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[[Renaissance Weekend]] is an exclusive elite retreat, founded in 1980 by [[Linda Lader]] and [[Philip Lader]], the former U.S. Ambassador to the UK. Renaissance Weekends are private, invitation-only retreats for leaders in business and finance, government, the media, religion, medicine, science, technology and the arts. | [[Renaissance Weekend]] is an exclusive elite retreat, founded in 1980 by [[Linda Lader]] and [[Philip Lader]], the former U.S. Ambassador to the UK. Renaissance Weekends are private, invitation-only retreats for leaders in business and finance, government, the media, religion, medicine, science, technology and the arts. | ||
| − | Conversations are strictly off the record and subject matter ranges widely, tending to focus heavily on policy and business issues. | + | Conversations are strictly off the record and subject matter ranges widely, tending to focus heavily on policy and business issues. <ref>Renaissance Weekend, [http://www.renaissanceweekend.org/ What is it?]</ref> |
==Notable Participants== | ==Notable Participants== | ||
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==Advisory Board== | ==Advisory Board== | ||
| − | [[William Jefferson Clinton]] [[Gerald R. Ford]] | + | *[[Bill Clinton|William Jefferson Clinton]] |
| − | [[Buzz Aldrin]] (Astronaut) | + | *[[Gerald R. Ford]] |
| − | [[Adam Aron (Chairman, Vail/Rock Resorts Inc.) | + | *[[Buzz Aldrin]] (Astronaut) |
| − | [[Henry Bienen]] (President, Northwestern University) | + | *[[Adam Aron]] (Chairman, Vail/Rock Resorts Inc.) |
| − | [[Veronica Biggins]] (Sr. Partner, Heidrick & Struggles) | + | *[[Henry Bienen]] (President, Northwestern University) |
| − | [[Theodore Bikel]] (Actor) | + | *[[Veronica Biggins]] (Sr. Partner, Heidrick & Struggles) |
| − | [[Alan Blinder]] (Former Vice Chm. Federal Reserve Board) | + | *[[Theodore Bikel]] (Actor) |
| − | [[Julia Chang Bloch]] (President, U.S.-China Education Trust/Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal) | + | *[[Alan Blinder]] (Former Vice Chm. Federal Reserve Board) |
| − | [[Guy Bluford]] (Astronaut) | + | *[[Julia Chang Bloch]] (President, U.S.-China Education Trust/Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal) |
| − | [[Baruch Blumberg]] (Medicine Nobel Laureate/Former Master, Balliol College, Oxford) | + | *[[Guy Bluford]] (Astronaut) |
| − | [[Charles F. Bolden]] (Former Astronaut & Marine Corps General) | + | *[[Baruch Blumberg]] (Medicine Nobel Laureate/Former Master, Balliol College, Oxford) |
| − | [[Richard Bolles]] (Author, What Color is My Parachute?) | + | *[[Charles F. Bolden]] (Former Astronaut & Marine Corps General) |
| − | [[Timothy Bottoms]] (Actor) | + | *[[Richard Bolles]] (Author, What Color is My Parachute?) |
| − | [[Rita Braver]] (TV News Correspondent) | + | *[[Timothy Bottoms]] (Actor) |
| − | [[Stephen Breyer]] (Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court) | + | *[[Rita Braver]] (TV News Correspondent) |
| − | [[Molly Corbett Broad]] (Former President, University of North Carolina) | + | *[[Stephen Breyer]] (Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court) |
| − | [[William Broyles]] (Editor/Sreenwriter, "Apollo 13") | + | *[[Molly Corbett Broad]] (Former President, University of North Carolina) |
| − | [[James MacGregor Burns]] (Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian) | + | *[[William Broyles]] (Editor/Sreenwriter, "Apollo 13") |
| − | [[Louis Cabot]] (Former Chm., Cabot Corp. & Brookings Institution) | + | *[[James MacGregor Burns]] (Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian) |
| − | [[Thomas Campbell]] (Former U.S. Congressman & Dean, Haas School of Business) | + | *[[Louis Cabot]] (Former Chm., Cabot Corp. & Brookings Institution) |
