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DESCRIPTION:Transnational NGO Initiative Presents: "Opinion Without Borders
 : Reforming the Governance Structure of a Large International NGO" by Kris
  TorgesonNearing its 40th anniversary in 2011\, the international medical 
 humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
  (MSF) found itself both proud of its achievements and growth as well as c
 onfronted by internal and external challenges that its governance structur
 e could no longer adequately address. How does a large international non-p
 rofit confront such challenges and come to the consensus needed to reform 
 itself? What are the steps taken\, the risks faced\, the choices made\, an
 d the lessons learned?Kris Torgeson served as the Secretary General of Méd
 ecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from October 2008 to September 2012. She start
 ed working for MSF in 1998 and was Director of Communications for MSFUSA b
 efore joining MSF International. She holds a bachelor's degree in East Asi
 an Studies from Wesleyan University and a master's degree in Chinese from 
 Columbia University. Kris is currently working as a non-profit management 
 consultant based in New York.Lunch Will Be ProvidedTuesday\, October 22\, 
 201312:30 PM341 Eggers
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SUMMARY:Transnational NGO Initiative Presents: Opinion Without Borders: Ref
 orming the Governance Structure of a Large International NGO
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Transnational NGO Initiative Presents: "Opinio
 n Without Borders: Reforming the Governance Structure of a Large Internati
 onal NGO" by Kris Torgeson<br><br>Nearing its 40th anniversary in 2011\, t
 he international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders
 /Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) found itself both proud of its achievement
 s and growth as well as confronted by internal and external challenges tha
 t its governance structure could no longer adequately address. How does a 
 large international non-profit confront such challenges and come to the co
 nsensus needed to reform itself? What are the steps taken\, the risks face
 d\, the choices made\, and the lessons learned?<br><br>Kris Torgeson serve
 d as the Secretary General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from October 
 2008 to September 2012. She started working for MSF in 1998 and was Direct
 or of Communications for MSFUSA before joining MSF International. She hold
 s a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies from Wesleyan University and a
  master's degree in Chinese from Columbia University. Kris is currently wo
 rking as a non-profit management consultant based in New York.<br><br>Lunc
 h Will Be Provided<br><br>Tuesday\, October 22\, 2013<br>12:30 PM<br>341 E
 ggers<br><br>
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