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October 17, 2014 | Washington DC Meridian Global Leadership Summit meridian.org/summit #MeridianSummit WHO LEADS THE WORLD? Rethinking Global Leadership MGLS 2014 | AGENDA | 3 OPENING REMARKS Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday President and CEO, Meridian International Center WELCOME REMARKS Andrew Gelfuso Vice-President, Trade Center Management Associates (TCMA) THE DEMAND FOR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group Chairman, Meridian International Center GLOBAL STATES OF MIND: NEW METRICS FOR WORLD LEADERS Jon Clifton Managing Director, Gallup World Poll THE VIEW FROM ABROAD H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde Ambassador of Finland to the U.S. H.E. Liberata Mulamula Ambassador of Tanzania to the U.S. Denis Stevens Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Canada to the U.S. H.E. Mohamed Tawfik Ambassador of Egypt to the U.S. Moderated by Ambassador Stuart Holliday GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT Senator George Mitchell Partner and Chairman Emeritus, DLA Piper Introduced by Governor James Blanchard Partner and Chair Emeritus, Government Affairs Practice Group, DLA Piper 4 | AGENDA| MGLS 2014 NAVIGATING GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES Jennifer Ryan Crozier Vice President of Global Citizenship Initiatives, IBM Thomas Debass Deputy Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State Kelly Keiderling Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State Al Monaco President and Chief Executive Officer, Enbridge Inc. Moderated by Christopher Schroeder Entrepreneur and Venture Investor GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT A conversation with Senator Richard Lugar President and Chairman, The Lugar Center Ambassador Tom Korologos Strategic Advisor, DLA Piper CLOSING REMARKS Governor James J. Blanchard and Janet Blanchard 2014 Meridian Ball and Summit Chairs MGLS 2014 | SUMMIT SPONSORS | 5 CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE DIPLOMAT ’S CIRCLE LINDEN CIRCLE CRESCENT CIRCLE TERRACE CIRCLE IN-KIND SUPPORT 6 | LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT| MGLS 2014 Welcome to the Meridian Global Leadership Summit – a unique forum where Ambassadors, policy makers, CEOs, and business leaders come together to discuss solutions to the most complex challenges facing the world, countries, and organizations. As a premier global leadership organization, Meridian provides leaders with the programs, approach, and environment so that they can better understand global issues and cultures, collaborate on solutions, and build valuable relationships. Now in its third year, the Meridian Global Leadership Summit is the forum for leaders who want to better understand the factors – social, cultural, political, and economic – which directly impact their success as they navigate an increasingly complex global market. At the center of today’s discussions are the findings of the Global States of Mind: New Metrics for World Leaders. Developed by Gallup, this report captures perceptions from 160 countries around the world, based on distinct quality of life measures including employment-to-salary rates, well-being, food affordability, and safety. Unlike other surveys which capture what people “think” based on quantitative economic measures, this unique survey captures how people “feel” about their leadership and their future. We are grateful to our Summit partners, Gallup and the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, and to our distinguished speakers for the expertise and perspectives which they will share during today’s discussions. We also extend our gratitude to our Ball and Summit Chairs Governor Jim Blanchard and Janet Blanchard, as well as the many corporate, government, and diplomatic leaders who have lent their generous support to advance Meridian’s mission. Finally, thanks to you, our guests, for taking the time to participate in today’s Summit. We hope that you will find these discussions stimulating and useful as you view the world’s and your own leadership challenges. Sincerely, Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday Chairman President and CEO MGLS 2014 | SUMMIT SPEAKERS | 7 HON. JAMES J. BLANCHARD Chair Emeritus, Government Affairs Practice Group, DLA Piper 2014 Meridian Ball and Summit Chair Governor James J. Blanchard has dedicated his life to public service and law, serving with distinction as Governor of the State of Michigan, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, and a member of the U.S. Congress. During eight years (1983-1991) as Michigan’s chief executive, Governor Blanchard was named one of the best governors in America by U.S. News & World Report for returning the state to financial solvency and creating innovative new programs