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ServiceNation Summit – Confirmed Speakers

List updated as of August 22nd…

Thursday, September 11, 2008

  • U.S. Senator John McCain, Arizona
  • U.S. Senator Barack Obama, Illinois
  • Governor David A. Paterson, New York
  • Rick Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

Friday, September 12, 2008

  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City
  • John Bridgeland, President and CEO, Civic Enterprises, LLC
  • Richard H. Brodhead, President, Duke University
  • Michael Brown, CEO and Co-Founder, City Year, Inc.
  • Kelly Caffarelli, President, The Home Depot Foundation
  • Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone
  • Jean Case, CEO, The Case Foundation
  • Richard Cizick, Vice President, National Association of Evangelicals
  • U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York
  • Kenneth Cole, Founder, Kenneth Cole
  • Scott Cowen, President, Tulane University
  • John DeGioia, President, Georgetown University; Chair, Campus Compact
  • John Dilulio, Former Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; Author, The Godly Republic
  • U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, Connecticut
  • Rabbi Marla Feldman, Director of the Joint Commission on Social Action of the Union for Reform Judaism and Central Conference of American Rabbis
  • David Gergen, Professor of Public Service and Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University
  • Stephen Goldsmith, Former Mayor, Indianapolis, IN
  • Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania
  • JoAnn Haysbert, President, Langston University; Board Member, Campus Compact
  • Marian Heard, President and CEO, Oxen Hill Partners
  • JuWanna Henry, National Civilian Community Corps Alumna
  • Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
  • Van Jones, Founder and President, Green For All
  • Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interoir, The White House
  • Bobby Kennedy, Jr., Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Hudson Riverkeeper; President, Waterkeeper Alliance
  • Caroline Kennedy, Vice-Chair, New York City Fund For Public Schools
  • Martin Luther King, III, Chairman, Realizing the Dream
  • Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Public Schools
  • Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder, Teach for America
  • Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
  • Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu, Louisiana
  • Sherry Lansing, CEO, Sherry Lansing Foundation
  • Gloria Larson, President, Bentley College
  • Tom Nelson, COO, AARP
  • Bill Novelli, CEO, AARP
  • Dr. Mehmet Oz, Founder & Chairman, HealthCorps
  • Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core
  • Sonia Perez, Senior Vice President, Affiliate Member Services, National Council of La Raza
  • Alma Powell, Chair, America’s Promise Alliance
  • James Quigley, CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Ramesh Ratnesar, Deputy Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
  • Amanda Ripley, Senior Writer, TIME Magazine
  • John Rice, Vice Chairman, GE; President and CEO, GE Infrastructure
  • Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University
  • Representative John P. Sarbanes, US Congressman
  • Jim Stern, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Tufts University
  • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California
  • Nathan Thornburgh, Senior Editor, TIME
  • Jerry Sue Thornton, President of Cuyahoga Community College
  • Col. John Tien, United States Army
  • Laurie Tisch, President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
  • Usher, Recording Artist
  • General Henry Viccellio, US Air Force
  • Laysha Ward, President, Community Relations and Target Foundation
  • Harris Wofford, Former U.S. Senator; Former CEO, Corporation for National & Community Service
  • Cicely Wolters, Peace Corps Alumna