{"id":3196,"date":"2024-02-22T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:08:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:08:19","slug":"former-catholic-relief-services-ceo-carolyn-woo-a-purdue-alumna-to-join-president-chiang-on-march-5-for-presidential-lecture-series-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q1\/former-catholic-relief-services-ceo-carolyn-woo-a-purdue-alumna-to-join-president-chiang-on-march-5-for-presidential-lecture-series-event","title":{"rendered":"Former Catholic Relief Services CEO Carolyn Woo, a Purdue alumna, to join President Chiang on March 5 for Presidential Lecture Series event"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Purdue University alumna Carolyn Woo, who served as CEO of Catholic Relief Services from 2012-16, will join Purdue President Mung Chiang in March for a conversation as part of Purdue\u2019s Presidential Lecture Series.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The public event, titled \u201cGlobal Progress for Tomorrow\u2019s Leaders: Overcoming Challenges, Building a Better Future,\u201d is at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in Stewart Center\u2019s Fowler Hall. Woo and Chiang will discuss nonprofit leadership, business education and global impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the lecture is free, a\u00a0general admission ticket<\/a>\u00a0will be required.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cAs a Boilermaker student and faculty member, Carolyn Woo exemplified the very best of Purdue. She developed and deployed her passion and expertise to leadership impact at our university, in our state and around the world,\u201d Chiang said. \u201cPurdue is delighted to invite her back to campus and discuss her journey as a higher education leader and a pioneer in a nonprofit organization, especially in living out her selfless calling as CEO of Catholic Relief Services that provided humanitarian relief and sustainable developmental tools for millions of people globally.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woo was educated by the missionary sisters in Hong Kong and came to Purdue in 1972 as a foreign student with one year of funding.\u202fThanks to scholarships and fellowships, she was able to complete her bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s and PhD in strategy management by 1979.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After two years in industry, Woo was recruited back to Purdue as a faculty member. Soon after her promotion to full professor, she was drafted into administration, first as director of the master\u2019s programs in the School of Business and then as associate executive vice president for academic affairs. Under her leadership, the Krannert master\u2019s program achieved a top 20 ranking in\u202fBusinessweek, and she was cited as one of Change magazine\u2019s Top Forty Leaders Under Forty.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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