to meet the needs of its citizens. As Ambassador (1993-1996), Governor Blanchard managed a broad range of issues between the U.S. and Canada, receiving the prestigious Foreign Affairs Award for Public Service for his work. In 1997, Governor Blanchard authored Behind the Embassy Door: Canada, Clinton, and Quebec, a book highlighting his experiences. Governor Blanchard was an Assistant Attorney General of Michigan for five years and then served four terms as a member of Congress (1975-1983), leading the successful fight to save the Chrysler Corporation. Currently, he is Chairman Emeritus of Government Affairs for the global law firm of DLA Piper. He is also on the Board of Directors of several public and private organizations and serves as Vice President of the National Archives Foundation. JANET BLANCHARD Founding Member, The Council on Women’s Leadership, Meridian International Center 2014 Meridian Ball and Summit Chair Janet Blanchard spent more than 20 years in public service in Michigan, Washington, DC, and Canada. In Michigan she worked in various management and administrative positions for the Departments of Education, Commerce, Civil Service, Labor, Management and Budget, and the executive office of the Governor. Her career highlights include serving as Michigan’s Deputy Director of the Cabinet Council on Human Investments and co-chair of the Governor’s Telecommunications Task Force. In Washington, DC, in 1993, she served as Associate Director of Presidential Personnel in the White House for President Clinton. Mrs. Blanchard oversaw appointments to part-time boards and commissions, making recommendations for appointments to the president. In Canada in 2004, while her husband served as Ambassador, she served on the board of the Centre for Studies of Children at Risk at McMaster University in Ontario and was active in community affairs in Ottawa. She was also directly involved in the planning and implementation of the President and Vice President’s official visits to Ottawa. In 2004, Mrs. Blanchard served as Protocol Director for the dedication of the World War II Memorial on the Mall. She has served on the board of the Michigan 4-H Foundation and was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in 2009. Born in Williamston, Michigan, Mrs. Blanchard received her BA from Western Michigan University. The Blanchards currently reside in Beverly Hills, Michigan and Washington, DC, and Mrs. Blanchard remains active in Michigan politics and community affairs. 8 | SUMMIT SPEAKERS | MGLS 2014 JON CLIFTON Managing Director, Gallup World Poll Jon Clifton manages Gallup’s global government work and the Gallup World Poll, an ongoing study conducted in more than 160 countries, representing 98% of the world’s adult population. He is a member of Gallup’s Public Release Committee, the governance board that oversees and maintains Gallup’s public release standards for data, research, and methodology. Mr. Clifton is a nonresident Senior Fellow at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Meridian International Center, StreetWise Partners, and Chess Challenge. Mr. Clifton received a B.A. in political science and history from the University of Michigan and a J.D. with a focus in international law from the University of Nebraska. He lives and works in Washington, DC. JENNIFER RYAN CROZIER Vice President of Global Citizenship Initiatives, IBM Jennifer Ryan Crozier is IBM’s Vice President of Global Citizenship Initiatives, and is responsible for a broad portfolio of philanthropic initiatives that harness IBM’s talent and technology to make a material impact on some of the world’s most pressing social issues. Ms. Crozier helped to devise and now oversees IBM’s Corporate Service Corps (CSC), the largest corporate, high-skills-based pro-bono program in the world. Through this program, IBM sends teams of emerging leaders to help communities around the world with critical social issues over four-week deployments. In Africa, CSC has conducted over 220 individual projects in 10 African countries over the past six years, using 800 IBM professionals and positively impacting the lives of more than 140,000 people. These projects, valued at $16M, address the critical priority concerns within each country such as small business growth, public safety, health care, education, market skills, and the environment. Most recently, a CSC team collaborated with the Yale School of Medicine and the Ghana Health Service to deliver on an ambitious goal of helping Ghana be the first sub-Saharan African country to eliminate the transmission of HIV from mother to child. Under Ms. Crozier’s leadership, IBM launched the Smarter Cities Challenge, a program that sends teams of IBM executives to work with mayors of cities around the world to tackle large-scale challenges ranging from transportation to economic development.