GOING FARTHER
TOGETHER:
How Thunderbird’s Partnerships Help Us Advance Our Mission and Make a Direct Impact on the World
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
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he global Thunderbird community includes our wonderful students, our devoted alumni, our talented and dedicated faculty and staff – and our essential partners. These partnerships are integral in achieving our mission of educating global leaders and managers who will maximize the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“Our partnerships help us to make a direct impact in the world,” said Thunderbird Director General and Dean Sanjeev Khagram. “On the student side, our partners help us recruit great students and provide existing students with internships and applied learning opportunities. Our partnerships are vital to our executive education and non-degree programs as well. And they advance our thought leadership in the world, enabling Thunderbird to be more global, to educate more robustly and to provide our students, faculty and alumni with valuable resources.” International Coaching Federation – “They are our resource for connecting our students with professional coaches to help them accelerate or start their careers,” said Khagram. Foundation for Climate Restoration – Through our partnership with the Foundation for Climate Restoration, we have launched a task force that will become a global initiative on carbon removal.
PHOENIX GLOBAL RISING Phoenix Global Rising (PGR) is a transformative multistakeholder initiative committed to making the city of Phoenix a cosmopolitan innovation and inclusion vanguard for the 21st century. It will support the inspirational leadership of Mayor Kate Gallego and
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focus on five major collaborative action projects with leading global organizations based across the private, public and nonprofit sectors: Strengthening the Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Fostering International Trade and Investment, Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Promoting the Full Inclusion of Immigrants and Refugees, and Advancing Urban Innovation and a Smart Community with Sister Cities Worldwide. Various public, private and nonprofit groups will be involved, including: Global Chamber Phoenix, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, and Phoenix Sister Cities. A community suite will be located on the first floor of Thunderbird Global Headquarters providing meeting space for Phoenix area groups that are active globally. “What people, our city, our state, our country, our world, and our planet needs these days is good news. Thank you, Phoenix Global Rising, for being that good news!” - Mayor Kate Gallego “Amongst all our collaborators, Thunderbird is specially and uniquely focused on global business, and so it's a perfect match for our exporting, importing and investing members. Let’s keep collaborating and growing business and trade!” Doug Bruhnke, founder/CEO at Global Chamber® “As part of our partnership with Phoenix Global Rising, all of the global organizations within Phoenix will be co-located in our new building. It’s going to be the heartbeat of Global Phoenix.” - Dean Sanjeev Khagram
