Topics and Panelists for AFFs, Reunions 2008

As of 4/7/2008
Confirmed panelists are in bold  

Writing as a Career

Saturday, May 31, 9:15-10:15 am

McCosh 46

Moderator:  

Paul Muldoon , Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities and Chair, Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts

Panelists:

Annalyn Swan ’73 , editor, writer, and biographer
John Oakes ’83 , Executive Editor, Atlas and Co.
Lisa Harper ’88, Adjunct Professor, MFA in Creative Writing Program, UCSF
Greg Behrman ’98 , non-fiction writer
Jennie Kogler ’03, novelist (Ruby Tuesday)


Race and Class: Which Voices Count Most in Civil Society?
Friday, May 30, 10:30-12:00 pm
McCosh 10

 
Moderator:
 
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and the Center for African American Studies
 
Panelists:
 
Alan Deane Buchanan ’68, Judge, Cleveland Heights Municipal Court
Helen Zia ’73, writer and social-justice activist
Lawrence Otis Graham ’83, attorney and author
Robert Doar ’83, Commissioner, NYC Department of Social Services
Alexis McGill ’93, Executive Director, Citizen Change
Vanessa Tyson ’98, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, University of Chicago
 
What’s Next for Healthcare Reform?
Friday, May 30, 10:30 am-12:00 pm
McCosh 50

 
Moderator:
 
Uwe Reinhart
 
Panelists:
 
Mark Siegler ’63, University of Chicago Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Raymond J. Baxter ’68 *76, Senior Vice President, Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente
Max Gomez ’73, Health and Science Editor, WNBC
Jonathan C. Javitt '78, Senior Fellow, National Security Health Policy Center, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University Schools of Medicine
Evan Fieldston ’98, Physician, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
 
Is There an Honor Code in Sports?
Friday, May 30, 9:15-10:15 am
McCosh 50

 
Moderator:
 
Chris Sailer, Head Coach, Women’s Lacrosse
 
Panelists:
 
Bob Casciola ’58, former president, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame
Edward Swift ’73, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
Karen Smyers ’83, Professional Triathlete/Coach/Motivational Speaker
John Thompson ’88, Head Coach, Men’s Basketball, Georgetown
Maura Bolger ’03, Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance & Recruiting, Department of Athletics, Fairfield University
 
Gays in the Media: What’s Old and What’s New
Saturday, May 31, 10:30-11:30 am
McCormick 101

 
Moderator:
 
Debbie Bazarsky
 
Panelists:
 
Greg Morris ’83, Management Consultant – Diversity & Inclusion
Chris Douglas ’88, Managing Partner, Hendrickson, C.H. Douglas & Co., LLC
Sarah Swords ’03, filmmaker
Mark Blasius *90, Professor of Political Science, CUNY
 
How Will the Dust Settle? Themes in the 2008 Presidential Election
Saturday, May 31, 9:15-10:15 am
McCosh 50

 
Moderator:
 
Martin Gilens, Associate Professor of Politics
 
Panelists:
 
Eddie Cox ’68, Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler            
Sarah Rosen Wartell ’83, Executive Vice-President for Management & General Counsel,Center for American Progress
Chris Lu ’88, Legislative Director, Senator Barack Obama
Massie Ritsch ’98, Communications Director, Center for Responsive Politics
Bill Beaver ’03, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
 
Prospects for Post-surge Iraq
Friday, May 30, 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

 
Moderator:
 
Barbara Bodine, Lecturer in Public and International Affairs and Ambassador-in-Residence, Woodrow Wilson School
 
Panelists:
 
Joseph Nye ’58, University Distinguished Service Professor and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Alison Ryscavage ’83, Lt. Col, U.S. Army (Iraq veteran)
Eric Young ’98, Team Chief/Governance Team, Multi-National Force- Iraq
Peter Hegseth ’03, Executive Director, Vets for Freedom (Iraq veteran)
 
What to Do about Free Trade and China
Friday, May 30, 2:30-3:30 pm
McCosh 50

 
Moderator:
 
Lynn White, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
 
Panelists:
 
