Each year the World Affairs Council and its Global Philanthropy Forum honor leaders who are significantly influencing the world in which we live, work and learn at its annual Awards Dinner. The evening is known for bringing together luminary thought, business, philanthropic, civic and community leaders as well as entrepreneurs from San Francisco, Silicon Valley and beyond.
Interview on the Iranian diaspora and community organizing with Noosheen Hashemi at The IAAB Conference on the Iranian Diaspora.
Recognizing her work as the President of The HAND Foundation, Noosheen Hashemi, is named one of Gentry Magazine's top 50 philanthropists in their annual list of leading philanthropists in San Francisco, the Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
"Celebrating Girls Who One Day Will Influence the World." An informal conversation with girls, 9-12 years old (the Tweens!), sharing their dreams, developing their sense of self on topics about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).
Atherton philanthropist Noosheen Hashemi, a former Oracle Corp. vice president, likes nothing more than to get things done, one reason her friends are cautious in accepting party invitations, which often come with suggested topics for chitchat and grant making. True to form, she invited 50 women to lunch (salad, branzino and Sauvignon Blanc) at the Fairmont Hotel penthouse on March 8 for her 50th birthday and a discussion of women's rights and achievements.
Photo: Nancy Pelosi and domestic violence activist Esta Soler (pictured to the left and right of Hashemi). (Photographer: David Washburn)
Panel discussion featuring, from left, ABC 7 SF and Girl Scout Alumna Carolyn Johnson, Lean In's Sheryl Sandberg, and our Girl Scouts of Northern California Forever Green Leadership Awardees, Cisco's Padmasree Warrior and The Hand Foundation's Noosheen Hashemi.
Noosheen shares the story of PARSA — inspiration, motivation, and impact— at the U.S. Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum, May 17-19, 2011.
An interview with the San Francisco Business Journal.
Diplomacy, Diasporas, and the Case for Iran: Noosheen Hashemi speaks on the diplomacy challenges between the US and Iran and their effect on diaspora communities. Noosheen Hashemi presents The Case for Iran at the Global Philanthropy Forum in 2008: A Conversation between Elders and Emerging Leaders concerning human security, human rights, and the shared responsibility to protect.