| − | [[Tony Campollo]] (President, Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education) | + | *[[Thomas Campbell]] (Former U.S. Congressman & Dean, Haas School of Business) |
| − | [[Jack Canfield]] (Author, Chicken Soup Series) | + | *[[Tony Campollo]] (President, Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education) |
| − | [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] (Composer/Vocalist) | + | *[[Jack Canfield]] (Author, Chicken Soup Series) |
| − | [[Hodding Carter]] (President, Knight Foundation/Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State) | + | *[[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] (Composer/Vocalist) |
| − | [[Steve Case]] (Former Chm., AOL Time Warner) | + | *[[Hodding Carter]] (President, Knight Foundation/Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State) |
| − | [[Joie Chen]] (TV News Correspondent) | + | *[[Steve Case]] (Former Chm., AOL Time Warner) |
| − | [[Wesley Clark]] (Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO) | + | *[[Joie Chen]] (TV News Correspondent) |
| − | [[Gordon Conway]] (President, Rockefeller Foundation) | + | *[[Wesley Clark]] (Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO) |
| − | [[James Cronin]] (Director, Enrico Fermi Laboratories/Physics Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[Gordon Conway]] (President, Rockefeller Foundation) |
| − | [[Walt Cunningham]] (Astronaut) | + | *[[James Cronin]] (Director, Enrico Fermi Laboratories/Physics Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[Robert Denham]] (Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson/Former Chm., Salomon, Inc.) | + | *[[Walt Cunningham]] (Astronaut) |
| − | [[Rita Dove]] (Former U.S. Poet Laureate) | + | *[[Robert Denham]] (Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson/Former Chm., Salomon, Inc.) |
| − | [[Esther Dyson]] (Editor-at-large, CNET/Former Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation) | + | *[[Rita Dove]] (Former U.S. Poet Laureate) |
| − | [[Richard Elkus]] (Former Co-Chairman, KLA-Tencor Instruments) | + | *[[Esther Dyson]] (Editor-at-large, CNET/Former Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation) |
| − | [[Marsha Evans]] (Former President, American Red Cross/Retired U.S. Navy Admiral) | + | *[[Richard Elkus]] (Former Co-Chairman, KLA-Tencor Instruments) |
| − | [[Craig Fields]] (Former Chm., Defense Science Board & Director, D.A.R.P.A) | + | *[[Marsha Evans]] (Former President, American Red Cross/Retired U.S. Navy Admiral) |
| − | [[Howard Fineman]] (Chief Political Correspondent, Newsweek/TV Commentator) | + | *[[Craig Fields]] (Former Chm., Defense Science Board & Director, D.A.R.P.A) |
| − | [[Joel Fleishman]] (Former President, Atlantic Philanthropies & Chm., Urban Institute) | + | *[[Howard Fineman]] (Chief Political Correspondent, Newsweek/TV Commentator) |
| − | [[Leighton Ford]] (Minister) | + | *[[Joel Fleishman]] (Former President, Atlantic Philanthropies & Chm., Urban Institute) |
| − | [[Jerome Freidman]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[Leighton Ford]] (Minister) |
| − | [[Arthur Frommer]] (Travel Writer-Editor) | + | *[[Jerome Freidman]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[Millard Fuller]] (Founder, Habitat for Humanity) | + | *[[Arthur Frommer]] (Travel Writer-Editor) |
| − | [[Robert Gallucci]] (Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service) | + | *[[Millard Fuller]] (Founder, Habitat for Humanity) |
| − | [[Howard Gardner]] (MacArthur Prize-winning Author, Changing Minds) | + | *[[Robert Gallucci]] (Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service) |
| − | [[Gordon Gee]] (President, Vanderbilt University) | + | *[[Howard Gardner]] (MacArthur Prize-winning Author, Changing Minds) |
