Thank you, Penelope

The leadership of founding Executive Director of the Atlantic Institute, Dr. Penelope Brook, was recognized at a farewell celebration at Rhodes House, in Oxford. On Jan. 17, Dr. Brook’s colleagues at the Rhodes Trust and a small group of Atlantic Fellows had the opportunity to acknowledge her remarkable contribution in establishing the Institute and the global Senior Fellow community. The Fellows shared their memories and read out messages from other Fellows from across the world in her honor.

Under Penelope’s leadership, the aspirations of Fellows and staff from across the seven Atlantic programs were woven into the beginnings of an ecosystem of changemakers — diverse in perspective, but united in their pursuit of equity. Her work provided the foundations for the Senior Fellow community, on which we now build.

Although she has left the Institute, Penelope remains a key part of this community and its founding story.

Inā te mahi, he rangatira. Ko koe tenā, Penelope.

BELOW Dr . Penelope Brook thanks Fellows and staff at her farewell celebration