May 31, 2012
William J. Clinton Foundation Press Office
Contact:
press@clintonfoundation.org
MEDIA ADVISORY: Additional Government, Corporate, and
NGO Leaders Commit to Second Annual Clinton Global Initiative America
Lineup
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin; U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan;
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel;
Louisville Mayor Greg
Fischer; Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam; Oregon
Governor John Kitzhaber;
President of IBM International Foundation and Vice President of
Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM Corporation Stanley Litow;
Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Karen Mills; NYSE
Euronext, Inc. CEO Duncan Niederauer; Philadelphia
Mayor Michael Nutter; Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed; San
Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders; U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis;
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; President of the
American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten; Chairman and CEO of M&T
Bank Robert G. Wilmers; and more than 750 other participants to join President
Clinton June 7-8 for a meeting focused on economic recovery and job creation in
the U.S.
Sessions to cover topics such as workforce
development, clean energy, STEM education, small businesses, and housing
recovery
NEW YORK, NY – President Bill Clinton announced today the
names of additional government, corporate, and nonprofit leaders who will attend
the second annual Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting in
Chicago June 7-8. The newly announced participants will join more than 750 other
stakeholders who are gathering at the two-day working meeting to forge
cross-sector collaborations that promote economic recovery and job creation in
the United States.
The 2012 CGI America Meeting will take place at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel
& Towers. Gathering in large plenary sessions and smaller working groups,
attendees ranging from Fortune 500 CEOs to mayors will discuss and publicly
commit to innovative solutions that prepare Americans to be competitive in the
global economy.
Participants will join one of the 12 topic-specific Working Groups that will
provide them with opportunities to share knowledge, build partnerships, and
generate Commitments to Action: new, specific, and measurable plans that address
an economic challenge facing the United States.
The 12 CGI America Working Group topics include: Advanced Manufacturing,
Clean Electricity and Efficiency, Clean Fuel and Transportation, Early Childhood
Education, Entrepreneurship, Financial Inclusion, Housing Recovery, Reconnecting
Youth, Small Business, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)
Education, Wellness, and Workforce Development.
Newly announced CGI America participants include
Regina
Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General;
Steve Cahillane,
president and CEO, Coca-Cola Refreshments, The Coca-Cola Company;
Shaun
Donovan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development;
Greg Fischer, mayor, City of Louisville; the
Honorable Ms.
Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Installations, Energy and Environment;
John Kitzhaber,
governor, State of Oregon;
Stanley Litow, president, IBM
International Foundation, vice president, corporate citizenship and corporate
affairs, IBM Corporation;
Darlene Miller, chief executive
officer, Permac Industries;
Karen Mills, administrator, U.S.
Small Business Administration;
Duncan Niederauer, chief
executive officer, NYSE Euronext, Inc.;
Michael C. Nutter,
mayor, City of Philadelphia; Peter G. Peterson,
Chairman and CEO, the
Peter G. Peterson Foundation;
J.B. Pritzker, managing partner,
the Pritzker Group;
Kasim Reed, mayor, City of Atlanta;
Hilda L. Solis, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor;
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director, Hayden Planetarium,
American Museum of Natural History;
Joan Walker, executive vice
president, corporate relations, Allstate Insurance; and
Mark
Zandi, chief economist, Moody’s Analytics.
Previously announced featured participants include
Ellen
Alberding, president, The Joyce Foundation;
Maria
Bartiromo, anchor, CNBC;
John Hope Bryant, founder,
chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc.;
Chelsea Clinton, board
member, Clinton Global Initiative and the William J. Clinton Foundation;
Regina E. Dugan, senior vice president, Advanced Technology and
Projects, Motorola Mobility;
Rahm Emanuel, mayor, City of
Chicago;
Donna Gambrell, director, Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury;
Lisa
Hall, president and CEO, Calvert Foundation;
Bill
Haslam, governor, State of Tennessee;
Ted Howard,
Steven A. Minter Fellow, the Cleveland Foundation;
Jim Koch,
chairman, the Boston Beer Company, Inc.;
Ann Miura-Ko, managing
partner, FLOODGATE;
Ai-jen Poo, director, National Domestic
Workers Alliance;
Jerry Sanders, mayor, City of San Diego;
Christine Shapard, executive director, Colorado Cleantech
Industry Association;
Mark Vachon, vice president,
Ecomagination, General Electric;
Randi Weingarten, president,
American Federation of Teachers;
Robert G. Wilmers, chairman
and CEO, M&T Bank; and
Fareed Zakaria, host, CNN-GPS.
What: The 2012 Clinton Global Initiative America Meeting
Who: President Clinton and more than 750 leaders from
government, nonprofit, and business. A full list of participants is available
here:
http://www.cgiamerica.org/2012/participants
When: June 7-8, 2012 (FULL SCHEDULE BELOW)
Where: Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
301 East North
Water Street
Chicago, IL 60611
