2018 Summer Conference JUNE 14–16, 2018 Welcome! June 14, 2018 Dear friends, Welcome to Washington. On behalf of AEI’s Values & Capitalism (V&C) initiative, we are delighted to host you in DC for our eighth annual V&C Summer Conference. Over the next few days, we look forward to engaging with you in a series of conversations about Christian faith, economics, and public policy with some of the nation’s foremost experts. Because most of you—especially the student attendees—are at an AEI event for the first time, this conference will provide an introduction to a wide range of topics, including antipoverty policy, the future of Christian higher education, localism in America, and Christian engagement in politics and foreign policy. We will be covering a lot of ground, but these discussions will hardly be exhaustive. Our hope is that you will leave this conference convinced of the importance of thoughtful Christian engagement in the public square and inspired to explore these topics more deeply as you continue your college careers. On that note, we will share with you several opportunities to lead V&C initiatives when you return to your campuses. Whether by hosting a policy debate, moderating a reading group, or starting other entrepreneurial initiatives, we invite you to partner with us to replicate the discussions from this weekend on your own campuses. Finally, we encourage you to take the opportunity to get to know your fellow conference participants— almost 120 in all, who hail from more than 40 colleges and universities across the country. In addition to the substance of the conference, these relationships will undoubtedly be one of the most important takeaways from the weekend. Thanks to generous support from the Kern Family Foundation and other donors, we look forward to spending the next few days with you. Thank you again for coming, and we hope you enjoy the weekend. Sincerely, Tyler Castle Tatenda Mabikacheche Aryana Petrosky Director, Values & Capitalism Program Associate, Values & Capitalism Program Assistant, Values & Capitalism P.S. You can join the conversation online using the social media handles @ValuesAndCap (Twitter) and @aei (Instagram, Twitter). Agenda All events will take place in the AEI Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. THURSDAY, JUNE 14 5:00–6:00 p.m. Registration and Reception 6:15–8:30 p.m. Opening Conversation and Dinner Tony Hall, Alliance to End Hunger; Former US Ambassador and Congressman Cherie Harder, The Trinity Forum FRIDAY, JUNE 15 8:30–9:00 a.m. Breakfast 9:00–10:15 a.m. Poverty Alleviation: Present Challenges and Opportunities John Carr, Georgetown University Robert Doar, American Enterprise Institute Brent Orrell, American Enterprise Institute Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University 10:30–11:45 a.m. Christian Faith and Foreign Policy: How Do We Engage the World with Justice and Mercy? Elyse Bauer Anderson, Congressional-Executive Commission on China Marc LiVecche, Providence Timothy Mallard, Office of the Chief of Chaplains 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Lunch 12:45–1:50 p.m. Reviving Localism in America: Pluralism, Federalism, and Subsidiarity Anne Snyder, The Philanthropy Roundtable Ryan Streeter, American Enterprise Institute 2:00–3:15 p.m. The University at a Crossroads: The State and Future of Higher Education Shapri LoMaglio, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Chad Pecknold, Catholic University of America Jennifer Walsh, Azusa Pacific University 1 3:15–4:00 p.m. Small Group Discussions: The University at a Crossroads 4:00–5:15 p.m. Break The following session and dinner will be taking place at: Presidential Ballroom, The Capital Hilton, 1001 16th St NW 5:15–6:30 p.m. How to Build a Startup Life Arthur C. Brooks, American Enterprise Institute 6:30–8:00 p.m. Dinner SATURDAY, JUNE 16 8:30 a.m. Breakfast 9:00–9:45 a.m. Biblical Reflection Brian Brenberg, The King’s College 10:00–11:00 a.m. Career Panel Ann Marie Hauser, Senate Republican Conference Beth Kaufmann, Vide Consulting Jake Thomsen, Sovereign’s Capital Management (Official closing remarks) 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Student Executive Council Discussions Faculty Collaboration Discussions 12:00 p.m. Adjournment 2 Speaker Biographies Elyse Bauer Anderson was appointed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as staff director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China in February 2017. She previously served as deputy staff director from May 2015 to December 2016 and as foreign policy director for Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) from 2008 to 2015. Her portfolio included State Foreign Operations appropriations with a specific policy focus on human rights and religious freedom issues globally. Ms. Anderson simultaneously served, for a portion of that time, as Republican staff director for the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, which Rep. Wolf co-chaired. Early in her career, she was press secretary for Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) before becoming communications director for the House Agriculture Committee, which he chaired. Ms. Anderson then left the Hill and joined Freedom House’s Center for Religious Freedom. She later transitioned back into govern- ment service, accepting a political appointment in the Office of Strategic and External Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. For the last two years of the George W. Bush administration, she served as a senior adviser and speechwriter for the ambassador-at-large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. She received her bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary. Brian Brenberg is a professor at The King’s College, where he teaches classes in business and economics. Before joining the King’s faculty, he held positions in the medical device and financial services industries, as well as public policy research. In addition to teaching at King’s, Mr. Brenberg has written for USA Today, Forbes, the Washington Examiner, FoxNews.com, and World Magazine, and he has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business Television, Fox News Radio, and TheBlaze. He lectures regularly for the Foundation for Economic Education, serves on the faculty advisory council for the American Enterprise Institute’s Values & Capitalism project, and was the V&C visiting professor for the 2017–18 academic year. He earned an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School and a master’s in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. Arthur C. Brooks is president of the American Enterprise Institute. He has served as president since January 1, 2009. He is also the Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise. Before joining AEI, Dr. Brooks was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he taught economics and social entrepreneurship. Before his work in academia and public policy, he spent 12 years as a classical musician in the United States and Spain. Dr. Brooks is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the best- selling author of 11 books on topics including the role of government, fairness, economic opportunity, happiness, and the morality of free enterprise. His latest book is the New York Times bestseller The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America (Broadside Books, 2015). He has also published academic journal articles and the textbook Social Entrepreneurship (Prentice Hall, 2008). Dr. Brooks has a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in policy analysis from the Pardee Rand Graduate School. He also holds an M.A. in economics from Florida Atlantic University and a B.A. in economics from Thomas Edison State College. 3 John Carr is the director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. He is also the Washington correspondent of America Magazine. During the 2012–13 academic year, he held a residential fellowship at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Before that, he served for over 20 years as director of the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, providing guidance for the US bishops’ public policy and advocacy initiatives and publicly representing the department. He also headed the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and has contributed to the development of national statements such as Communities of Salt and Light and Faithful Citizenship. In addition, Mr. Carr has also served as executive director of the White House Conference on Families and director of the National Committee for Full Employment. Robert Doar is the Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He has served as a co-chair of the National Commission on Hunger and as a lead member of the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Poverty and Opportunity, which published the report Opportunity, Responsibility, and Security: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream. Before joining AEI, he was commissioner of New York City’s Human Resources Administration, where he adminis- tered 12 public assistance programs. In New York City, Mr. Doar oversaw a 25 percent reduction in the city’s welfare caseload and the transition to work of more than 500,000 public assistance applicants and recipients. Before joining the Bloomberg administra- tion, he was commissioner of social services for the state of New York, where he helped make the state a model for the implementation of welfare reform. His writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and National Review, among other publications. Mr. Doar has a bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University. Tony Hall is the executive director emeritus at Alliance to End Hunger. He is one of the leading advocates for hunger relief programs and improving international human rights conditions in the world.