Cosponsored by the Cato Institute and Women Impacting Public Policy
Conference Schedule
| 8:00–9:00 a.m. | Registration—F. A. Hayek Auditorium |
| 9:00–9:15 a.m. | Opening Remarks Edward H. Crane President Cato Institute Terry Neese President Women Impacting Public Policy |
| 9:15–10:00 a.m. | Opening Address Leanne Abdnor Member President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security |
| 10:00–11:15 a.m. | Panel 1: Women’s Unique Stake
in Social Security Reform Moderator—Mara Liasson National Political Correspondent National Public Radio Celeste Colgan Senior Fellow National Center for Policy Analysis Naomi Lopez Bauman Fellow Latino Coalition Laurie Young Executive Director Older Women’s League Heidi Hartmann President Institute for Women’s Policy Research |
| 11:15–11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Panel 2: Women as Investors Mandee Heller Vice Chairman Women’s Financial Network Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc. Joan Gruber Author/Investment Consultant Vanessa Summers Author Get in the Game! The Girls’ Guide to Money and Investing Michelle Singletary Columnist, “Color of Money” Washington Post |
| 12:45–1:30 p.m. | Lunch—Wintergarden |
| 1:30–2:15 p.m. | Luncheon Address June O’Neill Former Director Congressional Budget Office |
| 2:15–3:30 p.m. | Panel 3: The Great Debate:
Should Social Security Be Privatized? Moderator—Julie Kosterlitz Business and Economics Correspondent National Journal Meredith Munger Leyva Fellow Independent Women’s Forum Suzanne Taylor Former President National Association of Women Business Owners Edith Fierst Member (1994-1996) Advisory Council on Social Security Joan Entmacher Vice President and Director, Family Economic Security National Women’s Law Center |
| 3:30-4:15 p.m. | Closing Address Grace Hinchman Vice President, Government Relations Financial Executives International |
| 4:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
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