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President Clinton to Open CGI America Meeting in Chicago on Wednesday, June 29

June 28, 2011, CHICAGO — President Bill Clinton will open CGI America on Wednesday, June 29. More than 700 leaders from businesses, nonprofits, and all levels of government will participate in the two-day meeting, which is the first Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) event to focus exclusively on driving job creation and economic growth in the United States.

Featured participants include: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi, Stephanie Burns, chairman of Dow Corning, Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana, Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., president and CEO of TIAA-CREF, Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan, John Hickenlooper, governor of Colorado, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, Bob McCann, CEO of UBS Wealth Management Americas, Pete Peterson, founder of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Michael Porter, professor at Harvard Business School, J.B. Pritzker, managing partner, the Pritzker Group, Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, James E. Rogers, chairman, president, and CEO of Duke Energy, and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

All plenary sessions are open press and will be webcast at http://live.cgiamerica.org.

What: CGI America (www.cgiamerica.org)

Where: Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 East North Water Street Chicago, IL 60611
When: June 29-30, 2011

Opening Plenary Session: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m., Sheraton Ballroom

Press set time: 11:30 a.m.

Participants:

President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman, Clinton Global Initiative

Haley Barbour, Governor, State of Mississippi
Simonida Cvejic, Founder and CEO, Bay Area Medical Academy
Rahm Emanuel, Mayor, City of Chicago
Peter G. Peterson, Founder and Chairman, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Michael L. Thurmond, Former Georgia Labor Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor
Laura Tyson, S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Press Conferences To Discuss New Commitments

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO):

Investment and Training for American Infrastructure

1:45 p.m.- 2:15 p.m., Press Room, Exhibit Hall B, First Floor

Participants:

Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers

Mark H. Ayers, president of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Toyota Motor North America

Toyota Helps Nonprofits Maximize Their Impact

3:15 p.m. – 3: 45 p.m., Press Exhibit Hall B, First Floor

Participants:

Pat Pineda, Group Vice President, National Philanthropy and The Toyota USA Foundation Toyota Motor North America

Brian Bichey, Manager, Toyota Production System Support Center

Zack Rosenburg, Founder and CEO, St. Bernard Project

Plenary Session: Education in America: Regaining Our Edge

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sheraton Ballroom.

Press set-time: 3:30 p.m.

Participants:

Stephanie A. Burns, Chairman, Dow Corning Corporation
Adam Davidson, Co-founder and Co-host, Planet Money, National Public Radio
James Heckman, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Kaya Henderson, Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., President and CEO, TIAA-CREF
Amy Rosen, President and CEO, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship