Distinguished Speaker Series

BOLLI's Distinguished Speaker Series brings you inspiring conversations with remarkable leaders from the worlds of politics, the arts, and society. Each talk offers fresh ideas, personal stories, and thought-provoking perspectives that will spark curiosity and conversation.

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Distinguished Speaker Speaker's Title Session Title/Topic Date and Modality Register

Guy Fishman, Renee Hemsing

Principal cellist and violist, Members of the Handel and Haydn Society Concert and Conversation Monday, September 15th at 1:00 pm in-person at 60 Turner Street Register here
Katie Theoharides President and CEO, The Trustees Nature’s Path to Health and Happiness Monday, September 22nd at 1:00 pm in-person at 60 Turner Street
Susan Goldberg  President and CEO, WGBH Storytelling That Matters Monday, September 29th at 1:00 pm in-person at 60 Turner Street
Robert (Bob) Kuttner Co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and professor at Brandeis University's Heller School Surviving Trump Tuesday, October 7th at 1:00 pm (Modality TBA)
Michelle Boorstein  Religion Reporter, Washington Post Is Church-State Separation Dead? State of play for religion in public life Tuesday, October 14th at 1:00 pm (Modality TBA)
Dr. Alice Lichtenstein Senior Scientist, Diet & Chronic Disease Prevention for Healthy Aging Director, The HNRCA at Tufts University Sorting Through the Morass—Nutrition Information and Misinformation Monday, October 27th at 1:00 pm in-person at 60 Turner Street
Jasmine Winship Regional Director of New England for NIF (New Israel Fund) What’s Next for Israel? Thursday, November 6th at 1:00 pm in-person at 60 Turner Street