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THE I NSTI TUTE TODAY
We look back over a decade of growth.
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LOS ANGELES STUDENTS TAKE UP THE
CHALLENGE
The Institutes inaugural Aspen Challenge public program
gave Los Angeles high school students the chance to better
their communities.
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ASPEN I N THE MI DDLE EAST
From entrepreneurs in Jordan to a family business in the
Palestinian territories, the Institutes work inspires personal
stories of economic promise in the Middle East.
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THE CROWN JEWEL:
A FAMI LY S LEGACY OF SERVI CE
Lifetime Trustee Lester Crown gives a $10 million gift to
the program established in his fathers name, while paving
the way for his son to carry on the family tradition.
THE CONVERSATION
FEATURES
SUMMER 2013 THE ASPEN INSTITUTE
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WHAT I S FOOD
SECURI TY?
Peggy Clark,
Dan Glickman, David
Monsma, Toni Verstandig,
and Nic Buckley examine
how the Institute will
address transformations in
the global food system.
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COMMUNI TI ES
COMI NG TOGETHER
Melody Barnes and Stephen
Patrick call for action to
activate disengaged youth.
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FOOD, FAMI LY, AND
PHI LANTHROPY
Restaurateur Danny Meyer
talks about the secret of his
restaurants success, lessons
from natural disasters, and
the importance of being a
community leader.
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SENATORI AL
COLLOQUI ES
Senators Marco Rubio and
Amy Klobuchar discuss
immigration and women
in politics at the 2012
Washington Ideas Forum.
DEPARTMENTS
10 AROUND THE INSTITUTE
We speak with ve former chiefs of staff, identify the next generation of
leaders in developing countries, lead conversations around the minimum
wage, and host the rst Project Play in Aspen. Plus, learn about new Aspen
Writers Foundation leadership and the launch of actress, playwright, and
Institute Trustee Anna Deavere Smiths policy program.
34 READING ROOM
Colin Powell, Sandra Day OConnor, Cheryl Strayed, and others discuss
their recent best-selling books.
38 SOCIETY OF FELLOWS
Tom Friedman addresses the Institutes key donor group.
40 SEMINARS
The Seminars program draws lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s
Letter from Birmingham Jail.
42 SOCRATES PROGRAM
Socrates discusses technologys role in work-life balance with
Anne-Marie Slaughter, among other experts.
45 ASPEN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Young students and scholars gather in Aspen.
46 IDEAS IN ACTION
Elliot Gerson and Peggy Clark hold up Malawi President Joyce Bandas
leadership in reproductive health as a model.
48 IDEAS IN ACTION
The Aspen Business and Society Programs First Movers Fellowship supports
business leaders striving to do good from within the companies they work.
94 INTERNATIONAL ASPEN
Meet Aspen Institute Espaa, Institut Aspen France, Aspen Institute
Italia, Aspen Institute Prague, Aspen Institute Germany, Institutul Aspen
Romania, The Aspen Institute Japan, and Aspen Institute India.
98 FACES
Peek behind the scenes at Institute gatherings in New York, DC, and Aspen.
104 ASPEN FACTS
Who we are and what we do.
110 CONTACT US
112 RETROSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE
The long-lasting impact of Herbert Bayers work on the Aspen Meadows
campus will soon get its own gallery show.
Cover photo
of Anderson
Park at the
Institutes
Aspen
Meadows
Campus by
Todd Babos.
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SUMMER 2013
PLUS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ASPEN TO THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND
A DECADE
OF GROWTH
THE
INSTITUTE
TODAY:
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AROUND THE INSTITUTE
The Next Chapter
The 37-year-old Aspen Writers Foundation has turned the page. For the first time in its
history, two award-winning talents will share the leadership. Between Aspen-based Director
Mo LaMees outstanding track record of smart, sustainable nonprofit arts leadership and
Manhattan-based Creative Director Adrienne Brodeurs vision and accomplished career in
the literary world, the Foundation is poised to become the premier literary organization in
the country. With a renewed dedication to the organizations mission to encourage writers,
inspire readers, and connect people through their stories, LaMee and Brodeur are laying
plans to build on the organizations existing strengths to create an even more vital, dynamic,
and sustainable institution. Individually, Mo and Adrienne bring an impressive roster of
accomplishments and professional successes in the arts, said Elliot Gerson, executive
vice president of policy and public programs for the Institute. Together they make an
extraordinary team.
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Ar ound t he I nst i t ut e
Full-
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Press
This year, the National
Research Council and Insti-
tute of Medicine released
the first-ever study com-
paring the health of young
Americans to their peers in
other developed nations.
The US placed 17th out of
17 countries, with the high-
est rate of childhood obesity.
How can our nation build
a youth sports system that
more effectively gets and
keeps children engaged
in physical activity? This
spring, the Sports & Society
Program introduced the
Aspen Institutes Project
Play, a two-year initiative
designed to seek and share
ideas, then offer a game
plan to help create Sport
for All, Play for Life com-
munities. An April convening
supported by the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
included 70 organizational
and thought leaders, includ-
ing US Olympic Committee
CEO Scott Blackmun;
Olympians Jackie Joyner-
Kersee, Gary Hall, Jr., and
Michelle Kwan; Oregon
State Mens Basketball Coach
Craig Robinson; and offi-
cials from sport governing
bodies and education-based
groups.
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A BIG DEAL FOR BIG DATA
Its unlikely big datalet alone IRS reportinghas ever been called refreshing. But in review-
ing a recent report by the Institutes Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, The
Chronicle of Philanthropy Editor Stacy Palmer called it just that, saying the groundbreaking
release was destined to be a game changer for philanthropy. Palmer joined the White House
Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participations Jonathan Greenblatt and the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundations Darin McKeever, among others, to discuss the report, Liberating
990 Data for Impact: How Big Data on the Nonprofit Sector Can Spur Innovation, Knowledge,
and Accountability by Beth Noveck and Daniel Goroff. Following the report and convening,
President Obamas FY14 budget proposed to phase in required electronic filing of the primary tax
form for nonprofits. If passed, the IRS would also release data in a computable format, facilitating
large-scale analysis and greater transparency.
THE ASPEN INSTITUTES PROJECT PLAY FOCUSES ON KEEPING KIDS ACTIVE.
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INSTITUTE VICE PRESIDENT
AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
OF THE HENRY CROWN
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
ERIC MOTLEY OFFERS
LIFE LESSONS IN HIS
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
TO THE 2013 GRADUATING
CLASS OF ASPEN HIGH
SCHOOL.
INTEL SYNCS WITH THE INSTITUTE
The ongoing dialogue project, The Innovation Economy, continued
with an Intel-sponsored Socrates Program salon this past fall and a later
roundtable discussion in February. More than 100 young leaders gath-
ered for the Socrates event at the sleek House of Sweden in Washington,
DC. George Mason University Professor Jack Goldstone, The Econo-
mists Vijay Vaitheeswaran, and PBS NewsHours Hari Sreenivasan
spoke about how innovation would affect the global middle class. The
series continued with a luncheon roundtable on making investments in
the technology sector to ensure the US long-term economic success.
Information Technology Industry Council President Dean Garfield and
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden joined The New
York Times Washington Bureau Chief David Leonhardt to discuss the
key domestic and foreign policy issues that will influence the countrys future growth. Immigration policy is innovation policy, said
Garfield. In order to develop great tools and technologies, we need access to the greatest talent in the world. Tanden agreed, not-
ing that by 2020, China will have more college graduates than we, in the US, have workforce, but that, right now, the US still has
an edge in innovation, as colleges in China are coming (here) to ask questions like, How do you get people to be curious?
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With the support of underwriter and Institute Trustee Michelle
Smith, the Washington, DC-based evening events series Aspen
Around Town officially launched in December to coincide
with the opening of the Smithsonian American Art Museums
The Civil War and American Art exhibit. The event brought
together renowned authorities on the Civil War, including docu-
mentarian Ric Burns, author Harold Holzer, filmmaker Ed
Zwick, and museum curator Eleanor Harvey. In April, the
series presented The Inside View: A Conversation with White
House Chiefs of Staff in conjunction with the National Archives.
The event featured a public discussion among former White
House Chiefs of Staff Joshua Bolten, Ken Duberstein, Mack
McLarty, John Podesta, and Donald Rumsfeld, moderated
by senior CNN political analyst and Institute Trustee David
Gergen, as they recollected their time serving presidents from
Gerald Ford to George W. Bush.
Cities Offer
Solutions
I believe in the power of cities to fuel innova-
tive solutions to many of our greatest global
challenges, said New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, head of Bloomberg
Philanthropies, a partner with the Institute
and The Atlantic in launching CityLab: Urban
Solutions for Global Challenges. The CityLab
summit will bring together city leaders and
their partners from across the globe to discuss
what it takes to create a vibrant, innovative, and
sustainable city. The convening, from Oct. 6 to
Oct. 8, will use the mayors town as its campus.
The project will showcase how some of the best
ideas from the worlds urban landscapes can rise
up to meet global challenges in infrastructure,
climate change, public safety, and economic
development. For more information, visit
www.aspeninstitute.org/CityLab.
Homeland Security Group
Advises on Guns
In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, tragedy, the Aspen Homeland Security
Group invited a host of experts, ranging from top pediatric medical professionals
to a former director of the CIA and FBI, to discuss gun violence and mental health
issues at the Institute. The next morning, the group held its biannual meeting
with US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, following a public
conversation between her and the strategy groups co-chair Jane Harman titled,
From Cyber to Immigration, Terrorism to Disasters: Securing America in the Next
Administration. In the more intimate setting, AHSG Executive Director Clark
Ervin reported the attendees findings to Secretary Napolitano, citing the work
of the 9/11 Commission as a model for further consideration of the issue. Public
education campaigns, such as those for antismoking initiatives, and the use of vali-
datorsincluding clergy members, celebrities, and grassroots organizationswere
also suggested as methods for outreach. The recommendations underscored the
need to broadcast the mental health indicators for when a firearm could greatly
compromise the safety of those in the home and beyond, as well.
THE PENTAGON CONQUERS INNOVATION
Picture a boardroom, hidden deep within the hallways of the Pentagon, brimming over with
leaders and policymakers from across the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Now, picture
these defense experts engaging excitedly with a denim-clad Dean Kamen, renowned sci-
entist, serial inventor, and celebrated genius on the art of innovation. Built on the idea that
innovation is often derived from the collision of ideas across multiple disciplines, New Ideas
@ OSD promotes a culture of learning across the department. The Institutes Global Alli-
ances Program was asked to bring to the Pentagon leading entrepreneurs, artists, scientists,
and academics to expose policymakers to perspectives beyond the defense establishment.
In addition to Kamen, top brass will hear from Nobel Prize-winner and father of behavioral
economics Daniel Kahneman, social-enterprise investment innovator and Henry Crown
Fellow Jacqueline Novogratz, and philanthropist and global strategist Larry Brilliant.
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HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO SPEAKS
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KAMEN
ART WORKS:
NEW POLICY PROGRAM LAUNCHES
The Institutes longstanding commitment to arts and to social justice is about to get a new partner
to deepen its work in the field. American actress, playwright, professor, and Institute Trustee Anna
Deavere Smith has brought her program, ADS Works, to the Institute to create the tools to bring
about an impact greater than otherwise possible. ADS Works envisions a rich mix of innovative
workshops and seminars, performances and publications, residencies and fellowships, and designs
for new curricula. I am also looking forward to collaborating with some of the many vibrant policy
programs at Aspen. This exchange could really create a think and do tank, through which artists can
get intel from policy programs, and policy programs can consider art as another form of influence and
communication, says Deavere Smith, who will serve as the director of the program. Over time, we
expect to become a preeminent place for producing significant works of art that make a difference in
the world.
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Giffords
Takes Institute
by Storm
Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New York
just days before the Institutes 29th Annual
Awards Dinner, chaired by Institute Trustee
Mercedes T. Bass, nearly canceling it.
But when it was clear that all three award-
ees and 250 guests were able to attend the
reception at the Plaza Hotel, the black-tie
dress code was dropped, and the evening
became a celebration of fortitude. Appropri-
ately, the Henry Crown Leadership Award
was awarded to former US Rep. Gabby
Giffords, a member of the first class of the
Aspen-Rodel Fellows, with a moving tribute.
Following husband Mark Kellys acceptance
speech, Giffords told the audience to fight,
fight, fight, which was met with a roar of
applause. Institute President Walter Isaacson presented phi-
lanthropist David Rubenstein with the Corporate Leadership
Award. For the final award at the dinner, which raised over $1
million, Institute Trustee Michael Eisner presented iconic
filmmaker George Lucas with the Institutes inaugural Arts
Leadership Award. The evening ended with
an onstage conversation between the two
about Lucas lifetime of moviemaking,
philanthropy, and education outreach.
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KELLY AND GIFFORDS
VANGUARD LAUNCHES IN DC
The Washington Vanguard Chapter of the Society of Fellows
provides younger professionals the opportunity to engage in
inspiring and stimulating conversation with like-minded peers.
Following in the footsteps of the original Vanguard program in
Aspen, Colorado, created by Lauren McCloskey Elston, the
Washington chapter offers opportunities for networking among
contemporaries and engagement with the people and ideas that
are shaping the future.
F I GHT I NG P OV E R T Y
Nine Institute Poverty
Programs Unite
More than 46 million Americans live in poverty, yet the path to securing
a firm foothold in the middle class has never involved just one solution.
Nine Institute policy programs have begun to work together to reveal
the resources and expertise that the Institute has to offer to address the
deepening economic crisis for low- and middle-income Americans. Each
program has expertise, lessons, and connections for those working at local
and national levels. Some counsel the White House; others work in rural
areas or on Native American reservations. Some promote new insights
on education, racial equity, and workplace skills across generations, while
others still advise on jobs or wealth creation. For all, the Institute provides
a unique platform to amplify messages, unite diverse groups, and change
the conversation around poverty and opportunity in the US. The group
will soon unveil its efforts to delve together into these difficult issues.
Two
Generations
Lifted
Together
There is no one solution, Colorado Lt.
Governor Joseph Garcia told the attendees
of the first Aspen ThinkXChange. The event
was hosted by the Institutes policy program
Ascend, which works to move parents, espe-
cially women, and their children beyond pov-
erty toward edu cational success and economic
security. We need to think in terms of igniting
a social movement, Garcia said. Leaders dis-
cussed demographic trends, implications of the
growth of single parent families, the correla-
tion between babies development and poverty,
and new strategies for supporting mothers
partici pation in the economy. To be success-
ful, we must invest in parents, but parents also
need a safe environment for their children,
said Colorado Department of Human Services
Executive Director and Ascend Fellow Reggie
Bicha during the closing policy forum. A child
with a good early environment will do better
in life. Its in Americas interest to make a new
investment in jobs, have strong work support,
and take advantage of early learning.
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POLICY LEADERS CHAMPION CHANGE
FOR INDIAN COUNTRY
It has been said that bad news travels halfway around the world before good
news gets its shoes on, said former Senator Byron Dorgan, founder of the
Institutes Center for Native American Youth. Celebrating the second anni-
versary of the program, he joined Senators Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and
Lisa Murkowski, R-Ark.; the Department of Interiors Assistant Secretary-
Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn; Director of the Indian Health Service
Yvette Roubideaux; and 150 tribal leaders to shine a light on the hopeful
stories of Indian Country. The three-day event in March highlighted five
young Native Americans as leaders in their communities, which are often
defined by the highest rates of suicide of any US population, with chronically
underfunded healthcare, education, and law enforcement systems. I have
met good news in these five Champions for Change, and they have a power-
ful message to share with our country, Dorgan said of the 14- to 22-year-olds
who each turned their own obstacles into initiatives to help their peers.
SENATOR DORGAN ADDRESSES
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ABOUT
YOUNG NATIVE AMERICANS.
J OB CR E AT I ON
The Maximum Impact of the Minimum Wage
While the media seemed surprised when President Obama mentioned increasing the
minimum wage in his 2013 State of the Union speech, the Institutes Economic Opportu-
nities Program had long been tracking the issue. In 2011, 3.8 million American workers
earned the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour or less. For a full-time year-round
worker, this falls approximately $8,000 below the poverty threshold for a family of four. To
focus much-needed attention on this and other matters affecting American workers, the
program has launched the series Working in America. At its inaugural gathering, panelists
discussed how raising the minimum wage could contribute to creating more and better-
quality jobsand consumers. Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer insisted, [Minimum wage-
workers] will be more prosperous, but so will the shareholders of Walmart. When every
citizen in America can spend more money out at Walmart, Walmart will do more business.
And when they do more business, they will be forced to hire more
people.
DOMESTIC WORKERS DRIVE
LABOR PRACTICES HOME
Domestic workers are part of one of the fastest growing
industries in the US, yet they are largely excluded from labor
protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act and face strik-
ing challenges in wage allocation and working conditions. In
a recent installment of the Institutes Reinventing Low-Wage
Work series, National Domestic Workers Alliance Director
Ai-jen Poo joined the Institutes Economic Opportunities
Program and experts ranging from academia to the frontlines
to discuss ideas and policies for improving job quality in this
field. Poo explained, As much as it is a Wild West for workers,
it can feel that way for employers, too. Citing successful advo-
cacy work in New York and inroads made in California, she sees
a future where healthy homes and good workforces go hand in
hand.
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WORKING CONDITIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
HANAUER
Too Tiny to Fail?
Can a food truck, home day care, or landscaper address our
nations employment challenges? Recent research from FIELD,
a program of the Institutes Economic Opportunities Program,
tracked the experiences of almost 2,000 microbusinesses. The
Microenterprise Development as Job Creation report found
that these firms supported an average of 2.9 jobs, including the
owners. Forty-one percent of the businesses created paid work
for individuals other than the owner, and wages were an aver-
age of $14 per hour. In fact, 46 percent of the jobs paid above
$10.60 per hour, the level needed in 2010 to lift a family of four
above the poverty line (assuming full-time work). Hows that for
a little job creation over lunch?
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The marketing group that brought you the
fun Get Crackin ad campaign for Won-
derful Pistachios teamed up with the Insti-
tutes Education & Society Program to
make the Common Core Initiative more
palatable for parents. These ambitious
new nationwide standards in literacy and
math aim to ensure that all students are
prepared for college and careers. Because
the Common Core expectations are more
ambitious than in the past, parents need
ASPEN PRIZE CELEBRATES TOP OF
CLASS COMMUNITY COLLEGES
The benefits of community
colleges are coming into sharp
focus as aggregate student
debt surpasses $1 trillion, and
the US needs more workers
with the education and skills
to drive economic growth. In
March, second lady Dr. Jill
Biden joined the Institutes
College Excellence Program
to award the 2013 Aspen
Prize for Community College
Excellence to Walla Walla
Community College in Wash-
ington and Santa Barbara
City College in California.
Immediate graduates from
Walla Walla earn (on average)
$42,000 per year, which is 79
percent more than other new hires in the area. At Santa Barbara, completion/four-year
transfer rates are 20 percent higher than the national average, and students subsequently
complete bachelors degrees at very high rates. Following an exhaustive 12-month inves-
tigation of over 1,000 community colleges nationwide, the $1 million prize is awarded
annually to recognize excellence, but also to draw attention to what all community col-
leges can do to achieve higher levels of student achievement.
Common Core Gets Cracked
information on why they are important
and what to expect in the transition. After
participating in a summer workshop on
the standards, Institute Trustee Lynda
Resnickand owner of Wonderful Pis-
tachiosoffered to apply her marketing
acumen to advance this public education
reform initiative. The primer for parents
was published in April, in English and
Spanish, and is available for download at
www.aspeninstitute.org/education.
