LAURIE ACTMAN

Chief Policy Development Officer, CEO Council for Growth

JOANNE DENWORTH

Senior Policy Manager, Governor's Policy Office

LYNN MARKS

Executive Director, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts

KENNETH SHEAR

Executive Director, Philadelphia Bar Association

ELMORE ALEXANDER

Dean, Professor of Management, Philadelphia University

JEFF DEVUONO

Senior Vice President, Brandywine Realty Trust 

WILLIAM MARRAZZO

President & CEO, WHYY

JOHN SMITH III, ESQ.

Partner, Reed Smith LLP

PEGGY AMSTERDAM

President, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

ELIZABETH DOW

President, LEADERSHIP, Inc.

SHARMAIN MATLOCK-TURNER

Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition

ANTHONY SORRENTINO

Director, External Relations, University of Pennsylvania

JOHN BALL

President, Shoemaker Construction Co.

BRIAN EDMONDS

Managing Principal, Key Commercial Real Estate Advisors

JOSEPH MCLAUGHLIN JR.

Assistant Dean, Temple University

OLIVER ST. CLAIR FRANKLIN

President & CEO, International House of Philadelphia

J. BLAINE BONHAM JR.

Executive Vice President Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

DWIGHT EVANS

State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

GREGG MELINSON Partner,

Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP

PATRICK STARR

Director, SE Regional Office, Pennsylvania Environmental Council

LAUREN BORNFRIEND

Executive Director, Philadelphia Parks Alliance

DANIEL FITZPATRICK

President, Bank of America, PA

JANET MILKMAN President &

CEO, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania 

MARY STENGEL AUSTEN

President & CEO, Tierney Communications

DANIEL BOSIN

President, Daniel Bosin Associates LLC

ANTHONY FULLARD

Director of Economic Development, African American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ & DE

KAREN MILLER

Executive Director, Pennsylvania Economy League State Office

CHARLES THOMSON

Principal, Thomson Communications

GREGORY BRUCE

Dean, La Salle University

TERRY GILLEN

CEO, Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development

THOMAS MORR

President, Select Greater Philadelphia

DAVID THORNBURGH

Executive Director, Pennsylvania Economy League - Southeastern PA

ANDREW CHIRLS

Partner, Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP

SALLIE GLICKMAN

Executive Director, Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board

M. MOSHE PORAT

Dean, Fox School of Business & Management, Temple University

ANDREW TOY

Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

DELLA CLARK

President, The Enterprise Center

GLORIA GUARD

President, People's Emergency Center

THOMAS MULDOON

President, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

JUDITH TSCHIRGI

Chief Information Officer, SEI Investments

JOHN CLAYPOOL

Executive Director, AIA Philadelphia

KIMBERLY HALL

Senior Vice President, Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry

MICHAEL NUTTER

Chair, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority

CHRISTOPHER VENO

Prinicipal, Trion Group, Inc.

JEFF CONSTABLE

Consultant, Spencer Stuart

BEVERLY HARPER

President & CEO, Portfolio Associates, Inc.

DENIS O'BRIEN

President, PECO Energy Company

LEWIS WENDELL

Executive Director, University City District

TIMOTHY COST

Executive Vice President, ARAMARK Corporation

FEATHER HOUSTOUN

President, William Penn Foundation

BETH OUNSWORTH

Board President, Philadelphia Parks Alliance

ANDREW WIGGLESWORTH

President, Delaware Valley Health Care Council

PATRICIA COULTER

President & CEO Urban League of Philadelphia

CHRISTOPHER HOWARD

Classified Advertising Director, Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.

JOHN PARR

President, Alliance for Regional Stewardship

STEVE WRAY

Deputy Director, Pennsylvania Economy League - Southeastern PA

G. CRAIG SCHELTER

Development Management Consulting, Schelter & Associates

ERIK KOLAR

President & CEO, Patriot Equities

SHARON ROSSI

Vice President, GPTMC

JAMES WUJCIK

Regional President, Sovereign Bank

HAPPY CRAVEN FERNANDEZ

President, Moore College of Art & Design

PAUL LEVY

President & CEO, Center City District

MARK SCHWEIKER

President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

KAREN DALY-SMITH

Principal & Area Leader, Trammell Crow Company

JOHN MACDONALD

President & CEO, Impact Services Corporation

JOSHUA SEVIN

Board Member, Young Involved Philadelphia

PAUL DECKER

President, Valley Forge CVB

BRETT MANDEL

Executive Director, Philadelphia Forward

BARRY SEYMOUR

Assistant Executive Director, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Welcome and Lunch

Tim Cost, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, ARAMARK Corporation, Leadership Exchange Co-Chair

Daniel K. Fitzpatrick, President, Bank of America, Pennsylvania, Leadership Exchange Co-Chair

Chicago Today and Tomorrow 

Daniel K. Fitzpatrick, President, Bank of America, Pennsylvania

Chicago Today

Robert A. Wislow, Chairman of the Board, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Equities Realty, LLC

Chicago Tomorrow

George A. Ranney, Jr., President & CEO, Chicago Metropolis 2020

How does Chicago Work?

