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Events THIS IS INVITATION ONLY January 2nd to 4th - 2009 Kiawah Island, SC Link to The Sanctuary Hotel for Accommodations 2008 Speakers
Billy S. Arant, Jr., M.D., FAAP is a native South Carolinian educated at Clemson and the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Arant is a tenured Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga. He was among the first 500 physicians to become certified in 1999 as a Specialist in Clinical Hypertension and one of 150 certified by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology in 2005--in fact, Dr. Arant is the only physician in Tennessee certified in both. During his academic career Dr. Arant has studied how blood pressure is regulated, has contributed more than 200 publications to the medical literature, has presented his research in this country and abroad, has served in an official capacity for national and international organizations, and has testified before the U.S. Congress about research needs in nephrology and hypertension. Dr. Arant established the Hypertension Management Center at Erlanger in 2001 to promote vascular health. Dr. Arant has been listed in every issue of Best Doctors in the United States since it was first published in 1992. He was also presented with the Founder’s Award in 2004 from the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology which he had served previously as Councilor, Secretary-Treasurer and President. www.erlanger.org The Honorable Richard Armitage worked with General Colin Powell to shape, direct and lead U.S. foreign policy during one of the most challenging eras in modern history. As deputy secretary of state during one of the most tumultuous times in modern U.S. history, Richard Armitage crafted foreign policy to handle unprecedented challenges affecting the entire world, including threats to life, societies, cultures, nations and infrastructure posed by international terrorism. Armitage has contributed to incisive analysis of how organizations and individual leaders can deal with challenges, prepare for a new world and develop a truly global perspective. Armitage understands both the difficult past and untapped potential of Asia - with its numerous strategic and economic opportunities - as someone who has shaped U.S. foreign policy and who's also a combat veteran of Vietnam, fluent in Vietnamese. Armitage knows the enormous influence of China, Japan and India, as well as the unresolved questions surrounding issues of nuclear security and free trade in countries such as North Korea, India and Pakistan. Currently president of Armitage International L.C., Rich Armitage has been engaged in a range of worldwide business and public policy endeavors as well as frequent public speaking and writing, and held senior troubleshooting and negotiating positions in the departments of State and Defense, and as congressional aide. www.armitageinternational.com Dr. Whit Ayres is the President of Ayres, McHenry, & Associates, Inc., a national public opinion and public affairs research firm located in Alexandria, Virginia, that provides research and strategic advice for corporations, associations, and Republican candidates for public office. The firm provided polling for Georgia Senator Paul Coverdell, Tennessee Senators Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Corporate clients include the Boy Scouts of America, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, America's Health Insurance Plans, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Ayres' comments and analysis appear in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and numerous regional newspapers. He also appears periodically on Fox News, CNN, National Public Radio, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. He is married to Rebecca I. Ayres, M.D., and they have a 14-year-old daughter, Catherine, who is an eight year veteran of Awakening. www.ayersmchenry.com Dr. Bill Chameides Professor Rufus Fears Alison Acosta Fraser is Director of the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and oversees Heritage Foundation research on a wide range of domestic economic issues. One of the Roe Institute's priorities is reform of the federal retirement programs – Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. Under Fraser's leadership, Heritage research has helped define and communicate the long-term fiscal threats from spending and taxes and identify solutions and proposals for reforms. Fraser is a member of the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour, designed to educate Americans about the nation's true long-term financial condition and large and growing fiscal imbalance and to encourage Americans to demand action. By uniting with analysts from across the political spectrum on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour, Heritage hopes to encourage the spirit of bipartisan honesty and discussion that will be necessary to preserve the strength of the American economy for posterity. Following Hurricane Katrina, Fraser took the lead in preparing Heritage's comprehensive special reports on disaster recovery. Fraser has appeared on numerous television programs and her commentaries on fiscal issues have appeared in prominent newspapers nationally. www.heritage.org Douglas Holtz-Eakin is currently Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics. Dr. Holtz-Eakin most recently served as the Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the Paul A. Volcker Chair in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to that, Dr. Holtz-Eakin served as the sixth Director of the Congressional Budget Office, where he was appointed for a four-year term beginning February 4, 2003. Dr. Holtz-Eakin previously served for eighteen months as Chief Economist for the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to that, Dr. Holtz-Eakin served as a Trustee Professor of Economics at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. At the Maxwell School, he served as Chairman of the Department of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Policy Research. www.iie.com Dr. Howard Fuller
John Hutson
is
President and Dean of The Franklin Pierce Law Center. He attended Georgetown
University Law Center where he earned a Master of Laws degree in labor law. He
was then assigned as a legislative counsel for the Office of Legislative Affairs
for the Navy. In 1984, he was assigned to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in
Kittery, ME, where he served both as Staff Judge Advocate and Administrative
Officer. Professor Robert G. Kaufman Morton Kondrake is the executive editor and columnist for Roll Call. He writes Pennsylvania Avenue, a twice-weekly column on national politics, White House-Congressional relations, and domestic and foreign policy, syndicated nationally through United Features Syndicate and Newspaper Enterprise Association.