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T HE A R T S
ART
Informs Activism
In October 2012, an illustrious roster of 30 participantsfrom
2013 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence Yo-Yo Ma to then-
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Rocco
Landesmanmet in New York to strategize on ways society
can capitalize on the unique abilities of artists. The Institutes
Arts Program Director Damian Woetzel gave a call to action to
this new Aspen Arts Strategy Group: We must ask: How are the
arts giving to society? The program convened its second Strategy
Group in Los Angeles this March, where assembled participants
included contemporary artist Shepard Fairey, violinist and edu-
cator Midori, Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle,
and Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress/arts education
activist Alfre Woodard. People think that art is a luxury, but,
in fact, its as important as those free hot lunches and making
sure everyone is vaccinated, said Woodard. By doing this work
in schools, were not breeding artists. Were supporting the well-
being of individuals, and that changes communities, and that
changes cities.
A First String
Citizen Artist
As a musician, Im trained to do two things at
the same time: work toward a goal larger than
myself and pay attention to the smallest pos-
sible detail, said acclaimed cellist and 2013
Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence Yo-Yo Ma
at a recent Institute event. I think Citizen
Artists engage their communities with a similar
approach, asking, What is the largest challenge
facing my neighborhood, city, or country? Ma
joins the Institutes Arts Program as it embarks
on a series of national conversations on the role
of Citizen Artistsindividuals who aim to take
artistic practice beyond traditional settings,
where they can serve needs and solve problems
in realms including education, community
building, diplomacy, and healthcare. Ma has
instituted model educational programs, bring-
ing the arts into the classroom, and regularly
engages with students and inner-city schools
while on tour. I am delighted to help catalyze
a national conversation about how artists prac-
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LOS ANGELES, FOLLOWING ITS NEW YORK LAUNCH.
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The Battle on the Homefront
US Army combat veteran, youth advocate, TV host, and author Wes Moore joined his
friend Willie Geist, co-host of NBCs Today and MSNBCs Morning Joe, as part of the
Institutes New York City-based series Conversations with Great Leaders in Memory of
Preston Robert Tisch. The duo discussed the US Department of Veterans Affairs stag-
gering average wait times for VA claims. It takes 490 days in New Orleans; 619 days in
Los Angeles; in Houston, 586 days; 642 days in New York; and in Reno, Nevada, 681
days, said Geist, for veterans to collect their benefits from the time they put in their
claims. Moore explained the backlog of 1 million claims is due to the fact that, 97
percent of VA claims are processed on paper! He added, We still have not figured
out that you cannot make decisions about war and conflict unless you also think about
what the long-term consequences and implications are going to be.
We transformed the command completely... We had to turn it upside
down so that the senior leader provided context, provided assets, and
then junior leaders made all of the decisions. And you underwrite those,
accept responsibility for what the junior leaders do...because theyre
going on the targets. ... We not only changed what we did, we changed
our culture of how we did it. Thats what Im so passionate about.
retired US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal speaks about how leadership evolved
in the Iraq War during an Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series talk on
The New York Times best-selling memoir My Share of the Task.
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Since 2001, 2.3 million Americans
have served in a war zone, and an
estimated 400,000 return home
with mental illnesses, such as post-
traumatic stress disorder. Invis-
ible injuries are the least-known
consequence of these wars, said
Paul Rieckhoff, an Iraq vet-
eran and CEO and founder of
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of
America. While only 40 percent
of eligible individuals seek care at
the Veterans Health Administra-
tion, many private practitioners
and nonmilitary-serving organiza-
tions are ill-equipped to handle
the health care needs of veterans
and their families. In March, the
Institute joined Rieckhoff and
several other experts to launch
its first-ever program dedicated
to veterans issues, the Aspen
Institute Veterans Initiative. Seek-
ing to educate civilian frontline
care providers, the program will
release a toolbox of proven prac-
tices over the next five years, not
only to aid medical practitioners,
but a spouse, parent, employer
anyone in a supportive role for a
returning veteran.
MOORE AND GEIST
DI P L OMA CY
MINISTERS FORUM GETS RESULTS
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb raced onto newspapers front pages around the
world when a French-led military force arrived in Mali in January. While the inter-
ventionwith its logistical support from the USwas well-covered, other key play-
ers werent. Negative reporting on the Tuareg people in Mali convinced many that
the nomadic clans were aiding al Qaeda, when, in fact, the Tuareg have attempted to
hold the insurgents back before. But how do you get this story out when most major
journalists dont have access to the dangerous terrain of Northern Mali? The Aspen
Ministers Forum and its leader, former Secretary of State and Institute Trustee
Madeleine Albright, met in Marrakesh to delve into these questions. Twenty-five
former foreign ministers, including the United Kingdoms Malcolm Rifkind and
former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Amre Moussa, met with
issue experts, such as former Lt. Col. Rudy Atallah, who shared the facts on the
ground. As in this case, the Ministers Forum serves as a platform for new insights
that spur these leaders to learn and share new perspectives, which can help make
headway on the worlds major issues.
Ambassadors Assemble at Wye
In an effort to promote greater cooperation among foreign countries, the Institutes
Homeland Security Program recently launched the Ambassadors Security Roundtable, a
series presented in partnership with AGT International. Quarterly, a group of ambassadors
from a given region is invited to meet at the Institutes Wye River campus. Ambassadors
and other high-level representatives from Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Geor-
gia, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Ukraine met for the
groups inaugural convening. Former Deputy and Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin
addressed several security themes relevant to Europe, including the uncertainty posed
by the Arab Spring, the changing al Qaeda threat, and the rebalancing of China. Weeks
later, the program invited the entire diplomatic corps to a luncheon at the Four Seasons in
Washington for a discussion with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski
concerning the national security and foreign policy implications of the 2012 American
presidential election. The attendees represented 75 countries across six continents. F
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During the Aspen Institute Con-
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international conference, a delega-
tion of more than 20 senators and
representatives from both sides of
the aisle broke new ground with the
programs first-ever trip to India. The
programs director, former Congress-
man and Secretary of Agriculture
Dan Glickman, invited retired Lt.
Gen. and former US Ambassador to
Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and
former Afghan Finance Minister
Ashraf Ghani, among others, to
participate in the conference aimed
at encouraging bipartisan relationship-
building . The congressional leaders
learned more about the policy impli-
cations of the US pivot to Asia, the
ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, and
critical natural resource issues facing
21st century legislators. The confer-
ence included a trip to GEs India
Innovation Center in Bangalore, din-
ner with 20 of Indias parliamentarians
in New Delhi, and a meeting with
former UN official and current Indian
Minister of State for Human Resource
Development Shashi Tharoor.
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GL OB A L NE T WOR K
Henry Crown Fellow Works to Subtract the Digital Divide
Just before resigning from her post, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publically
launched Henry Crown Fellow Ann Mei Changs Alliance for Affordable Internet.
Inspired by the Fellowships goal of increasing successful entrepreneurs civic engage-
ment, Chang left her senior position at Google to accept the US Department of
States Franklin Fellowship. With her newfound platform, she set out to overcome the
digital divide that prevents 90 percent
of Africansand a disproportionate
number of womenfrom accessing the
Internet. The public-private partnership,
which includes World Wide Web Foun-
dation, Omidyar Network, Inveneo,
Intel, Microsoft, and Google, works to
make Internet access in the developing
world more affordable through regula-
tory and policy reforms that promote
market competition and efficiencies. Chang has now relocated to Nairobi to get even
closer to her work.
When Hildegard Vasquez attended a
UNESCO meeting as lead architect to
restore Panama Citys abandoned historic
center, she went to secure the areas sta-
tus as a World Heritage site. Once there,
she found something else she was com-
mitted to even more. For me, it was all
about working on wonderful architectural
projects, said Vasquez, but after meeting
a local woman, she realized, for her, it
was about losing her home to a process of
gentrification. Not long after, Vasquez,
a Central America Leadership Initiative
Fellow, launched CAPTA to help mar-
ginalized women in Panama City gain a
job, self-esteem, and a way to keep their
homes. A 2012 John P. McNulty Prize
finalist, Vasquezs program has trained 500
women, 75 percent of whom have moved
to secure work environments. Next up for
Vasquez: franchising the program.
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Chinas Rising Stars Over the past 30 years, China has re-emerged on the world
stage, lifted hundreds of millions from poverty, and built the worlds second largest economy. However, what comes next for the
rising power may be its biggest challenge. This March, the Aspen Global Leadership Network launched the China Fellowship
Program to energize the countrys emerging generation of entrepreneurial business leaders to help it through the next phase. Each
of the 22 inaugural Fellows was selected because they have achieved real success in their careers, and yet, would like to have a
broader impact. The program, made possible by a generous gift from David M. Rubenstein, is designed to guide the Fellows
through a personal journey of reflection, insight, and action in an area where they have the capacity to make a difference. By rising
from success to significance, each leader will be poised to assist China as it builds toward a prosperous and harmonious society.
The Winner Is After completing
his first Aspen India Leadership Initiative seminar, Amit
Bhatia said he heard the call to action loud and clear.
By the second seminar, he had left his job as the
CEO of WNS Knowledge Services. Calling on
his fellow Fellows, he started Aspire Human
Capital Management to train youth for
successful careers. Fellows from across
the ILI and Aspen Global Leadership
Network have miraculously formed
a tapestry of support that plays an
important part in my project and my
life, like a family.
Of the 320 million Indians in
schools and colleges, less than 25 per-
cent are prepared to enter, let alone
succeed in, the workforce. For train-
ing more than 60,000 Indian students
in rural and semiurban areas where the need is most acute, Bhatia won the 2012 John P. McNulty Prize for an outstanding project
undertaken by a network member. The for-profit company has placed over 1,000 students with top tier employers such as IBM,
Infosys, and Tata Consultancy Services, but Bhatias sights are set even higher. He hopes to train over one million students by 2022
and has plans to export the Aspire model to other emerging nations. Winning the John P. McNulty Prize reinforces for me and for
other Fellows that moving from thought to action is not stepping down, as I once feared, he said. But indeed it is stepping up.
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International Affairs
An international delegation, which represents eight international partners of the Aspen Institute, met in New Delhi last fall for
an annual three-day committee meeting. Aspen Institute India hosted the group, which participated in roundtable discussions on
Media and Democracy and Indian
Entrepreneurship led by Fellows
from the India Leadership Initia-
tive. The International Symposium
in India provided a forum for close
interaction with some key govern-
ment officials and leaders in the
political and business world, said
Aspen Institute India Director
Kiran Pasricha. In addition to a
trip to the Presidential Palace, the
representatives from India, Roma-
nia, Prague, Japan, Spain, France,
Germany, Italy, and the US met
members of parliament from differ-
ent political parties, the countrys
minister of state for communica-
tions and IT, and Trustees from the
local Institute.
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New Voices
Journalists generally have a rule of thumb: whatever
you cover, consult with the people who know the
topic best. While legions of experts can speak on
development issues, very few come from the develop-
ing worldcreating a conversation short on personal
experience. To help broaden the discussion, the Insti-
tute has launched the New Voices Fellowship, a pro-
gram aimed at identifying 10 to 12 trailblazing experts
from Africa and other parts of the developing world to
help them reach a broader audience with traditional
media training, social media skills building, story-
framing, and public speaking. Over the next few
years donors and governments will make decisions
to fund, or not fund, major investments in research,
global health, and sustainability, said Peggy Clark,
executive director of Aspen Global Health and Devel-
opment, which launched the program in January with
support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The New Voices Fellows will give insight into the
most critical programs, solutions and innovations
based on their own experiences and research.
THE NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP
HELPS EXPERTS FROM DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES AMPLIFY THEIR
FIRSTHAND INSIGHTS.
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MOST CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS,
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SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS.
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COME A ND J OI N US
Secure the Date
From July 17 to 20, leading experts in national and homeland
security will come together for the Aspen Security Forum on
the Institutes Aspen Meadows campus. The discussions will
focus on international issues facing the homeland security com-
munity, including the prospect of a nuclear Iran, the civil war in
Syria, saber-rattling on the Korean peninsula, the rise of China,
and the growth of al Qaeda in Africa. In the wake of Boston,
another focus will be the newly stimulated concerns about
homegrown terrorism, and the vulnerability of soft targets,
said Clark Ervin, director of the Institutes Homeland Security
Program. The opening talk will feature US Air Force Chief of
Staff General Mark Welsh III in conversation with CNNs
Wolf Blitzer.
The Aspen Leaders
Action Forum
is a new signature event
(July 29 to Aug. 1) designed to
connect Fellows from the Aspen
Global Leadership Network and
other entrepreneurial leaders. Public
sessions will spotlight some of the
350 individiuals, all committed to
making a positive impact, from more
than 30 countries. The Resnick
Family Foundation provided major
funding for this annual event.
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BLITZER AND MCRAVEN AT THE 2012 ASPEN SECURITY FORUM
Fall Awards in
New York City
This fall will mark the Institutes
30th Annual Awards Dinner,
which will once again be celebrated
at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan
on Nov. 7, 2013. The evening will
honor the distinguished leadership
of former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger and acclaimed jazz musi-
cian, educator, and arts advocate
Wynton Marsalis. The Institute is
extremely grateful to dinner chair
Mercedes T. Bass for her contin-
ued leadership and support of this
important highlight on the Insti-
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The Franklin Project
Launches
Inspired by Gen. Stanley McChrystals vision of large-scale
civilian national service, first mentioned at the 2012 Aspen
Ideas Festival, the Institute has launched a new initiative to
help make the idea a
reality. The Frank-
lin Project is bring-
ing together leaders
from all walks of life
to answer this ques-
tion: How do we
make at least a year
of national service a
common expectation
and opportunity for all
Americans? said pro-
gram chairman John
Bridgeland. With
nearly one million
people already apply-
ing for national service
opportunities, and most of them being turned away, our country
needs to do a better job harnessing this energy and talent to
solve our nations toughest problems. The Franklin Projects
plan of action will be unveiled at the first-ever 21st

Century
National Service Summit from June 24 to 25, on the Institutes
Aspen Meadows campus.
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Summer Awards
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On Aug. 3, the Institute will host its 20th Annual Summer
Celebration benefit. Awardees Salman Khan, author and
Khan Academy founder, and Henry Paulson, 74th US sec-
retary of the Treasury, will be featured at a public program
in the Greenwald Pavilion at the Aspen Meadows campus. A
dinner-gala will follow in the Doerr-Hosier Center at the Aspen
Meadows campus. Ann and John Doerr and Ann and Tom
Friedman will co-chair this annual event. Tickets are available
at www.aspeninstitute.org/summercelebration.
SOCRATES CELEBRATES
Please join us to celebrate the Socrates Program on Saturday, July 6, at the
Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows campus. Institute President
Walter Isaacson will host a conversation with Google Ideas Director Jared
Cohen on the foreign policy value and impact of technology called Breaking
Borders in the Digital Age. The evening will also feature a tribute to TeleSoft
Partners founder and Managing Partner Arjun Gupta, who has enthusiasti-
cally supported the programs growth and success. Peter Hirshberg, Adib and
Kerry Nasle, Marsha Ralls, and Bill Resnick will co-chair the dinner. For
tickets and more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org/socratesdinner.
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A SALUTE ON
INDEPENDENCE DAY
When the late Corning Glass industrialist Arthur
A. Houghton, Jr. donated an 1,100-acre parcel on
Marylands Eastern Shores Wye River to the Institute in
1979, he was careful to ensure that the propertys legacy
be celebrated every year. The grounds once belonged
to William Paca, a Declaration of Independence
signatory and the third governor of Maryland. To honor
his contributions, which include drafting the first Bill
of Rights for the state and championing a federal Bill of
Rights, the Institute and Queen Annes County Historical
Society host a free event, open to the public, every July
4 on the grounds of the Aspen Wye River Conference
Center. Come this year at 11 am for the laying of the
wreath on the grave of the patriot and hear a historical
account of the formation of a more perfect union.
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STATE OF RACE
The Institutes Communications and Society Programs third annual Symposium on
the State of Race in America at the Newseum drew actress, playwright, and Institute
Trustee Anna Deavere Smith; author and historian Taylor Branch; and Mayor of
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Lisa Wong, among many others. Juan Williams of Fox
News, Ray Suarez of PBS, and Jos Diaz Balart of Telemundo moderated panels for
the event. We are not a racist society. But it is intensely racialized, and we dont talk
about it, said Branch. Symposium participants explored ways that faith-based commu-
nities, attitudes of youth, and media shape race relations. Panelists discussed possible
steps toward moving America from a racialized society to a nation devoid of racial
discrimination and disparities. The surge of diversity has not been matched by surge
of inclusion, said David Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast Corporation,
which partnered with the Institute to host the event.
NBCS KAREN HORNE AND BRIAN YANG, OF "HAWAII FIVE-O"
FAME, DISCUSS THE STATE OF RACE IN AMERICA.
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman
Julius Genachowski became the fifth consecu-
tive FCC chairman to become a senior fellow at
the Aspen Institute Communications and Society
Program upon his resignation from the agency.
Since the spring of 2013, Genachowski has advised
on the Institutes communications policy programs,
including the new China Initiative that it is under-
taking. I appreciate the Institutes ability to con-
vene government, business, and non-profit leaders
to address the impact of digital technologies on
many of the worlds most vexing problems, he said.
Genachowski has been a frequent participant in
Communications and Society roundtables over the past several years.
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Ideas Fest at
Your Fingertips
Cant get to the Aspen Ideas Festival
this summer? Or perhaps youll be
there, but dont want to miss a beat?
Either way, you can keep up with all
of the content in real time, or after the
fact. During the week of the festival,
June 26 to July 2, the Institute will
offer a live feed of a selection of key
sessions. Download AIFs new 2013
app to receive notifications for when
various sessions are about to broadcast.
Not able to watch at that time? Find the
downloadable content on aspenideas.org
and iTunes U at your viewing leisure.
Also follow the festival via social
media on twitter.com/aspenideas and
facebook.com/aspenideas.
Aspen on HuffPost
At the heart of its millions of page views, likes, and shares, the Huffington Post
is committed to using its platform to promote social change. In the Impact section,
HuffPost empowers nonprofits to use their voices to enhance a dialogue and help
scale innovation. Now, as a result of conversations between Huffington Post Co-
founder Arianna Huffington and Institute President Walter Isaacson, HuffPost
and the Institute are coming together to further the goal of turning thought into
action. Were combining the power of HuffPosts platform with the Institutes
commitment to fundamental change in the education, policy, and health of our civil
discourse, said Huffington. Look for ideas and opinions from Institute directors,
Fellows, panelists, and other well-known experts in the form of debates, op-eds,
videos, and commentary on some of the most important issues of the day as the
partnership takes form over the summer months.
Whats
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Aspen
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regularly trying to bring
together top thinkers and
leaders from various fields to
convene and discuss pressing
issues. One of our goals is to
take these conversations to a
broader audience and engage
more people in the dialogue.
The #myAspenidea campaign is
a photo project aimed at taking
the best ideas from our experts,
speakers, guests, and social-
media followers and sharing
them on Twitter and Facebook.
How would you tackle the
challenges facing society? Send
your idea to @aspeninstitute
on Twitter or Facebook.com/
aspeninstitute using
#myAspenidea. Or tear out
the opposite page, write the
idea down, and post a photo of
yourself with it so we can share
your thought with the Institutes
wide-reaching digital
community.
