The Public Policy Forum of Crested Butte
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Public Policy Forum Speakers  2006 - 2005

2006 Forum Calendar

Senior Officer Terry Jeggle: United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction: "The Nature of Hazards and Disaster Risks Facing Modern Societies".

Assistant Attorney General for Northern New York State John T. Sullivan, Jr.: Professor of Political Science, SUNY Oswego, former member,  the Electoral College: "Integrity in the Electoral Process".

Ambassador Ed Peck: former Chief of Mission in Baghdad (ret): "Iraq Redux: Whither the Middle East?".

United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (ret): "The Role of the Courts, including the Supreme Court of the U.S., in America's Future".

David Hawkins: Head of the Global Warming Program of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): "Global Warming".

Attorney Luke Danielson: "Red Lady (Mt. Emmons) in a Global Context: Managing the Impacts of Mining Investment at Home and Abroad".

Dr. Ahmed Ghoreishi: Former Delegate to the U.N. from Iran, current Professor at the Naval Post-Graduate School and advisor to the Foreign Minister: "Dangers to the U.S. Interests in the Middle East: Real and Imaginary".

Dr. William Martin: Chavanne Professor of Sociology, Senior Fellow for Religion and Public Policy, James A. Baker lll Institute for Public Policy, Rice University: "With God On Their Side?: Reflections on the Religious Right in America".

Doctors Without Borders USA President Dr. Darin Portnoy: " Aid: Challenges and Triumphs"; Introduction by R.N. Jan Carroll, recently returned from serving 6 months in Sudan with DWB, after hearing his talk in 2005.


2005 Forum Calendar

Ambassador Ed Peck: former Chief of Mission in Baghdad (ret), Deputy Director, Reagen Cabinet Task Force on Terrorism: A Rational Look at Iraq Today - and Tomorrow".

Ambassador Stephen Low (ret): Director Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna Center, Italy; former President, Foreign Service Institute; former President, Association for Diplomatic Studies: "Illusion and Reality in U.S. Foreign Policy".

Dr. Donald L. Stevens: Managing Director, Institute for International Business, and Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of Colorado at Denver: " A Dialogue on Globalization".

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh: Yale Professor: " The Conflict in Israel/Palestine: Part 1: Solutions & Roadblocks".

Bruce Driver: Environmental Attorney and Crested Butte resident: "40 Years Into the Environmental Movement: Where Do We Stand?".

Dr. Jeff Halper: Founder, Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions: "The Conflict in Israel/Palestine:
Part 2: An American-Israeli Occupation: The Implications for Americans if the Occupation Does Not End".

Alison Weir: Journalist and Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb: Executive Director, Interfaith Interventions: "The Conflict in Israel/Palestine: Part 3: Is Hope Possible?".

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