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2018 MEMBERSHIP & BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT Embassy of Canada to the United States United States Institute of Peace Smithsonian National Museum of African The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts American History and Culture The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans extends sincere appreciation to its Members and Board of Directors for their encouragement and support of our current and Alumni Scholars. 2018 MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT Contents 2018 MEMBERSHIP & BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT Welcome 2 Horatio Alger Scholarship Statistics 51 Schedule of Meetings and Events J Horatio Alger Board and Event Highlights K Membership Meeting Producers 53 Featured Speakers 32 Future Events 55 Entertainment 38 Staff 56 Alumni Summit and Advisory Board 42 Governance 48 Horatio Alger Board of Directors Horatio Alger Endowment Fund Board of Directors Horatio Alger Association of Canada Board #HoratioAlgerMember #HoratioAlgerAlumni Cover Photo Credit: NMAAHC/Alan Karchmer 1 2018 MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OFFICERS: CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT Byron D. Trott ( 2011) Matthew K. Rose ( 2013) Barbara Barrett ( 1999) TREASURER CHAIRMAN EMERITUS PRESIDENT ENDOWMENT FUND CHAIRMAN AND HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF Anthony Welters ( 1998) PRESIDENT CANADA Walter Scott, Jr. ( 1997) V. Prem Watsa ( 2012) 2 2018 MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT Welcome Message 2018 MEMBERSHIP & BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT elcome to the 2018 Horatio Alger his will be the second time that the WMembership and Board of Directors T Membership and Board Meeting will be Meeting . Washington, D.C., is the held concurrently with an Alumni Summit . In Association’s springtime gathering site for our 2007, we convened both meetings in annual Horatio Alger Awards events as well as Washington, D.C., in honor of the Association’s the National Scholars Conference held for the 60th anniversary. We know Members and Life incoming class of National Scholarship Partners will again enjoy having the recipients. When selecting a location for the opportunity to talk with Alumni Scholars about 2018 Membership and Board of Directors their careers, families, and future goals. For Meeting, it seemed appropriate to come back Alumni, this is a unique opportunity to renew to the city we know so well because this is acquaintances, network, and seek advice on where our scholarship programs began, and career advancement. now it is going to be where we will recognize the first Alumnus Scholar who will be inducted he venues for the Membership and Board as a full-fledged Member of the Horatio Alger T Meeting, while architecturally and Association in 2019. This induction is the historically impressive, also have significance to culmination of our mission to identify our Horatio Alger family. We will conduct the promising students who have the desire to welcome dinner at the Embassy of Canada to achieve higher education, but lack the funding the United States , where we have the honor to make their dreams a reality. We have of being hosted by Ambassador David monitored our Scholars, mentored them, given MacNaughton. The Embassy of Canada was them needed experience with internships, and relocated to Pennsylvania Avenue and opened watched as they completed their studies and in 1989 by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, embarked on careers. Now we are welcoming who received the International Horatio Alger a Scholar to join the Association’s membership Award in 2012. In 2019, the Horatio Alger ranks. This is an exciting, significant moment in Association of Canada will celebrate its 10th the Association’s history. anniversary—and much has been accomplished in that time to inspire individual 3 2018 MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT Canadians to reach for their highest potential inally, on Saturday, we will host An Evening through higher education. Today, the Horatio F of Achievement at the The John F. Alger Canadian Scholarship Program offers Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , awards up to $10,000 to students in all featuring an uplifting musical program in the Canadian provinces and territories. Eisenhower Theater. Milton S. Eisenhower was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association in ur Friday luncheon will be held at the 1952, and his brother, President Dwight D. OUnited States Institute of Peace , where Eisenhower, was inducted in 1961. In 1958, in 1984 (the year the Horatio Alger Scholarship President Eisenhower signed the National Program began) Ronald Reagan—a Horatio Cultural Center Act, the first time in history the Alger Member inducted in 1969—signed U.S. government helped finance a structure legislation to create a nonpartisan organization dedicated to the performing arts. This is indeed to promote national security and global stability a special place for us as we celebrate the many by reducing violent conflicts. In this revered achievements of the Horatio Alger Members setting, we will conduct our business meetings and Alumni Scholars. as well as a luncheon followed and an interesting conversation by noted journalists