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SCHOLARS & SCHO
I see my support as a path for advancing
civil dialogue so that we can address the
endemic problems that exist in our
society in a more effective manner.
David Nevins has committed a bequest
of $1 million to support a range of programs
across the Aspen Institute. Nevins was
inspired by the Institutes Rodel Fellowships in
Public Leadership Program, which promotes
bipartisanship among rising political leaders. In
addition to his generous bequest, Nevins has
pledged an outright gift of $100,000 to help
fund an inaugural reunion of Rodel Fellows.
With a grant of $400,000, The Diane and
Bruce Halle Foundation has established
an endowed fund that will bring emerging
leaders to the Justice and Society Programs
seminar in Aspen. Halle Scholars will be
chosen from organizations focusing on family
law, domestic violence, and sex-trafficking
preventi on, del i veri ng vi tal servi ces
to women, children, and families in need.
DRIVE
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Enriching the
Conversation
About Justice
Empowering
Youth to Lead
Given the opportunity, young people
will seize our worlds most pressing issues
with urgency and creativity.
Jackie and Mike Bezos are true
believers in the promise of young people.
With a $700,000 grant from the Bezos Family
Foundation, they helped launch, initially in Los
Angeles, a new program called the Aspen
Challenge (see pages 58-64), to give young
people and their educators a platform to
learn from global visionaries, collaborate with
each other around critical issues, and pioneer
solutions to transform their communities.
The SOF Connection
Domestic violence, an ancient problem,
remains a critical issue in the 21st century.
We are excited to work with the Institute to
bring it to the forefront of our discourse.
Karen and Greg Amadon
Stuart M. Brafman
Bunni and Paul Copaken
Lauren and Ryan Elston
Thomas H. Fagadau
Diane and Bruce Halle
Linda McCausland and
Peter Nicklin
Bonnie P. McCloskey
Stephanie and
Michael Naidof
David L. Nevins
Linda Sandrich
Victoria Smith
Co-Chairs
Margot Pritzker
William E. Mayer
Society of Fellows
Campaign Steering
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Society of Fellows members have already made generous
gifts that capture the spirit of Scholars & Scholarships.
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The Aspen Institute has launched Scholars & Scholarships, the most far-reaching campaign
in our history. As global challenges increase in complexity and scale, the Institute is
poised to engage more people more deeply, and to advance values-based leadership
around the world. The Campaign aims to fund a range of programs across the Institute,
and with generous gifts of all sizes, has raised $45 million toward the $75 million goal.
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Readi ng Room
Joseph and Alma
Gildenhorn Book Series
Colin Powell
Former US Secretary of State
It Worked For Me:
In Life and Leadership
Harper, 2012
Congress can be a difficult
institution to work with, but
thats the way the Founding
Fathers intended it to be.
Our Founding Fathers
could sit in Philadelphia in
the summer of 1787 for just a
couple of months and create a
Constitution that put in place
the powers of the Senate, the
responsibilities of the House,
how an army worked, how a
navy worked, what a president
does, a court system. And they
did it all as a group of men who
had strong feelings, very strong
feelings, but they understood
that no matter how strong their
feelings were, they had to com-
promise or you gained no con-
sensus, nothing happens. And
I keep admiring what these
gentlemen were able to do.
Best-Selling Authors Discuss Their Books at the Institute
In Washington, DC, the cornerstone Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn
Book Series hosted an education pioneer and an experienced
US foreign relations expert. The Justice and Society Program
presented a trailblazing former Supreme Court justice.
Joseph and Alma
Gildenhorn Book Series
Salman Khan
Founder, The Khan Academy
One-World Schoolhouse:
Education Reimagined
Twelve Books, 2012
If you ask students or parents
why theyre paying $200,000
for their childrens degrees,
theyll say its because they
have to have it if they want to
have a white-collar job. Theyre
paying for that credential. Ask
a university why its so worthy,
and theyll say its the research
facilities, the experiences,
the community we have on
campus. And so this is a major
transaction we have going on
where the buyer and seller
think they are buying and sell-
ing two different things.
Justice and Society
Program Event
Sandra Day OConnor
Retired US Supreme Court Justice
Out of Order
Random House, 2013
I dont think youll find a consensus
from my colleagues [on the Supreme
Court] that you should watch public
opinion polls. In your subconscious
mind, does public opinion work its way
in? I felt a greater sense of satisfaction
if the court had not reached a point of
view contrary to the public opinion. If
it is a really significant issue, it is help-
ful for the public to see unanimity. In
the case of gay marriage in an ideal
world, youd hope that the decision
would be unanimous, as it is helpful
to the public in accepting a decision.
I never like to see the court take a
position that is wildly opposed to
public opinion. That is scary.
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Powerful
ideas.
Winter Words 2013
The Aspen
Writers
Foundations
Winter
Words Series
featured
todays most
prominent
up-and-
coming
writers.
Kevin Powers
Author
The Yellow Birds
Little, Brown, and Company, 2012
I grew up in Virginia where it is not partic-
ularly uncommon to go into the military
but I definitely wanted some kind of life
experience. I felt like the life I was living in
Chesterfield, Virginia, seemed very small.
There was definitely an element of wanting
adventure, wanting excitement, to broaden
my understanding of the worldsee more,
see what was out there. I guess, in a way, I
thought I was a shy kid, not particularly con-
fident in my own ability to achieve my goals.
I thought [the army would] toughen me up
and show me how to get stuff donemaybe
not in the way I would have predicted, but
being freed from this idea of failure, this
fear of what happens if I write and nobody
likes it After I got back [from Iraq] and I
decided that I really wanted to give it a shot,
I said, Well, if nobody likes my writing, at
least they arent going to shoot at me.
Cheryl Strayed
Author
Wild: From Lost to Found
on the Pacific Crest Trail
Vintage, 2013
[Hiking] the Pacific Crest
Trail gave me an opportu-
nity to reimagine myself.
I had no other choice. I
was schooled by the trail.
I went out there really
seeking spiritual rejuvena-
tion and emotional heal-
ing. The image I had of
that was if there were
a soundtrack, it would
be that nice music when
youre getting a massage.
I imagined that I would
be in nature, and I would
be watching the sunsets,
and I would be reflecting
deeply, thinking about how
everything was really so
beautiful. And, instead, I
got out there and thought:
Where the [expletive] is
the water? A lot of curse
words. And I was forced
out of the head and the
heart and into the body.
Karen Russell
Author
Swamplandia!
Knopf, 2011
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Knopf, 2013
One problem I have with underdog
stories and the way that we love them
in this culture is the flip side of that
individualism. Were never going to
look at what we are complicit in these
structural forces that create underdogs
in the first place.
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Spot l i ght On Soci et y of Fel l ows
Society of Fellows members enjoyed an array of offerings over the winter months.
Mickey Edwards, director of the Institutes Aspen Rodel Fellowship Program, spoke
of restoring civility in Congress at an evening discussion, while Pulitzer-Prize-winning
author Tom Friedman addressed Syria and the Middle East at the annual holiday
reception. Patagonia CEO Casey Sheahan spoke to the Aspen-based Vanguard
Chapter about values-driven leadership. This winters symposia, created especially for
the Institutes key donor group, took a close examination of two timely issues: the US
Supreme Court and President Lincolns legacy. In February, Goldstein & Russell, PCs
Thomas Goldstein and The New Republics Jeffrey Rosen led an exploration of the
Supreme Court. Goldstein provided participants daily updates as the Court was in
session, offering an insiders perspective on three pressing cases: same-sex marriage,
the Voting Rights Act, and affirmative action. As Rosen, a professor of law at George
Washington University and the recently announced president of the National Constitu-
tion Center, commented, This term, the Supreme Court addresses who gets to vote,
to go to college, and to marry. In March, noted Abraham Lincoln scholar Harold
Holzer and US Naval Academy Professor Emeritus Craig Symonds led a timely dis-
cussion of lessons of leadership and contemporary concerns of partisanship and civility,
examining the legacy of President Lincoln. And, in April, the Society of Fellows Day in
DC provided a lively exploration of the Institutes policy and leadership efforts at our
Washington-based headquarters.
Insider Access: From Syria
to the Supreme Court
Society of Fellows is an engaged community of donors who both support our work and participate
in our programs. To learn more, see www.aspeninstitute.org/society-fellows.
INSTITUTE CHAIRMAN ROBERT K. STEEL
AND JOURNALIST TOM FRIEDMAN
SUMMER EVENTS
Opening Reception and Symposium:
The Legacy of the Great American
Songbook
June 22
with bandleader Peter Duchin,
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Director Loren Schoenberg, and
Aspen Music Festival and
School President Alan Fletcher
An Inclusive America: Does Religion
Still Divide Us?
July 11
with author David Campbell
SOF Vanguard Reception: Empowering
the Poor in the Digital Age
July 11
with Leila Janah, Founder and CEO,
Samasource
The Korean Peninsula
Aug. 58
with Ambassador Joseph DeTrani
Summer Reception
Aug. 10
The Rise of Turkey
Aug. 12
with Soli zel
Thoughts on the Good Life:
Aug. 2023
with former Levi Strauss-USA
President Pete Thigpen
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The Society of Fellows is an engaged community of individuals
who play a central role in our events and programs.
Members Receive:
Donor exclusive luncheons, receptions
and symposia throughout the year.
Invitation-only gatherings in Aspen,
New York, & Washington, D.C.
Advanced notice and special registration
for public programming and events.
Special updates and a direct hotline for
information and reservations.
Memberships are a tax-deductible
contribution that help sustain the work
of the Aspen Institute.
For Information contact Peter Waanders, Director of the Society of Fellows
970/544-7912 or peter.waanders@aspenInstitute.org
www.aspeninstitute.org/SOF
Vanguard Chapter for young donors
The Vanguard Chapter of the Society of Fellows provides younger donors the opportunity to
engage in inspiring and stimulating conversation with like-minded peers, while being a part
of the Society of Fellows.
Spot l i ght On Semi nar s
Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human person-
ality is unjust. In 16 simple words, Martin Luther King Jr. captured much of the
spirit of conversation in the Aspen Seminar on Leadership, Values, and the Good Soci-
ety. Kings Letter from Birmingham Jail seems to have entered the Aspen Executive
Seminar curriculum in 1966, just three years after its composition.
On this seminal 50th anniversary, it remains a central text in the Aspen Seminars
exploration of enlightened leadership and timeless values. Kings words are a touch-
stone for judging not only law, but any decision. They are also a call to explore the
challenging complexities that confront those who aim to practice leadership with jus-
tice and dignity. Is there a higher law, as King claims? If so, where does it come from?
How do we know it? What duties does it place on us? Kings measured, principled, and
resolute Letter places us explicitly in the Great Conversation about what it means
to be a good human being and a good citizen. There is no better way to celebrate
Kings Letter than to spend a week in a seminar with his words and the authors who
inspired him in this intellectual and political classic.
50th Anniversary of Kings Letter from Birmingham Jail
Seminars challenge leaders in every field to think more critically and deeply about their impact
on the world. To learn more, see page 104.
UPCOMING SEMINARS
ASPEN SEMINAR
Leadership, Values, and the
Good Society
June 2228 (Wye River)
Aug. 1016 (Aspen)
Aug. 2430 (Aspen)
Sept. 2127 (Aspen)
Oct. 511 (Wye River)
ASPEN ROMANIA SEMINAR
FOR LEADERS
May 30June 2
(Predeal, Romania)
ASPEN ESPAA SEMINAR
Transatlantic Values at a
Crossroads
Oct. 2427 (Ronda, Spain)
WYE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Citizenship in the American and
Global Polity
Deans Seminar: June 913
(Wye River)
Faculty Seminar: July 2026
(Wye River)
Contact Todd Breyfogle
Director of Seminars
todd.breyfogle@aspeninst.org
202-341-7803
www.aspeninstitute.org/aspenseminar
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Common Core
Do What It Takes
Before High Stakes
We would never expect a doctor to perform a new medical
procedure without being trained in it or provided with the necessary
instruments. But thats exactly what were expecting teachers to do.
As our schools move toward implementing the new Common Core

State Standards, educators are being expected to prepare their
students for high-stakes tests connected to the standards before
theyve received the necessary training, support and time. Results
from those tests will be used to determine if students advance or
are held back, to designate school performance, and to determine
whether schools stay open or are shut down.
How does that make sense?
Until the Common Core standards are properly implemented and

feld-tested, the only responsible approach is to impose a moratorium
on attaching high stakes to Common Core assessments.
The AFT and our members strongly support the Common Core
standards. If implemented properly and in partnership with
educators, they can transform teaching and learning and provide all
children with the problem-solving, critical-thinking and teamwork
skills they need to compete in todays changing world. But proper
implementation must come frst.
Join the thousands of educators and community members who
have already sent letters to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and
to their state commissioners of education supporting a moratorium.
Visit http://go.aft.org/brakesonstakes.
For more information about the Common Core State Standards, visit
http://go.aft.org/moratorium.
If were able to step on

the accelerator of high-
quality implementation
of the Common Core
standards and put the
brakes on the stakes, we
can take advantage
of this opportunity
and guarantee that
deeper and more
rigorous standards will
help lead to higher
achievement for all
our children.
Randi Weingarten, President
American Federation of Teachers
Spot l i ght On Socr at es
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Dream, telecommuting,
and work-life balance have
recently dominated the news
cycle, and were also central to
the three Socrates Seminars in
Aspen, Colorado, over Presi-
dents Day weekend. During
an evening fireside chat, the
Center for Global Develop-
ments Charles Kenny asked
the incoming president of the
New America Foundation,
Anne-Marie Slaughter,
about both the drawbacks and
benefits of technology. She
responded that her son once
drew her, not as a person, but
as a laptop in a family portrait.
Bill Powers, author of The
New York Times best-selling
book Hamlets BlackBerry,
moderated a seminar on
information overload and big
data. Tech entrepreneur and
It All Clicks!
The Socrates Program provides a forum for emerging leaders to explore contemporary issues. To learn more,
see page 104.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
JULY 58, 2013
Summer Socrates
Seminars In Aspen
The US Generation Gap:
A Tale of Two Countries
moderated by
David Leonhardt
The Big Shift: How We
Learn, Work, and Innovate in
a Digital World moderated
by John Seely Brown
A Lifetime of Well-Being
moderated by
Madeline Levine
Sustainably Feeding the
World and Protecting the
Earth moderated by
Dan Glickman
The New Global Middle
Class: How Will Rising
Consumption Transform
Innovation, Trade and
Markets? moderated by
Jack Goldstone
JULY 6, 2013
Socrates Benefit Dinner,
Aspen
Honoring Arjun Gupta
Keynote Jared Cohen with
Walter Isaacson
OCTOBER 2526, 2013
Washington, DC, Salon
NOVEMBER 89, 2013
New York, NY, Salon
KENNY AND SLAUGHTER
participant Marc Porat sug-
gested, The edge of creepi-
ness is where we want to be,
shedding light on the values,
whether shared or not, that
will impact the future. In
Kennys seminar on happiness
economics in the workforce,
participants debated the psy-
chological effects of constant
communication. Participants
discussed how technology will
affect opportunities for equal-
ity and mass economic growth
during Slaughters seminar
on the American Dream. The
weekend drew a diverse group
from across the US and eight
additional countries.
For those who cant make
it to Aspen for a long week-
end, Socrates offers a daylong
taste of the seminar in select
US cities. Overlooking Chi-
cagos Millennium Park this
past May, Santa Monicas
coastline in February, and
fall foliage in New York City
last November, the Socrates
program engaged alumni
and new participants in its
burgeoning network. In
Chicago, Henry Crown
Fellow John Rogers
interviewed MIT Pro-
fessor Leigh Hafrey on
leadership in the 21st
century at a reception
hosted by Institute
Trustee Clare Muana
and Ariel Investments. In
Los Angeles, Institute Trustee
Marc Nathanson and wife,
Jane, graciously opened their
art-filled home for a reception
and conversation on journal-
ism in the digital age with
American Public Medias Kai
Ryssdal and University of
Southern California Annen-
berg School for Communica-
tion and Journalisms Geneva
Overholser. The next day,
she moderated a seminar on
the impact of disrupters in
media. In New York, George
Mason University public pol-
icy professor Jack Goldstone
and Pulitzer-Prize-winning
author Hedrick Smith
addressed the American
Dream in a debate on the
economic, social, and political
circumstances that challenge
the countrys historical narra-
tive. The program also went
abroad with two seminars in
Madrid with Aspen Institute
Espaa in April.

Spot l i ght On Aspen
Communi t y Pr ogr ams
The Resnick Young Scholars Fund,
created to honor Institute Trustee Lynda
Resnick and her husband Stewart,
was launched as a way for friends and
associates to help further leverage the
generosity the couple has shown to so
many. Over Presidents Day weekend,
the Institute welcomed its first Resnick
Young Scholars to Aspen. Thanks to
donations made by Amy and Gilchrist
Berg, Fred and Marlene Malek, the
Resnicks, Ann and Ed Hudson, and
Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum, three
students made the trip from Paramount
Bard Academy in Delano, California, to
take part in the Institutes Teen Socrates
program, a rigorous three-day seminar
that covers a different topic annually. The
weekend engaged 23 students in total,
including scholarship recipients from
local schools, as well as students from
around the country. Moderated by MIT
professor Leigh Hafrey, the seminar,
titled Restless Minds: Art, Ethics, Free-
The Institute hosts dozens of year-round events for the Roaring Fork Valley community, with some of
its most inspiring programs focused on the youngest emerging leaders. To learn more, see page 106.
Inspiring Programs Focus on
the Youngest Leaders
dom, explored the relation-
ship among our creative,
rule-making, self-assertive,
and self-transcendent
impulses. Gifts can be made
in any amount to fund par-
tial or full scholarships, as
well as travel and lodging for
students who live outside of
the Roaring Fork Valley.
In an effort to give even
more young leaders the
tools to soar, the Institute
welcomed 24 high school
students from six Aspen-
area schools to its Hurst
Student Seminar: High
School Great Ideas program
in Fall 2012. Because of the generous
support of Bob and Soledad Hurst, we
are now able to offer these seminars for
high school and middle school students
into perpetuity, said Cristal Logan,
director of Aspen Community Programs.
The four-day gathering is dedicated to
enhancing leadership, problem-solving,
and critical-thinking skills for high school
students living in the Roaring Fork Val-
ley. Moderated in traditional Socratic
style by expert moderator Lee Bycel,
students read selections by such authors
as Plato, Aristotle, Virginia Woolf, and
Martin Luther King Jr., among others.
The experience I had at this seminar
is almost indescribable, said one past
high school participant. I will carry this
wisdom and passion for knowledge with
me for the rest of my life. School admin-
istrators, teachers, and counselors choose
students to participate. Upcoming 2013
Hurst Seminars will take place in June,
October, and December.
THE RESNICK YOUNG SCHOLARS FUND BROUGHT
THREE STUDENTS FROM CALIFORNIAS CENTRAL
VALLEYSHOWN HERE WITH LYNDA RESNICK
TO THE TEEN SOCRATES PROGRAM.
The 2014
Aspen
Childrens
Forum
July 10 July 12
Aspen, CO
The biennial Aspen Childrens
Forum convenes philanthropists
committed to advancing the
health and well-being of children.
More information is available at
www.aspenchildrensforum.org
Spot l i ght On I deas i n Act i on
J
oyce Banda, president of Malawi
for just over a year, is already a
beacon of hope for that desper-
ately poor country, and for good
governance generally across a
continent long plagued by the opposite.
