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Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University 609-258-8909

When

Friday April 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM EDT
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Saturday April 14, 2012 at 6:00 PM EDT


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Dodds Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson School 
Princeton University
Robertson Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
 



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 AGENDA

 

Friday, April 13, 2012

6:00 p.m.

  • Reception 
    Location: Main Lobby, Robertson Hall

7:00 p.m.

  • WWS Graduate Alumni Weekend Dinner for Returning Graduate Alumni and Colloquium Speakers
    Location: Shultz Dining Room and Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall

8:30 p.m.

  • Welcome and Introduction by Dean Christina Paxson

Keynote Conversation

U.S. Representative Leonard Lance (R-NJ), MPA ’82
U.S. Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ)

           Moderator: Prof. Anne Case, MPA ’83, Ph.D. ’88, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics  and Public Affairs; Director, Research Program in Development Studies

Location: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

   

Saturday, April 14, 2012

8:00 a.m. –9:15 a.m.

  • Breakfast Discussion with WWS Alumni about Current Happenings at WWS with Dean Christina H. Paxson
    Location: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

  • Panel: Education

    Moderator:
    Prof. Cecilia Rouse, Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education; Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Panelists:
Christopher Cerf, Acting Commissioner of Education, New Jersey
Gordon MacInnes, MPA ’65, Fellow, The Century Foundation; Member, Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University
Heather Graham, MPA ’99, Senior Consultant, Education First Consulting
Jon Schnur '89,
Executive Chairman and Co-founder, America Achieves

Location: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

  • Break
    Location: Shultz Dining Room, Robertson Hall

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

  • Panel: Health Care 

Moderator: Keith Wailoo, Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs

Panelists:
Heather Howard, Lecturer in Public Affairs and Director, State Health Reform Assistance Network, WWS
Kim Belshe, MPA ’87, Senior Policy Advisor, Public Policy Institute of California
Anthony Shorris, MPA ’79, Senior Vice President, Vice Dean and Chief of Staff,
NYU Langone Medical Center
Janet Currie, PhD ’88, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School; Director, Center for Health and Wellbeing

Location: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

  • Lunch
    Location: Shultz Dining Room, Robertson Hall


1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

  • Panel: Energy Policy

         Moderator: Emily Carter, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment. Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics; Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Panelists:
Christopher Taylor MPA ’99, Chief Development Officer, Element Power
Mary Throne ’82, Representative, Wyoming House of Representatives
Anne Hoskins MPA ’86
, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Policy, PSEG Services Corporation
Jonathan Goldstein MPP ’11, Director of Public Affairs, American Wind Energy Association                        
Location: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall


2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 
  • Panel: Economic Development

Moderator: Doug Massey, Ph.D. ’78, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs

Panelists:
L. Scott Frantz ’ 82, Senator, Connecticut General Assembly
Janice Nittoli, MPA ’85, President, The Century Foundation
Christine Sturm, MPA-URP ’89, Senior Director of State Policy, NJ Future
Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff ’85, Treasurer, New Jersey
Thomas Wright ’91, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association
 

Location: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall


4:00 p.m.

Wrap-up and Farewell by Dean Christina H. Paxson
Location: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall