The Frederick Heldring Award for Global Leadership
In 1976, Frederick Heldring founded the Global Interdependence Center (GIC), serving as chair until 2000. This award, named in his honor, is presented to individuals who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to the development of international relations, trade and global citizenship in their lifetimes.
Recipients
Charles Goodhart
- Author of Goodhart’s Law “that any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes”.
- Former Norman Sosnow Chair of Banking and Finance at the London School of Economics (LSE)
- Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance at the London School of Economics (LSE)
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Former monetary economist at the Bank of England and Chief Advisor
Eric Rosengren
- President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Former Executive Vice President and head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s department of supervision, regulation, and credit
Catherine L. Mann, Ph.D.
- Chief Economist of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Former Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance at Brandeis University
- Former senior fellow and visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Honored for her distinguished career and prolific contributions to the global economic community
Thomas Kean
- Former Governor of New Jersey
- Chairman of the 9/11 Commission
- Co-Chairman of the National Security Preparedness Group
- Chairman of the Board of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
- Board Chair of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Honored for his leadership and efforts to investigate acts of terrorism and protect our nation from further attacks.
Martin Feldstein
- The George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University
- President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research
- Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
- Honored for his prolific research in international economic trade.
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Ph.D.
- President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA-CREF
- Former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Honored for his work with international policy groups and the Group of Ten Working Party on Financial Sector Consolidation.
Lawrence Klein
- The 1980 Nobel Laureate in Economics
- Benjamin Franklin Professor of Economic and Finance Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania
- Honored for his creation of economic models and for his contributions to the analysis of global economic interdependence.
The Global Citizen Award
The Global Citizen Award is given to individuals who have demonstrated, in their business or personal lives, a commitment to the principles set forth in our mission and vision. Recipients of the Global Citizen Award have been strong advocates of GIC’s efforts to be a leader in influencing world policies for the greater good through cooperative, international engagement among diverse thought leaders.
Recipients
Peter A. Gold, Esq.
- Principal of TheGoldGroup, LLC
- Former GIC Vice Chair of the College of Central Bankers
François-Xavier (FX) Chevallier
- Founder of Alpha Mining, an independent consulting firm specialised in sector rotation
- Integral partner in GIC’s inaugural event in Paris (2004) and subsequent events
- Long-time GIC member and supporter
Jeffrey Lacker, Ph.D.
- President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Frequent GIC speaker, including at events in Israel, Poland and Richmond
Charles Plosser, Ph.D.
- President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Former Director of the Bradley Policy Research Center
- Former Dean of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
Frederick Heldring
- Founding Chairman of the Global Interdependence Center
- Former Chairman of the Board of Philadelphia National Bank
- Chairman Emeritus of the Philadelphia Development Partnership
Christian Noyer
Christian Noyer was born in 1950 near Paris. After obtaining a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), he received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (“Sciences Po”). He then joined the “Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA)”, of which he is a graduate.
He entered the French Treasury in 1976, and spent two years in 1980-82 in Brussels as a financial attache at the French Delegation to the European Union. Back at the Treasury, he held various positions, dealing both with domestic and international affairs, and was appointed Director of the Treasury in 1993. He also served as an adviser to Mr Balladur, then Minister of Finance, in 1986-88, and as chief of staff to two other Finance Ministers in 1993 and 1995-97. He was then appointed Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB) in 1998, when the Bank was set-up in Frankfurt, where he served until 2002. He was Governor of the Banque de France from November 2003 until November 2015. He was also elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) from 2010 until 2015.
Edward Boehne
- Director and Senior Economic Advisor for Haverford Quality Investing
- Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Constantine Papadakis
- Former President of Drexel University
- Former Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati
- Justinian Society Award Recipient
- Knighted Cavaliere Ufficiale in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- US Department of Treasury Medal of Merit Recipient
Michael Heavener
- Adviser to the President of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
- Former Executive Vice President and Head of Wells Fargo Global Financial Institutions and Trade Division
Anthony Santomero, Ph.D.
- Independent Director at Citigroup, Inc.
- Former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Frank Louchheim
- Founding Chairman of Right Management Consultants
- Recipient of the 2005 Fleisher Art Memorial Founders Award
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