She has captured the worlds attention in
short order.
Early dramas helped raise her profile
beyond the borders of her small, densely
populated, but usually overlooked, coun-
try. She revealed how she barely escaped
assassination by her predecessor, and 10
senior government officials were arrested
for attempting to prevent her democratic
ascent to office. But neither those things,
nor her gender in a male-dominated cul-
ture, are the reasons so much is already
expected of her. She also put Malawis
presidential jet and its fleet of limousines
up for sale: In a country where 80 percent
of its people live on less than $2 a day and
the majority cant even afford a bicycle,
and with politics widely associated with
self-enrichment, this move was powerful
in its symbolism. But it has been her strong
policies and brave decisions that have bred
optimism in a country long weary of empty
promises from its leaders or from the inter-
national donor community.
Malawi is half across the river, and the
other bank is within reach, said Interna-
tional Monetary Fund Managing Director
Christine Lagarde, when she visited
Malawi in early Januaryone of only two
African nations on her tour. She praised
Banda for moving to devalue Malawis
currency, despite knowing she would face
huge domestic political problems. The
new presidents resolve drew the admira-
tion of donors and the attention of inves-
tors, most of them long wary of Malawi.
Banda recently told a South African
journalist, Human rights and good gover-
nance are vital to a democratic society. ...
Ive set up a special monitoring unit within
the presidency to watch out for corruption.
We also have to ensure that aid is properly
spent. She understands that foreign aid
cant solve Malawis problems. We can
only get out of this by our own efforts, she
told a group of recent Institute-sponsored
visitors to Malawi, among them two former
presidents. In attendance for a meeting of
the Institutes Global Leaders Council for
Reproductive Health, Presidents Mary
Robinson of Ireland and Vaira Vike-
Freiberga of Latvia comprise part of a
global support network for Malawis presi-
dent, who is their colleague as a founding
member of the council.
The countrys appalling rate of mater-
nal mortalitycurrently 625 deaths per
100,000 live birthsis explained to some
extent by the lack of educational opportu-
nity for girls. With limited access to family
planning, women become pregnant too
often, too young. And with the inability to
pay for medical care, lack of transportation
to a hospital, or even to a clinic or a trained
midwife, carrying a child leads to maternal
deaths at higher mortality rates than only
two or three other countries in the world.
Banda has launched a signature Mater-
nal Health and Safe Motherhood Initiative.
Inspired by her human rights conviction
that even one maternal death is too many,
Bandas plan is founded in the realities of
what can be achieved in a country with
little money, poor infrastructure, deeply
rooted cultural impediments, and a daunt-
ing shortage of trained medical personnel.
She hopes to convince women to space
their children and to deliver in hospitals.
Banda says success will rest to a great
A Leader for a New Africa
The members of the Institutes Global Leaders
Council for Reproductive Health count among
them an African leader who delivers.
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IRELANDS FORMER PRESIDENT MARY ROBINSON
JOINS MALAWIS PRESIDENT JOYCE BANDA AT A
MEETING OF THE INSTITUTES GLOBAL LEADERS
COUNCIL FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN MALAWI.
degree on the support of the nations most
influential leadersthe traditional village
chiefs. Already, many exact a fee of one goat
or chicken if a woman has her baby in the
village, where she is more likely to suffer
life-threatening complications. The incen-
tive is working, according to the president
of the Chiefs Council.
To her fellow members of the Insti-
tutes Global Leaders Council, Banda
vowed to fight for the means to expand
the initiative, despite Malawis grave
resource constraints. It will take po litical
will, she said, and that starts with me.
To meet the relevant UN Millennium
Development Goals, Malawis maternal
mortality rate will have to fall to only 155
deaths per 100,000 live births by 2015. Its
a challenge no other country has met in
such a short time frame. Banda has drive
and a dedicated staff, but she wont be
going it alone. We leave here with a
profound sense of commitment, Former
President Robinson told her Malawian
colleague. Malawi speaks to issues the
world needs to care more aboutnot only
for Malawi, but for women everywhere. I
assure you, we will help you.
A version of this piece ran in the Huffington Post.
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We leave here with a profound sense of commitment.
Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson
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or many people who want to
solve pressing social and envi-
ronmental problems, found-
ing a social enterprise is the
strategy of choice. The lure
of es tablishing an organization that uses
market mechanisms to achieve its mission
is great. The Institutes data show that
MBA students are flocking to classes to
learn the art of social entrepreneurship.
Over the last five years, there has been
a substantial increase in the number of
leading business schools offering courses
to meet this demand.
But there is another way to tackle
these problems and find meaning in work.
Some innovative and determined profes-
sionals working in the worlds largest and
most complex corporations are choosing
to stay put and use their corporate plat-
forms to lead change. These individuals
are a new breed of business profes-
sionalthe social intrapreneurs. They are
finding creativeand in many cases dis-
ruptiveways to tackle some of societys
toughest problems and create long-term
value for their companies as well.
The men and women who choose
this path have diverse expertise and job
responsibilities: marketing, leadership
development, communications, opera-
tions, new business development, and
purchasing. Some have decades of experi-
ence in their industry. Some are recent
graduates. What they all have in com-
mon is a vision about possibilities. They
see opportunities others do not for their
companies to operate in ways that serve
multiple constituenciesshareholders,
employees, communities, and the planet.
And they dare to take action.
In the First Movers Fellowship Pro-
gram at the Aspen Institute Business
and Society Program, we have a chance
to work with exceptional social intrapre-
neurs in businesses around the world and
to study the innovations they are piloting
in their companies. James Inglesby at
Unilever is using his expertise as a chemi-
cal engineer to develop new business
models for base-of-the-pyramid consum-
ers. Suzanne Ackerman-Berman at
Pick n Pay in South Africa is leading an
innovation lab to help small-scale farm-
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suppliers to the retail industry. Regula
Schegg from the Hilti Corporation, a
leading firm in the construction industry,
is developing alternative building tech-
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for the urban poor. Dawn Baker at Dow
is revamping leadership development
offerings to ensure they mesh with her
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projects to tap into the creative energy of
talented employees to solve social prob-
lems and uncover business opportunities.
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The Institutes Business and Society Program is
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HELPING THE COUNTRYS SUSTAINABILITY AND
ECONOMIC GOALS, SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN
SOUTH AFRICA NOW SELL TO THE REGIONS MAJOR
SUPERMARKET, PICK N PAY, AS A RESULT OF
THE WORK OF FIRST MOVERS FELLOW SUZANNE
ACKERMAN-BERMAN.
Spot l i ght On I deas i n Act i on
All of these business professionals are
using their institutional savvy, their per-
sonal credibility, their determination, and
their deeply held sense of purpose to lead
the changes they envision. In the fellow-
ship program, we get to observe the pas-
sion these individuals bring to the possibili-
ties they see ahead of them. We watch as
they work around institutional constraints
and build a network of colleagues who
are eager to help. We see how they persist
when the going gets tough, and we marvel
at the humility they bring to the work they
undertake. Intrapreneurs know they cant
get to the goal by themselves, but they also
know that if they dont lead the change,
others may not have the opportunity or
foresight to get on board.
Do they always succeed in these
endeavors? Certainly not. Social intra-
preneurs know they wont always get it
right the first time. They have to embrace
the possibility of failure and be ready and
willing to learn from their efforts and try
again. Their ideas for products, services,
and management practices may not sur-
vive market tests. Moreover, they encoun-
ter plenty of roadblocks that can slow
down or completely derail any project:
organizational apathy (or worse, antipa-
thy), financial constraints, inevitable cor-
porate restructurings, economic disrup-
tions, and organizational cultures that are
slow to adapt or are singularly focused on
meeting a quarterly financial target.
But certainly the hurdles social intra-
preneurs face are no greater than those
encountered by their social entrepreneur
counterparts. And intrapreneurial vision-
aries have a distinct advantage. They
know that if they can prove their concepts
and get colleagues to buy in, they will
have a chance to tap into the deep global
resources multinational corporations have
to offer. They can harness the drive to win
that characterizes companies competing
on the world stage today. And if these
social intrapreneurs are really good, they
have a shot at changing the success met-
rics, not only for their company, but for
their industry as a whole.
In other words, they are able to make
a real difference. An increasing number
of mission-driven, innovative profes-
sionals are finding they cant resist this
opportunity.
Nancy McGaw is deputy director of the
Aspen Business and Society Program and
director of the First Movers Fellowship.
A version of this piece initially ran on the blog of
the Harvard Business Review.
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THE
INSTITUTE
TODAY
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OUR LEADERS
REFLECT ON
A DECADE OF
GROWTH.
In 2003, 54 years after Walter and Elizabeth Paepcke estab-
lished the Aspen Institute as a center for values-based dialogue,
its then-Chairman Bill Mayer and the Institutes Board of
Trustees began a search for new leadership. The storied organi-
zation, which offered executive seminars to encourage leader-
ship and a range of policy programs to foster nonpartisan con-
sensus building, faced challenging times. Previously the editor
of Time magazine and CEO of CNN, Walter Isaacson joined
the Institute as president and CEO. With his new leadership
team, he helped bolster the existing programs while opening the
formerly closed-door operations to the public through forums,
roundtables, festivals, and various forms of mediaall further-
ing the values-based conversations the Paepckes had held dear.
Ten years later, the reach and impact of the Institute has both
broadened and deepened significantly, cultivating an audience of
supporters, scholars, and leaders who seek it out as the home of
the most important conversations on how to achieve a good soci-
ety. All of the trustees are honored to be associated with todays
Aspen Institute, says Bob Steel, the deputy mayor for economic
development of New York City now in his second term as the
Institutes chairman of the Board of Trustees. Weve always had
the benefit of a powerful mission, and it has been thrilling to
watch what our leadership team, staff, and board have been able
to accomplish over the last decade, elevating the organization to
heights the founders could have only imagined.
In honor of this 10 years of growth, we look back at how the
Institute has evolved through the efforts of the entire leadership
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How have the Institutes public programs
grown over the past decade?
When I started in 2004, the Institute had an excellent reputa-
tion and was doing great work, but it was mostly done in behind-
closed-doors meetings for policymakers and experts. Frankly, I
think we were a little mysterious to most people, which is ironic
because the Institute was actually born out of a 1949 public
gathering in Aspen honoring the legacy of the poet and philoso-
pher Goethe. So it seemed very natural to open our doors. In
2003, the Institute had begun hosting experts and journalists
at regular policy roundtables in DC. In 2004, we experimented
with a larger-scale public conference in Aspen focused on Albert
Einstein. A few hundred people showed up, and we knew we
were onto something. The next year we got together with The
Atlantic magazine to launch the Aspen Ideas Festival, which
has since inspired many other public programs, become very in-
demand, and is something were all really proud ofespecially
because unlike the other such gatherings we know of, anyone
can buy a ticket and join the conversation.
How have the policy programs grown in number
and diversity over the past 10 years?
Policy programs do the work that gives the
Institute its reputation as one of the worlds
leading think tanks. They invite leaders from
all sectors of society to tackle the worlds lead-
ing problems. Action-oriented and nonpartisan,
the Institutes reputation as a convener able to
find common ground has never been greater. It
is thus not surprising that the policy programs
have grown so dramatically, indeed almost dou-
bling over the last 10 years, from 15 programs
to more than 30 today, and contributing the
large majority of the Institutes revenue. Their
scope is also broader than ever, with globally
recognized programs across a wide spectrum
of domestic and foreign policy, as well as in arts
and culture.
The policy programs receive all their funding
from outside the Institute, and even during the
great recession, their work greatly expanded.
I think the reasons are their unsurpassed reputation for qual-
ity, and their unique capabilities to reach consensus in a world
increasingly characterized by bitter partisanship and policy dys-
function. Regardless of issue area, all the programs have com-
mon DNA: convening authority, superb moderation, respectful
dialogue, and aggressive movement of ideas to action.
The number of international Institutes grew to eight in
35 years, but half of them launched in the last 10. Why
the accelerated growth during this time?
Over the past decade, as global commerce and technology have
brought people closer together, the Institutes reach has also
expanded throughout the world. Our international family of
partner Aspen Institutes will celebrate a number of milestones
this year. Partners in Germany, France, and Japan will celebrate
their 40th, 30th, and 15th anniversaries, respectively. These
existing partners, as well as Aspen Italia (our largest overseas
partner), have increased their activities to mirror what we offer
in the United States, including seminars, public and policy con-
venings, and programs for young leaders. Each partner is legally,
financially, and operationally independent, but share our values
and mission.
The Institute has alsoover the past decadehelped cre-
ate partners in Spain, Romania, the Czech Republic, and India,
and we are now working on our first partner in Latin America.
Several others could soon follow. Most of our international
partnerships originate with the inspiration of people who have
been touched by participating in an Aspen event, and who then
become motivated to take that values-based learning and lead-
ership development to their own countries. Our international
partners have also enriched our US dialogues over the last 10
years by providing international participants.
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LAUNCHED IN 2005 AND
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Elliot Gerson,
Executive Vice
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Programs, Public
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How have the Institutes Fellowship programs grown
over the past 10 years?
In 2003, the Institute had three active Fellowship programs and
119 leadership fellows94 in the US, the rest in Ghana, Kenya,
Tanzania, and Uganda. In 2013, what has become the Aspen
Global Leadership Network comprises more than 1,600 Fellows
in 13 Fellowship programs drawing from 46 countries, including
China, India, and the Middle East. And its growing. Each Fel-
low is a proven leaderwith the vast majority from the world of
businesswho has decided that he or she is ready to step up.
That is, he or she will use their unique skills and platform to
address some of the greatest challenges of our time. Every Fel-
low has to carry out a project that will move them down the road
from success ... to significance.
This amazing journey all began withand drew its inspi-
ration fromthe Henry Crown Fellowship Program. I am a
Henry Crown Fellow. My project, with invaluable leadership
and support from other Fellows, moderators, Aspen trustees,
and policy program directors, has been to help take the won-
derful gift I received and to pay it forward to inspire leaders in
every corner of the world.
How extensive is the network of Aspen Global
Leadership Network Fellows to date?
The network is steadily spreading around the globe. We
launched in China just a few months ago. Our goal is to do
the same in Southeast Asia and either Mexico or Brazil in the
coming few years. Wherever you look, Aspen Leadership Fel-
lows have stepped up to lead governments, launch universities,
finance innovation, cure diseases, inspire youth, expose corrup-
tion, and much more. As important, Fellows are leading with
integrity and authenticity.
How does the Network fit into Walter Paepckes original
vision for the Institute? How does its existence help
shape its future?
In the beginning, Walter Paepcke wanted Americas business
leaders to step back from the daily fray, to pause and to think
hard about how they lead and about the kind of society that
can truly be called a good society. The mechanism to prompt
Peter Reiling,
Executive Vice
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Programs; Executive
Director, Henry Crown
Fellowship
The Aspen Global Leadership Network
Fellowship Timeline
1997 Henry Crown Fellowship Program
2001 Africa Leadership Initiative/Mozambique,
Africa Leadership Initiative/West Africa
2002 Africa Leadership Initiative/East Africa
2003 Liberty Fellowship Program (South Carolina),
Africa Leadership Initiative/South Africa
2004 Central America Leadership Initiative
2005 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellowship
in Public Leadership
2006 India Leadership Initiative; Nigeria
Leadership Initiative Senior Fellows Program
2007 Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship;
Catto Fellowship Program
2009 Middle East Leadership Initiative
2012 Aspen Teacher Leaders Fellowship
2013 China Fellowship Program
THE FIRST CLASS OF THE AFRICA LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE WALKS ON THEIR WAY TO
PERFORM ANTIGONE, A STANDARD TEXT IN THE ASPEN SEMINAR.
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that thought was the Aspen Executive Seminar. This seminar,
of course, is alive and well today. And every Leadership Fellow
around the globe participates in it as one of the four retreats
that comprise the Fellowship experience. The Aspen Global
Leadership Network is among the programs ensuring that the
Institute is relevant. The Fellows are bringing creativity and
vigor to our convenings, our policy dialogues, our board, and
our global community.
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When and why did the Institute launch The Aspen Idea?
When Walter Isaacson became president in early 2003, he was
coming directly from the media, having led both CNN and Time
magazine. He saw that the Institute was doing incredible work,
but it wasnt spreading the word. I came on to help conceive
and launch a magazine to get our story out there. We got critical
seed funding from Trustee Lynda Resnick and her husband,
Stewart, and the late Jessica Catto (wife of the late Trustee
Henry Catto), and we were off!
How has the magazine changed over the years?
In the beginning, it was a challenge to convince my colleagues
that they wanted their work to be covered in a magazine. They
were so used to operating behind closed doors and had valid
concerns about compromising the quality of the conversations
they were hosting by reporting on them. Over
the years, weve been able to find a great balance
between keeping off the record that which needs
to be, but also shining light on the fascinating and
important work going on here. So where it used to
be a challenge to fill pages, the tough part now is
fitting it all in.
What are some of the most
memorable The Aspen Idea
moments?
There are so many. Working
on The Aspen Idea is always
memorable because, just like the Institute it represents, it
engages us with fascinating people all the time. I remember
shooting the very first cover with US
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer,
who patiently stood against an aspen
tree for longer than he might have liked.
Chronicling the building from the ground
up of the Doerr-Hosier Center and the
Andy Goldsworthy sculpture on our Aspen
Meadows campus was a thrill. And, once, I
remember spotting His Holiness the Dalai
Lama deeply engaged
in reading The Aspen
Idea before he did a
roundtable dialogue
in our DC confer-
ence roomluckily
we caught that one on
film (see left).
Jamie Miller, Vice
President and Director,
Public Programs;
Editor-in-Chief of
The Aspen Idea
His Holiness the
Dalai Lama reads
The Aspen Idea.
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How have the Institutes facilities changed
Ten years ago, the Aspen Meadows property was losing money,
and our facilities had not been maintained. As a result of the
generosity of many of the Institutes trustees and supporters,
we were able to build the LEED Gold-certified Doerr-Hosier
Center with the world-renowned Andy Goldsworthy sculpture
winding through improved grounds, as well as a new reception
center and bar, and the unbelievable Greenwald Pavilion, which
accommodates more than 700 people. Contributors, such as the
Lauder, Edlis, Resnick, and Malek families, helped renovate
the stunning Resnick-Malek Health Center, an expanded and
modernized Paepcke Auditorium, and a much-improved Koch
Seminar building, ensuring the campus design legacy would
be maintained for future generations. The Wye River campus
received some much-needed refreshing over the past several
years as well. In New York, we opened a marquee midtown
office space on Madison Avenue to house our growing presence
in Manhattan.
In your role as corporate secretary to the
Board of Trustees, how have you seen
the trustees contribute to the burgeoning
growth of the Institute?
People often ask how we function with a board
of 66 active trustees, eight international partner
representatives, and 37 lifetime trustees. But
our board is incredibly involved, engaged, and
supportive. We currently manage more than
19 special committees to oversee and advise on
all of our areas from finance to arts to interna-
tional relationships. Last year, our board alone
contributed $1.8 million to fund the general
operating costs of the Institute, in addition to
providing restricted funding for capital projects
and programs. Every single one of our trustees
is involved in a deep way in our work. Trustee
leadership, advice, and attention to every aspect
of our operations have been instrumental in turn-
ing the Institute around financially and program-
matically over the past decade.
How has the Institutes financial outlook
evolved during this time?
