Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
Public Policy Forum: Becky Mitchell – Colorado River Commissioner ~ In conversation with Doug Kenney, Dir. Western Water Policy, University of Colorado
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum “The Upper Colorado River” Rebecca Mitchell (Becky) is the State of Colorado's Commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission. Mitchell took on this upgraded role in July 2023 to enhance the state’s position in Colorado River interstate issues and negotiations on the operations of Lake Mead and […]
Leslie Chang – Globalization and its Discontents
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum “Globalization and its Discontents: Stories from the Factory Floors of Egypt and China” Leslie T. Chang has written about women in the developing […]
Public Policy Forum: Laura Adams – Sr. Advisor of Artificial Intelligence at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum "Governing AI in Healthcare: the Hope, the Hype, the Promise and the Peril." Laura Adams, Senior Advisor at the National Academy of […]
Public Policy Forum: Khalida Popal – Founder & Director of Girl Power Organization – Women’s Rights and Sports Development
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum "From the Field to the Frontlines: Fighting for Freedom Through Football" Khalida Popal is an award-winning Afghan football pioneer, activist, and advocate for women's rights in sports. She is the Founder and Director of Girl Power Organization, an international non-profit that empowers refugee, migrant, and marginalized women and girls […]
Public Policy Forum: Paul Kane – Washington Post Sr. Congressional Correspondent
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum “Will today's Congress stand up to the Trump administration? Paul Kane has covered Congress since 2000, when he started at Roll Call with a beat focused on the Senate. He joined The Washington Post in 2007, covering the 2008 financial crisis and the Obama-Republican fiscal wars. He […]
Public Policy Forum: Alex Fillipenko – Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum "Exciting Results with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope" Alex Filippenko, an elected member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, is one of the world’s most highly cited astrophysicists. He studies exploding stars, black holes, galaxies, and the expansion […]
Public Policy Forum: Nidhi Bouri – Former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum “ Foreign Aid at a Crossroads: Navigating Humanitarian and Global Health Challenges in a New Era” Nidhi Bouri is an independent consultant and is the founder and director of Stand Up for AID, a strategic communications group aiming to change the narrative about foreign assistance among Americans. […]
Public Policy Forum: Daniel I. Weiner – Director, Elections & Government Program ~ Brennan Center For Justice
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO, United StatesPresented by: Crested Butte Public Policy Forum “American Democracy in Crisis: Big Challenges and the Path Forward” Daniel I. Weiner is director of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. He has authored a number of nationally recognized reports and white papers on election law […]