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Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., Cleveland Clinic CEO and President, will welcome Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments, to join him as part of the speaker series, Ideas for Tomorrow.
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Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments
The free and virtual event will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Click here to register for the virtual event.
The one-on-one conversation will be live-streamed on Cleveland Clinic’s Facebook page, Cleveland Clinic YouTube Live and on our event page.
As Co-CEO, Hobson is responsible for management, strategic planning and growth for all areas of Ariel Investments outside of research and portfolio management. Additionally, she serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ariel Investment Trust—the company’s publicly traded mutual funds. Prior to being named Co-CEO, Hobson spent nearly two decades as the firm’s president.
Outside of Ariel, Hobson is a nationally recognized voice on financial literacy. She has conducted extensive research on minority investing patterns and writes a column for Black Enterprise Magazine. Her leadership also has been invaluable to corporate boardrooms across the nation. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Starbucks Corporation; a Director of JPMorgan Chase; and a Director of Quibi, a short-form video content company. She previously served as Chairman of the Board of DreamWorks Animation until the company’s sale, and also was a long-standing board member of the Estée Lauder Companies.
Hobson’s community outreach includes her role as Chairman of After School Matters, a Chicago non-profit that provides area teens with high quality after-school and summer programs. Additionally, she is Vice Chair of World Business Chicago; Co-Chair of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art; and a board member of the George Lucas Education Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies. She serves on the board at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Hobson is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees, and serves on the executive committee of the Investment Company Institute.
Hobson earned her AB from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and Public Policy. In 2019, she was awarded the university’s highest honor, the Woodrow Wilson Award, presented annually to a Princeton graduate whose career embodies a commitment to national service. She has received honorary doctorate degrees from Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, St. Mary’s College, and the University of Southern California. In 2015, Time Magazine named her one of the “100 Most Influential People” in the world.
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