In 2002, the Institute was struggling with debt and cash flow
problems caused by weak donor support, financial losses at
the Aspen Meadows, and poor containment of expenses. Ten
years later, we find ourselves with robust operating cash flows
due to careful management of program expenses, management
changes at the Aspen Meadows, investment in capital, profit-
able public programs, and a huge influx of donor support. We
have no debt and have successfully fostered wonderful relation-
ships with individuals, foundations, and corporations, which has
allowed us to grow and further the mission of values-based lead-
ership and lifelong learning in a civil society.
As the senior staff person in Aspen, how do you see the
growth of the Institutes relationship with the town that
inspired it?
The Institute has opened its doors wide to the Aspen area com-
munity during the past 10 years. Prior to Walter Isaacson joining
the Institute, its primary efforts were conducted in closed round-
table discussions with leaders of distinction, offering little oppor-
tunity for locals to participate. Today, we offer more than 65 days
of public programming, which ranges from affordable lectures
and panel discussions to Socratic seminars, for both adults and
students, to Great Books and foreign policy discussion groups.
The Aspen Ideas Festival alone presents close to 60 events open
to the public at affordable prices. The result has been phenom-
enal in terms of community support for the Institute.
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How has the Society of Fellows changed
The expanded vision and energy at the Institute is nowhere
more visible than in the growth and extent of our member-
ship. Thanks to trustees like Society of Fellows Chair Bonnie
McCloskey, the membership has quadrupled in the past 10
years and now includes more than 1,200 people. The financial
support provided has grown to $3 million annually and is critical
to supporting the mission of the Institute and developing a loy-
alty and pride not seen before in its history.
How has the programming for the Society
of Fellows members changed?
Over the past 10 years, the format, locations, and timing of pro-
grams have evolved to engage and challenge these important
friends of the Institute. From a few events held each summer in
Aspen, programming has expanded into year-round offerings of
symposia, luncheons, and discussion receptions in the homes of
Fellows and Institute Trustees. Fellows are invited regularly to
programs in Washington, DC, and New York City, while a new
program is being launched in San Francisco this fall.
How has the Society of Fellows
engaged younger donors?
While the Society of Fellows has had a membership category for
donors under 40, it was the Socrates Society that developed pro-
grams for them, mainly through the Socrates Seminar, founded
by Laura and Gary Lauder. Many Socrates attendees became
Society of Fellows members as they became more connected to
the Institute. In 2011, we began the Vanguard Chapter, inspired
and nurtured by Lauren McCloskey Elston. This group now
has more than 150 members, including those who have joined
through its new Washington, DC, chapter.
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The growth of the Institute over the past 10 years is a point
of pride for every individual associated with it. The public has
been welcomed into the conversation; the policy programs have
a broader issue base and more vital partnerships; the donor
base and number of Fellows stepping up have both grown
exponentiallyall while the financial management of the Insti-
tute has been disciplined and strategic. The legacy as we move
forward, though, isnt simply to maintain these large gains, but
to better impact the lives of those who participate in the civil,
nonpartisan dialogue for which the Institute is known.
For more than 60 years, the Institute has inspired and
empowered leaders to apply timeless values to finding real solu-
tions. Our scholars, fellows, and friends have gone on to shape
their companies, communities, and countries, driven by a com-
mitment to open-minded dialogue. And, yet, the growing com-
plexity and scale of global challenges requires us to do moreto
engage more people, more deeply. From education to poverty
to climate change, the need for conscientious and collaborative
problem-solving has never been greater. For this reason we have
launched the Scholars & Scholarships Campaign. The largest
and most significant program in the Institutes history, it aims
to raise $75 million to build scholarship and program resources
that will fuel every aspect of our work.
Already, through the generosity of Society of Fellows mem-
bers, with contributions from $1,000 to $10 million, we have
secured donations that account for half of our goal. It is through
these funds that we will continue to secure the Institutes role in
growing leaders through enlightened global dialogue.
THE FUTURE:
The Scholars & Scholarship Campaign
THE ASPEN CHALLENGE OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
THE CHANCE TO BECOME LEADERS BY ADDRESSING ISSUES
AFFECTING THEIR CITY, COUNTRY, AND WORLD.
For two power-packed days this past February,
160 high school students from 20 different schools
across Los Angeles joined together at the California
Science Center to hear from leaders tackling some of
the toughest challenges society faces. The mission?
To fuel these teens with the inspiration to design
solutions to pressing social problems.
BY NATALIE LACY PHOTOGRAPHY BY JONATHAN J. IOCCO
The event marked the launch of one of
the Institutes newest programs, the Aspen
Challenge. Created in partnership with the
Bezos Family Foundation, the program
provides a platform, inspiration, and tools
for high school students from varying back-
grounds to propose remedies for critical
and complicated public problems. Young
people are just moments away from being
tomorrows decision-makers, said Jackie
Bezos, president of the Bezos Family
Foundation. This program offers them a
chance to practice their critical thinking,
tap into their creativity, and offer fresh
CHALLENGE
TAKE UP THE
LOS ANGELES TEENS
perspectives on issues within our society.
Who is powerful? Who is smart?
chanted Dr. John Deasy, superintendent
of the Los Angeles Unified School District,
with his students from the stage at the
California Science Center. Smart is not
something you are. Smart is something you
become, he continued to a room crackling
with the energy of passionate kids ready to
connect with one another.
The superintendents spirit of leader-
ship is one of the reasons the program
partnered with the school district in its
inaugural year. When Deasy learned of
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just moments away
from being tomorrows
decision-makers. This
program offers them
a chance to practice
their critical thinking,
tap into their creativity,
and offer fresh
perspectives on issues
within our society.
Jackie Bezos, president
of the Bezos Family Foundation TEENS FROM 20 DIFFERENT LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOLS GATHERED
TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND 16 EXPERT PRESENTERS.
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Linda Burch, co-founder; chief education strategy
officer, Common Sense Media
Challenge: Be a good digital citizen. Take one issue
you care deeply about and find a way to use digital
media to create a positive change in your community
and inspire others to do the same.
Pierre Dulaine, founder, Dancing Classrooms; subject
of films Mad Hot Ballroom and Take the Lead
Challenge: Use an art form you like, remembering that
dance is a form of communication and conflict resolu-
tion, to make a difference and create change in your
community.
David Gallo, director, special projects,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Challenge: Find a way to start a social movement to
protect the oceans by changing others habits. Its a
difficult task because the issue is not a big event like
an oil spill, but something that happens a little bit
every single day.
Dean Kamen, founder and president, DEKA Research
and Development Corporation
Challenge: Find an effective way to direct community
activities that increase awareness of science and tech-
nology among high school students. Move the dial on
student enthusiasm, interest, and participation.
Kristin Groos Richmond, co-founder,
Revolution Foods
Challenge: Leverage under-utilized resources (e.g.
schools on the weekends) to become a place where
you and your peers could come together to create a
healthier food community.
Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright,
and Institute trustee
Challenge: Do impromptu performances to cause
those around you to open hearts, minds, and eyes,
when you perceive that they are shut.
Hugo Van Vuuren, co-founder and partner,
Experiment Fund
Challenge: Discover a local or international oppor-
tunitycultural or technologicaland propose and
design possible interventions. Then, build out and test
the intervention in the real world.
THE ASPEN CHALLENGERS
BURCH
DULAINE
GALLO
KAMEN
RICHMOND
DEAVERE SMITH
VAN VUUREN
the Aspen Challenge, he asked that it
be launched in Los Angeles. He fondly
described his own experience as a fellow
of the Institutes NewSchools program
(now known as the Pahara-Aspen Educa-
tion Fellowship), citing its influence on
his understanding of leadership. There
are moments in peoples lives that shape
you, he said. They carry you, and you
are forever affected by that. Mine is my
Aspen fellowship. I make sure that every
single solitary youth I have the privilege
of working for at LAUSD has an amazing
opportunity that no one can take away.
Deasy was one of 16 presenters who
addressed the students, along with singer/
songwriter John Legend, former astro-
naut Captain Jeffrey Ashby, and actress,
playwright, and Institute Trustee Anna
Deavere Smith. Eight of the present-
ers issued challenges to students. The
students were asked to select one, design
a solution to it, and test it within their
community.
Following the launch event, each team
embarked on a seven-week journey, creat-
ing and trying out their solutionswith
support from the Aspen Challenge team
along the way. All team members were
given a playbook, a guide with various
THE ASPEN CHALLENGE Wi nners
TEAM: William H. Taft High School
Spreading Sprouts
CHALLENGE: To grow gardens of the
mind, nourished by John Deweys expe-
riential education ideas that children
learn by sowing science, math, and the
arts.
WHAT WE GAINED: This experience
provided us a chance to apply what we
learned in the classroom to real life,
and also a chance to learn new leader-
ship skills, which will be helpful to us in
our future. Chih-chieh Lee
TEAM: Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets High
SchoolWESM Grows
CHALLENGE: Using Aquaponics, we aim to
positively influence and create a healthy community
through producing green resources on Westchester
Soil.
WHAT WE GAINED: My participation in the Aspen
Challenge has sparked an increase in my social con-
sciousness. ... It first required that we make ourselves
aware of problems and their impact on the commu-
nities around us. This forced me to be more open-
minded, a characteristic that will be of great use as I
enter the college setting. Mia Brumfield
TEAM: Downtown Magnets High School
O.C.E.A.N. Los Angeles
CHALLENGE: Organize/Change/Engage/
Act/Now (O.C.E.A.N.) Los Angeles is a
group of inner-city students dedicated to
creating a mindset of protecting the beauty
and wonder of the oceans among residents
of Los Angeles.
WHAT WE GAINED: Weve begun to cre-
ate a consciousness within our community of
inner-city Los Angeles, encouraging people to
change their ways for the better. We remind
them that the little things have an impact on
the ocean every day. Janel Mendoza
tips on how to execute their ideas, sur-
vey their community, and promote their
cause. Training sessions for each teams
coach (lead teachers in charge) were held,
while site visits and Skype sessions with
teams took place regularly.
With the help from the LAUSD
administration, we were able to tap into
each subdistricts network and roll out the
program from within, garnering immea-
surable support and ensuring its sustain-
ability in each school, said Kitty Boone,
Institute vice president and director of
public programs, who worked to launch
the program with the Bezos Family Foun-
dation. It couldnt have been a more suc-
cessful model, and we hope to replicate it
in years to come.
After seven weeks, the teams joined
together for one final time to showcase
their work in a citywide competition at the
Skirball Cultural Center. Judges, includ-
ing Institute Chairman Emeritus Bill
Mayer, Education and Society Program
Director Ross Wiener, Apple product
designer Matthew Crowley, and writer
and technology visionary Linda Stone,
among others, watched each team share
its work in an exhibition reminiscent of a
science fair. After difficult deliberation,
three of the 20 were deemed winners
and awarded the opportunity to present
their work on the global stage at the 2013
Aspen Ideas Festival.
My participation in the Aspen Chal-
lenge has helped me realize just how
powerful the teenage voice is, said Mia
Brumfield of the winning team from
Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets
High School. It helped me to see that
although at times it feels as though my
opinions get lost in the sea of voices on my
high school campus or in my community,
what I have to say regarding world issues
is both significant and relevant.
Those who werent selected were
equally influenced by the programs
power. The experience helped build stu-
dents confidence in their own abilities to
carry out innovative solutions. During the
creative process, teams reported unex-
pected shifts in their schools dynamics.
The students really want to open the
hearts and minds of our student body to
be more tolerant of one another, said
Jennifer Osorio, the coach of the Ban-
ning High School team.
The coaches also described immediate
changes in their students attitudes and an
unwavering interest in their work. They
beat me to school, sitting in the hallway
outside my door at 6:30 am, reported
Fairfax High School team coach Frda
Antoine.
The lasting effects of this new Institute
program are already tangible. Some teams
have formed clubs within their schools
dedicated to continuing the work of their
selected challenge. Others aim to make
JOHN LEGEND OFFERED HIS VIEWS ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP TO 160 TEENS
AT THE ASPEN CHALLENGE IN LOS ANGELES.
their challenge events annual, striving to plan something even
bigger and better next year.
With the success of this initial launch, the Aspen Challenge
hopes to continue its relationship with the Los Angeles school
district, launching the program in a new city each year, as well.
It will continue to empower the next generation to think boldly,
lead with integrity, and develop necessary skills to deal with the
critical issues they will face. A
There are moments in peoples lives that
shape you. They carry you, and you are forever
affected by that. Mine is my Aspen fellowship.
I make sure that every single solitary youth
I have the privilege of working for at LAUSD
has an amazing opportunity that no one
can take away.
Dr. John Deasy, superintendent of the Los Angeles
Unified School District
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Aspen in the Middle East
Uprisings throughout the Middle East and North
Africa have shown the destabilizing impact of widespread
unemployment and limited opportunities. Economic stag-
nation is a major obstacle to securing the region for those
living there, as well as for the US and its allies abroad.
Two initiatives, each born in the Institutes Middle East
Programs, seek to help build financial stability across the
region by encouraging entrepreneurship in areas with needs
as disparate as Jordan and the Palestinian territories. These
programs, Partners for a New Beginning and Middle East
Investment Initiative, each use unique tools to enhance
the livelihoods of those they affect, though the goal is the
samebuild lasting diplomacy one entrepreneur, one
family, one community at a time.
THE AMMAN CITADEL IN JORDAN WAS JUST ONE OF THE
SITES OF A HIKE TAKEN WITH A GROUP OF AMERICAN
INVESTORS AND JORDANIAN ENTREPRENEURS LOOKING
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Over the past two years, the
Middle East has been in the midst of an
incredible political and economic trans-
formation. While not every country has
undergone a revolution, no country has
been able to avoid the political ramifications
that have accompanied stagnant economic
growth and high levels of unemployment.
In that respect, the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan is no different. However, what sets
Jordan apart from its neighbors is that it has
been working creatively through multiple
avenues to foster innovative solutions to its
economic challenges. One of those paths
has been through the Institutes Partners for
a New Beginning, a public-private partner-
ship aimed at creating jobs and fostering
economic opportunity throughout the
Middle East and North Africa.
(T)he Partnership is focused on
four goals: generating economic oppor-
tunity and entrepreneurship, fostering
innovation in science and technology,
improving education, and encouraging
people-to-people exchanges, says former
Secretary of State and Institute Trustee
Madeleine Albright, who chairs the
program. In just its first two years, PNB
has established local chapters in 10 coun-
tries, helped to generate more than 180
partnerships, and enlisted the support of
a broad array of prominent corporations,
academic institutions, and NGOs.
In Jordan, PNB is advancing its top
prioritycreating economic opportu-
nityby focusing on two key areas: entre-
preneurship and education. In a time of
sky-high unemployment and public sector
downsizing, many young Jordanians have
attempted to become entrepreneurs in
a bid to create their own job opportuni-
ties. For those who are skilled enough
to take their business ideas to the next
level, there are more formidable obstacles
down the road, namely, connecting with a
trusted advisor and mentor who can offer
guidance and help in accessing seed capi-
tal for growth.
The program recognized this gap in
Jordans startup ecosystem and responded
by leading a delegation of 19 American
and international venture capitalists and
serial entrepreneurs to Jordan for a week
dedicated to engaging the countrys entre-
preneurial element and mentoring its
emerging leaders. Along the way, the group
helped broker lasting relationships between
the delegates and entrepreneurs, including
several that have evolved into firm invest-
ments and business partnerships, bringing
valuable know-how and capital to Jordan.
While formal mentorship sessions were
organized for business-plan critiques and
feedback on pitch slides, PNB hosted
several unconventional events for mentors
and entrepreneurs to bond. Both parties
learned to fly kites in a field overlooking
the Citadel, Jordans ancient Roman ruins,
and hiked through Petra while discussing
business challenges and the best practices
of successful American entrepreneurs.
Jordanian business owner Rama
Kayyali co-founded Little Thinking Minds
after realizing there were few Arabic
educational videos for kids. Her company
now produces much-needed high-quality,
Jordanians Get an
Entrepreneurial Edge
BY TONI VERSTANDIG, MAYSAM ALI, AND KEVIN JONES
A DIRECTOR AT AMAZON AND SERIAL
ENTREPRENEUR, CHARLIE KINDEL BROUGHT
HIS ANGEL INVESTMENT KNOW-HOW TO
JORDAN ON A RECENT PARTNERS FOR A
NEW BEGINNING TRIP.
I feel blessed that I was able to
meet so many smart, passionate,
and driven entrepreneurs in
the region. My worldview was
significantly altered as a result,
and I am grateful for that.
Charlie Kindel, director at
Amazon
original , and culturally sensitive Arabic
content for children under 7 years old.
During a hike through Petra with the
delegation, Kayyali met a delegate who
offered her advice, as well as an invest-
ment, which helped close a funding round
and grow her business.
The delegation also met with non-
governmental organizations working in
the entrepreneurship space, university
students, business leaders, and the tech
companies. Jordans King Abdullah II
received the group, which offered him rec-
ommendations for supporting the business
environment, and commended Jordans
support for women entrepreneurs.
I feel blessed that I was able to meet
so many smart, passionate, and driven
entrepreneurs in the region, said Ameri-
can delegate Charlie Kindel, a director
at Amazon and founder of the Seattle-
based BizLogr, among other startups. My
worldview was significantly altered as a
result, and I am grateful for that.
While todays economic challenges
often appear insurmountable, partner-
ships can go a long way in supporting
nascent businesses and emerging business
leaders. They often provide knowledge
and connections that can be lacking,
despite todays digital connectivity. PNB
is seeding opportunities through building
strategic relationships with key stakehold-
ers and is building the new model of
economic engagement in the Middle East
and North Africa.
Almost a month on and people are
still talking about the experience in a very
positive light, with much optimism for
potential collaboration and cooperation,
said the Managing Director of Jordan-
based Dash Ventures Omar Sati. The
impact of the program was enormous,
and keeping the communications, links,
bonds, and relationships that were built
during that week alive and active is
crucial. A
A HIKE IN PETRA SECURES TIME FOR JORDANIAN
ENTREPRENEURS AND PARTNERS FOR A NEW
BEGINNING DELEGATES TO EXCHANGE INSIGHT
AND INVESTMENT IDEAS.
THE PARTNERS FOR A NEW BEGINNING DELEGATION MET WITH
JORDANS KING ABDULLAH II AT THE OASIS 500 OFFICES IN AMMAN.
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By bringing the PNB
delegation to Jordan,
the Oasis 500
Angel Investment
Network expanded
by 19 people.
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to support educational
pursuits were contributed to
the community empowerment
organization Ruwwad in
East Amman.
of Jordans
entrepreneurial
ecosystem, three
of whom shared
investment
insights during
a weeklong
conference with
a delegation of
investors who
traveled to the
US from the
Maghreb
19 NEW CHAMPIONS
2 SCHOLARSHIPS
established between PNB delegates and
Jordanian entrepreneurs
19+ MENTOR RELATIONSHIPS
A PNB delegate will support the
growth of Ruwwad in Egypt.
A reverse
delegation
of Jordanian
entrepreneurs
and investors
will visit the US
to learn best
practices of
entrepreneurship.
Angel Investment
Network expanded
by 19 people.
JORDANS GDP
Construction
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Agriculture
2.3%
Tourism
14.3%
Technology
14.1%
Manufacturing
17.7%
Other
Industries
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A PNB delegate has begun
conversations about the creation
of a Jordan-based satellite office
of the Unreasonable Institute,
a social entrepreneurship incubator
based in Boulder, Colorado.
