{"id":14322,"date":"2020-02-03T18:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T18:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/?p=14322"},"modified":"2020-02-07T00:39:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T00:39:47","slug":"impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"impactmania&#8217;s Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"impactmania&#039;s award-winning program Women of Impact travels to New Zealand!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lW9es06NiCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Paksy Plackis-Cheng launched <em>impactmania&#8217;s<\/em> Women of Impact program with more than two hundred women. An Emmy winner, VP Intel, Mayor of Santa Barbara, Women Hall of Fame inductee, Dean of Science &amp; Engineering, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, CEOs, a Baroness, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, etc. gathered from 5 continents in Santa Barbara, California.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the Program was awarded the U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy grant. In November 2019, the following women from the global <em>impactmania<\/em> network traveled to New Zealand. The group was welcomed by the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Meet:<br \/>\nPaola Ferrari, Co-founder L\u2019Accademia di Gagliato delle NanoScienze<br \/>\nLamborghini FUTURE FAB Advisory Board Member<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Miyoung Chun, Co-founder and CEO Alzheimer&#8217;s X<br \/>\nLed the U.S. BRAIN Initiative<\/p>\n<p>Marirose Meyer, Anthropologist<br \/>\nAlumna <em>impactmania<\/em> internship program<br \/>\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Kim Yasuda, Artist<br \/>\nDepartment of Art<br \/>\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)<\/p>\n<p>Share your cultural, social or economic impact\u2014Host or sponsor the next gathering in Italy! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.impactmania.com\">www.impactmania.com<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nPhoto:\u00a0Murray Liddell, Clara N&#8217;Diaye, Ben Dallas, Paola Ferrari, Paksy Plackis-Cheng, Jethro Gardiner.<\/p>\n<p>A big thank you to Katia Bassi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, the Program was awarded the U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy grant. In November 2019, the following women from the global impactmania network traveled to New Zealand to meet the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,29,5,28,505,35,14,24],"tags":[549,98,251,231,133,139,80,551,547,482,550,409,401,288,411,367,366,13,548,546,6],"class_list":["post-14322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-business-economy","category-community","category-events","category-interviews","category-new-zealand","category-science-tech","category-video","category-women-of-impact","tag-anthropologist","tag-art","tag-business","tag-california","tag-culture","tag-impactmania","tag-interviews","tag-kim-yasuda","tag-lamborghini","tag-maori","tag-marirose-meyer","tag-miyoung-chun","tag-new-zealand","tag-paksy-plackis-cheng","tag-paola-ferrari","tag-program","tag-travel","tag-ucsb","tag-us-brain-initiative","tag-us-embassy-diplomacy-grant","tag-women-of-impact"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>impactmania&#039;s Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand! - impactmania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In November 2019, the following women from the global impactmania network traveled to New Zealand to meet the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"impactmania&#039;s Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand! - impactmania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In November 2019, the following women from the global impactmania network traveled to New Zealand to meet the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"impactmania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/impactmaniaX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-03T18:01:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-07T00:39:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"847\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"556\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"impactmania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@impactmania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@impactmania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"impactmania\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"impactmania\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/person\/05cb9353245f72c6bdd0f686bd523232\"},\"headline\":\"impactmania&#8217;s Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand!\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-03T18:01:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-07T00:39:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/\"},\"wordCount\":215,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anthropologist\",\"Art\",\"business\",\"California\",\"culture\",\"impactmania\",\"interviews\",\"Kim Yasuda\",\"Lamborghini\",\"M\u0101ori\",\"Marirose Meyer\",\"Miyoung Chun\",\"New Zealand\",\"Paksy Plackis-Cheng\",\"Paola Ferrari\",\"program\",\"travel\",\"UCSB\",\"US BRAIN Initiative\",\"US Embassy Diplomacy grant\",\"Women of Impact\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Arts &amp; Culture\",\"Business &amp; Economy\",\"Community\",\"Events\",\"Interviews\",\"New Zealand\",\"Science &amp; Tech\",\"Video\",\"Women of Impact\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/\",\"name\":\"impactmania's Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand! - impactmania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-03T18:01:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-07T00:39:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"In November 2019, the following women from the global impactmania network traveled to New Zealand to meet the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg\",\"width\":847,\"height\":556,\"caption\":\"Lamborghini New Zealand impactmania\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Arts &amp; Culture\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/category\/arts-culture\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"impactmania&#8217;s Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/\",\"name\":\"impactmania\",\"description\":\"people who drive cultural, social, and economic impact\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#organization\",\"name\":\"impactmania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/favicon-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/favicon-logo.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"impactmania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/impactmaniaX\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/impactmania\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paksy.pc\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/impactmania\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC32dhh3RM7sfPdBgQagcIYA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/person\/05cb9353245f72c6bdd0f686bd523232\",\"name\":\"impactmania\",\"description\":\"impactmania features people and projects that drive cultural, social, and economic impact. This is to inspire, involve, and connect current and next-generation\u2019s impact makers.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"impactmania's Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand! - impactmania","description":"In November 2019, the following women from the global impactmania network traveled to New Zealand to meet the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"impactmania's Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand! - impactmania","og_description":"In November 2019, the following women from the global impactmania network traveled to New Zealand to meet the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/","og_site_name":"impactmania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/impactmaniaX","article_published_time":"2020-02-03T18:01:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-07T00:39:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":847,"height":556,"url":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"impactmania","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@impactmania","twitter_site":"@impactmania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"impactmania"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/"},"author":{"name":"impactmania","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/person\/05cb9353245f72c6bdd0f686bd523232"},"headline":"impactmania&#8217;s Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand!","datePublished":"2020-02-03T18:01:24+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-07T00:39:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/"},"wordCount":215,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg","keywords":["Anthropologist","Art","business","California","culture","impactmania","interviews","Kim Yasuda","Lamborghini","M\u0101ori","Marirose Meyer","Miyoung Chun","New Zealand","Paksy Plackis-Cheng","Paola Ferrari","program","travel","UCSB","US BRAIN Initiative","US Embassy Diplomacy grant","Women of Impact"],"articleSection":["Arts &amp; Culture","Business &amp; Economy","Community","Events","Interviews","New Zealand","Science &amp; Tech","Video","Women of Impact"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/","url":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/","name":"impactmania's Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand! - impactmania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-03T18:01:24+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-07T00:39:47+00:00","description":"In November 2019, the following women from the global impactmania network traveled to New Zealand to meet the U.S. Consul General and a number of women change makers in New Zealand.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lamborghini-New-Zealand-impactmania.jpg","width":847,"height":556,"caption":"Lamborghini New Zealand impactmania"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/impactmanias-women-of-impact-program-travels-to-new-zealand\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Arts &amp; Culture","item":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/category\/arts-culture\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"impactmania&#8217;s Women of Impact program travels to New Zealand!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/","name":"impactmania","description":"people who drive cultural, social, and economic impact","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#organization","name":"impactmania","url":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/favicon-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/favicon-logo.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"impactmania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/impactmaniaX","https:\/\/x.com\/impactmania","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paksy.pc\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/impactmania","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC32dhh3RM7sfPdBgQagcIYA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/#\/schema\/person\/05cb9353245f72c6bdd0f686bd523232","name":"impactmania","description":"impactmania features people and projects that drive cultural, social, and economic impact. This is to inspire, involve, and connect current and next-generation\u2019s impact makers.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.impactmania.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactmania.com\/im\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}