Morton writes editorials on Congress and is a regular commentator for the Fox News Channel. He also serves as co-host of weekly political show, The Beltway Boys. Morton is also the author of Saving Milly: Love, Politics and Parkinson's Disease. Morton had previously been a panelist on The McLaughlin Group. He was executive editor from 1977 to 1985 and senior editor from 1986 to 1991 for The New Republic. He wrote the White House Watch column from 1981 to 1985, and was the Washington bureau chief for Newsweek. Morton was the winner of the Washington Post Crystal Ball Award for predicting 1994 election outcome. www.rollcall.com Lawrence Kudlow is an unapologetic free marketer and is one of most recognized voice on markets and investing. Influential free-market economist Larry Kudlow is host of CNBC’s Kudlow & Company, where he lends viewers a unique perspective gained from many years on Wall Street. Offering audiences the same economic counsel he has made available to governors, presidents, top investment firms and Washington think tanks, Kudlow dissects the current political and economic climate and interprets the long and short-term implications. Kudlow discusses in depth the supply-side economic policies that have transformed the U.S. into the greatest economy in the world. Kudlow provides audiences with an update on where the market’s been, and forecasts how the market will behave in the months ahead. Larry is a frequent commentator and columnist. In addition to his nightly primetime show, he is an economics commentator for CNBC and a regular guest on Closing Bell, Squawk Box and Power Lunch. A nationally syndicated columnist, he is a contributing editor and columnist for National Review Online. He is also the author of American Abundance: The New Economic and Moral Prosperity. Carolyn Luesing Carolyn Luesing is president of Carolyn Luesing & Associates, an Atlanta-based consulting and training company she established in 1985. CLA specializes in the areas of business etiquette and professional image. She has classes for children and business people. Carolyn is a native Atlantan, a graduate of the University of North Carolina and the Professional Image Institute. Known as “the Protector of Protocol,” Carolyn has been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta Magazine and CNN. Her clients include Georgia Power, Wachovia, and the Ritz-Carlton.
Elisa Massimino is Washington Director of Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights). Elisa is the organization’s chief advocacy strategist, an expert on a range of international human rights issues and a national authority on U.S. compliance with human rights law. She testifies frequently before Congress, writes extensively for legal and popular publications, and serves as one of the organization’s primary spokespeople with the media. She is Human Rights First’s point of contact with U.S. government leaders, international diplomats, and human rights opinion leaders and decision makers. Elisa taught philosophy at several universities before embarking on a second career in law. As a litigation associate, she was pro bono counsel in many human rights cases. She joined the Human Rights First as a staff attorney in 1991 and has directed the Washington, D.C. office since 1997. Elisa holds philosophy degrees from Trinity University and Johns Hopkins, and a J.D. from University of Michigan Law School. She has taught international human rights law at the University of Virginia and teaches human rights advocacy at Georgetown University. Edwin Meese holds the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, responsible for keeping the president's legacy of conservative principles alive in public debate and discourse. He also is the Chairman of Heritage's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. These two Heritage "hats" that Meese wears have made the former Attorney General and presidential adviser a major conservative voice in national policy debates at an age when most men enjoy quiet retirements. In 2006, for example, Meese became a member of the Iraq Study Group, a special presidential commission dedicated to examining the best resolutions for America's involvement in Iraq. In 2004, after the death of his longtime friend, mentor and employer President Ronald Reagan, Meese appeared frequently on all three major cable news channels to discuss Reagan's impact on America today. Meese spent most of his adult life working with Reagan when he was President and Governor of California. He served as the 75th Attorney General of the United States from February 1985 to August 1988. As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, he directed the Justice Department and led international efforts to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and organized crime. In 1985, he received the Government Executive magazine's annual award for excellence in management. From January 1981 to February 1985, Meese held the position of Counsellor to the President – the senior position on the White House Staff – where he functioned as Reagan's chief policy adviser. As Attorney General and as Counsellor, Meese was a member of Reagan's Cabinet and the National Security Council. He served as chairman of the Domestic Policy Council and of the National Drug Policy Board. Meese joined Heritage in 1988 as Heritage's first Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow – the only policy chair officially named for the president in the country. But Meese's relationship with Heritage started several years before, when he met with Heritage executives over the think tank's landmark policy guide, Mandate for Leadership, as a member of the incoming Reagan Administration. More than a decade after joining Heritage, Meese took on a new role as Chairman of its Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. He is the author or co-author of three books: Leadership, Ethics and Policing; co-editor of Making America Safer; and the author of With Reagan: The Inside Story, which Regnery Gateway. Edwin Meese III graduated from Yale University in 1953 and holds a law degree from the University of California-Berkeley. He is a retired Colonel in the Army Reserve and remains active in numerous civic and educational organizations. Meese also is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in California. In addition, Meese lectures, writes, and consults throughout the United States on a variety of subjects. Meese and his wife, Ursula, have two grown children. They live in McLean, Va. www.heritage.org Terrence O. Moore is the principal of Ridgeview Classical Schools in Fort Collins, Colorado. Originally from Texas, Dr. Moore studied history and political science at the University of Chicago and later earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He served as a lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps and was an assistant professor of history