On Friday, April 14, alumnus Dr. Joe Sutherland will speak on “Pathfinding: How to Chart Your Journey to Public Service” in an intimate one-time event as part of the Gephardt Institute’s ChangeMaker Series. Joe is an elected member of the State of Georgia’s Democratic Committee, a former Obama White House staffer, and a professor at Emory University, where he leads programs on the application of AI to topics in business, health, and society. He serves as a Fellow of our Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, and is a former Dow Jones 30 technology executive. At this event attendees will learn:

• How we need empathetic and diverse leaders to heal the heart of our democracy
• How you can build a fulfilling life of democratic service through community
• How you can make a difference today by connecting with others and your value

Join us at noon on April 14 at Stix House, 6470 Forsyth Blvd. (across Forsyth from Mallinckrodt Center). 

This event has limited capacity, so RSVP below as soon as possible to guarantee your seat!

About Joe Sutherland:

With a career spanning the White House, the Dow Jones 30, and our nation’s top universities, Dr. Joe Sutherland is the rare person who can say they have served as an executive, academic, and public servant and mean it. His professional tenure includes time as a senior technology executive at Amazon, Cisco, and Search Discovery, where he led mass-scale digital transformation initiatives for a client portfolio including Coca-Cola, GlaxoSmithKline, JPMorganChase, and Goldman Sachs. He has held academic appointments at Columbia, Princeton, WashU, and now Emory, where he is a professor. His research studying Congress, political behavior, and development economics is published in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Science Quarterly, and Energy. In 2017, the National Science Foundation recognized his work in state politics and policy with Honorable Mention, considered a national honor. From 2011–2013, Sutherland served in The White House during the Obama Administration. Sutherland’s work in government, monetary policy and technology has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, Quartz, and TechCrunch. He has a history of board service, including as a committee member for the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis, and as an advisor for Balto and Mentor Collective.