opportunity nation summit speakers media advisory
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MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Lisi (202) 549-0696Oct. 13, 2011 (202) 492-6622
OPPORTUNITY NATION ANNOUNCES PROMINENT LIST OFSPEAKERS AT NATIONAL SUMMIT
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Suze Orman, Dr. Rick Warren and Dr. Fareed Zakaria will participate in conversations about lack of economic opportunity for
all Americans.
WHAT:Opportunity Nation, a national coalition of non-profits, foundations, educators, business and
political leaders working to put promoting opportunity, social mobility and access to theAmerican Dream back on the national, state and local community agendas is proud to announcea list of prominent speakers at their national summit including Suze Orman, Personal FinanceExpert, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, spiritual leader and author, Dr. Rick Warren
and Dr. Fareed Zakaria, Editor-At-Large, TIME Magazine and Host of CNNs GPS with FareedZakaria.
Dr. Fareed Zakaria, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Dr. Rick Warren and Suze Orman will be joined by:
Major General Marcia Anderson; Robert Balfanz from the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins
University; Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colorado; Angela Glover Blackwell Founder and CEO, Policy Link; John M. Bridgeland Former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council, President
George W. Bush Medal of Honor Recipient, Bud Bucha; Heritage Foundation Distinguished Fellow Stuart Butler; Founder and CEO of Year Up, Gerald Chertavian; Reverend Luis Cortes, Jr., President of Esperanza; Rana Foroohar of TIME Magazine ; John Galante, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of JP Morgan Chase; Washington Post Columnist Michael Gerson; Robert Herbert - Journalist, The New York Times; G. William Hoagland, Staff Director of the Senate Budget Committee, Advisor to the
Senate Majority Leader; Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief, AOL Huffington Post Media Group; Jo Ann Jenkins, President of AARP Foundation; Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Author and Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration,
Harvard University; Wendy Kopp, CEO of Teach for America; Kristen Lodal, CEO and Co-Founder of LIFT; Patrick McCarthy President and CEO, The Annie E. Casey Foundation; Michael Miles - President and COO, Staples
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Maurice Lim Miller, President and CEO of the Family Independence Initiative; Jane Oates - Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor; Eduardo Padrn, President of Miami Dade College; Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; John Pepper, former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Procter & Gamble; Isabel Sawhill, Senior Fellow of the Bookings Institution;
Mark Shriver, Senior Vice President of Save the Children; Broadcaster and Philanthropist Tavis Smiley; Rick Stengel, Managing Editor of TIME Magazine; President of Catholic Charities Father Larry Snyder; Dorothy Stoneman, Founder and President of YouthBuild USA; Neera Tanden, Chief Operating Officer of the Center for American Progress; Stuart Thorn - CEO, Southwire; Luis Ubias, President of the Ford Foundation; Princeton University Professor, Dr. Cornel West; and Harry Williams, President of Delaware State University.
The event is being co-convened with AARP, AARP Foundation, Ford Foundation, TIMEMagazine, and United Way Worldwide.
At the conference Opportunity Nation will kick start a national dialogue, highlight solutions, andwork to engage the 2012 presidential candidates in making creating opportunity for allAmericans an issue in the presidential election. Leaders from all sectors of society will
participate in a discussion about what opportunity means, make commitments about how their institutions can create opportunity and share innovative examples of how this is already beingdone at the community level.
This is an invitation-only event that is not open to the general public. WHEN: Thursday, November 3, 2011 - Friday, November 4, 2011 WHERE: November 3, 8:00 pm, Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125 th St., NY, NY 10027
November 4, 9:00 am 5:00 pm, Columbia University(Alfred J. Lerner Hall 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027)
MEDIA CREDENTIALS/ACCESS:The event is open to the press. Any media wishing to attend must RSVP [email protected]
CONTACT: Chris Lisi at (202) 549-0696 [email protected] or Elleni [email protected] with any questions.
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