9:00am – Arrive Serlin Haley Offices (51 Franklin St)

9:30am – Pull Up Your C.H.A.I.R

Speaker: Cicely Simpson, Founder and CEO Summit Public Affairs

Competency: Leading a State Government Affairs Department

Cicely is changing the way people understand their roles their own careers. In her twenty-year five career, she has made her mark on the leadership team in every position she held. Today, she endeavors to show everyone from CEOs to students how they can carve out a permanent space at the table, no matter what direction their career takes, by finding their voice, creating impact, and stepping into their power.

Cicely is seasoned public operative, having served as Legislative Director for two Congressmen, and veteran of the C-suite, formerly as Vice President of Government Affairs at Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., formerly as Executive Vice President of Public Affairs for the restaurant industry, and now as Founder & CEO of Summit Public Affairs. Her experience at all levels of government and expertise in the boardroom allows her to speak with authority on the public and private sectors as well as their countless intersections.

10:30am – Networking Break

11:00am – How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America

Speaker: John Della Volpe, Director of Polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics

Competency: Legislative Trends

John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Harvard Institute of Politics, explores Generation Z (those born from the late 1990s to early 2000s), the issues that matter most to them, and how they will shape the future.

Compelling and hopeful, John’s book FIGHT combines first-hand interviews with Gen Z members, drawing on their stories and experiences, with fresh data and insight. The book looks at how a generation that’s been faced with an onslaught of unprecedented events – September 11, the war on terror, Hurricane Katrina, the 2008 financial crisis, the housing crisis, the opioid epidemic, mass school shootings, climate change, racial injustice, the whiplash between the election of the first Black president and Donald Trump, and COVID-19 to name a few– has become more politically engaged aiming to disrupt the status quo.

In FIGHT, Della Volpe draws on his vast experience to show the largest forces shaping Zoomers' lives, the issues they care most about, and how they are?despite older Americans' efforts to label Gen Z as overly sensitive, lazy, and entitled?rising to the unprecedented challenges of their time to take control of their country and our future.

12:15pm – Depart for Museum of Fine Art (Lunch/Experiential Learning)

12:30pm – Lunch Museum of Fine Art

1:30pm – Boston Museum of Fine Art: Restitution and Reparations

Speaker: Torrie Reed, Curator for Provance, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Competency: Administrative Advocacy

Torrie Reed, as the museum’s curator for provenance is responsible for leading the effort to verify the history of an object’s ownership and oversee restitution if it was deemed to have been obtained illegally — typically, stolen during warfare, plundered during conquests or colonization or purchased through forced sales.

The issue of restitution and reparations affect other aspects of communities and people throughout the United States. Ms. Reed’s experience will shed light on this issue in a unique experience at the museum.

3:00pm – Tour of Museum

4:30 pm – Return to Serlin Haley Offices

6:00pm – Dinner for those remaining in town

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