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Wyoming Heritage Foundation's Annual Public Forums 1985 - 2004
2004 "How Are The Children" November 18-19, 2004--Parkway Plaza, Casper PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS:
Wyoming Governor Dave and First Lady Nancy Freudenthal Bill O'Hare, Ph.D., Senior associate and National KIDS Count Coordinator. Dave Pelzer, New York Times Best Selling Author of "A Child Called It," "The Lost Boy" and "A Man Named Dave." Tom Birch, Author on the cost of child abuse and neglect; Chair of the National Child Abuse Coalition and Washington D.C. Council. Pat Cooper, Superintendent, McComb School District; Creator of a Uniquea nd Highly Successful School and Community Wellness Program, McComb Mississippi Dr. James Allen Caillier, President Emeritus of the University of Louisiana System; Board Member of the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Energy Board of Directors and the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Ph.D.,
Author of "The War Against Parents," and
eight other books; Commentator on Sixty Minutes, Oprah, Today Show and NBC
Nightly News; Founder of the National Parenting Association, New York, N.Y.
2003 "Public Lands: Get Out of the Rut" November 20-21, 2003--Parkway Plaza Hotel, Casper November 22, 2003--Radisson Hotel, Casper Attendance: 350 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Ernesta Ballard, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of Alaska, Juneau, AK Dale Bosworth, Chief, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC Bob Keiter, Director, Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment, University of Utah, and Author, “Keeping Faith With Nature…Ecosystems, Democracy and America’s Public Lands”, Salt Lake City, UT Gale Norton, Secretary of Interior, Washington, DC Thomas Sansonetti, U. S. Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 2002 "Health Care: Quality, Affordability and Responsibility in the Rural West" November 21-23 Attendance: 700 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Leland Kaiser, Ph.D., Author, Lecturer and Nationally Recognized Health Care Futurist, Brighton, CO Scott Serota, President and CEO, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, Chicago, IL Rick Smith, Vice President for Policy, PhRMA, Washington, DC Richard Corlin, MD, Immediate Past President and Executive Committee Member, American Medical Association, Santa Monica, CA Barbara Blakeney, President, American Nurses Association, Washington, DC Jack Faris, President and CEO, National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), Nashville, TN Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., Author, National Consultant and Director, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, Alexandria, VA Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Mike Enzi, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Barbara Cubin, State of Wyoming
2001 "Wyoming and the World: International Challenges and Perspectives" November 15-16 Attendance: 515 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Alain Jeanmart, Int' l Marketing Mgr., SOLVAY S.A., Brussels, Belgium Joe Sipia, President, FMC Corpoation, Philadelphia, PA Rulon Gardner, 2000 Olympic Games Gold Medalist Dr. Angeloa Codevilla, Author, Defense/Intelligence Expert and Boston University Int ' l Affairs Professor, Boston, MAFrancois Dickman, Former Ambassador to Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, Laramie, WY Tom Stroock, Former Ambassador to Guatemala, Casper, WY Mike Sullivan, Former Ambassador to Ireland, Casper, WY Murray Smith, Alberta ' s Minister of Energy, Edmonton, CanadaU. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Mike Enzi, State of Wyoming (via satellite) U. S. Representative Barbara Cubin, State of Wyoming (via satellite Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming 2000 "Energy: Wyoming and the U. S. " November 16-17Attendance: 725 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Bob Allison, Chairman/CEO, Anadarko Petroleum, Houston, TX Dean Anderson, President, POMA of America, Grand Junction, CO David Bruderly, President, Bruderly Engineering Assoc., Gainsville, FL Wayne Brunetti, President/CEO, Excel Energy, Minneapols, MN Lori Cameron, Executive Director, Energy Council, Dallas, TX Dr. Michael Economides, University of Houston, Houston, TX Jim Glancey, President, Wyoming Ethanol, Boise, ID Christine Hansen, Executive Director, Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Oklahoma City, OK Lynn LeMaster, Sr. Vice President, Edison Electric Institute, Washington, DC Bob Pomeroy, Holland and Hart, Greenwood Village, CO Alan Richardson, CEO, PacifiCorp, Portland, OR Mike Ruffato, President/CEO, North American Power, Englewood, CO U. S. Senator Mike Enzi, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Barbara Cubin, State of Wyoming 1999 "The Millennium: Wyoming 2000 and Beyond" November 18-19 Attendance: 600 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Phil Burgess, President, Center for the New West, Denver, CO Daniel Goldin, Administrator, NASA, Washington, DC Charles Groat, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA Victor Hanson, author or A Who Killed Homer?