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Download Program #MeridianSummit meridian.org/summit OCTOBER 16, 2015 | WASHINGTON, DC FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS AGENDA OPENING REMARKS AMBASSADOR STUART W. HOLLIDAY President and CEO, Meridian International Center WELCOME REMARKS ANDREW GELFUSO Vice President of Global Business Development, Office of Trade Promotion Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center GALLUP GLOBAL REPORT: WHERE THE GREAT JOBS ARE JON CLIFTON Managing Director, Gallup Global Analytics WHY FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS: U.S. LEADERSHIP CONGRESSMAN ED ROYCE (R-CA) Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee CONGRESSMAN ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY) Ranking Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee Moderated by ALONZO L. FULGHAM Vice President, Strategy and Sustainable International Development, CH2M Hill WHY FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS: MANAGING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY SECRETARY CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group Chairman, Meridian International Center A Conversation with SHAWN DONNAN World Trade Editor, Financial Times 3 AGENDA WHY FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS: THE POWER OF CULTURE IN BUSINESS DEE DEE MYERS Executive Vice President, Worldwide Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Warner Bros. MILES YOUNG Worldwide Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Moderated by DR. CURTIS SANDBERG Senior Vice President of Arts and Cultural Programs, Meridian International Center AMERICAN SENTIMENTS TOWARDS FOREIGN POLICY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT JAMES QUINCEY President and Chief Operating Officer, The Coca-Cola Company A Conversation with AMBASSADOR STUART W. HOLLIDAY President and CEO, Meridian International Center CLOSING REMARKS AMBASSADOR BEATRICE WELTERS AND ANTHONY WELTERS 2015 Meridian Ball Chairs 4 SUMMIT SPONSORS DIPLOMAT’S CIRCLE CRESCENT CIRCLE TERRACE CIRCLE 5 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Welcome to the Meridian Global Leadership Summit. This year, we are excited to explore Why Foreign Policy Matters, through political, economic, and cultural lenses. We hear the term “foreign policy” every day, but rarely take the time to explore how it impacts our everyday lives, including our safety and security, financial stability, and health and well-being. Today, we have brought together distinguished speakers from the government, business, finance, and media sectors to provide their perspectives on the impact of foreign policy, as well as their unique insights on leadership in a dynamic and competitive global market. Through this cross-sector approach, we hope to better understand some of the serious issues which are facing the world today, and provide you, our valued audience, with deeper insights into how to gain and maintain success on an international scale. The findings of theGallup Global Report: Where The Great Jobs Are will set the stage for today’s discussions. Developed by Gallup, this report offers a first look at the real jobs situation in 138 countries, revealing where the good – and great – jobs are, and where the greatest deficits remain. Unlike other surveys that use indicators such as GDP, household income, and unemployment data to make predictions about countries, this unique survey captures how people “feel” about their job situation and their future. We are extremely grateful to our lead Sponsor Coca-Cola for their generous support of this Summit. Thanks also to the U.S. Department of State, Albright Stonebridge, and Financial Times, as well as our partners Gallup and the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, who have been instrumental in the success of the Summit. We also extend our gratitude to the many other corporate, government, and diplomatic leaders who have lent their generous support to Meridian’s mission. Finally, our heartfelt thanks to you - our guests. Your role in the success of today’s Summit is immeasurable. We truly hope that today’s discussion will further enhance your understanding of the world, and that you will learn new information to assist in resolving your own leadership challenges. Sincerely, Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez Ambassador Stuart W. Holliday Chairman President and CEO 6 SUMMIT SPEAKERS THE HONORABLE ANTONY J. BLINKEN Deputy Secretary of State, United States Department of State Antony J. Blinken was confirmed by the United States Senate as Deputy Secretary of State on December 16, 2014. He was sworn in by Secretary Kerry on January 9, 2015. Mr. Blinken has held senior foreign policy positions in two administrations over two decades. He most recently served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor. In that capacity, he chaired the inter-agency Deputies Committee, the administration’s principal forum for formulating foreign policy. During the first term of the Obama Administration, he was Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. Mr. Blinken served for six years on Capitol Hill (2002 – 2008) as Democratic Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Blinken