| − | [[Phyllis George]] (Former "Miss America" / TV Host) | + | *[[Gordon Gee]] (President, Vanderbilt University) |
| − | [[David Gergen]] (Former Presidential Advisor/Editor-at-large, U.S. News & World Report) | + | *[[Phyllis George]] (Former "Miss America" / TV Host) |
| − | [[Nathan Glazer]] (Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Education, Harvard University) | + | *[[David Gergen]] (Former Presidential Advisor/Editor-at-large, U.S. News & World Report) |
| − | [[Paul Goldberger]] (Dean, Parsons School of Design) | + | *[[Nathan Glazer]] (Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Education, Harvard University) |
| − | [[George G. W. Goodman]] (Financial Author-Broadcaster, "Adam Smith") | + | *[[Paul Goldberger]] (Dean, Parsons School of Design) |
| − | [[Bob Graham]] (U.S. Senator & Florida Governor) | + | *[[George G. W. Goodman]] (Financial Author-Broadcaster, "Adam Smith") |
| − | Sir [[Jeremy Greenstock]] (Former British Ambassador to the United Nations) | + | *[[Bob Graham]] (U.S. Senator & Florida Governor) |
| − | [[Amy Gutmann]] (President, University of Pennsylvania) | + | *Sir [[Jeremy Greenstock]] (Former British Ambassador to the United Nations) |
| − | [[Paul Haaga]] (Executive Vice President, Capital Research & Management) | + | *[[Amy Gutmann]] (President, University of Pennsylvania) |
| − | [[Ken Hakuta]] (Entrepreneur/"Dr. Fad") | + | *[[Paul Haaga]] (Executive Vice President, Capital Research & Management) |
| − | [[Michael Hammer]] (Author, Reengineering the Corporation) | + | *[[Ken Hakuta]] (Entrepreneur/"Dr. Fad") |
| − | [[Michael Helfer]] (General Counsel, Citigroup/Former Managing Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering) | + | *[[Michael Hammer]] (Author, Reengineering the Corporation) |
| − | [[Ricki Tigert Helfer]] (Former Ch., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) | + | *[[Michael Helfer]] (General Counsel, Citigroup/Former Managing Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering) |
| − | [[Alexis Herman]] (Former U.S. Secretary of Labor) | + | *[[Ricki Tigert Helfer]] (Former Ch., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) |
| − | [[Frances Hesselbein]] (Former Chair, Peter Drucker Foundation & President, Girl Scouts USA) | + | *[[Alexis Herman]] (Former U.S. Secretary of Labor) |
| − | [[Rush Holt]] (U.S. Congressman) | + | *[[Frances Hesselbein]] (Former Chair, Peter Drucker Foundation & President, Girl Scouts USA) |
| − | [[Arianna Huffington]] (Political Commentator) | + | *[[Rush Holt]] (U.S. Congressman) |
| − | [[John Jakes]] (Author, North & South) | + | *[[Arianna Huffington]] (Political Commentator) |
| − | [[Myron Kandel]] (Former Financial Editor, CNN) | + | *[[John Jakes]] (Author, North & South) |
| − | [[Rosabeth Moss Kanter]] (Professor, Harvard Business School/Author, World Class) | + | *[[Myron Kandel]] (Former Financial Editor, CNN) |
| − | [[Rich Karlgaard]] (Publisher, Forbes) | + | *[[Rosabeth Moss Kanter]] (Professor, Harvard Business School/Author, World Class) |
| − | [[David A. Keene]] (Chairman, The American Conservative Union) | + | *[[Rich Karlgaard]] (Publisher, Forbes) |
| − | [[William Kennard]] (Partner, Carlyle Group/Former Chm., Federal Communications Commission) | + | *[[David A. Keene]] (Chairman, The American Conservative Union) |
| − | [[Wolfgang Ketterle]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[William Kennard]] (Partner, Carlyle Group/Former Chm., Federal Communications Commission) |
| − | [[Jim Kolbe]] (U.S. Congressman) | + | *[[Wolfgang Ketterle]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[Harold Kushner]] (Author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People) | + | *[[Jim Kolbe]] (U.S. Congressman) |
| − | [[Jackie Leo]] (Editor-in-Chief, Reader's Digest) | + | *[[Harold Kushner]] (Author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People) |
