MEDIA ADVISORY: Additional Speakers Announced for the Sixth Annual Clinton Global Initiative America Meeting
Kamau Bobb, Program Officer, The National Science Foundation; Michael Botticelli, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Jewel Burks, Co-Founder and CEO, Partpic; Jay Connolly, Founder, Lift Hero, Inc.; Julia Hillengas, Director of PowerCorpsPHL Partnerships, City of Philadelphia; Tom Kartsotis, Founder, Shinola; Ellen Meara, Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Lisa J. Nutter, President, Philadelphia Academies, Inc.; Eduardo J. Padrón, College President, Miami Dade College; Susan Pitman, Executive Director, Drug Free Duval Kevin Riley, Editor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Zack Rosenburg, CEO and Co-founder, St. Bernard Project; Shirley Sagawa, President and CEO, Service Year Alliance; Adva Saldinger, Associate Editor, Devex; Laura Sparks, Chief Philanthropy Officer, The William Penn Foundation; Leana Sheryle Wen, Health Commissioner, City of Baltimore; Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); to join nearly 1,000 attendees from business, philanthropy, government, and nonprofits to take action to bolster U.S. economy
Media accreditation is now open at
https://cgiamerica2016.iworldreg.com/public/apply/press
Join the 2016 CGI America meeting conversation online; Plenary Sessions will be livestreamed at live.cgiamerica.org
On June 12-14, President Bill Clinton will host the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, convening nearly 1,000 participants from across sectors to develop and implement Commitments to Action – new, specific, and measurable plans and projects – to encourage continued economic growth, support long-term competitiveness, and increase social mobility in the United States.
CGI America is a working meeting in which attendees participate in small group discussions on topics including energy innovation, sustainable cities, financial opportunity, STEM and early childhood education, college and career readiness, and workforce development, with the goal of forming partnerships to create commitments that will make a tangible difference in these areas. This year, attendees will collaborate on the importance of early learning programs in addressing poverty’s impact on students; bolstering STEM education to ensure workers have the skills needed to succeed in the 21st century; creating quality jobs that support worker wellness and professional development; harnessing the potential of alternative energy and sustainable infrastructure; and supporting U.S. cities looking to transform their local economies; among others.
Follow us on Twitter at @ClintonGlobal and Facebook at facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative for meeting news and highlights. The event hashtag is #CGI2016. Plenary sessions will also be livestreamed during the meeting at live.cgiamerica.org.
Support for CGI America 2016 is generously provided by Banc of California; The Coca-Cola Company; Cox Enterprises, Inc.; Delta Air Lines, Inc.; The Kresge Foundation; Peter G. Peterson Foundation; Southern Company; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; American Federation of Teachers; The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation; Freeport McMoran; United Parcel Service; and APCO Worldwide; and media partners include Bloomberg TV, Cox Enterprises, Inc., and Quartz.
Media registration is open, and press planning to cover must be credentialed by the Clinton Global Initiative. To apply, please complete the form at https://cgiamerica2016.iworldreg.com/public/apply/press. Members of the press are encouraged to submit an online application in advance as credentials will be processed on a rolling basis. Further logistical details will be provided once media applications have been processed. If you have other questions regarding credentials, please contact press@clintonglobalinitiative.org.
*** FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY ***
Location: Atlanta Marriott Marquis
265 Peachtree Center Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Press Registration: Press Credentials will be available for pick up at the Press Registration desk on the Marquis Level of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, near the FedEx office and entrance to M300 rooms, at the following times:
Sunday, June 12: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Monday, June 13: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday, June 14: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Press Working Room: The Press Working Room will be located on the Marquis Level of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in room M301-303. Wireless internet will be available.
CGI Mobile App
To download the CGI mobile application, please use your mobile device to open this link here. Select the CGI America 2016 Press event – or enter the Event ID: CGIA2016P – and enter the username and password provided below. The app can also be installed by searching “Clinton Global Initiative 2016” in the iTunes or Google Play store.
Your Username: «email provided for press registration»
Your Password: CGIAPress2016
Wireless Microphones: Please do NOT bring or use wireless microphones; they will interfere with the wireless PA systems.
Mult Box:
Analog Audio Mult: XLR Output
HD Mult Box: Output specifics are HDSDI with embedded audio.
Sat Truck Parking: There are a limited amount of satellite and microwave truck parking spaces available. Email seth@tuckerproduction.com with a request.
Interview Locations: If you are interested in stand-up interview locations on-site at the Marriott, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org.
