Healthcare and education have been hotly debated topics recently, and we have great panelists who can help you explore these issues in depth, including:
Healthcare
Susan Sher, Former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama; First Female Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago; Healthcare Expert and Advisor on Obama’s Healthcare Legislation
Jonathan Cohn, Journalist; Senior Editor for the New Republic; Author of Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis
Gail Wilensky, Economist and Senior Fellow at Project HOPE - an international health foundation; Expert on Healthcare Finance and Policy
Senator Evan Bayh, Former U.S. Senator (D-IN); Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
Senator Bob Bennett, Former U.S. Senator (R-UT); Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Senior Senate Republican of the Joint Economic Committee
Regina Herzlinger, Professor at Harvard Business School and Author of Who Killed Health Care?
Uwe Reinhart, Leading Expert on Healthcare Reform
Education
Margaret Spellings, Former U.S. Secretary of Education; Expert on the Future Competitiveness of the American Workforce; Helped create No Child Left Behind
Tim Pawlenty, Former Governor of Minnesota; Former Republican Presidential Candidate; Championed innovative education reforms that later became national models; First in his family to graduate from college
John Wood, Founder and CEO of Room to Read, a non-profit focusing on ending poverty through the power of education; Author of Award-Winning Memoir, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
Robert Ballard, Deep-Sea Explorer; Best known for his discoveries of the Titanic and life at the bottom of the ocean; Created the JASON Project, an educational program that encourages students’ learning in science, math, and technology through exploration and discovery
Leroy Chiao, Astronaut and Entrepreneur in Commercial Space Flight; Spokesman and advisor for several space education and innovate learning programs
Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Leader; Leading Advocate of Education Equality; Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN)
When dealing with a panel, considering a moderator is also a best practice. They can frame the issue, keep the discussion moving, and facilitate questions to the panel. Leading Authorities represents some of today’s top commentators who have vast experience driving conversations around hot-button issues. View a list of fantastic and skilled moderators.
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