@ and A Fields Without Dreas, Defending the Agrarian Idea@ , Fresno, CAJerry Jordan, Chairman, Independent Petroleum Association, Columbus, OH Steve Leer, President, Arch Coal and Chairman, National Mining Association, St. Louis, MO Mitch Nichols, President, Nichols and Gilstrap Consulting, Phoenix, AZ Alan Tessler, Co-CEO, Data Broadcasting, New York City Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Mike Enzi, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Barbara Cubin, State of Wyoming 1998 "Social Problems: Costs, Causes and Cures" November 19-20 Attendance: 750 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Lamar Alexander, former Governor of Tennessee and Secretary of Education, Nashville, TN Todd Bean, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Lynn Borud, Mercy Medical Center, Nampa, ID Jerry Coury, A Character First@ , Oklahoma City, OKNick Lowery, Retired Kansas City Chiefs kicker, Kansas City, MO Michael Medved, film critic and co-author of A Saving Childhood: Protecting Our Childrenfrom the National Assault on Innocence@ , Seattle, WADavel Pelzer, author of A A Child Called It@ , Guerneville, CADerek Peterson, Alaska School Boards Assoc., Juneau, AK Jim Stimson, MacMillan Bloedel Limited, Vancouver, BC Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Mike Enzi, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Barbara Cubin (via video), State of Wyoming
1997 "Rules and Regulations: Benefits or Burdens?" November 20-21Attendance: 650 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Tom Donohue, President, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Mac Holiday, National Community Development Center, Atlanta, GA Kathy Karpan, Director, US Office of Mining, Washington, D. C. General Dick Lawson, President, National Mining Association Bill Ruckelshaus, President and First Administrator E. P. A., Browning-Ferris, Seattle, WA Robert Stanton, Director, National Park Service, Washington, D. C. Geoff Ziebart, Red Tape In America, Washington, D. C. Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming Mike Sullivan, Former Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Mike Enzi, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming 1996 "Education, Challenges Today, Opportunities Tomorrow " November 21-22Attendance: 700 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: IBM Gordon Black, President, Gordon S. Black Company, Rochester, New York Judy Catchpole, WY State Supt.of Public Instruction, Cheyenne, WY Dick Cheney, Former Secretary of Defense, President and CEO, Halliburton, Dallas, TX Dennis Doyle, Senior Fellow in Education, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D. C. John Gottschalk, Publisher, Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE Mike Lorion, Vice President, Apple Computer; Palo Alto, CA Lauren Resnick, Co-Founder, New Standards, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Ann Lee Verville, General Manager, World Wide Education Industry, IBM, New York, NY Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator-elect Mike Enzi, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Congresswoman Barbara Cubin , State of Wyoming
1995 "Congress, the States, and Individual Responsibility" November 17 Attendance: 575 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Phil Burgess, Center for the New West Mike Leavitt, Governor of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform, Washington, D. C. Gale Norton, Colorado Attorney General, Denver, CO Martin Regalia, Chief Economist, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C. Tom Welch, Salt Lake City Olympics Committee 2002, Jim Geringer, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Barbara Cubin, State of Wyoming
1994 "Expo on Excellence . . . Looking to the Future" November 18 Attendance: 650 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Bob Friedman, Chm. of the Board, Corporation for Enterprise Development Don Kendall, Former President, PepsiCo Vello Kuuskraa, President, Advanced Resources International Chuck Lillis, Vice President, US West Sam Venneri, NASA Jim Geringer, Governor-elect, State of Wyoming Craig Thomas, U. S. Senator-elect, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, (via video), State of Wyoming Barbara Cubin, U. S. Representative-elect, State of Wyoming
