Public Policy Forum - March 19, 2016

This exciting initiative aims to acquaint students and alumni with current issues in public policy and alert them to potential career opportunities in this area. Highlights of the day will include panel discussions on:

• Education Policy
• Environmental Policy
• Health Policy
• Incarceration Policy and Criminal Justice
• Poverty & Homelessness Policy
• Big Data and Public Policy

Keynote address featuring:

Amy Pope '96, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy Assistant to the President at National Security Council, The White House

Daniel Price '77, Managing Director and Co-founder of Rock Creek Global Advisors; Formerly Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs to President George W. Bush and his personal representative to the G8, G20 and APEC Summits and to the Major Economies Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change

Moderated by David Wessel '75, Director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution and Pulitzer prize winning journalist.

The day will also include a networking lunch and poster sessions for students to present their policy-related research. Sponsored and organized by the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, the Center for Career and Professional Advising, the Koshland Integrated Natural Science Center, and interested faculty.

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Schedule

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9:00 Registration and coffee - KINSC Zubrow Commons

9:15 Opening Remarks by Bruce Agins ’75, Medical Director, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute; Director, HEALTHQUAL International

9:30-10:45 Panel session 1 — Two panels held simultaneously

Education Policy - Hilles 109

Moderator: Zachary Oberfield, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Haverford College

Panelists:

• George Bulman ‘02, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Santa Cruz
• Cathy Koshland ’72, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education, UC Berkeley
• Christina West ’98, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations, Vanderbilt University

Environmental Policy - Sharpless Auditorium

Moderator: Steven Smith, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Environmental Economics/Studies, Haverford College

Panelists:

• Allie DiTucci '15, Fracking Campaign Organizer at PennEnvironment
• Rich Engler, ’87, Senior Chemist, Bergeson & Campbell PC; formerly at the EPA
• Jossi Fritz-Mauer '06, Business Support Specialist, Public Service Electric and Gas (PSEG) Long Island

10:50-12:05 Panel session 2 — Two panels held simultaneously

Health Policy

Mo​derator: John Taylor '83, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Wellspring Advisors, LLC; Member, Haverford Board of Managers​

Panelists:​

• Anthony Fleg M.D. '00, University of New Mexico Dept. of Family and Community Medicine; Clinician Educator, Native Health Initiative
• Elizabeth McGovern, M.D. '91, Founder and President, WEEMA International
• Alice M. Weiss, J.D. '91, Director, Health Care Policy and Research Administration, DC Department of Health Care Finance

Incarceration Policy and Criminal Justice - Sharpless Auditorium

Moderator: Joel Schlosser, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College

Panelists:

• Jesse Applegate '08, Director of Education Strategy, American Prison Data Systems
• Sarah Craft '02, Communications Strategist, Equal Justice USA
• Mark A.R. Kleinman '72, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Crime and Justice Program at NYU's Marron Institute of Urban Management

12:10-1:10 Lunch & Roundtable Discussion - KINSC Zubrow Commons

1:10-2:10 Poster Session - KINSC Zubrow Commons

2:10-3:25 Panel session 3 — Two panels held simultaneously

Poverty and Homelessness Policy - Hilles 109

Moderator: Noah Leavitt ’91, Associate Dean for Student Engagement, Whitman College

Panelists:

• John Kromer '71, Senior Consultant, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania
• Mark Levine '91, New York City Council Member, 7th District
• Caitlin Schnur '07, Coordinator, Heartland Alliance’s Initiatives on Poverty & Economic Opportunity, Chicago

Big Data and Public Policy - Sharpless Auditorium

Moderator: Lauren Lambie-Hanson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Haverford College; Senior Specialist, Risk Assessment, Data Analysis and Research Group, Supervision, Regulation and Credit Dept., Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia

Panelists:

• Dan Feller '13, Research Associate, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health
• Erik Muther '94, Managing Director, PHCQA, The Health Care Improvement Foundation
• Chris Osgood '99, Chief of the Streets, City of Boston

3:30-4:55 Keynote address - Sharpless Auditorium

Amy Pope '96, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy Assistant to the President at National Security Council, The White House

Daniel Price ’77, Managing Director and Co-founder of Rock Creek Global Advisors; Formerly Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs to President George W. Bush and his personal representative to the G8, G20 and APEC Summits and to the Major Economies Forum on Energy Security and Climate Change

Moderated by: David Wessel '75, Director, Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with 30 years of experience at The Wall Street Journal

5:00-6:00 Wine and Cheese Reception/Networking - KINSC Rotunda

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