Gordon Y.S. Wu ’58, Chairman, Hopewell Holdings Limited
John Taylor ’68, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs (2001 – 2005)
David Sedney ’73, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense/East Asia, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Carol Wingard ’83, Managing Partner, L.E.K. Consulting
Ali Zafar ’88, World Bank
 
 
Will Pres. Bush’s Most Enduring Legacy Be the Supreme Court?
Saturday, May 31, 10:30-11:30 am
McCosh 50

 
Moderator:
 
Christopher Eisgruber ’83, Provost and Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values
 
Panelists:
 
Christopher H. Schroeder ’68, Professor of Law, Duke Law School
Lisa Heinzerling ’83, Professor, Georgetown Law School
Paul Berman ’88, Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law
Orin Kerr ’93, Professor, George Washington University Law School
Michael Kimberly ’03, Student Director, Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic
 

Immigration: To Liberalize or Criminalize?
Friday, May 30, 2:30-3:30 pm
McCormick 101

 
Moderator:  
 
Panelists:
 
Thomas Bray ’63, Editor, Detroit News
Robert S. Faron ’68, Acting Chief, Monitoring & Compliance Branch, Verification Division, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service, Department of Homeland Security
Lolita Buckner-Innis ’83, Cleveland Marshall Law School
Olivier Kamanda ’03, Editor-Foreign Policy Digest
Sandra Bruno ’04, law student, Tulane Law School
 
Challenges and Changes in International Development
Friday, May 30, 10:30-11:30 am
McCormick 101

 
Moderator:
 
Jennifer Widner
 
Panelists:
 
Scott White ’73, Chief Counsel, Finance, World Bank (LIKELY)
Corinne Whitaker ’83, Senior Program Officer, International Women's Health Coalition
Andrea Freeman ’93, Sudan Program Specialist, USAID
Elizabeth Williams ’98, health care in Liberia
Julius Coles *66, President, Africare
 
Investing Today: What’s the Next Bubble?
Saturday, May 31, 9:15-10:15 am
McCormick 101

 
Moderator:
 
Robert Vanderbei, Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
 
Panelists:
 
Marc E. Lackritz ’68, President and CEO, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Scott Gurvey ’73, Bureau Chief/Senior Correspondent, The Nightly Business Report            
Joseph Gatto ’78, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers
Andrew Bary ’83, Associate Editor, Barron's
 
Natural Resources and Sustainability
Friday, May 30, 2:30-3:30 pm
McCosh 46

 
Moderator:
 
Panelists:
 
Steven Rockefeller ’58, Professor of Religion Emeritus, Middlebury College and Member, Earth Charter Commission
Kirk Emerson ’73, Director, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
John H. Rogers ’88, Senior Energy Analyst/Advocate, Union of Concerned Scientists
Gil Rogers ’98, Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
Andrew Jarrett ’03, geologist, Chesapeake Oil Company
 
Beyond the iPhone: What will Technology Look Like in 2018?
Friday, May 30, 10:30-11:30 am
McCosh 46
 
Moderator:
 
Edward Felten
,  Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and Director, Center for Information Technology Policy
 
Panelists:
 
Peter Stockman ’68, Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute
Don Boroson ’73, Group Leader, Optical Communications Technology Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
F. Thomson Leighton '78, Chief Scientist and Director, Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Katherine Hays Miller ’98, Chief Operating Officer, Massive Inc./Microsoft Corp.
Alex Halderman ’03, Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, Princeton University
 
 
Do We Take Our Infrastructure for Granted?
Friday, May 30, 9:15-10:15 am
McCormick 101

 
Moderator: 
 
David Billington ’50, Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Program in Architecture and Engineering
 
Panelists:
 
Connie Crawford ’78, Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer, MTA New York City Transit, Department of Capital Program Management
Todd Campbell ’83, Civil Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Theodore Zoli ’88, Technical Director - Bridges, HNTB Corporation
 
Educating America: Innnovations in K-12 Education
Saturday, May 31, 10:30-11:30 am
McCosh 46

 
Moderator:
 
Christina Paxson, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Director, Center for Health and Well-Being
 
Panelists:
 
Daniel F. Oscar ’88, Edison School District
Karen Richardson ’93, Deputy Superintendent for Family & Community Engagement, Boston Public Schools
Temp Keller ’98, Founder and President, Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators (RISE)
Megan Aghazadian ’03, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University