Daily recaps, stories of impact and perspectives on mentoring
May 9, 2017
After months of planning, the Global Ambassadors Program (GAP) received a warm southern welcome to Charlotte, North Carolina. Bank of America’s Julie Harris (and Global Ambassador alumna –…
Read More
Vital Voices Global Partnership and Bank of America are recognizing the five-year anniversary of the Global Ambassadors Program (#GlobalAmbassadors), an initiative that advances women’s economic empowerment through mentoring, by…
Read More
April 26, 2017
Zoë Dean-Smith Next week, Vital Voices and Bank of America will do something remarkable together. After five years of hosting the Global Ambassadors Program (GAP) in 13 cities…
Read More
April 26, 2017
The Global Ambassadors Program being held in Chicago, Illinois (September 11-15, 2017) will address the ongoing needs and challenges facing women leaders engaged in the private sector, social enterprise and non-profits…
Read More
February 1, 2017
Charlotte, North Carolina is the next stop for the Global Ambassadors Program, May 8-12. In 2012, Vital Voices and Bank of America launched a signature partnership to advance women’s economic…
Read More
October 19, 2016
Imagine this: you’re an entrepreneur whose business has grown so quickly that you can barely keep up. You fundamentally believe in your company’s success and its positive impact on the…
Read More
October 19, 2016
I’ve just returned from a power walk with Sbusisiwe Myeni, a dynamic Zulu woman I met in South Africa when we were paired as mentor and mentee by Vital Voices,…
Read More
October 12, 2016
Ronna Pastorizo-Sekiguchi is the managing and creative director of The Greenhouse Studio, a boutique multidisciplinary creative design and communications studio based in Fiji. Below are her reflections from the first…
Read More
October 9, 2016
The Global Ambassadors Program, a Vital Voices and Bank of America partnership to support and train outstanding women leaders is just the kind of collaborative initiative that can help turn…
Read More
October 6, 2016
Shocked by the number of plastic bottles that end up in the ocean every year, Brianne West channeled her outrage toward a solution. She built a luxury bath…
Read More
October 5, 2016
View this Storify in your web browser [View the story “Australia Day 3” on Storify]…
Read More
October 4, 2016
The second day of every Global Ambassadors Program is when participants roll up their sleeves to begin the real work of the mentoring week. Interactive trainings in communications and strategic…
Read More
October 3, 2016
Day One at GAP Australia and I heard my favorite new word – flawesome, embracing your flaws while knowing you are still awesome. Love that, I will be using it…
Read More
September 16, 2016
Autumn is off to a busy and productive start. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and its ambitious agenda to end…
Read More
Cross-posted with permission from The Wisteria Group, an international advisory consultancy founded by Abigail Friedman, Tamae’s Global Ambassadors Program mentor. Cambodia manufacturers/weavers for Love &…
Read More
June 14, 2016
Danielle Saint-Lôt is Ambassador at Large of the Republic of Haiti for Women’s Empowerment and a longtime member of the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network. In 1998 she co-founded Femmes…
Read More
May 27, 2016
Aline Kamakian is an entrepreneur in Lebanon. In 1998, she founded her own brokerage firm, Insurance & Investment Consultants SARL (IIC). Aline also co-owns FIG Holding, which in 2003 established…
Read More
April 4, 2016
Our next Global Ambassadors Program mentoring initiative will take place in Sydney, Australia, October 3-7, 2016. Our focus will be the ongoing needs and challenges facing women business leaders in…
Read More
March 7, 2016
From Haiti to India to South Africa, in each opening session of the Global Ambassadors Program, my wonderful Bank of America colleague and friend Pam…
Read More