Access to CGI America Sessions:
Plenary Sessions (Open Press)
Plenary Sessions convene the entire CGI America audience and examine critical challenges that cut across multiple topics related to economic recovery and long-term competitiveness. During each Plenary Session, panelists will share specific approaches that have proven to be successful, providing commitment-makers with the inspiration to develop their own creative solutions.
Breakout Sessions (Open press with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
These sessions are designed to allow participants to discuss innovative approaches to economic recovery across the United States. Attendees will examine best practices and models that can be scaled and/or replicated to spur economic recovery and long-term competitiveness, encourage innovation, and appeal to multiple CGI America Working Group audiences.
Working Groups (Open press with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
CGI America participants will join one of the nine topic-specific Working Groups that will provide opportunities to share knowledge, build partnerships, and generate Commitments to Action: new, specific, and measurable plans that address a challenge. The 2016 Working Groups are: Advanced Energy, College and Career Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Financial Opportunity, Outcomes-Based Financing, Small and Medium Enterprises, STEM Education, Sustainable Cities, and Workforce Development.
CGI Conversation Moderated by Bloomberg TV (If interested in attending, please email bclemency@bloomberg.net)
This session will be filmed for broadcast by Bloomberg TV. No video or still cameras will be allowed. Print reporters may attend; however content from the sessions is under embargo per the discretion of Bloomberg TV. Please contact Brooke Clemency (bclemency@bloomberg.net) for footage requests and embargo rules.
*** SCHEDULE AND PARTICIPANTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE ***
* All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time
SUNDAY, JUNE 12
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
PRESS REGISTRATION
Marquis Level, near the FedEx office and entrance to M300 rooms
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
MONDAY, JUNE 13
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PRESS REGISTRATION
Marquis Level, near the FedEx office and entrance to M300 rooms
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
(OPEN PRESS with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
Pre-Set: 7:30 – 8:00 AM
Various Locations; Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Appalachian Communities (International 8)
Service as a Career Pathway for Young Americans (International 5)
Moderator:
Lisa J. Nutter, President, Philadelphia Academies, Inc.
Participants:
Bill Basl, Director, AmeriCorps State and National, Corporation for National and Community Service
Julia Hillengas, Director of PowerCorpsPHL Partnerships, City of Philadelphia
Shirley Sagawa, President and CEO, Service Year Alliance
Technology Opportunities for Men and Boys of Color (International 9-10)
Moderator:
Kamau Bobb, Program Officer, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, The National Science Foundation
Participants:
Jesse Martinez, Co-founder and Co-chair, Latino Startup Alliance
Leslie Miley, Director of Engineering, Slack
What Works (and What Doesn’t): Learning from CGI Commitments to Action (Imperial B)
Moderator:
Adva Saldinger, Associate Editor, Devex
Participants:
John H. Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc.
Zack Rosenburg, CEO and Co-founder, St. Bernard Project
Elsa Palanza, Director of Commitments, Clinton Global Initiative
Women Entrepreneurs (International 1-3)
Moderator:
Jim Bildner, Chief Executive Officer, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Participants:
Tracy Bame, President, Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, Freeport-McMoRan
Veronika Scott, Founder and CEO, The Empowerment Plan
Theia Washington Smith, Executive Director, Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, City of Atlanta
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
SPECIAL EVENT
(OPEN PRESS with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
Pre-Set: 7:30 – 8:00 AM
Atlanta Marriott Marquis, International 6
Ask an Expert: Strengthening America’s Fiscal and National Security
Breakfast hosted by The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Moderator:
Kevin Riley, Editor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Participants:
Brian Hook, President, John Hay Initiative
Heather Hurlburt, Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
OPENING PLENARY SESSION: America in the World: Staying Ahead
OPEN PRESS
Pre-Set: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Marquis Ballroom
Remarks:
Kasim Reed, Mayor, City of Atlanta
Moderator:
President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman, Clinton Global Initiative, 42nd President of the United States
Participants:
Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group
Jewel Burks, Co-Founder and CEO, Partpic
Sandy Douglas, President, Coca-Cola North America, The Coca-Cola Company
Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
WORKING GROUPS
(OPEN PRESS with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
Pre-Set: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Various Locations; Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Advanced Energy (International 7)
College and Career Readiness (M106-M107)
Early Childhood Education (International 1-3)
Financial Opportunity (International 6)
Outcomes-Based Financing (International 4)
Small and Medium Enterprises (International 5)
STEM Education (M103-M105)
Sustainable Cities (International 9-10)
Workforce Development (Imperial B)
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
LUNCH PLENARY SESSION: Strengthening America’s Communities
OPEN PRESS
Pre-Set: 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Marquis Ballroom