| − | [[John Leo]] (Contributing Editor, US News) | + | *[[Jackie Leo]] (Editor-in-Chief, Reader's Digest) |
| − | [[Leon Lederman]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[John Leo]] (Contributing Editor, US News) |
| − | [[Marty Liquori]] (Olympian/Sports Commentator) | + | *[[Leon Lederman]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[Jim Lovell]] (Apollo 13 Astronaut) | + | *[[Marty Liquori]] (Olympian/Sports Commentator) |
| − | [[Li Lu]] (Human Rights Activist/Author, Moving the Mountain) | + | *[[Jim Lovell]] (Apollo 13 Astronaut) |
| − | [[Frank Luntz]] (Political Consultant) | + | *[[Li Lu]] (Human Rights Activist/Author, Moving the Mountain) |
| − | [[Fred Malek]] (Chm., Thayer Capital) | + | *[[Frank Luntz]] (Political Consultant) |
| − | [[Doug Marlette]] (Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist) | + | *[[Fred Malek]] (Chm., Thayer Capital) |
| − | [[Martin Marty]] (Professor Emeritus of Religion, University of Chicago) | + | *[[Doug Marlette]] (Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist) |
| − | [[Walter Massey (President, Morehouse College) | + | *[[Martin Marty]] (Professor Emeritus of Religion, University of Chicago) |
| − | [[Boyd Matson]] (TV Host) | + | *[[Walter Massey]] (President, Morehouse College) |
| − | [[Mickey Maudlin]] (Former Executive Editor, Christianity Today) | + | *[[Boyd Matson]] (TV Host) |
| − | [[Sir Deryck Maughan]] (Chm., Citigroup International) | + | *[[Mickey Maudlin]] (Former Executive Editor, Christianity Today) |
| − | [[Newton Minow]] (Former Chm., F.C.C. & RAND Corp.) | + | *[[Sir Deryck Maughan]] (Chm., Citigroup International) |
| − | [[Leslie Moonves]] (Chm., CBS) | + | *[[Newton Minow]] (Former Chm., F.C.C. & RAND Corp.) |
| − | [[Edwin Moses]] (Olympic Gold Medalist) | + | *[[Leslie Moonves]] (Chm., CBS) |
| − | [[Joseph Murray]] (Medicine Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[Edwin Moses]] (Olympic Gold Medalist) |
| − | [[Bill Nelson]] (U.S. Senator) | + | *[[Joseph Murray]] (Medicine Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[Jay Nordlinger]] (Managing Editor, National Review) | + | *[[Bill Nelson]] (U.S. Senator) |
| − | [[Peter Norton]] (Creator, Norton Utilities) | + | *[[Jay Nordlinger]] (Managing Editor, National Review) |
| − | [[Joseph Nye]] (Frmr. Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) | + | *[[Peter Norton]] (Creator, Norton Utilities) |
| − | [[Dean Ornish]] (President, Preventative Medicine Research Institute) | + | *[[Joseph Nye]] (Frmr. Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) |
| − | [[Norman Ornstein]] (Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute) | + | *[[Dean Ornish]] (President, Preventative Medicine Research Institute) |
| − | [[Elaine Pagels]] (Professor of Religion, Princeton University) | + | *[[Norman Ornstein]] (Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute) |
| − | [[Richard North Patterson]] (Author, Degree of Guilt) | + | *[[Elaine Pagels]] (Professor of Religion, Princeton University) |
| − | [[Deval Patrick]] (Frmr. U.S. Asst. Atty.-General, & Gen. Counsel, Texaco and Coca-Cola Companies) | + | *[[Richard North Patterson]] (Author, Degree of Guilt) |
| − | [[Martin Perl]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[Deval Patrick]] (Frmr. U.S. Asst. Atty.-General, & Gen. Counsel, Texaco and Coca-Cola Companies) |
| − | [[William Perry]] (Former U.S. Secretary of Defense) | + | *[[Martin Perl]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[William Phillips]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[William Perry]] (Former U.S. Secretary of Defense) |