was a member of President Clinton’s National Security Council staff at the White House from 1994 to 2001. From 1999 to 2001, he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs – President Clinton’s principal advisor for relations with the countries of Europe, the European Union and NATO. From 1994 through 1998, Mr. Blinken was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Speechwriting and then Strategic Planning, overseeing foreign policy planning, communications and speechwriting and serving as President Clinton’s chief foreign policy speechwriter. Mr. Blinken began his government service at the State Department where, from 1993 to 1994, he served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. After leaving the Clinton Administration, he was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies between 2001 and 2002. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Mr. Blinken practiced law in New York and Paris. He has been a reporter for The New Republic magazine and has written about foreign policy for numerous publications including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine and Foreign Affairs. He is the author of Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis (Praeger, 1987). He appears frequently on cable and network television on behalf of the Obama Administration. Mr. Blinken attended grade school and high school in Paris, France where he received a French Baccalaureat degree with high honors. He is a graduate of Harvard College Magna cum Laude and Columbia Law School. 7 SUMMIT SPEAKERS JON CLIFTON Managing Director, Gallup Global Analytics Jon Clifton is Managing Director of Gallup’s Global Analytics and a member of the company’s Executive Committee. He is responsible for the company’s global government work and the Gallup World Poll, an ongoing study conducted in more than 160 countries. He is also a member of the Public Release Committee, the governance board that oversees and maintains Gallup’s public release standards for data, research and methodology. Jon is a nonresident Senior Fellow at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, and he serves on the board of directors of the Meridian International Center and of StreetWise Partners. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of Michigan and a juris doctorate in international law from the University of Nebraska. He lives and works in Washington, D.C. SHAWN DONNAN World Trade Editor, Financial Times Shawn Donnan moved from London to Washington as the Financial Times’ (FT) world trade editor, leading FT’s global coverage of trade and development. He also covers issues related to globalization; reports on the International Monetary Fund and World Bank; and contributes to coverage of the U.S. economy. Mr. Donnan was previously World News Editor, after being promoted from Deputy World News Editor in June 2010. Prior to that, he was the Asia World News Editor and the Asia International Company News page editor based in Hong Kong. He was also FT’s Indonesia correspondent based in Jakarta. He joined FT in November 1999 in Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining FT, Mr. Donnan worked as a staff writer for the Associated Press in the U.S. and as a Sydney-based reporter for Agence France-Presse. Besides FT his work has appeared in major newspapers worldwide, including the South China Morning Post, the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor. Mr. Donnan graduated from Boston University, majoring in International Relations. 8 SUMMIT SPEAKERS CONGRESSMAN ELIOT L. ENGEL Ranking Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee Congressman Engel is the Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He also serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee including the Subcommittee on Health, and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. He is the founder and Co-Chair of the House Oil and National Security Caucus, which is seeking clean, energy efficient alternatives to America’s over-reliance on oil. He is also a member of the Democratic Task Force on Health and serves on the Commission on Human Rights. Congressman Engel has also been a leader in global health, promoting an improved reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Assistance (PEPFAR). Within the PEPFAR bill (P.L. 110-293), Congressman Engel successfully included his bill, the Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act. This measure provides increased U.S. support for international TB control activities and promotes research to develop new drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines. Congressman Engel is the author of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, which successfully sparked international pressure on Syria to withdraw from Lebanon, and sponsored a key resolution recognizing Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. He is a leader in the House of Representatives on U.S. policy toward Latin American and the Caribbean. In addition, he has written important laws relating to Albania and Kosovo, Cyprus, Irish affairs, and is co-author of the Harkin-Engel Protocol, which addresses the child slave labor in the cocoa fields of Africa.
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