Barry University is pleased to announce that Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo will be our 11th Founders’ Week Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Woo’s presentation will focus on the Catholic Social Teachings to care for our neighbor. Who is our neighbor? How do we achieve peace and justice in the service of our communities? The presentation will highlight the actions and programs which can bring about sustainable improvements to the lives of people in developing countries. In addition, Dr. Woo will cover trends in social responsibility as companies take steps toward an approach that encompasses people, planet, and profits.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Andreas 111
Lunch will be served
In preparation for the Founders’ Week lecture, Dr. Joan Phillips, Dean of the Andreas School of Business, will be facilitating a leadership training for Barry students.
Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo Biography
Distinguished President’s Fellow for Global Development – Purdue University
From 2012 to 2016, Carolyn served as President & CEO of Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. She currently serves in an advisory capacity as the Distinguished President’s Fellow for Global Development at Purdue University.
Before coming to CRS, Carolyn served from 1997 to 2011 as dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. During her tenure, the Mendoza College was frequently recognized as the nation's leading business school in ethics education and research. It received and has retained top ranking from Bloomberg Businessweek since
2010 for its undergraduate business program. Prior to the University of Notre Dame, Carolyn served as associate executive vice president for academic affairs at Purdue University.
Carolyn was born and raised in Hong Kong, and immigrated to the United States to attend Purdue University, where she received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees, and joined the faculty. Her teaching, research and administrative leadership have been recognized through Best Paper Awards by the Academy of Management, selection as one of 40 Young Leaders of American Academe by Change Magazine, the journal of the American Association for Higher Education; distinguished alumna and honorary alumna by Purdue University and University of Notre Dame, as well as the conferral of honorary doctorates from Providence College, Loyola University of Maryland, Manhattan College, Wake Forest University, the University of Notre Dame and others.
Carolyn was the first female dean to chair the accreditation body for business schools—AACSB: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—and directed its Peace Through Commerce initiative. She helped launch the Principles for Responsible Management Education for the United Nations Global Compact.
From 2004 to 2010, Carolyn served on the Board of Directors of CRS. Her current board service includes Aileron Foundation; Catholic University of America; Archdiocese of Baltimore Independent Child Abuse Review Board; Migration & Refugee Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; and the International Policy Committee, United States of Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Carolyn was one of five presenters in Rome at the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment in June 2015. Her faith journey and work at CRS are recounted in her book, Working for a Better World, published in 2015 by Our Sunday Visitor.
Representing CRS, Carolyn was featured in the May/June 2013 issue of Foreign Policy as one of the 500
Most Powerful people on the planet and one of only 33 in the category of “a force for good.” Carolyn’s Catholic News Service monthly column took first place in the 2013 Catholic Press Association Awards in the category of Best Regular Column—Spiritual Life.
Carolyn is married to Dr. David E. Bartkus. They have two sons, Ryan and Justin. Her parish is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.
For more information, contact the Office of Mission Engagement at me@barry.edu or 305-899-3599.