Opening Conversation:
Participants:
President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman, Clinton Global Initiative, 42nd President of the United States
Joe Manchin III, U.S. Senator from West Virginia
Panel Discussion:
Moderator:
Kevin J. Delaney, Editor in Chief and President, Quartz
Participants:
Donnel Baird, Chief Executive Officer, BlocPower
W. Paul Bowers, Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power
Adrianna Quintero, Founder and Executive Director, Voces Verdes, Director of Partner Engagement, Natural Resources Defense Council
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
PRESS CONFERENCE: Mayor Reed & Local Organizations Highlight CGI America Commitments to Benefit Atlanta
OPEN PRESS
Pre-Set: 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Press Room (M301-303), Marquis Level
Opening Remarks:
Robert Harrison, CEO, Clinton Global Initiative
Kasim Reed, Mayor, City of Atlanta
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
WORKING GROUPS
(OPEN PRESS with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
Pre-Set: 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Advanced Energy (International 7)
College and Career Readiness (M106-M107)
Early Childhood Education (International 1-3)
Financial Opportunity (International 6)
Outcomes-Based Financing (International 4)
Small and Medium Enterprises (International 5)
STEM Education (M103-M105)
Sustainable Cities (International 9-10)
Workforce Development (Imperial B)
TUESDAY, JUNE 14
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
PRESS REGISTRATION
Marquis Level, near the FedEx office and entrance to M300 rooms
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
WORKING GROUP OFFICE HOURS
(OPEN PRESS with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
Advanced Energy (International 7)
College and Career Readiness (M106-M107)
Early Childhood Education (International 1-3)
Financial Opportunity (International 6)
Outcomes-Based Financing (International 4)
Small and Medium Enterprises (International 5)
STEM Education (M103-M105)
Sustainable Cities (International 9-10)
Workforce Development (Imperial B)
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
PLENARY SESSION: Overcoming Poverty; Improving Opportunity
OPEN PRESS
Pre-Set: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Marquis Ballroom
Participants:
Michael McAfee, Co-director for Promise Neighborhoods Institute and Vice President for Programs, PolicyLink
Patrick T. McCarthy, President and CEO, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense Fund
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
(OPEN PRESS with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
Pre-Set: 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Various Locations; Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Apprenticeships (International 9-10)
Participants:
Crystal Bridgeman, Senior Director, Workforce Development Programs, Siemens Foundation
John Ladd, Administrator, Office of Apprenticeship and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
Eduardo J. Padrón, College President, Miami Dade College
CGI Conversation moderated by Bloomberg TV (Imperial Ballroom A)
Moderator:
David Westin, Anchor, Bloomberg TV
Participants:
Robert L. Johnson, Founder and Chairman, The RLJ Companies
Steven A. Sugarman, Chairman and CEO, Banc of California
Alexander Taylor, Executive Vice President, Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Communities in Crisis: The Cost of the Opioid Epidemic (Imperial Ballroom B)
Moderator:
Michael Botticelli, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Participants:
Nora Volkow, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Leana Sheryle Wen, Health Commissioner, City of Baltimore
Susan Pitman, Executive Director, Drug Free Duval
Ellen Meara, Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Opportunities for New Americans (International 1-3)
Moderator:
Rachel Peric, Deputy Director, Welcoming America
Participants:
George Arison, Founder and CEO, Shift
Betsy Hodges, Mayor, City of Minneapolis
Janet Murguía, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
The Retirement Boom (International 6)
Moderator:
Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics
Participants:
Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Jay Connolly, Founder, LiftHero, Inc.
Transit Programs for Economic Growth (International 4)
Moderator:
Terri Ludwig, President and CEO, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Participants:
Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
WORKING GROUPS
(OPEN PRESS with limited capacity; if interested in attending, please email press@clintonglobalinitiative.org)
Pre-Set: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Various Locations; Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Advanced Energy (International 7)
College and Career Readiness (M106-M107)
Early Childhood Education (International 1-3)
Financial Opportunity (International 6)
Outcomes-Based Financing (International 4)
Small and Medium Enterprises (International 5)
STEM Education (M103-M105)
Sustainable Cities (International 9-10)
Workforce Development (Imperial B)
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION: Investing in Quality Jobs
OPEN PRESS
Pre-Set: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Marquis Ballroom
One-on-One Conversation:
Participants:
President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman, Clinton Global Initiative, 42nd President of the United States
President Jimmy Carter, Founder, The Carter Center, 39th President of the United States
Panel Discussion:
Moderator:
Barbara Dyer, President and CEO, The Hitachi Foundation
Participants:
Saru Jayaraman, Co-founder and Co-director, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Tom Kartsotis, Founder, Shinola
Thomas E. Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor
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