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Updated 05/12/2015
Reunions 2015: Alumni-Faculty Forums
A Reunions tradition for over forty years, the Alumni-Faculty
Forums (AFFs) bring together alumni panelists from the major
reunion classes for discussions of a broad range of timely or
timeless topics. The forums attract thousands of alumni and
guests each year.
Friday, May 29, 2015 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Religion in America Today
(Frist Campus Center, Room 302)
Moderator: Eric Gregory, Professor of Religion
Panelists:
Obery M. Hendricks *95, Visiting Scholar, Department of Religion, Columbia University
Thomas B. (Tom) Coburn ’65, President Emeritus, Naropa University, Visiting Scholar, Brown University
James McDonald ’70, President, San Francisco Theological Seminary
Joshua M. Davidson ’90, Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York
Hannah Clayson Smith ’95, Senior Counsel, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
The U.S. Approach to the Middle East
(McCosh Hall, Room 50)
Moderator: Jacob Shapiro, Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson
School
Panelists:
Philip Seib ’70, Vice Dean and Professor, University of Southern California
Robert Silverman ’80, President and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American Foreign Service
Association
Jonathan R. Cohen ’85, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Baghdad
Gabriel R. Legendy ’05, Former Captain, U.S. Army Special Forces
Sarah Mousa ’10, Consultant, The World Bank
Guns in America – How Did We Get Here?
(Whig Hall, Senate Chamber)
Moderator: Steve Strauss, Lecturer and John L.Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor,
Woodrow Wilson School
Panelists:
Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. ’70, United States District Judge (retired)
John M. Chludzinski ’85, Real Estate Broker, Kuker & Kessler Real Estate
Jonathan Gerber ’90, Appellate Judge, State of Florida
James Greer ’95, President & Founder, CounterPAC
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Friday, May 29, 2015 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. (continued)
Future of the City
(Architecture Building, Betts Auditorium)
Moderator: Alison Isenberg, Professor of History, and Co-Director, Program in Urban Studies
Panelists:
Ray Gastil *91, Director, Department of City Planning, Pittsburgh, PA
Peter D. Waldman ’65, William R. Kenan Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia
Ellen Dunham-Jones ’80 *83, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chris Hand ’95, Chief of Staff, City of Jacksonville, Office of the Mayor
Waqas Jawaid ’10, Partner, Isometric Studio
Friday, May 29, 2015 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Evolving Immigration Policy
(Whig Hall, Senate Chamber)
Moderator: John Batchelor ’70, Author/Broadcaster, Host of the John Batchelor Show
Panelists:
Doug S. Massey *78, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
Denny Chin ’75, Federal Circuit Court Judge
Jo Chen ’00, Member of the Board of Directors, Immigration Equality; Head Trading Counsel, Bain Capital.
Alissa Escarce ’10, Communications Coordinator, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante
Whistle Blowers: Tattletales or Heroes
(Frist Campus Center, Room 302)
Moderator: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs, and
Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Panelists:
Mark J. Biros ’70, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
Jason B. Meyer ’80, CEO, LeadGood, LLC; Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional
Norm Champ ’85, Visiting Scholar - Harvard Law School
The Crisis in American Public Education
(McCosh Hall, Room 10)
Moderator: Christopher Campisano, Director, Program in Teacher Preparation
Panelists:
Alan Safran ’80, President and Chair of the Board, SAGA Innovations
Anne D. Herr ’85, Director of School Quality, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools
Jason Kamras ’95, Chief of Human Capital, District of Columbia Public Schools
Dan Lips ’00, Vice President for Policy, Goldwater Institute
Matt Westmoreland ’10, Member, Atlanta Board of Education
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Friday, May 29, 2015 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. (continued)
What China Stands For in the New World Order
(McCosh Hall, Room 50)
Moderator: Rory Truex ’07, Assistant Professor, Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Panelists:
Ira E. Kasoff *82, Senior Counselor, APCO Worldwide
Owen D. Nee, Jr. ’65, Senior Counsel, Greenbert Traurig LLP
William Fung ’70, Group Chairman of Li & Fung Limited, and Chairman of Global Brands Group Holding
Limited
Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80, President and CEO, New America Foundation
Peter Winn ’90, Founder and CEO, Talent Education Group
Friday, May 29, 2015 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Wealth Imbalance – What Does It Mean?
(Frist Campus Center, Room 302)
Moderator: Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Research Associate, Office of
Population Research
Panelists:
Edward L. Golding *82, Senior Advisor - HUD
William H. Janeway ’65, Managing Director and Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus, and Visiting Lecturer,
Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton
Jerome H. Powell ’75, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
N. Gregory Mankiw ’80, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Sean Zielenbach ’90, President, SZ Consulting
Science Under Attack!
(McDonnell Hall, Room A01)
Moderator: Susan Fiske, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and Public
Affairs
Panelists:
Seth Shostak ’65, Senior Astronomer and Director of the Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute
Peter G. Brown ’70, Editorial and Website Consultant, and Former Editor in Chief of The Sciences and
Natural History magazines
Debra Meloy Elmegreen ’75, Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair, Vassar College
Kaiser Fung ’95, Author and Former Head of Data, Vimeo and Sirius XM Radio
Zackory T. Burns ’10, Hellman Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, American Academy of Arts &
Sciences
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Friday, May 29, 2015 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. (continued)
Scandals in Politics, Sports, and Big Business – Do They Matter Anymore?
