Leadership in Uncertain Times

Agenda

Wednesday, Sept 14

1. 5:00 PM

   Welcome Reception

   Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Le Colonial
   57 E Oak Street (one block from Waldorf Astoria)

   
2. 6:30 PM

   Summit Dinner

   Immediately following the Welcome Reception at Le Colonial, 57 E Oak Street

   

Thursday, Sept 15

All events will be at Waldorf Astoria Chicago, 11 East Walton Street.
Presentations will be in the Sinclair Ballroom, fifth floor.

1. 7:00 AM

   Breakfast

   Hemingway-Faulkner Salon, fifth floor

   
2. 8:00 AM

   Welcome

   Managing Partner, Water Street
   Tim Dugan

   Full
   Bio

   Tim Dugan has more than 30 years of experience building market-leading companies in the healthcare industry. He has been actively involved in the strategic growth and development of companies across all major healthcare sectors and leads the management of Water Street’s family of companies. Prior to establishing Water Street, he was a founding partner of One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase. Tim is a member of the board of directors of The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), a trade organization that is leading the effort to advance medical technology to achieve healthier lives and economies around the world. On behalf of Water Street, he currently serves on the board of directors of Long Grove Pharmaceuticals, Pathnostics and Viant. Tim is involved with a number of civic organizations, and serves on the boards of Providence Englewood Charter School and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Tim received dual bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and economics from Stanford University. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

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3. 8:15 AM

   Inside U.S. Politics & 2022 Midterm Elections

   Emmy-award Winning Journalist & National Political Reporter
   Jonathan Swan

   Full
   Bio

   Jonathan Swan currently serves as a national political reporter for Axios, the media company launched by Politico founders Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei.

   Swan is regarded as one of the best-sourced reporters covering both parties in Washington and one of the most groundbreaking interviewers on American television. He has broken some of the biggest stories of the recent era, including a series of deeply-reported stories on President Trump’s final days in office that have been cited repeatedly in Congress and served as a first draft of history. His podcast accompanying that series, “How it Happened,” hit number one on the Apple charts.

   As the star of Axios’ HBO show, Swan has interviewed global leaders including President Donald Trump—an astonishing interview seen and shared by more than 100 million people for which Swan received an Emmy Award, as well as the 2022 Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage—Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Director General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Iraq’s President Barham Salih, and Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. He has interviewed the most powerful Democrats and Republicans in the United States—ranging from Senator Bernie Sanders to Senator Mitch McConnell.

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4. 9:15 AM

   Geopolitical Pressures Around the Globe

   Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
   Nikki Haley

   Full
   Bio

   Nikki Haley is the former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She served as a member of the National Security Council and President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, breaking ground as the first Indian-American woman to hold a cabinet-level position.

   Born in Bamberg, South Carolina to Indian immigrant parents, Ambassador Haley learned the value of hard work from a young age. After graduating from Clemson University, she worked in accounting and later rejoined her family’s business. Soon after, Haley made the transition into politics and achieved many firsts in her career.

   After serving as Representative of South Carolina’s District 87, she became the first minority, and first woman, to serve as Governor of South Carolina. As the state’s commander in chief, then-Governor Haley led the state through some of its most difficult periods, forging unity in the wake of multiple tragic shootings and natural disasters.

   In 2017 she was confirmed as the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. There, Ambassador Haley introduced reforms that made the organization more efficient, transparent, and accountable. She worked to defend Americans’ interests, bolster our nation’s safety, and championed human rights across the globe—hosting the UN Security Council’s first-ever session devoted solely to promoting human rights.

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5. 10:30 AM

   Networking Break

6. 11:00 AM

   Geopolitical Pressures Around the Globe

   Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor
   Condoleezza Rice

   Full
   Bio

   As secretary of state and national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice pioneered a policy of transformational diplomacy and heralded the formation of new global governments based on democratic principles. Rice has proven to be a significant leader during a time of unprecedented and tumultuous world affairs, recognized for her courageous efforts to foster worldwide freedoms for all people. Her great love of America and her faith in its core values are the foundational strength of her presentations regarding foreign policy, education and the empowerment of women. Rice is the author of three New York Times best-sellers, Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family (2010), No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington (2011), and Democracy: Stories from the Long Road (2017). Her newest book, To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth was released in 2019. Rice is also a contributor to CBS News. Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, as well as the Denning Professor in Global Business and Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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7. Discussion Moderator

   Presidential Historian and Author
   Doris Kearns Goodwin

   Full
   Bio

   Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author.

   Her seventh book, Leadership in Turbulent Times (2018), focuses on Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson, and became an instant New York Times bestseller.

   As a graduate student at Harvard, Goodwin was selected to join the White House Fellows, one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. After working with Lyndon Johnson in the White House she wrote Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, a national bestseller.

   Goodwin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys was adapted into an award-winning miniseries. Her memoir Wait Till Next Year is the heartwarming story of growing up loving her family and baseball. Her sixth book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, won the Carnegie Medal and is being developed into a film. Goodwin’s Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln served as the basis for Steven Spielberg’s hit film Lincoln and was awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize.

   Her appearances and commentary on television include documentaries like Ken Burns’ The History of Baseball and The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, and shows such as Meet The Press and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In 2020, she served as the executive producer for History Channel’s miniseries, Washington.

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8. 12:00 PM

   Lunch

   Hemingway-Faulkner Salon, fifth floor