at Ashland University in Ohio. Moore writes principally on the issues of education and moral reform. His edition of George Turnbull’s Observations upon Liberal Education (1742) was published by Liberty Fund in 2003. He has written many columns on education for The Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, where he is an adjunct fellow. These columns have subsequently appeared (in part) in The Washington Times and on various websites. Moore wrote the cover article for the winter 2003 edition of the Claremont Review of Books, called “Wimps and Barbarians: The Sons of Murphy Brown,” and a sequel, “Heather’s Compromise: Settling for Mr. Right Now.” In May of 2005, he wrote an article on red-state students for Touchstone. Moore has been a guest on a number of talk-radio programs, including The Laura Ingraham Show. Dr. Moore became principal of Ridgeview Classical, a K-12 charter school, in 2001, the year the school opened. For two years in a row Ridgeview’s high school has been ranked the number one public high school in the state of Colorado. In addition to acting as principal, Moore teaches moral philosophy and political philosophy. He lives in Fort Collins with his wife, Jennifer, and their son, Samuel. www.ridgeviewclassical.com Michael Posner, President of Human Rights First, has been at the forefront of the international human rights movement for almost 30 years. He is a frequent public commentator and his opinion essays have appeared in such newspapers as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. Posner has also testified dozens of times before the U.S. Congress. In 1980, Posner played a key role in proposing and campaigning for the first U.S. law providing for political asylum, which became part of the Refugee Act of 1980. He also proposed, drafted, and campaigned for the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), which was adopted by Congress and signed into law in 1992. In 1998, Posner led the Human Rights First delegation to the Rome conference at which the statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adopted. As a member of the White House Apparel Industry Partnership Task Force, Posner helped found the Fair Labor Association in 1997 to promote corporate accountability for working conditions in the apparel industry. Posner lectured at Yale Law School from 1981 to 1984, and has been a visiting lecturer at Columbia University Law School since 1984. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall), and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. www.humanrightsfirst.org Willie Soon is both an astrophysicist and a geoscientist at the Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Dr. Soon is the receiving editor in the area of solar and stellar physics for New Astronomy. He is the chief science adviser at the Science and Public Policy Institute based in Washington DC. He writes and lectures on issues related to the Sun, other stars, the Earth as well as general science topics in astronomy and physics. He is also the author of The Maunder Minimum and the Variable Sun-Earth Connection published in March 2004. Dr. Soon's honors include an IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Graduate Scholastic Awards and a Rockwell Dennis Hunt Scholastic Award. In 2003, he was invited to testify in the U.S. Senate and was later recognized for "detailed scholarship on biogeological and climatic change over the past 1000 years” by the Smithsonian Institution. In June 2004, he was presented with an award for the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness for "courage and achievement in defense of scientific truth and freedom." All views expressed are strictly Dr. Soon’s and do not reflect upon any other persons or institutions. www.cfa.harvard.edu J. Stapleton Roy was a senior U.S. diplomat specializing in Asian affairs. A fluent Chinese speaker, Roy spent much of his career in East Asia, where his assignments included Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Singapore, and Jakarta. He also specialized in Soviet affairs and served in Moscow at the height of the Cold War. Ambassador Roy served as Assistant Secretary of State for intelligence and research from 1999 to 2000. Ambassador Roy was born in Nanjing, China of American missionary parents. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where he majored in history and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Roy rose to become a three-time ambassador, serving as the top U.S. envoy in Singapore, the People's Republic of China, and Indonesia. In 1996, he was promoted to the rank of career ambassador, the highest rank in the United States Foreign Service. Roy is currently Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., Chairman of the Council for the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing Center, and a director of ConocoPhillips and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. He is also a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dr. Del Tackett is President of the Focus on the Family Institute and Senior Vice President to Focus on the Family. He also is an adjunct professor at New Geneva Theological Seminary and Summit Ministries. Dr. Tackett served over 20 years in the United States Air Force and served at the White House during the George H. W. Bush administration where he was appointed by President Bush as the director of technical planning for the National Security Council. Following his service at the White House, he served in various senior analyst and manager capacities at Kaman Sciences Corporation and ITT Industries. He is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. Dr. Tackett received his B.S. from Kansas State University, M.S. from Auburn University, and a D.M. from Colorado Technical University. Dr. Tackett has published a variety of written work and is also sought after as a conference speaker, relating to topics from American Christian heritage to Christian worldview to technical subjects and management. Dr. Tackett has been married to his wife Melissa since 1972 and they have four grown children. www.fotf.org
Prior Speakers and Topics
Believing that ideas influence and sharing ideas is all important, Awakening was conceived as a private, annual weekend retreat to exchange ideas and, examine trends and policies affecting our nation, our communities and our families. Awakening has a rich tradition of attracting the leading conservative experts, authors and policymakers to engage in the examination of issues that are and will become critical to the future direction of our country. In its nine-year history, Awakening’s speakers and panelists have our raised awareness on issues before they make the headlines. It is Awakening’s mission to continue to attract high caliber, conservative experts and leaders to our event each year and we are honored to recognize those who have been a part of our history.
