The 2018 Innovation Fellows’ opening seminar featured special events showcasing Philadelphia, with a nod to EF’s heritage. Highlights included a session with renowned futurist Jerome Glenn, a visit to Comcast’s Innovation Lab and a tour of the Bok Building, where the Fellows explored a case study in repurposing assets for socially productive uses. In addition, several Fellows recorded... Read More

Twelve highly accomplished American mid-career professionals from the worlds of finance, academia, affordable housing, health care, urban agriculture, veterans’ affairs and the performing arts are the recipients of the 2019 USA Fellowship. These rising leaders will travel to Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East, broadening their horizons and expanding their approaches to... Read More

  As part of their commitment to the network, Eisenhower Fellowships Youth Leaders work on projects during their leadership year. These projects can take many forms and can be a solo or group effort, with Fellow mentors on hand throughout the year to provide guidance as necessary. As the 2017 Youth Leadership year came to an end, we were looking forward to seeing the project results and we... Read More

Some 110 guests from 31 countries convened in London for two days of dynamic, back-to-back Eisenhower Fellowships events from October 25-27.   The Women’s Leadership Conference focused on the need for women to take on leadership roles in face of increasing global challenges and presented a Fellows’ project to facilitate the EF network of women to join boards.  Key speakers included Vice... Read More

In San Francisco, 27 prominent Fellows from 26 countries convened for the annual in-person meeting of the EF Global Network Council on October 18. This gathering of advisors to the president and senior leadership of EF came together from around the world to discuss important EF programs and initiatives and to brainstorm about ways to engage the global network to maximize the impact of our... Read More

October marked the beginning of Eisenhower Fellowships 2018 Innovation Program, welcoming 21 Fellows from across five professional fields: the future of work, education, health and life sciences, energy and the environment and design. A highlight of the Innovation Fellows’ travels across the U.S. to meet other thought leaders in their fields was a series of activities to celebrate innovation and... Read More

PHILADELPHIA, November 14, 2018—Eisenhower Fellowships (EF) announced today it is seeking outstanding midcareer professionals from across Latin America and the Caribbean to travel to the United States on a unique six-week fellowship program in fall of 2019. The Latin America and Caribbean program will be Eisenhower Fellowships’ first targeted initiative aimed exclusively at the Western... Read More

Taking a Page from the Past, Eisenhower Fellowships Revives an Historic Program Binding Leaders from Ireland and Northern Ireland.   Thirty years after an historic Eisenhower Fellowships program stimulated people-to-people contacts that helped support an end to bloody conflict on the island of Ireland, EF will assemble a group of 14 Fellows--seven from Northern Ireland, seven from Ireland—to... Read More

  We are deeply saddened to announce that longtime former Eisenhower Fellowships Trustee Jay Kislak passed away on October 3. Jay served on the EF Board from 2008 until 2015.   As this story in the Wall Street Journal recalls, he was a colorful businessman who lived his life fully.   We extend our condolences to his family and friends.       Read More