| Generic Press Release (Word format) |
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| Evaluation Form (please download and mail back to us!) |
Speaker Presentations, Handouts, and Web Sites
(organized by session)
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| Dinner Keynote |
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David Moore, Senior Editor, Gallup Poll |
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Presentation: “The Enigmatic, Problematic and Oxymoronic Nature of Public Opinion OR Why We Should Be Wary of Polls!”
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Women and Politics... |
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Susan J. Carroll, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and Senior Researcher, CAWP
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Presentation: “Overview of Research Findings on Women in Politics” |
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Web site: www.cawp.rutgers.edu
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Carol Hardy-Fanta, Ph.D., Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts–Boston
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Presentation: “Women in New England Politics: The ‘State of the States’” |
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Web site: www.mccormack.umb.edu/cwppp/index.jsp
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Barbara Lee, President, Barbara Lee Family Foundation
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Web site: www.barbaraleefoundation.org
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Gary Moncrief, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Boise State University; Visiting Professor 2005-2006, CAWP
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Presentation: “What We Know, What We Thought We Knew, What We Need to Know”
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Economic Security: Investing in the Future of Families and Children |
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Wendy Chun-Hoon, Senior Program Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Presentation: “Economic Security: Supporting Working Families” |
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Web site: www.aecf.org
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Avis Jones-DeWeever, Study Director, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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Presentation: “Economic Security: Investing in the Future of Families and Children” |
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Web site: www.iwpr.org
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Representative Diana S. Urban (R-CT)
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Sandy Venner, Program Director and Senior Program Associate, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
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Web site: www.assetinstitute.org
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Health Care Policy and the States |
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Christine Ferguson, President and CEO, FirstFocus
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Neva Kaye, National Academy for State Health Policy
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Presentation: “Innovations and Alternatives in State Medicaid Programs” |
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Web site: www.nashp.org
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Cindy Mann, JD, Research Professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University
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Presentation: “Medicaid: Pressures, Solutions, and Opportunities” |
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Web site: www.georgetown.edu/research/ihcrp
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Jonathan Parker, Executive Director, Americans for Health Care, SEIU
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Web site: www.americansforhealthcare.org
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Ethical Dilemmas in Public Policy: Lessons from End-of-Life Care
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Thomas Murray, Ph.D., President, The Hastings Center
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Handout: “Improving End of Life Care: Why Has It Been So Difficult?” |
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Web site: www.thehastingscenter.org
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Joanne Lynn, MD., Senior Natural Scientist, Palliative Care Policy Center, RAND
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Suggested resource: Sick to Death and Not Going to Take it Anymore (Book link to Amazon.com) |
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Web site: www.medicaring.org
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Alan Meisel, JD., Director, Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburg
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Web site: www.pitt.edu/~bioethic/
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Economic Security in Retirement |
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Cindy Hounsell, President, Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement
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Presentation: “Economic Security in Retirement” |
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Web site: www.wiser.heinz.org
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Leanne J. Abdnor, President, For Our Grandchildren
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Presentation: “The ‘Demographic Tsunami’ and Social Security” |
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Web site: www.forourgrandchildren.org |
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Additional reading: “Social Security Choices for the 21st Century Woman”
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Marilyn Watkins, Ph.D., Policy Director, Economic Opportunity Institute
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Presentation: “Universal Retirement Savings: What the States Can Do” |
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Handouts: “Retirement Insecurity” and “Proposal for Washington Voluntary Accounts” |
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Web site: www.eoionline.org
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Can This Marriage Be Saved? Examining the Relationship Between the States and the Federal Government |
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William Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
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Web site: www.ncsl.org
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The Legacy of New England Women’s Leadership |
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(Audio-recording available soon) |
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Ruth B. Mandel, Ph.D., Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University |
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The Honorable Madeline Kunin (D), former Governor of Vermont |
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The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen (D), former Governor of New Hampshire |
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The Honorable Jane Swift (R), former Governor of Massachusetts |
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