Global Chamber® is pleased to announce "Global Is Good", a multi-year, 'forever' initiative that spotlights the goodness of global business including exporting, trade and investment, and identifies more opportunities for members and leaders to succeed. Thinking and acting globally creates prosperity, connectivity and understanding for those with the background and initiative to engage. That prosperity comes from trade through exchanges of goods and services, distributing wealth across proactive leaders and communities. We're speaking with global leaders on their perspectives of global business, opportunities and benefits ... and ideas for all of us to be more successful. We're speaking with global visionary Shrijeet Mishra - Chief Innovation Officer and Head Group Services at Aditya Birla Group Moderator: Doug Bruhnke

Global Chamber® is pleased to announce "Global Is Good", a multi-year, 'forever' initiative that spotlights the goodness of global business including exporting, trade and investment, and identifies more opportunities for members and leaders to succeed. Thinking and acting globally creates prosperity, connectivity and understanding for those with the background and initiative to engage. That prosperity comes from trade through exchanges of goods and services, distributing wealth across proactive leaders and communities. We're speaking with global leaders on their perspectives of global business, opportunities and benefits ... and ideas for all of us to be more successful. We're speaking with two extraordinary leaders! Terri Morrison - Author and Speaker Mike Patterson - Partner at Spencer Fane Moderator: Doug Bruhnke

Dr. Sanjeev Khagram is the CEO, Director General and Dean of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and the Foundation Professor of Global Leadership and Global Political Economy. Professor Khagram is a world-renowned scholar and practitioner in the areas of globalization, transnationalism, leadership, strategic management, entrepreneurship, social enterprise, cross-sector innovation, public-private partnerships, inter-organizational networks, good governance, transparency, the global political economy, sustainable development, human security, and the data revolution. He holds a bachelor's in development studies and engineering, a master's degree and doctoral degree minor in economics and doctorate in political economy, all from Stanford University. Professor Khagram most recently led the establishment of the cross-sectoral Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and International Open Data Charter. He also previously founded and was the architect of the multi-stakeholder Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT). Dr. Khagram was selected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and authored UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moons Report on the Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis in 2009. He was dean of the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre, Foundation and Trust from 2003-2005, and he was Senior Policy and Strategy Director at the World Commission on Dams where he was the lead writer of the Commissions widely acclaimed Final Report from 1998-2000. Prof. Khagram also founded and led Innovations for Scaling Impact a global enterprise from 2007-2012. Thunderbird’s new state-of-the-art global headquarters on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus is completed! The celebration of the 75th anniversary of the School’s founding... and the Grand Opening is in April, 2022. The cutting-edge facility will allow Thunderbird to deliver exceptional leadership and management education for generations to come.

William (Bill) Edwards, CEO and Global Advisor at Edwards Global Services. William Edwards, CEO, Global Advisor and Board Director, has 4+ decades of international experience. He has lived in China, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, and Turkey and directed projects in over 50 countries. His executive and project management experience in the oil & gas, technology, education, franchise, project design and management and market research sectors. Mr. Edwards’ company has twice received the U.S. Presidential award for export excellence. He publishes the quarterly GlobalVue™ country-ranking tool and a biweekly global business update newsletter can be found at www.geowizard.biz.

Dobrina Ustun is the founder of Ustun Law Group, PLLC, a nationwide US immigration law firm, with an office in Dallas, Texas. As the founder and principal attorney, Ms. Ustun is dedicated to counseling and representing clients in family-based and employment-based immigration matters. Specifically, Ms. Ustun represents clients of corporations, research institutions, and individuals from all 50 U.S. States. In addition, Ms. Ustun counsels international students, scholars, artists, investors, and individuals with exceptional ability in the fields of science, education, business or athletics.

Global Chamber® is pleased to speak one-on-one with Jennifer Clinton, President & CEO at Cultural Vistas.  Jennifer is an extraordinary global non-profit leader with more than 20 years of success across the non-profit, government relations, telecommunications, and education industries.  About  Cultural Vistas: Founded in 1963, Cultural Vistas is a nonprofit exchange organization promoting global understanding and collaboration among individuals and institutions. We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens. Our programs empower people to drive positive change in themselves, their organizations, and society.  We believe that sustained immersion in a country and language and professional experience, even more than travel or study abroad, promotes confidence and skills that create successful careers and nurture leaders, whether they are community activists or change agents at a global level.  Every year our 30-plus unique exchange programs reach thousands of individuals and organizations in the United States and more than 130 countries around the world. We invite you to join us as we work together to reach thousands more.

Global Chamber® is pleased to speak one-on-one with Rochelle Kopp, Managing Principal at Japan Intercultural Consulting, Japanese Cultural Expert and Cross-cultural Communications Specialist. Rochelle's keen interest in language and culture led her to learn Japanese and work in Japan, starting her on her path as a cross-cultural business consultant. She's written extensively in both English and Japanese on intercultural and global business topics.  More recently she has turned to the area where she lives and works, Silicon Valley, to help people better understand the language and culture there as well. Rochelle is familiar with being success in Japan or anywhere with Japanese executives. And we will be focusing our conversation here on effective meetings - and she is making an e-book available for free. Join us!  For more information on Rochelle's work as Managing Principal of Japan Intercultural Consulting, please visit www.japanintercultural.com. For more information on Rochelle's quest to help decipher the jargon of Silicon Valley, please visit www.siliconvalleyspeak.com.

Global Chamber® is pleased to speak with Merle Hinrich, Founder and Chairman of Hinrich Foundation on trade around the world. Merle has dedicated his career on promoting trade, and the Hinrich Foundation based in Singapore works everyday to advance the systems that make trade easier and more accessible for traders worldwide. We'll include the topic of sustainable global trade and share the Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index, which has been commissioned to the Economist Intelligence Unit to produce. Merle will also talk about the importance of FDI, it’s recent decline, its consequences, and what needs to be done to reverse the trend. What progress with trade has been made and is being made today? What does the future of trade look like? What is being done today to improve it? What is the Hinrich Foundation doing about it?

We're pleased to have a chat for global business leaders that features global tribe member Kyle Hegarty, author of The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across a Shrinking Planet. Kyle will cover important topics for your global team leadership including managing teams for optimum productivity. Kyle D. Hegarty - Managing Director, Leadership Nomad, a division of TSL. Kyle has spent the last 15 years helping companies grow into overseas markets by helping people and teams communicate by cutting through the invisible cultural barriers that prevent remote teams from reaching their collaborative potential. His first book, The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across a Shrinking Planet shares practical research and data, and offers witty, lively stories of people and companies who have found themselves trying to work across an increasingly fragmented global working environment.  Kyle highlights the expensive mistakes that everyone makes but nobody talks about - from volatile culture clashes to maddening communication breakdowns.

Global Chamber® is pleased to speak with Diane Albano, Chief Revenue Officer at Globalization Partners to discuss what to expect from global business in 2021 and what are the things we can do now to get ready. After 2020, we'll be ready for anything! Diane will be focusing her comments on how to best manage your teams and business in a pandemic in consideration of how 2021 will likely look. We've been through something that was expected, but not really expected... and so let's be even more proactive. As an exporter, importer or investor... what can we expect and how can we best be ready? How will the pandemic impact your business in 2021 and how can you stay ahead? How can each of our global businesses prepare to be more ready in 2021?