The Common Good Forum assembled some of the brightest thinkers in the US for a dynamic overview of our rapidly changing landscape. We put the spotlight on public policy choices and exciting developments affecting us all – making the nation and the world safer, creating shared economic prosperity, and bolstering our democratic values.
WOMEN’S BREAKFAST
Felicia Taylor – Moderator
One Woman Posts – The World Responds
Presentation of American Spirit Award for Citizen Activism by Silda Wall Spitzer to Teresa Shook, who inspired the Women’s March
Remember the Women!
Building the Women’s History Museum
Special report from Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and Congressional Commissioners Jane Abraham, Mary Boies & Emily Rafferty
Empowering Women – What’s Next?
Remarks by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand followed by Q&A
POLITICS AND PRESS
Press Under Fire – Panel
Steven Brill – Moderator – Journalist, Author, Founder, American Lawyer & CourtTV
Floyd Abrams, First Amendment expert
Elizabeth Spayd, Public Editor, New York Times
John Podhoretz, Editor, Commentary Magazine
Protests, Populism, & New Political Landscape – Panel
Ari Melber – Moderator – Chief Legal Correspondent, MSNBC
Shaunna Thomas, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, UltraViolet
David Burstein, CEO & Co-Founder of Run for America
Max Read, Senior Editor, New York Magazine
THE ECONOMY
New Era of Global Trade
Marc Busch, US Trade Expert; Int’l Business Diplomacy, Georgetown University; former advisor to Marco Rubio’s Presidential Campaign
Economic Investment Environment
Seth Masters, Chief Investment Officer, Bernstein Global Wealth Management
GLOBAL THREATS & OPPORTUNITIES
Jim Hoge – Moderator
China – N. Korea
Orville Schell – Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.- China Relations, Asia Society
France – Europe
Ambassador Jane Hartley – Former US Ambassador to France
Presentation of American Spirit Award for Distinguished Public Service
Senator John McCain – Senator for Arizona, Awardee
Chele Chiavacci Farley – Presentation of Award – Managing Director, Mistral Capital International
ECONOMY - THE BIG PICTURE
Growing the Economy and Jobs – Comments on the Trump Agenda
Omeed Malik – Moderator – Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Strategy, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Anthony Scaramucci – Founder, SkyBridge Capital, President Trump Transition Team
GLOBAL THREATS & OPPORTUNITIES
Introduction
Jonathan Tepperman – Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs Magazine
Homeland Security in the Trump Years
Secretary Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security
Presentation of American Spirit Award for Distinguished Public Service
Secretary John Kerry, former Secretary of State