INSPIRE Leadership Speaker Series - ESSENCE WILSON
Date and Time
Thursday Apr 19, 2018
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Thursday, April 19, Noon to 1 p.m.
Location
Insight Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroscience (IINN)
4800 Saginaw St,
Flint, MI 48507
Fees/Admission
Free, but registration is required.
Lunch will be served.
Description
Please note location change to Insight Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroscience (IINN).
INSPIRE Leadership Speaker Series welcomes ESSENCE WILSON Chief Strategy Officer Communities First, Inc.
Essence Wilson has dedicated herself to developing people and places to transform communities. She co-founded Communities First, Inc., a nonprofit community development corporation with her husband, Glenn Wilson. Her efforts in grant writing and project management have helped the organization secure more than $30 million of investment for the local community. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University and a master’s degree in management, strategy and leadership from Michigan State University. Motivated by her experiences as an engineer, Wilson recently codeveloped Curiosity Academy, a collaborative community effort designed to increase the number of women in STEM.