America and World Issues
Exit the Rabbit, Awaken the Dragon: America and the End of the Millennium Jim Simon Assistant Director, CIA
When Freedom Is Just Another Word: Nothing Left to Lose? Edwin Meese, III, The Heritage Foundation Alan Sears, President, Alliance Defense Fund Tim Lynch, The Cato Institute
The World We Face Stephen Morse, Deputy Director for Bio-Terrorism Preparedness, CDC Gen. Charles Krulak, Retired Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps Georgia Congressman Saxby Chambliss
Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Fighting Terrorism in All the Right Places ( Michael A. Ledeen, Author, The War Against the Terror Masters James A. Phillips, The Heritage Foundation
U.S. Security and The Patriot Act U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft
ChinInda: Economic Giants or Dragons” Don Feder, Media and Political Consultant Larry Wortzel, Author and US-East Asia Expert The U.S. & World Economy
Entitlements: My Rights? Your Rights? Whose Rights? Who Pays? David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States Stuart Butler, The Heritage Foundation Governor Mark Sanford, Governor—Moderator
Stirring the Vat: Flat Tax, Sales Tax or the Same Old Brew House Majority Dick Armey (R-TX) Congressman Billy Tauzin (R-LA)
Currency Wars: Euro vs Dollar Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Juergen Fitschen, EVP, Deutsche Bank
Internet and New Economy: E-Bay, E-Commerce, E-gads, I Just Lost a Fortune Larry Kudlow, Chief U.S. Economist, ING Barings Dave Baker, VP and General Counsel, EarthLink
Dollars and (Ethical) Sense: A Look at Corporate Ethics Donald Soderquist, fomer Senior Vice Chair, WalMart Eric Plimore, EVP, Tyco Holdings
Family, Health & Social Issues
The Content of America’s Character The Honorable Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Bill Bennett, Author and Co-Founder of Empower America
Im Mortality/ im Morality : The In’s and Out’s of Stem Cell Research Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) Dr. Carter Snead, Notre Dame Law School and General Counsel for the President’s Council on Bioethics
When Life Throws You a Strike – Facing Catastrophic Illness Dave Dravecky, former pitcher, San Francisco Giants Dr. David Cole, Surgical Oncology, Medical University of S.C.
Yesterday’s Tomorrows: The Future of American Culture Reid Buckley, the Buckley School of Public Speaking Ronald Maxwell, Filmmaker, Gettysburg and Gods and Generals
Integrative Medicine: The Marriage of Alternative & Conventional Approaches Dr Marty Sullivan, former co-Director, Duke Center for Integrative Medicine
A Faith-Friendly Approach to Meeting Need Jim Towey, Director, White House Office of Faith-based Initiatives Wade Horn, Asst. Secretary for Children & Families, U.S. Dept. of HHS
Families—Ark of the Future? Is it Sinking, Floating, or Headed to Dry Dock? Allan Carlson, Author and Family Expert Pat Fagan, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health and Human Services
Politics & Policy
Opportunities for the New Administration Kate O’Beirne and Larry Kudlow, National Review
First 350 Days – Triumph and Tragedy Edwin Meese, III, Heritage Foundation South Carolina Congressman Lindsay Graham Larry Kudlow, Kudlow & Company
Political Forecasting: Election Highs and Lows Morton Kondracke, Roll Call Magazine Whit Ayres, Ayres McHenry & Associates
The Judicial Nomination Process: Gridlock and Grudges Ed Meese, the Heritage Foundation Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions
Conversations with the Governors Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee & Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue & South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford
Immigration: Green Card, No Card, What Card? James R. Edwards, Jr., Olive, Edwards, & Brinkmann Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
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