Florida Forum lines up Jenna Bush Hager, Allyson Felix and Bill Browder for Jacksonville events

The 2022-23 Florida Forum Speaker Series, a fundraiser for Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, will feature financier and author Bill Browder, television news personality and author Jenna Bush Hager and 11-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix.

Browder will appear Sept. 20 at the Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Jacksonville, followed by Bush on Nov. 8 and Felix Jan. 18.

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Browder was the "largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005 when he was denied entry to the country and declared a threat to national security for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies," according to his website.

His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, testified against Russian state officials involved in the fraud and was arrested, tortured and died in prison. Browder's resulting cause, the Global Magnitsky Act, calls for "governments around the world to impose targeted visa bans and asset freezes on human rights abusers and highly corrupt officials," according to his website.

Hager, the daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush, is co-host of NBC’s "TODAY with Hoda & Jenna" and an editor-at-large for Southern Living magazine.

She was once an intern in Latin America for UNICEF and chairs its Next Generation initiative dedicated to reducing childhood deaths across the world.

Felix is a five-time track and field Olympian, according to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Team USA website.

She participated in the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 games and has been awarded 11 Olympic medals: seven gold, three silver and one bonze. She is the world’s most decorated track and field athlete.

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Hosted by Wolfson's Women’s Board, the series was founded in 1992 and to date has raised about $9.2 million for Wolfson. The series is one of the volunteer board's two annual fundraisers; the other is the Winter Design Show set for Dec. 2 to 4.

The events are in the final year of a $4 million pledge to endow programs, services and equipment for the Neonatal Intensive Care Center inside the newly opened Borowy Family Critical Care Tower at Wolfson and Baptist Medical Center.

The speakers series is sponsored by Wells Fargo, Florida Blue and Landstar. For ticket information go to womensboardwch.com, call (904) 202-2886, or email womensboard@bmcjax.com.

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