Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Mary Weatherford, artist; Robert Faggen, Barton Evans and H. Andrea Neves Professor in Literature, director, Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies; author, forthcoming, Sparks Fly Up: The Life of Ken Kesey and co-editor, The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 1: 1886 - 1920 (2014); "Celebration and Conversation with the Artist"

Janet Mock, transgender rights activist; author, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More (2014); Nancy S.B. Williams, associate professor of chemistry, W.M.Keck Science Center, CMC; moderator; "Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More"

Robert Valenza, Dengler-Dykema Professor of Mathematics and the Humanities, CMC; author, The Best of Civilization (2007) and Linear Algebra: An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (1999); "What We'll Do To You If You Let Us"

John Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics; George P. Schultz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Senior Fellow, Stanford University; author, First Principles: Five Keys to Returning America's Prosperity (2012) and co-author, Ending Government Bailouts as We Know Them (2010); "First Principles versus Secular Stagnation"

Peter Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law; adjunct professor of law, Yale University; author, Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better (2014) and co-editor, Understanding America: The Anatomy of An Exceptional Nation (2009); "American Exceptionalism" (12:00 p.m.)

Charles Murray, W.H. Brady scholar, American Enterprise Institute; author, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (2012) and Real Education (2008); "Coming Apart at the Seams: America’s New Cultural Divide"

Thomas Steyer, president, NextGen Climate; founder, Farallon Capital Management (1986); founder, TimKat Center for Sustainable Energy, Stanford University; "Acting Politically to Avert Climate Disaster and Preserve American Prosperity" (12:00 p.m.)

George Roberts '66 P'93, founding partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR); Britt Harris, CIO, The Teacher Retirement System of Texas; Darren Filson, associate professor of economics, director of graduate programs, Robert Day School of Economics and Finance; CMC; co-author, "The Impacts of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Bank Diversification on Value and Risk" (2014) and author, "A Markov-Perfect Equilibrium Model of the Impacts of Price Controls on the Performance of the Pharmaceutical Industry" (2012); moderator; "A Conversation on Investing" (12:00 p.m.)

Paul Schimmel, former chief curator, MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Los Angeles; "New Directions in Contemporary Art" (12:00 p.m.)

Tomas Summers Sandoval, Jr. '94, associate professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o history, Pomona College; author, Latinos at the Golden Gate: Creating Community and Identity in San Francisco (2013) and On the Merits of Racial Identity (2004); "Latinos at the Golden Gate: Lessons for the Future" (12:00 p.m.)

Mary Gaitskill, visiting professor of literature, CMC; author, Bad Behavior: Stories (1988) and Don't Cry (2010); "An Evening with the Author"

Volker Stanzel, visiting professor of government, CMC; German Ambassador to China (2004-2007) and Japan (2009-2013); Minxin Pei P'12, Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 professor of government and director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, CMC; author, China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy (2006) and From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union (1994); Cameron Munter, professor of practice, Pomona College; United States Ambassador to Serbia (2007-2009) and Pakistan (2010-2012); "A New Era for U.S. European Alliance: Views from Two Ambassadors"

Anna Bigelow, associate professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University; author, Sharing the Sacred: Practicing Pluralism in North India (2010); "Matters of Devotion: The Spiritual Economies of South Asian Sufi Shrines"

Stephanie Burns, founder and CEO, Chic CEO; Molly Schmid, president, Inland Empire Tech Coast Angels; senior counselor, TriTech Small Business Development Center; Mandy Vidalis, co-founder, Pulse Active Savings; Ryan Ellis '07, founder and CEO, Volt Boats; Robert Ketterer '85, CEO, Pupsquest.com - Colvard Learning System; Eric Helland, Robert J. Lowe Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, co-chair, Dreier Roundtable, CMC; co-author, "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Website: Disclosure’s Impact on Litigation Behavior" (2010) and "The Impact of Liability on the Physician Labor Market" ( 2009); Neela Rajendra, director for entrepreneurial initiatives, Kravis Leadership Institute, CMC; moderator; "Diverse Paths to Entrepreneurship: A Panel Discussion" (12:00 p.m.)

Amitav Ghosh, author, River of Smoke (2011) and forthcoming Flood of Fire; "Genealogies of the Global: 19th Century Canton (Guangzhou) as seen by an Indian Merchant"