twice. He has done all of these things with his own determination but also the support and assistance of literally thousands of caring, thoughtful people.

Having a versatile skill set, Matthew has contributed to knowledge and opportunity. In 1990, while an undergraduate at Yale University, Matthew co-created one of the first methods for making electronic text available to the reading challenged. Some believe that the “Yale Text Scanning system” was an early step toward E-books. As a graduate student, Matthew worked closely with the NIH to help it make important databases and tools accessible to the reading challenged. From 2010 to 2012, Matthew helped open the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, a $150 million research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Today he helps institutions make their data and facilities more accessible to everyone; works as an educational search consultant for American, Brazilian and Chinese students; and is a motivational and topical speaker in the US and China.

Dr. Weed asks you to bring business cards to facilitate connecting to others about the things you do and care about—which he will ask you to briefly describe at the end of his talk.

Please feel free to learn more about Matthew through this short video. https://vimeo.com/118231144

Eligibility

All