| − | [[Michael Porter]] (Author, The Competitive Advantage of Nations) | + | *[[William Phillips]] (Physics Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[David Pottruck]] (Former Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Corp./Co-Author, Clicks & Mortar) | + | *[[Michael Porter]] (Author, The Competitive Advantage of Nations) |
| − | [[Clyde Prestowitz]] (Chm., Economics Strategy Institute) | + | *[[David Pottruck]] (Former Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Corp./Co-Author, Clicks & Mortar) |
| − | [[Mary Lou Quinlan]] (CEO, Just Ask A Woman/Former Cheif Exec., N.W. Ayer & Partners Advertising) | + | *[[Clyde Prestowitz]] (Chm., Economics Strategy Institute) |
| − | [[Richard Riley]] (Former U.S. Secretary of Education & South Carolina Governor) | + | *[[Mary Lou Quinlan]] (CEO, Just Ask A Woman/Former Cheif Exec., N.W. Ayer & Partners Advertising) |
| − | [[Charles Robb]] (Former U.S. Senator & Virginia Governor) | + | *[[Richard Riley]] (Former U.S. Secretary of Education & South Carolina Governor) |
| − | [[Lord Robertson of Port Ellen]] (Former N.A.T.O. Secretary-General) | + | *[[Charles Robb]] (Former U.S. Senator & Virginia Governor) |
| − | [[Judith Rodin]] (Frmr. President, University of Pennsylvania) | + | *[[George Robertson|Lord Robertson of Port Ellen]] (Former N.A.T.O. Secretary-General) |
| − | [[Paul Russo]] (Former Sp. Asst. to President Reagan) | + | *[[Judith Rodin]] (Frmr. President, University of Pennsylvania) |
| − | [[David Salzman]] (Film Producer) | + | *[[Paul Russo]] (Former Sp. Asst. to President Reagan) |
| − | [[Lamin Sanneh]] (Professor of World Religions, Yale University) | + | *[[David Salzman]] (Film Producer) |
| − | [[Diane Sawyer]] (TV News Host) | + | *[[Lamin Sanneh]] (Professor of World Religions, Yale University) |
| − | [[Robert Schuller II]] (Minister) | + | *[[Diane Sawyer]] (TV News Host) |
| − | [[William Sharpe]] (Economics Nobel Laureate) | + | *[[Robert Schuller II]] (Minister) |
| − | [[Christopher Shays]] (U.S. Congressman) | + | *[[William Sharpe]] (Economics Nobel Laureate) |
| − | [[Gail Sheehy]] (Author, Passages) | + | *[[Christopher Shays]] (U.S. Congressman) |
| − | [[Ruth Simmons]] (President, Brown University) | + | *[[Gail Sheehy]] (Author, Passages) |
| − | [[Dean Smith]] (Former Head Basketball Coach, University of North Carolina) | + | *[[Ruth Simmons]] (President, Brown University) |
| − | [[Stan Smith]] (Former Wimbledon & U.S. Open Tennis Champion) | + | *[[Dean Smith]] (Former Head Basketball Coach, University of North Carolina) |
| − | [[Paula Stern]] (Former Ch., International Trade Commission) | + | *[[Stan Smith]] (Former Wimbledon & U.S. Open Tennis Champion) |
| − | [[Amy Tan]] (Author, The Joy Luck Club) | + | *[[Paula Stern]] (Former Ch., International Trade Commission) |
| − | [[Deborah Tannen]] (Linguistics Professor, Georgetown University/Author, You Just Don't Understand) | + | *[[Amy Tan]] (Author, The Joy Luck Club) |
| − | [[John Templeton, Jr.]] (President, Templeton Foundation) | + | *[[Deborah Tannen]] (Linguistics Professor, Georgetown University/Author, You Just Don't Understand) |
| − | [[Shashi Tharoor]] (Novelist/Under Secretary-General of the United Nations) | + | *[[John Templeton, Jr.]] (President, Templeton Foundation) |
| − | [[Richard Thornburgh]] (Former U.S. Attorney-General & Pennsylvania Governor) | + | *[[Shashi Tharoor]] (Novelist/Under Secretary-General of the United Nations) |
| − | [[Tyler Tingley]] (Principal, Philips Exeter Academy) | + | *[[Richard Thornburgh]] (Former U.S. Attorney-General & Pennsylvania Governor) |
| − | [[Andrew Tobias]] (Financial Writer) | + | *[[Tyler Tingley]] (Principal, Philips Exeter Academy) |
| − | [[David Trimble]] (Nobel Peace Prizewinner & Former First Minister, Northern Ireland) | + | *[[Andrew Tobias]] (Financial Writer) |
