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

Advisory Board

See also

References

  1. Renaissance Weekend, What is it?
  2. Renaissance Weekend, Advisory Board