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Gerson is the executive vice president of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. He is responsible for its Policy Programs and International Partners. [ 2 ] He was also the American Secretary to the Rhodes Trust for 25 years, responsible for the Rhodes Scholarships in the United States, and continues to serve ...
In 1949, Paepcke founded the Aspen Institute; and later the Aspen Music Festival and eventually (with Bayer and Anderson) the International Design Conference at Aspen (IDCA). [6] Paepcke sought a forum "where the human spirit can flourish", especially amid the whirlwind and chaos of modernization. He hoped that the institute could help business ...
Highlights of Porterfield’s tenure include: the 2024 creation of the Institute’s Center for Rising Generations, which develops the leadership of youth and young adults, powered by a $185.7 million endowment gift from the Bezos Family Foundation; the revitalization of the Institute’s Aspen Meadows campus in Colorado, including a full hotel ...
The Aspen Ideas Festival is a program of the Aspen Institute. [1] The AIF format is modeled after educational seminars. Topics covered during the festival include global politics and economics, U.S. Policy, the environment , technology , science , health , education , the arts , and economic issues.
On June 24 and 25, 2013, the project hosted the 21st Century National Service Summit in Aspen, Colorado, as a lead-in event to the Aspen Ideas Festival.The summit sought to "present bold new ideas to make national service a common expectation and opportunity for all young Americans" and inspire participants to "make specific commitments to fulfill the vision of the Franklin Project."
Walter Paepcke (June 29, 1896 – April 13, 1960) was an American businessman and philanthropist who was prominent in the mid-20th century. A longtime executive of the Chicago-based Container Corporation of America, Paepcke is best noted for his founding of the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company in the early 1950s, both of which helped transform the town of Aspen, Colorado into an ...
The Aspen Ministers Forum meeting in Copenhagen in 2012. The Aspen Strategy Group (ASG) is a policy program of the Aspen Institute, based in Washington D.C. [1] A membership-based forum composed of current and former policymakers, academics, journalists, and business leaders, [2] its stated mission is to "drive change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most important ...
Joseph E. Slater (1922–2002), was an economist and intellectual entrepreneur who played a key role in the "de-Nazification" of Germany after World War II.He was instrumental in making the Aspen Institute an important East-West conduit in the Cold War and authored the original blueprint for the Peace Corps.