| − | [[Mark Udall]] (U.S. Congressman) | + | *[[David Trimble]] (Nobel Peace Prizewinner & Former First Minister, Northern Ireland) |
| − | [[Tom Udall]] (U.S. Congressman) | + | *[[Mark Udall]] (U.S. Congressman) |
| − | [[Art Ulene]] (Physician/TV Commentator) | + | *[[Tom Udall]] (U.S. Congressman) |
| − | [[Craig Venter]] (President, Center for the Advancement of Genomics) | + | *[[Art Ulene]] (Physician/TV Commentator) |
| − | [[Richard Viguerie]] (Former Publisher, Conservative Digest) | + | *[[Craig Venter]] (President, Center for the Advancement of Genomics) |
| − | [[Joseph Wapner]] (Former Judge/TV Personality) | + | *[[Richard Viguerie]] (Former Publisher, Conservative Digest) |
| − | [[Murray Weidenbaum]] (Former Chm., Pres. Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers) | + | *[[Joseph Wapner]] (Former Judge/TV Personality) |
| − | [[Ruth Westheimer]] (Therapist) | + | *[[Murray Weidenbaum]] (Former Chm., Pres. Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers) |
| − | [[Josh Weston]] (Former Chm., ADP Inc.) | + | *[[Ruth Westheimer]] (Therapist) |
| − | [[Ann Wexler]] (Founder, Wexler Public Policy) | + | *[[Josh Weston]] (Former Chm., ADP Inc.) |
| − | [[Marina von Neumann Whitman]] (Frmr. Member, President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers) | + | *[[Ann Wexler]] (Founder, Wexler Public Policy) |
| − | [[William Winter]] (Former Mississippi Governor) | + | *[[Marina von Neumann Whitman]] (Frmr. Member, President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers) |
| − | [[Tim Wirth]] (President, United Nations Foundation/Former U.S. Senator) | + | *[[William Winter]] (Former Mississippi Governor) |
| − | [[Philip Yancey]] (Former Editor-at-large, Christianity Today/Author) | + | *[[Tim Wirth]] (President, United Nations Foundation/Former U.S. Senator) |
| − | [[Ben Zander]] (Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra) | + | *[[Philip Yancey]] (Former Editor-at-large, Christianity Today/Author) |
| + | *[[Ben Zander]] (Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra) <ref>Renaissance Weekend, [http://www.renaissanceweekend.org/AdvisoryBoard_25thNEW.htm Advisory Board]</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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*[[Bilderberg Group]] | *[[Bilderberg Group]] | ||
*[[Bohemian Grove]] | *[[Bohemian Grove]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:45, 5 October 2007
Renaissance Weekend is an exclusive elite retreat, founded in 1980 by Linda Lader and Philip Lader, the former U.S. Ambassador to the UK. Renaissance Weekends are private, invitation-only retreats for leaders in business and finance, government, the media, religion, medicine, science, technology and the arts.
Conversations are strictly off the record and subject matter ranges widely, tending to focus heavily on policy and business issues. [1]
Notable Participants
- Stephen Case
- Wesley Clark
- Bill Clinton
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Gerald Ford
- Richard Karlgaard
- Joel Klein
- Andrew Lack
- Les Moonves
- Arno Penzias
- William Perry
- Alan K. Simpson
- Lawrence Summers
- Strobe Talbott
- Richard Thornburgh
Advisory Board
- William Jefferson Clinton
- Gerald R. Ford
- Buzz Aldrin (Astronaut)
- Adam Aron (Chairman, Vail/Rock Resorts Inc.)
- Henry Bienen (President, Northwestern University)
- Veronica Biggins (Sr. Partner, Heidrick & Struggles)
- Theodore Bikel (Actor)
- Alan Blinder (Former Vice Chm. Federal Reserve Board)
- Julia Chang Bloch (President, U.S.-China Education Trust/Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal)
- Guy Bluford (Astronaut)
- Baruch Blumberg (Medicine Nobel Laureate/Former Master, Balliol College, Oxford)
- Charles F. Bolden (Former Astronaut & Marine Corps General)
- Richard Bolles (Author, What Color is My Parachute?)