As work continues to find a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian region, Palestin-
ians suffer a sinking sense of hope and a high level of frustration. They experience widespread poverty, sharp
contraction in manufacturing and agriculture, and a realization that their future may be limited by the fact that,
for example, only 41 percent of 15- to 29-year-olds in the West Bank are active participants in the labor force,
despite a culture that has generated the highest literacy rate in the region. Even worse, as the World Bank
pointed out in its March 2013 report, the labor force participation rate for females is abysmally low at a mere
17 percent ... and that as many as 57 percent of individuals over the age of 15 are outside the labor force.
Small Business Loans Offer
Palestinian Families Big Gains
BY BERL BERNHARD AND JIM PICKUP PHOTOGRAPHY BY SUSAN HALE THOMAS
Mohammed, Khadirs son, recently turned 6. He and his family live in the West Bank
village of Nus Ijbail, which has approximately 600 inhabitants, mostly farmers.
Through the local agricultural co-op, the farmers have been able to improve the
quality of their products and attract better pricesnearly three times what they
were previously able to secure. With increased wages, they are able to remain in the
village and invest in their childrens education.
Olive oil is deeply rooted
in Palestinian culture and
history, and its impor-
tance to the economy
is immense. Nearly 80
percent of farmed land
in the West Bank and
Gaza is dedicated to olive
orchards, and the olive
harvest accounts for
up to 25 percent of the
gross agricultural income.
Khadir Khadir (pictured
left, planting an olive
tree) previously worked
away from his family at
an Israeli plastics factory.
By supporting Khadirs
co-op, Canaan Fair Trade,
the Institutes Middle East
Investment Initiative has
allowed Khadir to return
to his village, invest in his
familys land, and secure a
future for his children.
In addition to
olive oil, Canaan
Fair Trade
produces organic
condiments, herbs
and spices, and
other dried foods.
Here, workers
are inspecting
almonds, some of
which will be sent
to Ben & Jerrys
in Vermont to be
included in their
ice cream.
The Institute created the Middle East Investment Initiative in 2005 to help strengthen
the Palestinian economy and create jobs. Now an independent nonprofit organization, the
program has avoided any involvement in the political stalemate between Palestinians and
Israelis, focusing instead on improving access to financing for small- and medium-sized
enterprises, which are the life blood of the Palestinian economy. They comprise 95 percent
of businesses and employ more than 80 percent of the private-sector workforce, but are
seriously handicapped by their limited access to credit.
To address this imbalance, the program launched a Loan Guarantee Facility in 2007,
which will stimulate more than $228 million in lending over the 10-year life of the program
and permanently transform the Palestinian banking sector. To date, the program has sup-
ported over $93 million in lending, which has helped create over 7,500 private sector jobs.
Over $40 million has already been repaid, and the default rate for these guaranteed loans
is below 2 percent.
More important than simple numbers, however, is the ripple effect that each loan has
on the immediate and future lives of individual Palestinians and their families. For exam-
ple, the program recently supported a substantial loan to a fair-trade agricultural coop-
erative operating near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. The loan was used to
purchase a modern Italian-made olive-oil press and stainless steel storage tanks, which will
allow over 1,700 local farmers to produce, export, and market high-quality organic olive oil.
One of those farmersand his familyis pictured on these pages. A
Olive oil soap has been
made for centuries in
the West Bank. The
high-quality natural
product is used locally
and exported to Europe
and North America. By
developing such products
and expanding trade, the
Palestinian economy will
become less dependent
on donor assistance and
subsequently, more self-
sufficient and stable.
Economic stability is fundamental to creating peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa.
As President Obama said on his recent trip to the region, Like people everywhere, Palestinians
deserve a future of hopethat their rights will be respected, that tomorrow will be better than today,
and that they can give their children a life of dignity and opportunity. MEII is doing just that.
T
he Institutes Henry Crown Fellowship Program was named for a
man whose entrepreneurial spirit was only outpaced by his service
to society, and his insistence that business leaders fulfill a civic
responsibility to their communities. The program began in 1996,
when the trustees of the Henry and Gladys Crown Charitable Trust
Fund; the late Muriel Hoffman and her husband, Francis; and the late David
McLaughlin , then-president of the Aspen Institute, began a partnership to create
a program with the goal to inspire the next generation of business leaders to follow
the precepts of value-based leadership that had characterized the life and career of
this extraordinary American.
Each class of 20 Henry Crown Fellows is
chosen from a wide pool of accomplished
entrepreneurial leaders who have achieved
substantial success in creating and leading
dynamic organizations, primarily in the busi-
ness sector. The two-year program culminates
in the creation of a leadership project offering
a tangible benefit to society. Lester Crown,
Henrys son, has been an engaged advocate
and supporter of the program since its incep-
tion. To encourage even more young leaders
rise from success to significance, the Crown
family has recently announced the gift of
$10 million to strengthen
the endowment of the
Fellowship.
The generous contribu-
tion comes as Lesters own
son and current president
of Henry Crown and Com-
pany, Jim Crown, assumes
a leadership role at the
Institute on the Board of
Trustees. With this gift,
the family not only hopes
to ensure that the legacy
of one of the countrys
most successful and most philanthropic members
of corporate America lives, but also hopes to
inspire others to express their own familys legacy
through a gift that would encourage enlightened
leadership.
Institute Vice President and Henry Crown
Fellowship Managing Director Eric Motley sat
down with the Crowns to talk about the legacy
theyve established.
Eric Motley: Lester, how does the Henry Crown
Fellowship embody your fathers principles?
Lester Crown: The principals that dad intuitively
lived up to were honesty, loyalty, ingenuity, and a
lot of very hard work. They produced a very suc-
cessful life. His deep appreciation for living in this
country motivated him to give back a substantial
amount of what he earned. The original idea of the
Henry Crown Fellowship was to convince, or fur-
ther convince, already successful men and women
25 to 40 that there is great satisfaction in doing
good deeds for others and that good guys can finish
first.
EM: Jim, your father aimed to codify your
grandfathers legacy through the Henry Crown
Fellowship. You have taken over your fathers
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leadership role by joining the Board of Trustees and
continuing the familys support of the Fellowship. What does
this legacy mean to you and the rest of the Crown family?
Jim Crown: All of us are immensely proud to be part of a
family and a family business that looks to Henry Crown as its
founder. My grandfather and father are role models for all of us,
and we work daily to live up to their core values: integrity, com-
passion, humility, and devotion to community and family. The
Henry Crown Fellowship has become a wonderful forum where
these values can be discussed and encouraged. In that way it has
become an ever-renewing reminder of the life and accomplish-
ments of Henry Crown.
EM: We talk a lot about making a dent in the universe and the
project component is very critical to the Henry Crown Fellow-
ship. Explain why this continues to be such an important part of
the program.
LC: It is so easy to forget how lucky we are to live in the United
States. We should use this good fortune to make this a better
I am truly honored to be
among an incredible group
of Henry Crown Fellows. The
program brought significant
texture to how I think about
my role as a leader and the
impact we all can and should
have.
Andrea Wong, president of
international, Sony Pictures
Entertainment; president of
international production,
Sony Pictures Television;
HCF Class 10
How do you put words to an experience that grew your
heart by 20 new brothers and sisters? How do you describe
the impact of fully embracing a mission-centered life?
Because of the Henry Crown Fellowship, I have a guiding
light that challenges me to inspire optimism and to make
goodness manifest despite any challenges and opposing
forces that rise up. My Henry
Crown experience was like
that chapter in a novel when
the protagonist embarks
on an earth-shattering
adventure. With the Aspen
Global Leadership Network at
my back, Im moving towards
my true destiny. And I cant
wait to see what is next!
Carla Vernn, business
unit director, Family Favorite
Cereals, General Mills, HCF
Class 09
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EM: The Institute is grateful for the $10 million endowment
youLesterand Renee have so generously given to the
Fellowship. Given the array of causes so dear to you, why this?
Why now?
LC: It has become a spectacularly successful program, and we
want to see it continue indefinitely.
EM: Jim, as the future of the Crown family, and as part of the
Institutes future, where do you see this Fellowship in another
16 years?
JC: I feel like each class of Fellows adds luster and prominence
to a great program. Each group of 20 has made wonderful con-
tributions to the common good. I hope this continues over the
next 16 years. Also, by 2029,
most of the members of my
family will never have met my
grandfather. I hope the Henry
Crown Fellowship Program is
a venue where they can learn
more about Henry Crown as a
person and the impact his life
has had on so many. A
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world for our children and our
grandchildren. Do something
constructive, no matter how
small.
JC: The question makes me
smile, as it captures a cen-
tral element of how personal
responsibility is taught in Jew-
ish households: Tikkun olam, or
repair the universe. Its such
a simple and noble thought,
and it offers a great reference
point for how we should all
think about our obligations to
society. The Fellowship projects
demand a very focused and tan-
gible effort at repair.
EM: As mentors, youve both
had the opportunity to interact
more intimately with Fellows.
What has this experience meant
to you?
LC: Ive learned how very, very
smart, ingenious, and motivated
they are.
JC: I agree. Its inspiring to see
what talented people are think-
ing about when asked how they
want to make a difference.
EM: What has surprised you
both most about the Henry
Crown Fellowship?
LC: That it has become so suc-
cessful, but that is due to the
leadership of David McLaugh-
lin, Walter Isaacson, Keith Ber-
wick, Ben Dunlap, Skip Battle,
Peter Reiling, and you, Eric.
JC: I will be honestI never
thought we (or the Institute)
could persuade talented and
ambitious people to add this activity to their incredibly busy
schedules. The leadership my dad mentions deserves great
credit for this success, but I would also acknowledge the virtu-
ous cycle of having great classes of Fellows inspire their succes-
sors to participate.

EM: Lester, when your father gave seed money to Conrad
Hilton to start a hotel chain, little did he know that the divi-
dends would pay off so grandly. You took a similar risk 16 years
ago, investing in the Henry Crown Fellowship. Are the divi-
dends paying off as youd expected?
LC: Paying offin spades.
HOPLAMAZIAN
The Henry Crown Fellowship is what keeps me grounded in
times oftremendouschange and challenge. The time I have
spent with the reading material, with my class, and with the
staff of the Aspen Institute put my executive self and my
personal self in proper historical context and provided me
with decision-making tools that make me better at nearly
everything I do. It has been and continues to be a life-
changing experience.
Ted Sarandos, chief content officer, Netflix, HCF Class 08
I became a Henry
Crown Fellow and my
life changed forever. The
content was provocative.
The engagement by the
moderators was inspiring
and challenging.The
focus on values as the
foundation for leadership
was powerful.And the
most significant impact
of all came through the
authentic, emotional, and
personal experience of
coming together with 19
others, developing mutual
trust in a remarkably
short period of time, and
beginning what have
turned out to be powerful
friendships.
Mark Hoplamazian,
president and CEO,
Hyatt Corporation,
HCF Class 03
The Henry Crown
Fellowship program has
been invaluable to me. My
approach to values-based
leadership, my ability to
draw on guidance from
everything from Antigone
to Letter from Birmingham
Jail, and my relationships
with extraordinary fellow
Henry Crown Fellows have all
been sourcesof considerable
strength as I have confronted
significant challenges.I
am incredibly grateful to
the Crown family for their
support of this amazing fellowship.
Jack Markell, governor, state of Delaware, HCF Class 04
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BY PEGGY CLARK, DAN GLICKMAN, DAVID MONSMA, TONI VERSTANDIG, AND NIC BUCKLEY
What Is Food Security?
In this case, the 2011 doubling of global wheat
prices, resulting from unusual climate events in
China, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, and Australia,
shook the political stability of Egypt. Through
these events, we saw that the stability of the entire
global community, not just the Middle East and
North Africa, is dependent on the balance of our
food systems.
Alongside changes in climate and threats to
political stability from increasingly interdepen-
dent markets, we also expect that, by 2050, an
estimated 9 billion people will inhabit the planet.
Yet, our global ability to sustainably feed this
growing population, with increasing demands
from a growing middle class for meat-rich diets,
is uncertain.
What used to be seen as periodic acute mis-
matches between supply and demand in particular
geographic regions has instead become a looming
global challenge. All signs indicate that food secu-
rity will be one of the greatest challenges of this
century. Solutions must now be developed that
will pave the way for holistic transformation of our
global food systems.
Recognizing the complexity and severity of the
issue and the geopolitical, humanitarian, and envi-
ronmental challenges it poses, three of the Aspen
Institutes policy programsthe Middle East Pro-
grams, Aspen Global Health and Development,
and the Energy and Environment Programhave
come together to take this issue head on through a
cross-program, Institute-style strategy group.
UNDERSTANDING FOOD SECURITY
Many forcesincluding political conflict, climate
change, inadequate infrastructure, and the absence
of capable governancethreaten food price stabil-
ity and general food security. In the Middle East,
the Syrian conflict has displaced more than four
million people. The civil war has substantially dis-
rupted markets and livelihoods, shattering food
security in the process. Syrian fruit, vegetable, and
cereal production has been cut in half, and refugees
fleeing into Jordan and Lebanon are putting great
T
HE EVENTS THAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS
the Arab Spring were caused, to a great extent, by
climate change and the resulting effects on food
prices. In the developing world, food insecurity is
most often experienced this waynot as a physical
food shortage, but as increasing and volatile food prices.
Aspen
Institute
programs
collaborate
for the first
time to
address one
of the most
pressing
global issues
of the
century.
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strain on the receiving countries resources. In other
cases, tropical storms like those in the Philippines
and Haiti similarly threaten regional food security.
(Global Food Security Update)
Looking beyond singular events to the current
situation globally, long-term food security is most
threatened in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast
Asia. In these regions, food consumption accounts
for an overwhelmingly high percentage of a fam-
ilys household expenditurearound 70 percent in
Congo and Cambodia. Low levels of food afford-
ability, availability, quality, and safety compound the
issue. While East and West Africa, Central America,
and Asia have recently strengthened their food
security due to abundant harvests, Southern Africa
is now reaching its annual peak in food insecurity.
Food security not only encompasses adequate
food supplies, but also nutrition. If the expected
population growth by 2050 is realized, increased
demands will be made on an already strained
ecological and agricultural resource base and
would expose even greater numbers of people to
the specters of hunger, malnutrition, and poverty.
Malnutrition is an underlying cause of one-third of
the global total of childrens deaths. For those who
survive, malnutrition still exacts a heavy toll. Indi-
viduals suffering from chronic malnutrition lose
10 percent of their potential lifetime earnings, and
entire countries lose 2 to 3 percent of their annual
GDP. (Food. Farming. Future: Breaking the Cycle
of Malnutrition and Poverty, 2012)
Preparing for the global challenge of stable
and healthy diets, alongside increasing population
pressures on natural resources, will require long-
term, permanent changes in policy and the eco-
nomics of our food systems. Agriculture financing
for smallholder farmers, government food safety
net programs, availability of quality protein, and
diet diversificationall of these levers can be used
by governments to create stable food systems for
the future. (Global Food Security Index)
Today, advances in the areas of genomics, plant
breeding, ecology, and climate are leading the way,
yet progressive policies are also needed to support
these developments. Development policies should
aim to break cycles of poverty and increase global
food security by connecting farmers to larger busi-
nesses and global markets. We must improve coor-
dination among international financial institutions
to remove obstacles to finance access for the agri-
culture sector in developing nations. And markets
must be developed that can address price volatility
by providing farmers access to risk-management
tools, and insurance and hedging mechanisms.
In identifying solutions to these great food-
security challenges, there is a distinct need to work
across the agriculture, energy, trade, economics,
ecology, finance, and health sectors.
LOOKING AT THE ROAD AHEAD
The Institute collaborative is working to support
leaders in answering this key question: How can
the world feed a growing population sustain-
ably and equitably without exceeding the natural
resources carrying capacity of the planet?
Aspens Food Security Strategy Group will
be a tool to inform and empower leaders; identify
breakthrough ideas with the potential to influ-
ence relevant food-security factors; and engage
communities, businesses, governments, and other
leaders across the globe. Group dialoguesoccur-
ring over several yearswill seek to prepare
leaders to improve coordination between NGO
and private sector efforts, address challenges of
local governance, strengthen the rule of law and
sanctity of contract in agriculture markets, support
smallholder and women farmers, and develop in-
country leadership over food infrastructure.
A few assumptions can be made about the solu-
tions needed for achieving food security over the
next century. First, globalismalong with globally
interdependent food marketsis here to stay. At
the same time, only approximately 25 percent of
world farm output is traded globally, according
to WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy (Reuters,
2009), due to the bulky and perishable nature of
food. This means that only a handful of countries,
such as the US and Brazil, are expected to produce
the bulk of food that will fill the gaps around the
world.
Secondly, agricultural production must increase
in volume and nutritional value. While we now
produce enough to feed the current world popu-
lation, additional calories will be needed to meet
expected future population changes (both growth
and dietary shifts). At the same time, expand-
ing global food production cannot be the only
solution to food security, due to natural resource
constraints and the impact of agriculture on the
environment. We must fundamentally alter the
nature of our global food systems to achieve long-
term sustainability.
THE NEED FOR ACTION
While food security is receiving long-due levels of
heightened media attention, academic scrutiny,
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and financial investment, we are currently failing
to cultivate the leadership required to achieve the
UN Food and Agriculture Organizations vision
for global access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious
food.
A host of actors are tackling food security in
important ways. The World Economic Forums
New Vision for Agriculture program, for example,
has developed a road map for achieving food secu-
rity by midcentury that highlights investment in
agriculture, innovative collaboration models, and
private sector contributions. Other organizations
have worked to highlight those developing ground-
breaking innovations, including the World Food
Prize, which this year honored Daniel Hillel, the
Israeli scientist credited with developing water-
saving drip irrigation methods for the worlds driest
climates.
However, establishing leadership and strong
governance over food security remains of critical
importance. In a series of scoping meetings hosted
by the Institute this past year, experts identified
essential gaps left unaddressed by current initia-
tives, including social safety nets, food guidelines
that incorporate environmental factors, population
pressures, and policy focused on the regulation of
the entire food system to encourage public health,
sustainability, and economic development.
Now is the time to foster action at the highest
levels of leadership, which, in turn, must guide
collaboration across sectors, taking advantage of
the synergies between technology, health, environ-
mental sustainability, and international trade for
achieving food security.
WHY ASPEN? BRIDGING SECTORS AT
THE HIGHEST LEVEL
In June 2013, the Institute launched the Food
Security Strategy Group through an inaugural
dialogue in Marrakech, hosted by the OCP Group,
a Moroccan phosphates company.
Dialogue co-chairs for the Strategy Group
include former Secretary of State and Institute
board member Madeleine K. Albright; for-
mer US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle;
Nigerian philanthropist and Chairman of Heirs
Holdings Tony Elumelu; former Secretary of
Agriculture and Institute Congressional Program
Executive Director Dan Glickman; and former
Secretary General, EU Council, and Brookings
Institution Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Javier
Solana. OCP Group, Bunge Ltd., Dupont, and
Land O Lakes Inc. are graciously supporting this
strategy group and offer important perspective
alongside other corporations.
The strategy group model positions a diverse
array of experts and stakeholders to interrogate an
issue through open dialogue, with a sharp focus on
strategic planning and action-oriented outcomes.