1993 "Government Spending: A Crisis in the Making?" November12 Attendance: 600 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Dr. Lynne Cheney, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities Steve Clark, Governor's Management Review Commission, New Jersey Christine Cook, Texas Performance Review Dick Lamm, former Governor of Colorado, Denver, CO Don Ogilvie, Executive Vice President, American Bankers Association, Washington, D. C. Bob Stone, National Performance Review: Vice-President Gore's Reinventing Government Task Force Dr. Jerry Swanson, Co-author, Bankruptcy 1995: The Coming Collapse of America and How to Stop It Mike Sullivan, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, State of Wyoming U. S. Congressman Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming
1992 "The Engines That Power Wyoming's Economy" November 20 Attendance: 700 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense, Washington, D. C. Tom Berrigan, Travel Industry Association of America, Washington, D.C. Thomas Hoenig, President, Federal Reserve - Tenth District John Hopkins, Vice President, Conoco Oil Dennis Kostick, US Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. General Dick Lawson, Ret'd., President, National Coal Association Dick Monfort, President, Con Agra Red Meat Compan Mike Sullivan, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming
1991 "Multiple Use of Federal Lands: Asset or Liability?" November 1 Attendance: 650 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Phil Burgess, President, The Center for the New West Cy Jamison, Director, Bureau of Land Management U. S. Senator James Jeffords, State of Vermont Jack Messman, President and CEO, Union Pacific Resources Bob Miller, Governor, State of Nevada Dennis Rehberg, Montana Lieutenant Governor, Helena, MT Dale Robertson, Chief, US Forest Service Mike Sullivan, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, State of Wyoming U. S. Congressman Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming
1990 "Marketing and the Environment" November 16 Attendance: 500 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Robert O. Anderson, President and CEO, Hondo Oil and Gas and former CEO of Atlantic Richfield Company Warren Brooks, Syndicated Columnist, Detroit News Leslie Lawson, Associate, Judicial Arbitrator Group Tim Mealey, Associate Director, The Keystone Center Susan Merrow, President, Sierra Club and Executive Director of Common Cause/Connecticut U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming
1989 "Wyoming's Centennial: Educational Challenges for the Next 100 Years" November 17 Attendance: 715 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Lamar Alexander, Secretary of Education and former President of the University of Tennessee Dr. Lynne Cheney, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities Dennis Doyle, Author, Washington, D. C. George Kaplan, Author Governor Thomas H. Kean, New Jersey Mike Sullivan, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Craig Thomas, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, State of Wyoming
1988 "Wyoming's Assets: Keys to the Future" November 18 Attendance: 675 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Dr. Robert C. Holland, President, Committee for Economic Development Justice Robert H. Bork, Supreme Court Justice Nominee, Washington, D. C. Alston Chase, Author, "Playing God with Yellowstone" U. S. Representative Dick Cheney, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming
1987 "State Budgeting: Opportunity or Crisis?" November 20 Attendance: 615 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Paul Volcker, former Chairman, Federal Reserve Board Mike Sullivan, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Dick Cheney, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Alan Simpson, State of Wyoming U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop, State of Wyoming
1986 "1990 . . . How to Get There From Here" November 21 Attendance: 530 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Carl Bagge, President, National Coal Association Don Frisbee, Chairman/CEO, PacifiCorp Mike Sullivan, Governor, State of Wyoming U. S. Representative Dick Cheney, State of Wyoming
1985 "Jobs - 1986 and Beyond" Attendance: 375 PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: James Vanderbeck, Vice President, Denver Region, Amoco Production Company US Representative Dick Cheney US Senator Alan Simpson
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