- Timothy Bottoms (Actor)
- Rita Braver (TV News Correspondent)
- Stephen Breyer (Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court)
- Molly Corbett Broad (Former President, University of North Carolina)
- William Broyles (Editor/Sreenwriter, "Apollo 13")
- James MacGregor Burns (Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian)
- Louis Cabot (Former Chm., Cabot Corp. & Brookings Institution)
- Thomas Campbell (Former U.S. Congressman & Dean, Haas School of Business)
- Tony Campollo (President, Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education)
- Jack Canfield (Author, Chicken Soup Series)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter (Composer/Vocalist)
- Hodding Carter (President, Knight Foundation/Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State)
- Steve Case (Former Chm., AOL Time Warner)
- Joie Chen (TV News Correspondent)
- Wesley Clark (Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO)
- Gordon Conway (President, Rockefeller Foundation)
- James Cronin (Director, Enrico Fermi Laboratories/Physics Nobel Laureate)
- Walt Cunningham (Astronaut)
- Robert Denham (Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson/Former Chm., Salomon, Inc.)
- Rita Dove (Former U.S. Poet Laureate)
- Esther Dyson (Editor-at-large, CNET/Former Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation)
- Richard Elkus (Former Co-Chairman, KLA-Tencor Instruments)
- Marsha Evans (Former President, American Red Cross/Retired U.S. Navy Admiral)
- Craig Fields (Former Chm., Defense Science Board & Director, D.A.R.P.A)
- Howard Fineman (Chief Political Correspondent, Newsweek/TV Commentator)
- Joel Fleishman (Former President, Atlantic Philanthropies & Chm., Urban Institute)
- Leighton Ford (Minister)
- Jerome Freidman (Physics Nobel Laureate)
- Arthur Frommer (Travel Writer-Editor)
- Millard Fuller (Founder, Habitat for Humanity)
- Robert Gallucci (Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service)
- Howard Gardner (MacArthur Prize-winning Author, Changing Minds)
- Gordon Gee (President, Vanderbilt University)
- Phyllis George (Former "Miss America" / TV Host)
- David Gergen (Former Presidential Advisor/Editor-at-large, U.S. News & World Report)
- Nathan Glazer (Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Education, Harvard University)
- Paul Goldberger (Dean, Parsons School of Design)
- George G. W. Goodman (Financial Author-Broadcaster, "Adam Smith")
- Bob Graham (U.S. Senator & Florida Governor)
- Sir Jeremy Greenstock (Former British Ambassador to the United Nations)
- Amy Gutmann (President, University of Pennsylvania)
- Paul Haaga (Executive Vice President, Capital Research & Management)
- Ken Hakuta (Entrepreneur/"Dr. Fad")
- Michael Hammer (Author, Reengineering the Corporation)
- Michael Helfer (General Counsel, Citigroup/Former Managing Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering)
- Ricki Tigert Helfer (Former Ch., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
- Alexis Herman (Former U.S. Secretary of Labor)
- Frances Hesselbein (Former Chair, Peter Drucker Foundation & President, Girl Scouts USA)
- Rush Holt (U.S. Congressman)
- Arianna Huffington (Political Commentator)
- John Jakes (Author, North & South)
- Myron Kandel (Former Financial Editor, CNN)
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Professor, Harvard Business School/Author, World Class)
- Rich Karlgaard (Publisher, Forbes)
- David A. Keene (Chairman, The American Conservative Union)
- William Kennard (Partner, Carlyle Group/Former Chm., Federal Communications Commission)
- Wolfgang Ketterle (Physics Nobel Laureate)
- Jim Kolbe (U.S. Congressman)
- Harold Kushner (Author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People)
- Jackie Leo (Editor-in-Chief, Reader's Digest)
- John Leo (Contributing Editor, US News)
- Leon Lederman (Physics Nobel Laureate)
- Marty Liquori (Olympian/Sports Commentator)
- Jim Lovell (Apollo 13 Astronaut)
- Li Lu (Human Rights Activist/Author, Moving the Mountain)
- Frank Luntz (Political Consultant)
- Fred Malek (Chm., Thayer Capital)
- Doug Marlette (Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist)
- Martin Marty (Professor Emeritus of Religion, University of Chicago)
- Walter Massey (President, Morehouse College)
- Boyd Matson (TV Host)
- Mickey Maudlin (Former Executive Editor, Christianity Today)
- Sir Deryck Maughan (Chm., Citigroup International)
- Newton Minow (Former Chm., F.C.C. & RAND Corp.)