The group is taking a long-term, global, systems
approach to understanding the food-security cri-
sis. Specific issues being addressed through these
Institute convenings are water usage, entrepre-
neurship, human capacity, technical support to
farmers, availability of public education to both
genders, and building the capacity of universities
and research institutions. These are just a few of
the priority items that leaders will need to face in
the decades to come.
The Institutes strength as a convener enables
it to fulfill this unique role within the food-
security community. Its cross-sector, global, and
high-level examination of leadership strategies
makes it crucially relevant in both the US and
international food-security contexts. The multiday,
deep-dialogue format provides participants with
an intimate off-the-record opportunity to listen to
experts and consult with their peers in an environ-
ment removed from the demands of the outside
world. Participants will be able to take the time
to be thoroughly immersed in the complex web of
factors to be considered in strategic food-security
planning.
The success of this Strategy Group will be
determined not only by the development of rec-
ommendations for policymakers, businesses, mar-
kets, and other actors, but also by the ability of par-
ticipating leaders to formulate a set of global values
upon which the group can agree to structure their
own sector strategies, and influence fellow leaders.
With global leaders acting in concert toward long-
term food security, we will strengthen our ability
to maintain complex food systems in a world expe-
riencing massive climate change, population shifts
and future pressures we have yet to encounter. A
Peggy Clark is the vice president of policy pro-
grams, executive director of Aspen Global Health
and Development, and director of Artisan Partners
@Aspen. As executive director of Aspen Global
Health and Development, Peggy leads programs
promoting breakthrough solutions to global
development.
Dan Glickman is the executive director of the
Aspen Institute Congressional Program, a nongov-
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governmental, nonpartisan educational program
for members of the United States Congress. The
program provides lawmakers with a stronger
grasp of critical public policy issues by conven-
ing high-level conferences and breakfast meetings
in which legislators are brought together with
internationally-recognized academics, experts,
and leaders to study the issues and explore various
policy alternatives.
David Monsma is the executive director of the
Institutes Energy and Environment Program,
which includes the Catto Fellowship Program, the
Aspen Energy Policy Forum, and the Aspen Com-
mission on Arctic Climate Change. An attorney by
training, Monsma has 20 years of policy experience
in environmental law, sustainable development,
and corporate governance.
Toni Verstandig is chair of the Institutes Middle
East Programs and senior vice president at the S.
Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. At
the Institute, she oversees the Secretariat for the
recently launched Partners for a New Beginning.
Nic Buckley is senior project manager for the
Institutes Energy and Environment Program.
She serves as project lead for the Food Security
Strategy Group, and manages the Energy and
Environment Programs developing land and ocean
conservation work.
WORKS CITED
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nutrition and Poverty. (2012, Spring). Retrieved
March 25, 2013, from ONE.org: http://www.
one.org/c/international/policybrief/4251
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BY MELODY C. BARNES AND STEVE PATRICK
Communities Coming
Together
As a small child, Shawnice lost her father to
street violence and her mother to drug addiction,
and, in spite of her success in the classroom, she
lacked the network she needed. The transition
from high school to collegelike many transitions
beforewas challenging. After a few semesters,
overwhelmed by the financial burden of paying for
college while supporting her aging grandmother,
she dropped out of school.
What happened to Shawnice is sadly common.
She was one of 6.7 million youth between the ages
of 16 and 24 in the USdefined as opportunity
youthwho are disconnected from school and
employment. The impact of disconnection experi-
enced by young people like Shawnice ripples out
to affect families, communities, and the broader
economic landscape of the United States.
Young people in this demographic present
substantial challenges to taxpayers. They are more
likely to receive government support and experi-
ence lower earnings over their lifetime. According
to research reported in Collective Impact for
Opportunity Youth, The average opportunity
youth costs taxpayers $13,900 per year between
the ages of 16 and 24, and a total of $148,790 over
the rest of their lifetime. This translates to $4.75
trillion for the aggregate lifetime costs to society
for the opportunity-youth population. This num-
ber accounts for losses due to low wages, criminal
activity, health care, and a lack of economic mobil-
ity because of low education attainment.
Improving outcomes is a moral imperative and
has the potential to disrupt a multigenerational
cycle of poverty for young people and their fami-
lies. Helping to fix the problem will strengthen the
talent pipeline for employers and alleviate a sub-
stantial economic burden on the country. Investing
in opportunity youth is not only the right thing to
do, but has the potential for significant return.
In The Economics of Investing in Opportu-
nity Youth, the authors report that investing in
effective programming that serves at least 280,000
opportunity youth costs roughly $7 billion, and,
yet, yields a return of investment of $32 billion.
For each dollar invested in successful opportunity-
youth programming, there is a 470 percent return
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HILE HER PEERS WERE RELYING ON
the knowledge and networks of their par-
ents to select a college, enroll in courses,
and chart a clear pathway toward future
economic security, Shawnice Jacksonwho
was raised by her single grandmotherfelt lost and confused. School selection, the
intricacies of completing financial-aid forms, and matching a degree program to her
goals and interests were foreign to her and to her grandmother.
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to the taxpayer over a lifetime, which manifests in
a stronger and more viable economy. The benefits
can also be measured by the economic mobility of
future generations, a positive impact on the peer
networks of opportunity youth, and an expansion
of community development from an increase in
civic engagement activities.
The important elements of effective program-
ming include intensive re-engagement and re-
enrollment into degree-credentialing programs
with value in the labor market. For example, the
School District of Philadelphia, working in part-
nership with the Philadelphia Youth Network,
established one location to provide young people
with access to high school diplomas and GED pro-
grams; connect them to transitional resources such
as employment, housing, and child care; and offer
supportive guidance counselors to help guide the
transition back to school and employment.
We know the challenge. We know what works.
The question is: what will we do to support oppor-
tunity youth?
CUTTING ACROSS SECTORS
In December 2010, President Obama formed the
White House Council for Community Solutions.
The president tasked the Council with identifying
locally derived, successful solutions to big societal
challenges and distilling the essential elements of
those solutions so interested communities could
adopt them and take them to scale.
Cross-sector collaboratives were quickly rec-
ognized as a meaningful strategy for achieving
change at the local level. The Council decided to
apply this strategy to reconnecting young people
to school and work in communities across the
country. The White House Council for Commu-
nity Solutions concluded its work in June 2012, but
an action-oriented nongovernment organization
would be needed to continue the mission.
Institute President Walter Isaacson and Execu-
tive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs
Elliot Gerson answered the call. Today, the Aspen
Forum for Community Solutions and the Oppor-
tunity Youth Incentive Fund reside at the Institute
as its newest antipoverty program.
A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions mis-
sion is to support collaboration that enables commu-
nities to effectively address their most pressing chal-
lenges. Collective impact occurs when organizations
from different sectors agree to solve a specific social
problem using a common agenda, aligning their
efforts and using common measures of success.
The Aspen Forum is supporting a rapidly
growing field focused on community collabora-
tion. Considerable resources are being put toward
building a digital forum and community of practice
that provides local leaders with the knowledge and
tools they need to achieve impact.
INVESTING IN BEST PRACTICES
The Aspen Forum has recently officially launched
its Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund. The Fund
supports community collaboratives comprised
of nonprofit, philanthropic, and private-sector
and government actors working together to build
and scale pathways to postsecondary credentials
and careers for opportunity youth. In an effort to
highlight the communities across the country who
are poised to take their programs even further, the
Institute team, working in partnership with Jobs
for the Future, will select more than 15 groups
to receive up to $7 million in implementation or
development grants over a four-year period.
The Fund will award a small number of commu-
nities with existing collaboratives and a high poten-
tial for success grants of up to $500,000 over three
years. These implementation grants will require a
one-to-one match from local philanthropic partners.
A larger number of earlier stage collaboratives will
receive 12-month awards of up to $100,000. These
grants aim to help these collectives grow capacity,
which could lead to larger grants from the Forum if
the planning year is successful.
STRIVING FOR DIVERSITY
On March 15, 2013, an invitation to apply to the
Fund was extended to 36 communities across the
country. Urban, rural, and tribal communities from
Maine to California were invited. A diversity of
organizations in those placesincluding commu-
nity colleges, mayors offices, community founda-
tions, local education nonprofits, and workforce
investment boardswere identified to serve as the
lead coordinators for the collaboratives. Having a
diverse group of organizations leading the work
will serve to better inform the collective impact
field and vary the learning from this work.
Although still in development, the Aspen
Forum and Fund are currently supported by inves-
tors from national and regional foundations. The
Aspen Forum has just begun to engage individual
donors to join national partners as investors. These
philanthropic leaders comprise the Opportunity
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serves to guide the design and implementation
of the Fund. Together with staff from the Aspen
Forum and Jobs for the Future, the Funds Lead-
ership Council will select the final communities to
participate in July 2013.
After the July announcement, the selected com-
munities will gather in Washington, DC, to begin to
build a peer-to-peer network. Our grantees will con-
tinue to share information as part of an Opportunity
Youth Incentive Fund community that will allow
local leaders to learn from one another, address
common challenges, and share tools to expand
the field and support greater adoption of this col-
laborative approach. In November 2013, the com-
munity grantees and the Leadership Council will
come together for an exchange of ideas, knowledge
development, and field-building opportunities on
the Institutes Aspen Meadows campus in Colorado.
A CALL TO ACTION
The momentum surrounding better outcomes for
opportunity youth is palpablethe White House,
governors mansions, and mayors offices; non-
profit and private-sector institutions; foundations,
faith groups, and schools are all coming together
for the cause. Our country is taking on the tough
challenge of reconnecting our youth to education
and employment, and there is unprecedented
alignment of grass-top and grass-root efforts to
drive a national agenda. We can do this for and
with young men and women like Shawnice, whose
experience proves that pathways to education and
employment make a difference. After all, dropping
out of high school wasnt the end of her story.
Though Shawnice wasnt in school, she learned
about an AmeriCorps service opportunity through
the local Public Allies program in Baltimore,
Maryland. She jumped at the opportunity to be a
part of a program committed to youth and commu-
nity service. After serving two successful program
terms, she was awarded education stipends total-
ing $11,000 with which she repaid her defaulted
loans, andwith the support of guidance counsel-
orsenrolled at the University of Maryland, Balti-
more campus. Today, Shawnice is a senior studying
human services administration with a focus on
Community Development and Civic Engagement.
She also serves as a youth advocate at the local Big
Brothers Big Sisters program and works as a cus-
tomer service representative and academic mentor
at her school.
Over the next five years, the Opportunity Youth
Incentive Fund will support community col-
laborations that will help more young people like
Shawnice. With the Aspen Forums support, these
collaborations will lower rates of disconnection to
education and employment among opportunity
youth and encourage best practices and needed
policy change at every level of government.
Collectively, the Aspen Forum and Opportunity
Youth Incentive Fund will build evidence, share
success, and promote the increased adoption of
strategies that dramatically improve outcomes
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Food, Family, and
Philanthropy
Meyer is the author of the best-selling book Setting
the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in
Business. The Tisch Award recognizes a leader who
possesses the spirit and values of Preston Robert
Tisch, who has had a significant impact on his or her
community, and who embodies values-based leader-
ship. Meyer sat down at the award ceremony with
Institute CEO Walter Isaacson and talked about
lessons restaurants learned from Hurricane Katrina
and Hurricane Sandy, the meaning of failure and the
secret of success, and why people go to restaurants.
ISAACSON: What did you learn about community
and leadership when you went to New Orleans after
Hurricane Katrina?
MEYER: Whenever you see the worst things that
happen in life, whether its human-driven or nature-
driven, theres always a person or an organization
that is almost like this green sprout that just appears,
that wants to do something about it. The thing that
really moved me more than anything was the people
selling Gulf shrimp, despite the fact that all their
boats had been blocked from going out, and you saw,
one by one, citizens picking themselves up and try-
ing to bring light and hope. Restaurants that could
open understood that restaurants performed a really
critical role because they suggested that life was
going to go on and that life could go on.
ISAACSON: How did those lessons play out in Hur-
ricane Sandy for you?
MEYER: The lessons played out because we were
part of the people hit by it, and we understood that
as much as the first instinct was to go help people,
until we help ourselves, we couldnt do that. As
much as we wanted to reach out and help others, the
first thing we had to do was to take care of our own
team and take care of our own business so that we
could work from a position of strength.
ISAACSON: Why do you feel its so important to be
a community person, not just a restaurateur?
MEYER: I wish I could say I had an intellectual
answer to that. I think its in my blood. I was a child
of the Midwest, but I think, more importantly, on
both sides of my family I had civic leaders.
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HE INSTITUTE PRESENTED ITS ANNUAL
Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership to
Danny Meyer, CEO of the Union Square Hospital-
ity Group and one of New Yorks greatest culinary
leaders, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
City on November 29, 2012.
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Meyer on
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building,
leadership,
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ISAACSON: Youve been able to make your restau-
rants open and embracing. To what extent is that the
secret of your success?
MEYER: I decided that what had been incredibly
inspirational to me had been the time that, because
of my dads business, I got to spend as a tour guide
in Rome eating in trattorias. I went back to school in
Rome to study political science, trattorias, the bistros
of Paris. Increasingly, I was finding myself inspired
by Berkeley and San Francisco, and so Union
Square Cafe was a big, wide-open, easy mark to hit
because it was a restaurant that could be inspired in
some ways by the natural approach to going out and
coming home as being one, which I found in trat-
torias. It could embrace the green market in a way
that Alice Waters certainly taught us all about out in
Berkeley, but without being at all dogmatic. [Union
Square Cafe] could be a party, like we saw hap-
pening in Southern California, that Wolfgang Puck
did at Spago. But it could then add this element of
hospitality to the whole thing. And so it was almost
a synthesis for me of what I had seen growing up in
St. Louis, excited by the West Coast, warmed by the
food in the trattorias of Italy, and interested by what
was going on in France.
ISAACSON: Are local cooking and markets some-
thing real and valid, or is that just a trend that will
come and go?
MEYER: I would not put locavore eating in the
category of being a trend. I think that is here to
stay because there is no way once youve eaten
something that tastes as good as it can tastewhen
its that well-cared for, that well-grown, and that
recently pickedyoure not going to go back. I dont
view that as a trend. I think the manipulation of what
was well-produced and well-grown is a trend, and
I hope that when this one comes and goes people
realize theres really only one reason for a restaurant,
and thats to allow people to take a moment and feel
better than they would have felt if they hadnt gone
there in the first place.
ISAACSON: What did you learn from both the suc-
cesses and failures of your father?
MEYER: We are all human, and we all fail. But in
failure, there is just as much learning as there is in
success. My dad was my best friend when I was a
kid. We shared interests togethersports, cook-
ing, travel. And so it was a very, very hard thing
for me to see him fail twice in his business. He
was an entrepreneur and came up with all kinds
of amazing ideas. He was a great writer, and he
had a good work ethic. The biggest thing I saw, but
didnt understand it at the time, was that each time
he expanded his company, he did it in a way that
got out of his control. And it got out of his control
because he tended to bite off more than he could
chew. He wasnt surrounding himself with the kind
of complementary talents that would have allowed
him to grow in a safe way. It took me a long time to
figure that out, and thats why it took me 10 years to
open a second restaurant. And, in fact, I didnt open
a second restaurant until after he had died because
I was afraid that expansion equaled bankruptcy. It
took a lot of learning and self-awareness to figure
out that it could be done in a very responsible way,
and Ive always overcompensated by trying to hire
people and surround myself with people who know
how to do all kinds of things that I dont know how
to do. I dont hire people for the purpose of making
me feel important. I think his biggest success was
teaching me the pursuit of hedonism, and I use that
word in a very proud wayfine wine, good food,
warm hospitality, beautifully done hotels, learning
languages. My dad was a linguist. Ive learned three
languages, and Im proud of that because its opened
all kinds of new worlds and new cultures to me. [He
taught me to have] an openness to taking the things
he lovedand a desire to share what he loved with
other peopleand to bring his enthusiasm to others
as a gift. Thats his greatest gift, and I hope I do that.
ISAACSON: Many times leadership is conveyed
in its most intimate way over meals. Do you think
your model of leadership in any way has rubbed off
on the customers youve had who are leaders and
are bringing their employees or whoever else out
for a meal?
MEYER: We just started a company a year and a
half ago called Hospitality Quotient, and most of the
people we work with are not in the restaurant busi-
ness. Weve worked with major hospitals across the
country, many of whom have been our regular guests
who asked us to come in. Weve worked with the
City of New York. Weve worked with supermarket
chains. Weve worked with rental-car companies.
Weve worked with retailers that are household
names. The people who take our classes say, Were
already the best in the world at what we do. But we
would love to find a way to add this extra element
that makes your restaurants feel different than other
restaurants. Most of the leads weve gotten for Hos-
pitality Quotient have come from people we first
met when they came to the restaurant. So perhaps
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take a moment
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hadnt gone
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GARRETT: How much of the Republican Partys
future success runs through you?
RUBIO: Well, I wouldnt analyze it that way. Im
one of a hundred senators, one of 45 Republicans,
if thats the right number. I know we lost a couple.
Florida is an important state. I hope to have a
meaningful role. But, obviously, I know we have a
lot of very talented colleagues who have ideas, as
well. Id say that limited government, free enterprise
conservatism in America needs to do a better job of
applying our principles to the problems of the 21st
century. The logical home of that movement is the
Republican Party. Were going to have a national
conversation that will play itself out in governors
races and Senate debates and House debates, and I
hope to be a meaningful contributor to that.
GARRETT: There is renewed optimism in Wash-
ington that immigration reform will get a serious
look and may be something that is achieved in the
second term of an Obama presidency. Do you share
that optimism?
RUBIO: Republicans should understand as well as
anybody that if your economy is demanding two
million people a year to fill two million new jobs at
a certain level, but youre only allowing a million
people to come in, and, of those, only a third are
employment-based, you have a supply and demand
problem. And that supply of folks that need a job
in Mexico or anywhere else in the world is going to
meet that demand. So if you dont have a legal immi-
gration system that matches those two things, youre
going to wind up in the exact same spot were in
today within a decade, as soon as the economy gets
growing again. And the reason thats complicated is
because our legal immigration system is largely bro-
ken into two categoriesemployment-based immi-
gration and family reunification. The reality on the
Democratic side is that many labor unions are not
in favor of increases in employment-based immigra-
tion. Weve got to figure that out as well.
GARRETT: So political tension gets applied on both
sides of the legal question?
RUBIO: Absolutely.
GARRETT: And neither can be satisfied?
RUBIO: Well, I am committed to continuing a
family-based system of immigration. I think thats
important. I think its a marker for success.
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N TWO CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE
last November at the Institutes Washington Ideas Forum,
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) was joined by Major
Garrett, chief White House correspondent for CBS News
and correspondent at large for the National Journal, and
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) spoke with Katty Kay, lead anchor for
BBC World News America, in discussions that ranged from the legislators thoughts
on economic growth and immigration reform to the results of the last national elec-
tion and the role of women in politics.
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GARRETT: That was your story.
RUBIO: My parents came in 1956, and my aunt
my moms sisterand her husband were living here
already. They are the ones that helped them find
their first job and get stabilized. And the rest is a
very positive history of a middle-class family that was
able to leave their kids better off than themselves.
I think America is a better country because people
like my parents were able to come here. I believe in
that. But I also know that on the employment end,
especially once the economy gets growing again, we
will need jobs in agriculture, in construction, and in
other fields that will rely, at some level, on a legal
immigration system that functions. And were going
to have to work that part of it out. The legalization
of people that are here today is politically charged.
