Dalai Lama’s physician to speak at Pittsburgh nonprofit ‘summit’
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The personal physician to the Dalai Lama will be among the speakers at the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership Summit in Pittsburgh on Dec. 3.
An American physician and a Buddhist monk, Dr. Barry Kerzin is one of 130 speakers scheduled to speak at the biennial event at the Wyndham Grand Hotel. Kerzin, who also spoke at the 2017 event, has worked with UPMC medical staff for several years to promote altruism in medicine.
The GPNP Summit is considered the largest gathering of nonprofit organizations in the Pittsburgh region, which is home to more than 5,000 such groups. Chief sponsors are The Forbes Funds and the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership.
“This day will bring global, national and local speakers to present concrete actions that will enhance the ability of nonprofits to provide efficient and effective service,” said Susan Rauscher, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Also scheduled to speak are Nora Bateson, president of the International Bateson Institute in Sweden; Stan Litow, IBM vice president of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs; and Sara Mendelson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council during the Obama administration.
Conference attendees also will be able to participate in GPNP’s Virtual Days, a series of articles, videos and webinars, over the next two years.
To register, go to gpnp-pgh.org.