- Leslie Moonves (Chm., CBS)
- Edwin Moses (Olympic Gold Medalist)
- Joseph Murray (Medicine Nobel Laureate)
- Bill Nelson (U.S. Senator)
- Jay Nordlinger (Managing Editor, National Review)
- Peter Norton (Creator, Norton Utilities)
- Joseph Nye (Frmr. Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
- Dean Ornish (President, Preventative Medicine Research Institute)
- Norman Ornstein (Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute)
- Elaine Pagels (Professor of Religion, Princeton University)
- Richard North Patterson (Author, Degree of Guilt)
- Deval Patrick (Frmr. U.S. Asst. Atty.-General, & Gen. Counsel, Texaco and Coca-Cola Companies)
- Martin Perl (Physics Nobel Laureate)
- William Perry (Former U.S. Secretary of Defense)
- William Phillips (Physics Nobel Laureate)
- Michael Porter (Author, The Competitive Advantage of Nations)
- David Pottruck (Former Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Corp./Co-Author, Clicks & Mortar)
- Clyde Prestowitz (Chm., Economics Strategy Institute)
- Mary Lou Quinlan (CEO, Just Ask A Woman/Former Cheif Exec., N.W. Ayer & Partners Advertising)
- Richard Riley (Former U.S. Secretary of Education & South Carolina Governor)
- Charles Robb (Former U.S. Senator & Virginia Governor)
- Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Former N.A.T.O. Secretary-General)
- Judith Rodin (Frmr. President, University of Pennsylvania)
- Paul Russo (Former Sp. Asst. to President Reagan)
- David Salzman (Film Producer)
- Lamin Sanneh (Professor of World Religions, Yale University)
- Diane Sawyer (TV News Host)
- Robert Schuller II (Minister)
- William Sharpe (Economics Nobel Laureate)
- Christopher Shays (U.S. Congressman)
- Gail Sheehy (Author, Passages)
- Ruth Simmons (President, Brown University)
- Dean Smith (Former Head Basketball Coach, University of North Carolina)
- Stan Smith (Former Wimbledon & U.S. Open Tennis Champion)
- Paula Stern (Former Ch., International Trade Commission)
- Amy Tan (Author, The Joy Luck Club)
- Deborah Tannen (Linguistics Professor, Georgetown University/Author, You Just Don't Understand)
- John Templeton, Jr. (President, Templeton Foundation)
- Shashi Tharoor (Novelist/Under Secretary-General of the United Nations)
- Richard Thornburgh (Former U.S. Attorney-General & Pennsylvania Governor)
- Tyler Tingley (Principal, Philips Exeter Academy)
- Andrew Tobias (Financial Writer)
- David Trimble (Nobel Peace Prizewinner & Former First Minister, Northern Ireland)
- Mark Udall (U.S. Congressman)
- Tom Udall (U.S. Congressman)
- Art Ulene (Physician/TV Commentator)
- Craig Venter (President, Center for the Advancement of Genomics)
- Richard Viguerie (Former Publisher, Conservative Digest)
- Joseph Wapner (Former Judge/TV Personality)
- Murray Weidenbaum (Former Chm., Pres. Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers)
- Ruth Westheimer (Therapist)
- Josh Weston (Former Chm., ADP Inc.)
- Ann Wexler (Founder, Wexler Public Policy)
- Marina von Neumann Whitman (Frmr. Member, President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers)
- William Winter (Former Mississippi Governor)
- Tim Wirth (President, United Nations Foundation/Former U.S. Senator)
- Philip Yancey (Former Editor-at-large, Christianity Today/Author)
- Ben Zander (Conductor, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra) [2]
See also
References
- ↑ Renaissance Weekend, What is it?
- ↑ Renaissance Weekend, Advisory Board