Paul Green, Ph.D., Director, School of Policy Studies, Roosevelt University

Alysia Tate, Editor & Publisher, The Chicago Repoorter

Charles Wheelan, Ph.D., Lecturer, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Moderated by:

John Parr,  President, Alliance for Regional Stewardship

Bringing the Chicago Region Together for Economic Growth

Greg Hinz, Senior Reporter, Crain's Chicago Business

Richard Longworth, Executive Director, Global Chicago

Glen Marker, Director of Research, World Business Chicago 

Moderated by:

Thomas G. Morr,  President, Select Greater Philadelphia

Reception 

Remarks by:

Mark S. Schweiker, President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

Dinner Address:

The Role of a Great University in the Life of a Great City

Don Michael Randel, Ph.D., President, University of Chicago

Introduced by:

Tim Cost, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, ARAMARK Corporation, 

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Governing the Metropolitan Region

Panelists:

Rita Athas, Director of Regional Programs, Office of Mayor Richard M. Daley

Thomas J. Murawski, President, Village of Midlothian, Executive Board Chairman, The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus

Robert J. Schillerstrom, Board Chairman, DuPage County

Moderated by:

Gregg R. Melinson, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP

Case Studies:

Encouraging Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets 

Panelists:

Tony Smith, Senior Vice President & Head of Business Banking, ShoreBank Corporation

Eric Dobyne, Chicago Regional Director, Chicago National Enterprise Center, U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Authority 

Moderated by:

Della CLark, President, The Enterprise Center

Chicago's Hospitality & Convention Indust

Panelists:

Laura Chmielewski, Manager of Tourism Services, Chicago Office of Tourism 

Bill Utter, Acting CEO & Vice President, Marketing, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau

Moderated by:

Michael A. Nutter, Councilman, Chair, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority

Greening Chicago

Panelists:

Sadhu Johnston, Commissioner, Department of Environment, City of Chicago 

Joyce O'Keefe, Deputy Director, Openlands Project

Moderated by:

Patrick Starr, Vice President, Southeast Regional Office, Pennsylvania Environmental Council

Lunch Address:

"A Tale of Two Cities" 

John W. Rowe, Chairman, President & CEO, Exelon Corporation

Introduced by:

Denis O'Brien, President, PEO Energy Company

Case Studies:

Regional Development and Sensible Growth

Panelists:

Scott Glodstein, Vice President for Policy & Planning, Metropolitan Planning Council

Ronald L. Thomas, AICP, Executive Director, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission

Moderated by:

Janet Milkman, President & CEO, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania

The Transformation of Public Housing

Panelists:

MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council

Sharon Gist Gilliam, Commissioner & Chairperson, Chicago Housing Authority 

Moderated by:

Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition

Central Area Plan and the Creation of Millennium Park 

Denise M. Casalino, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Planning and Development

Jon B. DeVries, A.I.C.P., Founding Director, Chicago School of Real Estate, Roosevelt University

Edward K. Uhlir, F.A.I.A., Director of Design, Architecture, and Landscape, Millennium Park, City of Chicago

Moderated by:

Paul R. Levy, President & CEO, Center City District

Walking tour of Millennium Park 

Edward K. Uhlir, F.A.I.A., Director of Design, Architecture, and Landscape, Millennium Park, City of Chicago

Topic Dinners:

Arts & Business 

Smart Growth

Tourism & Hospitality 

Transit

Workforce

World Class Chicago

Friday, September 23, 2005

Planning and Leading a Regional Agenda 

Suzi Bassi, State Representative, 54th District

Frank Beal, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolis 2020

David Bennett, Executive Director, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus

John Parr, President, Alliance for Regional Stewardship 

Moderated by:

David B. Thornburgh, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Economy League - Southeastern Pennsylvania

Unfinished Agenda:

Moderated by:

Carol C. Coletta, CEO, CEOs for Cities

Diversity & Regional Equity 

Terri Johnson, Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, Jane Addams Hull House Association

Promoting Good Government

Cindi Canary, Director, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform 

Wrap Up:

Lessons and Ideas for Greater Philadelphia

Moderated by:

John Parr, President, Alliance for Regional Stewardship