Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

More information about panelists is forthcoming.

Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Economics, and Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, joined Brown University in 2005. He is an academic economist who has made scholarly contributions to the fields of welfare economics, income distribution, game theory, industrial organization, and natural resource economics. He is also a prominent social critic and public intellectual, having published over 200 articles in journals of public affairs in the U.S. and abroad on the issues of racial inequality and social policy.

Loury is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a past Vice President of the American Economics Association. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was for many years a contributing editor at The New Republic magazine.

Among the issues Loury studies are racial affirmative action; dysfunctional social identity; status transmission across generations; and cognitive theories of racial stigma. He also writes popular essays on social and political themes as a public intellectual.

Michael J. Fortner, Pamela B. Gann Associate Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, will moderate the conversation.
 

Terry Tang is the executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, overseeing the newsroom and the Opinion section. She was appointed to her role in 2024, becoming the first female editor in the paper’s 142-year history.

Tang joined The Times in July 2019 as a deputy Op-Ed editor after two years at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she served as director of publications and editorial. She was named editorial page editor in 2022.

Before that, she worked at the New York Times for 20 years in many positions: as deputy editorial page editor; op-ed editor; assistant editorial page editor; editorial writer; deputy technology editor; metro desk major beats editor; and co-founder and editor of Room for Debate, an online platform for rapid-response commentary. Prior to that, she was an editorial writer and columnist at the Seattle Times and a reporter at the Seattle Weekly.

Tang graduated from Yale with a bachelor’s degree in economics and received a J.D. from New York University School of Law. She was a Nieman fellow at Harvard in 1992-93. Her family immigrated to Los Angeles from Taiwan, and she grew up in Gardena. (Source: LA Times)

Terril Jones is a visiting lecturer in the Government Department at Claremont McKenna College, specializing in international journalism. He has more than 40 years of experience in journalism, including as a business and foreign correspondent and editor for Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes and The Associated Press. Jones was based in Beijing, Paris, and Tokyo for 18 years covering politics, business, international relations, sports, crime and many other topics. He was also a technology correspondent in Silicon Valley and an automotive correspondent in Detroit. He is fluent in Japanese, Mandarin and French, and holds a B.A. from Pomona College.

This program is co-sponsored by the Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College.

Photo credit: Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times

Keynote Panel: Watt’s Next? A Roadmap for Energy Evolution

Panelists:

Hilary A. Haskell, Low Carbon Fuels Manager, TRC Companies, Inc

Robert Owlett, Director of Origination, Pathway Power

Philip Trapp, Senior Sales Manager, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited

Jeff Sebo is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, Director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, Director of the Food Impact Program, and Co-Director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program at New York University. 

He is the author of The Moral Circle and Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves and co-author of Chimpanzee Rights and Food, Animals, and the Environment. He is also an advisory board member at the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience, an advisory board member at the Insect Welfare Research Society, an advisor at Eleos AI, and a senior affiliate at the Institute for Law & AI. 

In 2024 Vox included him on its Future Perfect 50 list of "thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place."

Professor Sebo's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at CMC.

William Lenehan ’99 is the President & CEO of Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), a publicly listed REIT. Lenehan was named CEO of FCPT in connection with Darden Restaurant’s real estate spin off transaction. Prior to assuming the CEO role, Lenehan was an active member of Darden Restaurants’ Board of Directors, Chair of its Real Estate and Finance Committee, and member of its Corporate Governance Committee. He has a strong track record of success in real estate and has been active in assembling portfolios of triple net retail properties. In addition, he recently served two years as Special Advisor to the Board of Directors at EVOQ Properties, Inc., which at the time was the owner of a substantial portfolio of development assets in downtown Los Angeles. Prior to that, Lenehan served as Interim CEO of MI Developments, Inc., now named Granite REIT, an owner of net leased industrial and manufacturing real estate, where he was a member of their Strategic Review Committee and was a Director. He also spent approximately 10 years as an Investment Professional in the Real Estate Group of Farallon Capital Management, LLC. In addition, Mr. Lenehan previously served on the board of directors for Gramercy Property Trust Inc., a publicly traded net lease REIT, where he was Chairman of the Investment Committee, and was also previously a member of the Audit Committee and Finance Committee for Macy’s, Inc. Lenehan is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College.

Dave Mgrublian ’82 is the CEO of IDS Real Estate Group. Joining the firm in 1992, Mgrublian oversees IDS Investment Management and Landlord Services divisions. He directs all institutional ventures—acquisitions, capital structures, development plans, asset management, and disposition. He co-chairs the IDS Investment Committee and chairs the firm’s Institutional Asset Management Committee. Under his leadership, IDS institutional asset performance has materially exceeded its applicable indices each year for over two decades. Previously, Mgrublian was a partner with Trammell Crow Company. 

He received his M.B.A from Harvard Business School and his bachelor’s degree with a double major in Economics and Political Science from Claremont McKenna College. From 2014 to 2024, he served as Chair of the Claremont McKenna College Board of Trustees. He is a former board chair of The Claremont Colleges, Westridge School in Pasadena, and St. Mark’s School in Altadena. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute's Urban Development/Mixed-Use Green Product Council and the Policy Advisory Board of UC Berkeley’s Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. In addition, his family has endowed the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights at Claremont McKenna College.

Braden Crockett ’15, moderator, is the Founder and CEO of Alpha Real Estate Advisors, a national commercial real estate brokerage firm. With a visionary approach and a steadfast commitment to excellence, Crockett has propelled Alpha Real Estate Advisors to the forefront of the industry, shaping it into a bastion of innovation and integrity in the realm of commercial real estate. Braden’s academic excellence—a double major in Economics and Finance graduating with honors from Claremont McKenna College—laid the foundation for his entrepreneurial journey. Working full time in commercial real estate while attending college, Crockett became knowledgeable about market dynamics. His expertise spans a broad spectrum of real estate disciplines serving a wide array of clients including family offices, private equity firms, and publicly traded institutions. His ability to identify lucrative opportunities and his ability in negotiating complex deals have become the cornerstone of his career. Having closed over 1,000 transaction sides representing a transactional volume of roughly $1.5B, under his leadership, Alpha Real Estate Advisors has not only expanded its footprint nationally but has also cultivated a reputation for delivering bespoke solutions and unparalleled service to its esteemed clientele. 

This special event is hosted and organized by CMC's Financial Economics Institute (FEI) and the Real Estate Finance Association (REFA), a CMC club. 

Please note a SPECIAL SCHEDULE for this program:

4:30-5:00 PM | Student/Alumni Networking Reception
5:00-5:15 PM | Opening Remarks
5:15-5:45 PM | Keynote by Bill Lenehan '99
5:45-6:00 PM | Q&A
6:00-6:45 PM | Dinner
7:00-7:30 PM | Fireside Chat with David Mgrublian '82, moderated by Braden Crockett '15
7:30-8:00 PM | Q&A 

More information is forthcoming. 

James R. Stocker is associate professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University. He is the author of Spheres of Intervention: US Foreign Policy and the Collapse of Lebanon, 1967–1976, which is being newly reissued in paperback in 2026. He has been a visiting researcher at Georgetown University and the American University of Beirut. He received his Ph.D .from the Graduate Institute of Geneva, where he received support from the Swiss National Science Foundation. He is a RAND Next Generation Faculty Leader.