Lawrence Mishel, President
Economic Policy Institute
 
Andrew Beebe, President
Energy Innovations
 
Leo Gerard, President
United Steelworkers of America
 
Geralyn Lutty, Leadership Council & International Vice President of UFCW 
Change to Win >
 
Arlene Holt Baker, Executive Vice President
AFL-CIO
 
Marco Trbovich
Apollo Alliance
 
Katherine Silverthorne, Director of Policy
US Climate Action Network
 
Eleanor Smeal, President
Feminist Majority Foundation
 
Jeanne Lambrew, Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
   
Dr. Julianne Thomas
American Academy of Pediatrics
 
Mark Blume, Executive Director, America’s Agenda: Health Care for All
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
 
Amy Comstock Rick, President
Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research
 
Ira Forman, Executive Director
National Jewish Democratic Council
 
Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
 
Patrick Campbell, Chief Legislative Counsel
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
 
Dr. John Deasy, Superintendent of Schools
Prince George’s County, Marlyand
 
Ken Kay, President
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
 
James Zogby, President
Arab American Institute
 
Suzanne Nossel, Chief Operating Officer
Human Rights Watch
 
John Trasvina, President & General Counsel, MALDEF
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda
 
Carmen Jones, Founder & President
Solutions Marketing Group
 
Allison Herwitt, Legislative Director
Human Rights Campaign
 
Deepa Iyer, Immigrant & Civil Rights Attorney
Professor Frank Wu, Author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
 
Hubert “Skip” Humphrey III, Board of Directors
American Association of Retired Persons
 
Edward Coyle, Executive Director
Alliance for Retired Americans
 
Toby Halliday, Vice President for Policy
National Housing Trust
 
Cecile Richard, President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
 
Nancy Keenan, President
NARAL Pro-Choice America
 
Dr. Jeri Milstead
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
 
Tovah Kasdin, Program Manager, Jewish Women’s International
Interfaith Domestic Violence Coalition
 
Ann Milling, Founder & Nancy Marsiglia, Executive Committee
Women of the Storm
 
David Steingarber, President
National Criminal Justice Association
 
David Voth, Executive Director
Crime Victim Services
 
Rickey Cole, Farmer and Mississippi Democratic Party Official

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2008 Democratic National Convention
“Listening to America” Session

10:00 a.m.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio

SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS – TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Call to Order by Platform Drafting Committee Chair Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano

Welcome to Cleveland by Mayor Frank Jackson

Bruce Bostik Columbus, Ohio   Rita Bugvacich Youngstown, Ohio   David Landrum Bloomington, Indiana   Barbara Bruck Lyndhurst, Ohio   Linda Graham Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   Ken Brown Dover, Ohio

Misti Wells Eaton, Ohio   Ray McCormick Vincennes, Indiana   Carol Stewart Liberty Township, Ohio   Amirah Naim Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   Shawn Grimes Kettering, Ohio   Marcie Wozniak Bell Vernon, Pennsylvania