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 Madison Szuminsky Guest lecturers linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-e-taylor/ For my guest lecture reflection, I chose to reflect on Sandra Taylor. Sandra Taylor has experience in corporate responsibility, supply chain management, international trade, and public relations, along with many other skills. Sandra Taylor has many business credentials, focusing on a wide range from beverage to non-governmental organizations. Currently, Taylor is a professor at Chatham University teaching socially responsible business. Previously, Professor Taylor was the senior vice president of Starbucks, leading global corporate responsibility, and was also vice president of Eastman Kodak Company, where she also led global government relations. Professor Sandra Taylor has taught multiple sustainable supply chain and sustainability implementation courses and is very present in the community. Professor Taylor is also an author, and published her first book The Business of S...

Madison Szuminsky Chatham Happenings link: https://my.chatham.edu/happenings/get_event.cfm?m1=11&y1=2018&d1=9&EventID=23252 The event that I chose to attend was the Honorary Degree Ceremony Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. Ambassador Daniel Mulhall was receiving his doctorate for public service. The reason for inviting Ambassador Mulhall to Chatham to receive this degree was due to our global focus this year being Ireland. Chatham also has a deep historical connection with Ireland. The Mellon Board Room was built by an Irish immigrant and Chatham is partnered with an Irish sustainability school. Dr. Mulhall talked about how important global focus and international trade is. Ireland joined the European Union in 1973 and this helped promote trade between countries. Ireland was once one of the poorest countries in Europe and now they are in the top 5 for most prosperous. One obvious and key aspect discussed during this networking event was ...