During this special weekend, we will have the pertaining to the upcoming mid-term elections. opportunity to witness the tremendous progress made by our Alumni Scholars and to n Friday night, we will convene for a reflect on the Association’s successful efforts in Oreception and dinner at the National helping deserving youth attain higher Museum of African American History and education. Their success is our success—and it Culture , a place that tells a “people’s journey, a is a success for our nation as well. But none of nation’s story.” This museum highlights the it could be accomplished without the struggles and perseverance of African dedicated support of our Members, Life Americans and the contributions that they have Partners, and Friends. Thank you for your made to the rich heritage of our nation. This ongoing commitment to our mission. event is a celebration of triumph over adversity so it is appropriate that we meet in this important museum to contemplate how we confront difficult times and conditions and ultimately move forward toward a better future. 4 2018 MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT Schedule at a Glance THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH 9:00 AM – MEMBER AND GUEST ARRIVALS AND HOSPITALITY 5:00 PM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Quadrant Windows 3:00 PM – STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING 4:00 PM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Boardroom Participants: Strategic Directions Committee Members 4:00 PM – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ENDOWMENT FUND BOARD MEETING 5:30 PM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Boardroom Participants: Executive Committee and Endowment Fund Board Members 6:30 PM – WELCOME RECEPTION AND DINNER AT THE EMBASSY OF CANADA 9:30 PM TO THE UNITED STATES Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests Transportation: Motor coaches depart from The Ritz-Carlton at 5:45 PM for the Embassy of Canada and will depart for The Ritz-Carlton at 9:30 PM. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5TH 7:30 AM – HOSPITALITY 5:00 PM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Quadrant Windows 5 2018 MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT Friday, October 5th, continued 7:30 AM – BREAKFAST MEETING – 8:45 AM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ENDOWMENT FUND BOARD Location: United States Institute of Peace – J. Robinson West Executive Boardroom Participants: Executive Committee Members and Endowment Fund Board Members Transportation: A minibus will depart The Ritz-Carlton at 7:00 AM for the United States Institute of Peace. 7:30 AM – GENERAL BREAKFAST 9:30 AM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Ballroom Foyer Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests 9:00 AM – BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 10:30 AM Location: United States Institute of Peace – George P. Shultz Great Hall Participants: Members of the Executive Committee and Association Board Members Transportation: Motor coaches depart The Ritz-Carlton at 8:15 AM for the United States Institute of Peace. 10:45 AM – MEMBERSHIP MEETING AT THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 12:30 PM Location: Frank C. Carlucci III Auditorium Participants: Members, Life Members, Guests Transportation: Motor coaches depart The Ritz-Carlton at 10:00 AM for the United States Institute of Peace. 12:30 PM – LUNCHEON AND PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE UNITED STATES 2:00 PM INSTITUTE OF PEACE Location: George P. Shultz Great Hall Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests Transportation: Motor coaches to depart for The Ritz-Carlton at 2:00 PM. 6:30 PM – RECEPTION AND DINNER AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 9:00 PM AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests, Alumni Transportation: Motor coaches depart The Ritz-Carlton for the National Museum of African American History and Culture at 5:45 PM to depart for The Ritz-Carlton at 9:00 PM. 6 2018 MEMBERSHIP AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND ALUMNI SUMMIT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH 7:30 AM – HOSPITALITY 5:00 PM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Quadrant Windows 7:30 AM – GENERAL BREAKFAST 9:30 AM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Ballroom Foyer Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests 7:30 AM – BREAKFAST MEETING – BOARD OF DIRECTORS/AWARDS COMMITTEE 10:30 AM Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Ballroom Salon III Participants: Members of the Executive Committee and Association Board Members 11:00 AM – MEMBER AND ALUMNI SESSION – “TED-STYLE” TALKS 2:00 PM LUNCHEON AND MEMBER & ALUMNI PANEL Location: The Ritz-Carlton – Salons I & II Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests, Alumni 6:30 PM – ACHIEVEMENT DINNER IN THE NATIONS GALLERY 7:45 PM Location: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests, Alumni Transportation: Motor coaches will depart for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at 6:00 PM. 8:00 PM – AN EVENING OF ACHIEVEMENT IN THE EISENHOWER THEATER 9:30 PM Location: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Participants: Members, Life Partners, Guests, Alumni Transportation: Motor coaches will depart to The Ritz-Carlton at 9:30 PM.