Leadership Series: Michael Sheldrick

How old do you have to be before the world pays attention to you?

Michael Sheldrick at the age of 28 leads the Global Citizen’s global advocacy work from its New York office. In this role, Michael coordinates Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign which has helped mobilize more than $800 million in support of polio eradication efforts. These efforts included his work on the 2011 End Polio Now campaign that saw Commonwealth leaders announce $118 million in contributions to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the 2011 Perth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

In his current role Michael, works closely with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank while also serving as Global Citizen's Main Representative to the United Nations Michael oversees the organisation's outreach to government representatives around the world.

So how does a UWA graduate from Perth find their way to coordinating global advocacy campaigns which include efforts to eradicate polio and promote universal access to sanitation and education?

Join us for a conversation to find out how it all began for this 2013 Young Western Australian of the Year and finalist for 2014 Australian of the Year and find out about how he’s tackling his latest cause: To build a movement of 100M action-taking Global Citizens to help achieve our vision of ending extreme poverty by 2030.

Rotary’s “Leadership Series” focusses on how the values of Rotary impact on “Leaders in Action”.

Tickets $35     Includes Drink on arrival and canapes

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