Please join us and CenterState CEO on Friday, November 2, 2018 from 8:00 to 9:30 am at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. Registration starts at 7:30 am. "Shifting the Mindset to Build an Inclusive Workplace" will feature a presentation by Tupperware CEO, Rick Goings. 

From its start more than 70 years ago, Tupperware has focused on cultivating confidence in women all around the world. Rick Goings knows that confidence can impact the success of a woman both professionally and personally, as well as create better families, communities and business.

“Shifting the Mindset to Build an Inclusive Workplace,” will focus on how diversity and inclusion, in a multitude of forms and in any kind of workforce, plays a key role in boosting personal and economic growth. A lack of diversity, and subsequently inclusion, in the workplace can be a key barrier that holds people, especially women, back from success. What actions are needed to create workplaces that are more diverse and gender inclusive, and how can cultivating confidence break down some of the barriers women and others face.

All monetary donations collected will benefit the work of Food Bank of Central New York. 

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Please contact Lynn Hy, Chief Development Officer, at (315) 437-1899 ext. 247 for more information. 

About Rick Goings

Rick Goings is the Executive Chairman of Tupperware Brands. Throughout his successful career, he has held a number of global senior management positions in Europe, Asia and the U.S.

An engaged member of the World Economic Forum, Goings is at the forefront of thought leadership on Gender Equality, Education and the Future of Work initiatives in Davos. He was selected to be an inaugural HeForShe IMPACT Champion with United Nations Women (UNW) and a founding member of the UNW Private Sector Leadership Advisory Council appointed by Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. He is a former member of the board of governors for Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BG

CA), having served as National Chairman for two terms. Using his experience and insight as a global corporate and social impact leader, he has driven the expansion of BGCA into international markets, first into Mexico, where there are now 9 Clubs with 9 more on the horizon, and then into South Africa with 3 successful Clubs in Johannesburg and Soweto. Goings also serves on the national boards of the Smithsonian Institution, the Global Peter Drucker Forum and Rollins College.

With his extensive knowledge of a broad spectrum of subjects – from current global business trends, inspirational leadership, strategy and competitive advantage to mentorship and sponsorship, mindfulness, philanthropy and social impact – Goings is highly respected and sought after for public speaking engagements in the corporate, non-profit and academic arenas, as well as by global media.

Goings has received numerous global awards, including the distinguished decree of "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" (Knight of the Legion of Honor) by the former President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, in recognition of his long term dedication to the role of women in developing countries and children’s causes. Having lived and worked in Asia for a number of years, the People’s Republic of China bestowed him with the prestigious Marco Polo Award for his visionary leadership and significant role in China’s economic development. Boys & Girls Clubs of America honored him with their highest award, the Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award for his outstanding leadership and the Holmes Group named Goings as CEO of the Year. The Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument honored Goings and his wife Susan Porcaro Goings with the Voice for Women Award for their exemplary commitment to the economic empowerment of women around the world.

Goings was educated at Guilford College, and is the recipient of a Doctorate of Humane Letters honoris causa, from Rollins College in Florida, as well as a Doctorate in Business Administration honoris causa from Bryant College in Rhode Island. He served in the U.S. Navy on the Destroyer, USS Power.

Rick and Susan now split their time between their homes in Windermere, Florida and Charlottesville, Virginia.

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