Program Committee

Program Committee members are globally-minded university and community leaders who are responsible for developing the Forum theme and for generating speaker ideas.

  • Shari Veil, Program Committee Chair
  • Victoria Grasso, President, Cooper Foundation
  • Rebecca Baskerville, Forum Coordinator
  • Brian Reetz, Forum Production Coordinator
  • Natalie Hole, Forum Intern
  • Anne Brandt
  • Randy Bretz
  • John Carroll
  • Nola Derby Bennet
  • Megan Elliott
  • Brendan Evans
  • Nkenge Friday
  • James Garza
  • Frauke Hachtmann
  • Kim Hall
  • Courtney Hillebrecht
  • Patrice McMahon
  • Clay Naff
  • Sophia Perdikaris
  • Oscar Rios Pohirieth
  • Jason Schmaderer
  • Chris Sommerich
  • Bill Stephan
  • Maegan Stevens-Liska
  • Heather Thomas
  • Will Thomas
  • Art Thompson
  • Janell Walther
  • Sändra Washington
  • Annette Wetzel
  • Ryan Wieber
  • Mike Zeleny