Podcast appearances and mentions of Francine A Lefrak

This week, Dana is joined by O'Brien Chair of Global Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Mark Shrime and President of the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation and the Same Sky Foundation Fund, Francine LeFrak to discuss working with a purpose and the importance of giving back.  Keep up with Dana on Twitter: @DanaPerino

This week, Dana is joined by O’Brien Chair of Global Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Mark Shrime and President of the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation and the Same Sky Foundation Fund, Francine LeFrak to discuss working with a purpose and the importance of giving back.  Keep up with Dana on Twitter: @DanaPerino

Francine A. LeFrak is the President of the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation and the Same Sky Foundation Fund. A successful social entrepreneur, women’s rights advocate, and philanthropist, Francine founded a trade initiative, Same Sky, to help women who were invisible become visible through the dignity of work. Her work with Same Sky began with survivors of the Rwandan genocide and continued in the US with women who were recently released from prison and needed a second chance. As a social entrepreneur, she has helped hundreds of women and girls to use their talents to find opportunities for success. Through job training programs and providing access to education, her foundations have paved pathways for people to rise out of poverty. As a philanthropist, Francine uses what she has learned and witnessed firsthand to help all women rise up to use their talents. Her focus is on women’s empowerment through the development of financial muscles and self-confidence through access to education, training and microgrants. Francine is proud of her latest project, the Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being at Barnard College that focuses on the three pillars of wellness (financial, physical and mental), the first of its kind in the country. Before her work as a social entrepreneur and philanthropist, Francine had a successful career on Broadway and as a social issues film producer where she garnered multiple Tony, Emmy and Peabody awards. In recognition of her humanitarian efforts, she received the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor from the French Government, The Women Together Award from the United Nations, The Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2009), and The Human Spirit Award from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Francine is a long-time member and Chair Emerita of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Women’s Leadership Board.