A Conversation with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President Bill Clinton

The Clinton School of Public Service and Clinton Foundation are pleased to host a conversation with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President Bill Clinton, for the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture. Sirleaf is the first elected female Head of State in Africa. She won re-election in November 2011, to a second and final term of office.
As President, Mrs. Johnson Sirleaf has spent the past six years rebuilding post-conflict Liberia, attracting foreign direct investment of over $16 billion. She has also attracted more than $5 million of private resources to rebuild schools, clinics and markets, and scholarships for capacity building.
After decades of fighting for freedom, justice and equality in Liberia, in 2011 President Sirleaf shared the prestigious Nobel Prize for Peace with two other women - fellow Liberian Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. They were recognized, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.
The Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series was established with the gift from the Kumpuris Family in honor of their mother and in memory of their father. The Kumpuris Lecture Series is presented by the Clinton Foundation, Clinton School of Public Service, and AT&T.