Conference 

# Social Security: A Women’s Issue 

Date and Time 

April 9, 2002 8 AM - 4:15 PM EDT 

Location 

Hayek Auditorium 

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**Cosponsored by the Cato Institute and Women Impacting Public Policy**

#### Conference Schedule

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| 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 StrengthenSocial Security* |
| 10:00–11:15 a.m. | Panel 1: Women’s Unique Stakein 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 Moneyand 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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