(McDonnell Hall, Room A02)
Moderator: Joe Stephens, Ferris Professor in Residence
Panelists:
Charles Gibson ’65, Former ABC television broadcast anchor/journalist
Stuart Taylor, Jr. ’70, Freelance journalist, author and Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute
and Freelance Journalist/Author
Peter Elkind ’80, Editor at large, Fortune magazine
(LeAnn) Camille Hackney ’90, EVP of Brand Partnerships/Commercial Licensing at Atlantic Records &
Head of Global Brand Partnerships Council at Warner Music Group
Danielle Ivory ’05, Reporter, The New York Times
Future Directions in Neuroscience
(Neuroscience Institute, Room A32)
Moderator: Carlos Brody, Professor of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Panelists:
Donna Armentano *86, Senior Scientific Director, Genzyme Corporation
Sanders Williams ’70, President, Gladstone Institutes
Charles Cobbs ’85, Director, Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment, Swedish
Neuroscience Institute
Nouhad Husseini ’00, Senior Director, Business Development Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
James M. Jeanne ’05, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Federal Government – Is Dysfunction Endemic?
(McCosh Hall, Room 50)
Moderator: Julian Zelizer, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public
Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Panelists:
Steve Forbes ’70, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Cheryl A. LaFleur ’75, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Beth Cobert ’80, Deputy Director forManagement, Office of Management and Budget
Peter Bass ’85, Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group
Ramesh Ponnuru ’95, Senior Editor, National Review and Columnist, Bloomberg View
Andrew Bruck ’05, Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
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Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. (continued)
Cultural Property and the Future of Museums
(McCormick Hall, Room 101)
Moderator: James Steward, Director of the Princeton University Art Museum and Lecturer with the rank
of Professor in Art and Archaeology
Panelists:
Jan Stuart *83, Melvin R. Seiden Curator of Chinese Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution
Hugh M. Davies ’70 *76, The David C. Copley Director and CEO, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Lisa A. Banner ’85, Independent Curator and Visiting Associate Professor, Pratt Institute
Michèle Morgan ’85, Museum Curator of Osteology and Palaeoanthropology, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Frederick Ilchman ’90, Chair, Art of Europe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Changing Landscape in Africa
(Whig Hall, Senate Chamber)
Moderator: Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Politics
Panelists:
Kanni Wignaraja *89, Director, United Nations Development Coordination Office
Joseph M. Anderson ’65, President, Capital Research Associates
Shanta Deverajan ’75, Chief Economist, Middle East & North Africa Region, World Bank
Arlen Hastings ’80, Executive Director, Science Initiative Group at Institute for Advanced Study
John Simon ’90, Founding Partner, Total Impact Capital
Connie Lewin ’05, Director of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships
The Health of Healthcare
(Frist Campus Center, Room 302)
Moderator: Heather Howard, Director, State Health Reform Assistance Network, Woodrow Wilson
School, and Lecturer in Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School.
Panelists:
Steven G. Gabbe ’65, Senior vice president for Health Sciences for The Ohio State University and Emeritus
CEO of OSU Wexner Medical Center
Chris Feudtner ’85, Professor of Pediatric, Medical Ethics & Health Policy, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia and The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Ted Kyi ’90, SVP, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Matrix Medical Network
Lauren (Brinkmeyer) Goebel ’00, Vice President, Transformation and Organizational Development, Rush
Health
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Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Pandemic and Public Health Emergencies
(McCosh Hall, Room 50)
Moderator: Leslie Gerwin, Associate Director, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson
School
Panelists:
Keith Hansen *87, Global Practices VP, World Bank
Henri R. Ford ’80, Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Vice-Dean of
Medical Education, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Paul D. Biddinger ’90, Vice Chairman for Emergency Preparedness, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
Barbara Saatkamp Taylor ’95, Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health
Science Center, San Antonio
Joanna Gaines ’05, Senior Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Lieutenant
Commander, US Public Health Service
Food Obsessed in America?
(Frist Campus Center, Room 302)
Moderator: Smitha Haneef, Executive Director, Campus Dining
Panelists:
Roberta Isleib ’75, Roberta Isleib writing as Lucy Burdette
Jill Baron ’80, Integrative and Functional Medicine Physician
Beth Quatrano Diamond ’85, Founder, Cooking for a Change
Lydia Itoi ’90, Food and Travel Journalist
Kerry Saretsky ’05, Corporate Strateg Director -- Global, HarperCollins Publishers; blogger at
FrenchRevolutionFood.com; freelance writer
Katie Seaver ’10, Intuitive Eating Coach
Journalism in the Age of Smartphone
(McCormick Hall, Room 101)
Moderator: Pam Belluck ’85, Health and Medical Writer, The New York Times
Panelists:
Paul Haaga ’70, Acting President and CEO of NPR
Marc Fisher ’80, Senior Editor, The Washington Post
Jennie S. Thompson ’90, Supervising Producer, NBC News
Jane Greenway Carr ’00, ACLS Public Fellow & Contributing Editor, New America
Koda Mike Wang ’10, Chief Operating Officer, The Huffington Post
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Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. (continued)
50 Years Since the Voting Rights Act: One Person, One Vote
(Whig Hall, Senate Chamber)
Moderator: Tera Hunter, Professor of History and The Center for African American Studies
Panelists:
Morgan Kousser ’65, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Social Science, California Institute of
Technology
Peter V. Baugher ’70, Partner, Schopf & Weiss LLP
Sally Frank ’80, Professor of Law, Drake University
John P. Lavelle, Jr. ’85, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Lucinda Robb ’90, Community Volunteer
Steven Feldstein ’00, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S.
Department of State