But you either do it or you dont, and then you can
argue about how to do it. The more complicated one
is how do you fix future immigration, and how do
you set up a system of legal immigration? A million
people a year immigrate to the US legally every year.
There is no other country in the world that comes
close to that figure. We are still extremely generous
when it comes to immigration, perhaps more than
any other country in the history of the world. But we
have a problem in terms of how its done, and that
needs to be reformed. And if you dont get that right,
the whole thing falls apart.
GARRETT: Do you think your party has, for bet-
ter or for worse, been defined by those who have
been obsessed with what part of illegal dont you
understand?
RUBIO: I think that, unfortunately, conservatism
has done an excellent job of defining what were
against, but not a good enough job of defining what
we are for. What we are for is a legal immigration sys-
tem that works. Conservatism has always been about
common sense, and we do have 11 million people in
this country that are undocumented. The cause for
each case is very different. Its not 11 million people
that are in an identical situation.
GARRETT: Is it safe to say that, for the Republican
Party, terms like self-deportation or the concept of
deportation are completely politically nullified?
RUBIO: Its really hard to get people to listen to you
on economic growth, on tax rates, on health care, if
they think you want to deport their grandmother.
Its very difficult to get people to listen to anything
else youre saying. Policy matters, too, but rhetoric
is important. I think youve seen a change in that
tone, hopefully among people around the country,
on this issue. You can be for legal immigration; you
dont have to be for amnesty. But you also need to
understand that were speaking about human beings.
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KAY: You will join a new Senate makeup, in which
there will be 20 percent participation by women.
KLOBUCHAR: Thats right, 20 women for the first
time in history. The women senators group is very
collegial. We have 17 of us now. The group has
worked well together on legislation. Mostly, we forge
these relationships. My first bill was with Olympia
Snowe. Kay Bailey Hutchinson and I did a bunch
of things together on the Commerce Committee.
There are a number of women that are problem-
solvers. I think you saw that coming through with
the election of people like Heidi Heitkamp in a race
no one thought she could win. But [voters] saw her
as someone who would compromise and get things
done. When I was running for county attorney,
I would look at the records of Janet Napolitano
as governor of Arizona and Kathleen Sebelius in
Kansas because on their websites they showed what
their goals were and what they got done. I think you
see that in some of the women and actually some
of the male senators, as well, who made it through
this election. While the balance of power stayed the
same in Washington, there was definitely a rejection
of people who had rigid ideologies. People want to
see things get done in compromise. They dont want
to see people swinging at each other from opposite
corners of the boxing room.
KAY: There are sometimes generalizations made
that women tend to be more consensual, that we are
good at cooperating, and we tend to be more risk-
averse than men. Is that your experience in politics?
And do you think it matters to the population in
general? Does it matter to men, as well, that there
are more women in politics?
KLOBUCHAR: Well, when I talk to men, many of
them have daughters, and they think its great to see
more women in power as role models for their own
daughters. Its not just talk and rhetoric about the
women as problem-solvers. Youve seen them get
things done. We help each other across the aisle.
KAY: I think youre right that there was some-
thing about this election that wanted action from
Congress. Do you think the public is going to be
rewarded by a Congress that is actually going to be
able to get more done?
KLOBUCHAR: I really dont think there is a choice.
RUBIO
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Anyone whos looked at this election and has talked
to people out in their states knows thats what people
want. Our country just cant stand still anymore. We
have an obligation to bring the debt down. I think it
should be in a balanced way, and I think the elector-
ate spoke loudly on that point. But we need to do
that. We need to do some positive things for the
economy[including] making sure our workers are
getting the degrees they need, including in science,
technology, engineering, math. We should be doing
much more at the high-school level with one- and
two-year degrees. The opportunity for immigration
reform came out loud and clear through this elec-
tion, where you now have 10 percent of the elec-
torate Hispanic, 75 percent of them voting for the
president. And youre already hearing many of the
Republicans starting to talk about the possibility of
moving on immigration reform. So there are some
real opportunities that will move our economy along
if we can compromise and get together on this debt,
do something consistent on tax reform, and then
work on these problems like comprehensive energy
policy that really arent problems. They are opportu-
nities in the making.
KAY: Theres an awful lot of concern around the
world and in financial markets about whether
America basically has become ungovernable. The
view is that America needs to do big things to stay
competitive, and the politicians arent up to it. Are
you going to defy the financial market suspicions
about this country?
KLOBUCHAR: I think so. What is it that your great
leader Winston Churchill saidAmericans do the
right thing after theyve tried everything else.
KAY: And then you get it right.
KLOBUCHAR: Okay, well, there you go. I think
youve seen that in a number of instances in the last
decade with our country. It has been frustrating. We
were on the real edge of the fiscal cliff back when
the economy started sinking, and we had all those
problems a few years back, but we were able to get
our act together. What I want more than just getting
our act together on the fiscal issues is to seize this
opportunity that we have now with the economy.
Were actually making stuff in America again. We are
exporting to the world; w ere inventing things. That
is the way we truly crawl out of this. A
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to see things
get done in
compromise.
They dont want
to see people
swinging from
opposite corners
of the boxing
room.
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29TH ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER
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Patrick McMullan Photography
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FROM TOP LEFT: 1. Former US Representative and Aspen-Rodel Fellow Gabby Giffords, Commander Mark Kelly, and Institute
President and CEO Walter Isaacson 2. NEXT founder and publisher and African Leadership Initiative Fellow Dele Olojede with his
daughter Oyinkan Olojede 3. Flavio Bazan, Dr. Theresa Welsh, and JBK Partners managing partner and Institute Trustee Anne Welsh
McNulty 4. Walt Disney Company former chairman and CEO and Institute Trustee Michael Eisner, Ariel Investments President and Henry
Crown Fellow Mellody Hobson, and filmmaker and recipient of 2012 Aspen Institute Arts Leadership Award George Lucas 5. Institute
Trustee Mercedes T. Bass 6. Carlyle Group Co-founder and Managing Partner David Rubenstein 7. Author and Henry Crown Fellow
Anand Giridharadas, and his wife Priya Parker 8. The New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham 9. Brooklyn Public Library
President and CEO Linda E. Johnson, Institute Chairman Emeritus Leonard Lauder, and Institute Chairman Emeritus Bill Mayer
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GATHERING TRUSTEES AND FRIENDS AT
THE BRITISH AMBASSADORS RESIDENCE
Photography by Carrie Dorean
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FROM TOP LEFT: 1. The Lovell Group Chairman and Institute Trustee Pat Gross and Institute Trustee Ann Hudson 2. Institute Trustee
Michael Klein, Ann Nitze, and Institute Trustee Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan 3. Summit Global Ventures founder Terry Lierman
and Institute Trustee Laurie Tisch 4. Institute chairman Bob Steel and British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott 5. Institute Trustee Alma
Gildenhorn and Institute Chairman Emeritus Bill Mayer 6. Human Service Group Chairman and CEO Mel Estrin and Aspen Romania
President Mircea Geoana 7. Institute Trustee Ann Friedman with Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson 8. Society of Fellows
member Elaine LeBuhn and Aspen Institute India Director Kiran Pasricha 9. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars President
and Institute Trustee Jane Harman, Institute Trustee Mercedes T. Bass, and British Ambassador to the United States Sir Peter Westmacott
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TOASTING LEADERS IN
NEW YORK, DC, AND ASPEN
Winter Seminar in Aspen photography by Dan Bayer
Intel Socrates Reception at House of Sweden in
Washington, DC, photography by Laurence Genon
Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership in
New York photography by Ayumi Sakamoto
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FROM TOP LEFT: (13: Winter Socrates Seminar in Aspen) 1. Dell Audit/Finance Director Joey Lazarus, cardiologist Kapil Parakh, and Attorney
Jennifer Lazarus 2. New America Foundation President Anne-Marie Slaughter with Ancora Associates President Clare Muana and her son Sam
McCartney 3. Jana co-founder and CEO Nathan Eagle, Lauder Partners General Partner Laura Lauder, and Chairman of the Re:imagine Group
Peter Hirshberg
(46: Intel Socrates Reception at House of Sweden in Washington, DC) 4. George Mason University Professor and Fellow Jack Goldstone, The
Economist columnist Vijay Vaitheeswaran, and PBS Newshours Hari Sreenivasan 5. Patton Boggs LLPs Matthew Cutts, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Evelyn Farkas, and PBS Newshours Hari Sreenivasan 6. Department of State Desk Officer
for Brazil Ana Janaina Nelson
(79: Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership in New York) 7. Joan Harris and Roxanne Frank 8. Restaurateur and Preston Robert Tisch
Award in Civic Leadership recipient Danny Meyer with Chairman of Loews Corporation Jonathan Tisch 9. Institute President and CEO Walter
Isaacson, Robert H. Smith Foundation President and Institute Trustee Michelle Smith, and The Atlantics Corby Kummer
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ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL PREVIEW AT
THE STUDIO MUSEUM, HARLEM
Photography by Ayumi Sakamoto
and Ben Gancos for Mount Sinai
FROM LEFT: 1. Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem and Henry Crown Fellow Thelma Golden 2. Actress, playwright,
and Institute Trustee Anna Deavere Smith 3. President and CEO of Mount Sinai Medical Center Dr. Kenneth L. Davis with Institute Trustee
Alice Young
FACES
CELEBRATING NEW PROGRAMS
FROM TOP LEFT: (13: Society of Fellows Vanguard Reception in Aspen) 1. Vanguard members Anna Freedman,
Jackie Duba, and Vanguard Advisory Board chair Lauren McCloskey Elston 2. Carl Johnson, Ryan Elston, and Vanguard
member Keith Hemstreet 3. Crestview Advisors Managing Director and Institute Trustee Bob Hurst and his wife Soledad Hurst
(49: Aspen Around Town in Washington, DC) 4. Ambassador Tom Korologos, US Archivist David Ferriero, and Former Chief of Staff for
President Ford Donald Rumsfeld 5. Attorney Mary Mochary with philanthropist Rose Carter and her husband MapHook CEO Dr. Paul
Carter 6. Former Chiefs of Staff to President Clinton John Podesta and Thomas Mack McLarty 7. Vanguard Members Ann Lebleu, Allison
Shapira, and Seamus Kraft 8. Former Chief of Staff to President Reagan Kenneth Duberstein and former Chief of Staff to President George
W. Bush Josh Bolten 9. Philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, Janice Hartman, and her husband, Institute Chairman Emeritus Berl Bernhard
Society of Fellows Vanguard
Reception in Aspen
photography by Nora Feller
Aspen Around Town in
Washington, DC,
photography by Margot Schulman
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Good Society challenges
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world in a moderated, text-
based Socratic dialogue.
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This seminar brings together
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judges and law professors.
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The Socrates Program
provides a forum for
emerging leaders (ages
approximately 2845) from a
wide range of professions to
explore contemporary issues
through expert-moderated
roundtable dialogue.
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AT THE ASPEN MEADOWS CAMPUS.
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The Philanthropy Seminar
is a collaboration with the
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lanthropists, and CEOs of
private and corporate foun-
dations seek a meaningful
and substantive exploration
of philanthropic values and
effective strategies.
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Racial Equity and Society
Seminars provide an oppor-
tunity for participants to
immerse themselves in read-
ings, study, and dialogue on
issues of race, ethnicity, and
equity in the United States.
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ration with Association of
American Colleges and
Universities, these semi-
nars engage faculty, senior
academic administrators,
and college presidents in an
exchange of ideas about lib-
eral arts education, citizen-
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seminars relevant to their
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GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON
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SCIENCE, AND SOCIETY
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MANUFACTURING AND
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CENTURY
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PARTNERS FOR A NEW
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SOCIAL INNOVATION
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WORLD ECONOMY
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ROUNDTABLE ON
COMMUNITY CHANGE
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SPORTS AND SOCIETY
www.sportsandsociety.org
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NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION HEAD DEMAURICE SMITH AND THE INSTITUTES
SPORTS AND SOCIETY PROGRAM DIRECTOR TOM FARREY.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
Public conferences and events provide a
commons for people to share ideas.
ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL
This weeklong, large-scale
public eventco-hosted by
The Atlanticbrings some of
the worlds brightest minds
and leaders to Aspen every
summer for enlightened
dialogue on the planets most
pressing issues.
www.aspenideas.org
WASHINGTON IDEAS FORUM
Presented in partnership
with The Atlantic and the
Newseum, this Washington,
DC-based event features
leading figures in public
policy discussing the most
important issues of the day.
NEW YORK IDEAS
The Institute and The
Atlantic host an annual
event featuring cutting-edge
innovators in discussion
on the state of the global
business landscape.
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY FORUM
Convenings bring together
distinguished professionals
from diverse backgrounds
to discuss the importance
of culture in socioeconomic
development, international
relations, and global security,
and to seed new initiatives.
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ASPEN WRITERS FOUNDATION
Throughout the year, the
Aspen Writers Foundation
encourages writers in their
craft and readers in their
appreciation of literature by
hosting festivals, readings,
and other literary exchanges.
www.aspenwriters.org
ASPEN SECURITY FORUM
On the Institutes campus in
Aspen, the Aspen Security
Forum convenes leaders in
government, industry, media,
think tanks, and academia
to explore key homeland
security and counter terrorism
issues.
www.aspensecurityforum.org
THE ASPEN CHALLENGE
With the Bezos Family
Foundation, the Aspen
Challenge provides a
platform, inspiration, and
tools for young people to
design solutions to some
of the most critical and
complicated problems our
society faces.
www.theaspenchallenge.org
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE
ARTS PROGRAM
The Arts Program supports,
invigorates, and returns the
arts to the center of the Insti-
tutes Great Conversation
by bringing together leading
artists, arts managers, spon-
sors, government officials,
and patrons to generate,
exchange, and develop ideas
and policies.
www.aspeninstitute.org/artsprogram
ASPEN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
The Institute offers residents
of Aspen and the surrounding
Roaring Fork Valley commu-
nities a variety of programs
throughout the year, including
speaker series, community
WHITE HOUSE SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ON NUTRITION SAM KASS, CHEF JOS ANDRS AND THE ATLANTICS
CORBY KUMMER DISCUSS THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC AT THE WASHINGTON IDEAS FORUM.
seminars, and film screenings.
www.aspeninstitute.org/aspenevents
ONGOING PROGRAMS
IN WASHINGTON, DC
From September through
June, the Institutes DC
headquarters hosts the Alma
and Joseph Gildenhorn Book
Series, featuring discussions
with major recent authors.
Concurrently, the Washington
Ideas Roundtable Series
focuses on world affairs, arts,
and culture.
www.aspeninstitute.org/events
ONGOING PROGRAMS
IN NEW YORK
The Institute hosts a variety
of programs in New York City,
from book talks and benefits
to discussion series and the
Tisch Illumination series.
www.aspeninstitute.org/newyork
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leaders, leading thinkers, noted journalists, and concerned citizens for
three days of in-depth discussion on national security, homeland security,
and counterterrorism at our Aspen Meadows Campus in Aspen, Colorado.
For more information: www.aspensecurityforum.org
Contact: Leah Dreyfuss, leah.dreyfuss@aspeninstitute.org
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LEADERSHIP
PROGRAMS:
Leadership programs around the globe
bring a selected class of proven leaders
together for an intense multi-year program
and commitment. The Fellows become better
leaders and apply their skills to significant
challenges.
THE FIRST CLASS OF THE ASPEN GLOBAL
LEADERSHIP NETWORKS CHINA FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM CONVENED IN MARCH 2013.
Each Aspen Global Leadership Network program, inspired
by the Henry Crown Fellowship Program, is developing
a new generation of civically engaged men and women by
encouraging them to move from success to significance and to
apply their entrepreneurial talents to addressing the foremost
challenges of their organizations, communities, and countries.
Today, there are more than 1,600 Fellows in 46 countries.
THE ASPEN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK
The Henry Crown Fellowship
Program
The flagship leadership
program
www.aspeninstitute.org/crown
The Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI)/
East Africa
Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda,
and Kenya
www.aspeninstitute.org/ali
Mozambique
South Africa
West Africa
Ghana and Nigeria
The Aspen Teacher-Leader
Fellowship Program
teacherleaders
The Catto Fellowship Program
Environmental Leaders
www.aspeninstitute.org/catto
The Central America Leadership
Initiative (CALI)
Guatemala, Honduras, Costa
Rica, Panama, Nicaragua,
El Salvador
www.aspeninstitute.org/cali
The China Fellowship Program
www.aspeninstitute.org/china
The India Leadership Initiative (ILI)
www.aspeninstitute.org/ili
The Liberty Fellowship Program
South Carolina
www.aspeninstitute.org/liberty
The Middle East Leadership Initiative
(MELI)
www.aspeninstitute.org/meli
Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship
Entrepreneurial leaders for
public education
www.pahara.org
POLICY LEADERSHIP
PROGRAMS
THE ASCEND FELLOWSHIP
Founded by the Institutes
Ascend Program, the
Ascend Fellowship targets
diverse pioneers paving new
pathways that break the cycle
of intergenerational poverty.
www.aspeninstitute.org/ascend
FIRST MOVERS FELLOWSHIP
Business and Society
Program, the First Movers
Fellowship seeks to help
the business community
live up to its full potential
as a vehicle for positive
social change.
www.aspeninstitute.org/firstmovers
NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP
Global Health and
Development Program,
the New Voices Fellowship
will cultivate compelling
experts to speak on
development issues.
www.aspeninstitute.org/newvoices
The Aspen Institute-Rodel
Fellowships in Public Leadership
American elected leaders in
government
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Director of Public Programs and Vice President
Kitty Boone, (970) 544-7926,
kitty.boone@aspeninstitute.org,
www.aspenideas.org
HENRY CROWN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Vice President, Managing Director of Henry Crown
Fellowship Program Eric L. Motley,
(202) 736-2900, eric.motley@aspeninstitute.org
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RETROSPECTI VE PERSPECTI VE
Sixty years ago, Bauhaus artist Herbert
Bayer and three friends undertook a
nocturnal design project on the exterior of
the Institutes Koch Seminar Building. It was
the first building to have been completed on
the grounds and remains the destination that
every seminar participant enters to engage
in the dialogue that continues to define the
Institute today.
Ferenc Berkos photograph captures
the night in 1953 when sgraffito mural was
a work in progress, and Bayer employed an
ancient design technique he had learned at
the Bauhaus. Thin, wavy lines were scratched
through a double layer of plaster, light over
dark, revealing what Bayer called the con-
volutions of mountains. He made many
paintings and a portfolio of lithographs based
on the convolutions, according to Denver Art
Museum curator Gwen Chanzit, who says,
he was fascinated by the inner structure and
movement under the surface of mountains.
Honoring Bayers entire design legacy, the
Institute will dedicate the Resnick Gallery
in the Doerr-Hosier Center to a semiperma-
nent evolving exhibition of his work. With
the addition of this exhibition, the Institute
acknowledges its primary role in maintain-
ing an archive by this seminal artist, who
spent 28 years designing the Aspen site and
responding to its landscape.
The exhibition will be curated by David
Floria and will consist of loans and gifts of
Bayers works from those who understand
his importance to the Institutes and Aspens
history. Already, collectors Bob Blaich,
Georgia Laudner, and Jamie White have
loaned or gifted works to the exhibition,
including paintings, lithographs, products,
and other works by the multidisciplined
designer.
The Institute hopes you will help to
ensure Bayers legacy by considering a loan or
a gift of a Bayer work for this important exhi-
bition. Please contact Amy Margerum Berg
for more information or to discuss details of
your contribution to this tribute.
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