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Ideas, Leadership, & Action | 2
WHAT WE DO
Policy Programs | 4
Policy Initiatives | 14
Leadership Initiatives | 16
Public Programs | 22
Youth & Engagement Programs | 28
Seminars | 32
International Partnerships | 36
Media Resources | 40
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
2015-2016 Selected Highlights of the Institute's Work | 42
Diverse Voices Share the Aspen Stage | 44
INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Scholars & Scholarships Campaign | 46
Society of Fellows | 50
Donors | 52
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
2015 Annual Report | 92
WHO WE ARE
Aspen Institute Leadership | 96
Board of Trustees | 100
LEADERSHIP
The Aspen Institute has grown and evolved in many directions since its founding, but one thing has remained constant: it is a place where policymakers, writers, executives,
artists, and members of the public can come together to
explore the ideas and values underpinning society.
POLICY PROGRAMS
ADVANCING PUBLIC POLICY
THROUGH DIALOGUE AND ACTION
www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work
Aspen Institute policy programs provide nonpartisan forums for analysis, consensus
building, and problem solving on pressing contemporary public policy issues. They
frame critical topics, bring new evidence to bear on a wide range of issues, propose
innovative ideas, and gather leaders and experts to reach constructive solutions.
Each program serves as an impartial forum, and each is unique in its substance and
approach. Together they share a common mission and methodology: convening diverse
perspectives for informed dialogue and action.
First Lady Michelle Obama, her brother Craig Robinson, and Michael Wilbon,
both of ESPN, at the 2016 Aspen Institute Project Play Summit. (Photo by Laurence Genon)
ANDE supports small and growing businesses including ones that tackle youth unemployment, such
as the India-based Medha (pictured) to boost global prosperity. (Photo courtesy of Medha)
tion, Latinos will be entering our schools, health systems, and labor force at
unprecedented rates. Their success or failure will affect the direction of the
country, and their participation and representation in all sectors of society
and leadership is critical to our democracy. Our work emphasizes a particular
focus on educational achievement, economic advancement, and civic participation. The Institute is also planning to launch a Latino Leadership Initiative
focused on developing the next generation of entrepreneurial, civic-minded
Latino leaders and equipping them to improve their communities by undertaking leadership projects and contributing to Americas future.
ASPEN NETWORK OF DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS
www.aspeninstitute.org/ande
Aspen Planning and Evaluation Program helps clients plan and evaluate efforts to shape public policy and promote changes in attitudes and behavior.
Program staff and consultants work internally with other Institute programs,
as well as with foundations and nongovernmental organizations based in
the US, Africa and Europe to assess their advocacy and social change efforts.
Recent APEP clients address issues as diverse as reducing the incidence of
child marriage worldwide, improving the practices of microfinance providers, empowering women and girls in Kenya, and promoting a new vision
for American public libraries. The program also leads the Institutes internal
program review process.
ASPEN STRATEGY GROUP
www.aspeninstitute.org/asg
Business and Society Program cultivates leaders, influences business education, and creates the conditions for long-term capitalism. Established in
1998 and building on more than 60 years of Aspen Institute programming,
the program believes business is vital to solving our most challenging global
problems. Its mission is to build the courage and conviction of business
leaders to act in the best interests of society. The programs First Movers
Fellowship for social intrapreneurs exceptional business innovators who
are integrating profitability and social value into their companies provides
a reflective space for Fellows to share practices, gain courage, and acquire
tools to lead change. Its Leaders Forum engages senior executives who are
pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a socially, environmentally,
and economically sustainable company. Aspen BSP is also home to several
signature programs for vanguard business educators, including CasePlace.
org, Faculty Pioneers, and an undergraduate network linking the liberal arts
and business. These programs highlight cutting-edge teaching and research
on social and environmental stewardship.
CENTER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH
www.cnay.org
Over the past 50 years, increased college access has benefited millions of
Americans, but now the nation must get more students through college with
the skills and abilities needed for success after graduating. The program
identifies and accelerates the implementation of practices and policies that
improve and make more equitable student access and success in learning,
completion rates, and post-graduation employment. Several of the programs
initiatives relate to community colleges, including the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, which awards one million dollars biennially to the
nations best community colleges and works to replicate exceptional college
This program serves as a venue for global leaders and experts to exchange
insights on the societal impact of advances in digital technology and network communications. It also creates a safe space in the policymaking world
where veteran and emerging decision-makers can explore new concepts and
develop policy networks. The program convenes approximately 10 leadership roundtables each year on subjects such as artificial intelligence, Internet
governance, institutional innovation, spectrum policy, race and media, and
diplomacy and technology. The program also conducts ongoing projects on
the future of public libraries and on connected learning. Leaders from across
disciplines and perspectives engage in moderated discussions that culminate
in specific conclusions and recommendations. The program distributes conference reports to key policymakers and opinion leaders around the world
and to the public online.
This group helps leaders in rural and urban communities create more vibrant
regions that advance and sustain prosperity and well-being for local people,
places, and firms, always including those on the economic margins. Community Strategies Group helps community leaders connect with and motivate
each other. It equips them with the best ideas, tools, and strategies to improve
community and family economic results. The groups hallmark approach is
tailored, peer-to-peer exchanges in which community-based leaders advise
each other and create immediate back-home action plans. CSG also brings
together practitioners and residents in specific geographic regions to collaborate and find common aims, and connects community innovators with regional
and national experts and funders. It distills community lessons into action
guides, good-practice profiles, virtual peer-learning exchanges, and online
resources. CSG builds and manages multiple networks of community-based
practitioners and regional leaders from across the country who are focused on
advancing family economic success, community development philanthropy,
and wealth-building approaches to regional economic development.
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/Congressional
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MIT and Harvard, speaking at a Public Health Grand Rounds series discussion
The Energy and Environment Program hosted the China-Africa Wildlife Conservation Council
Dialogue at South Africa's Sabi Sands Game Reserve, a private reserve adjacent to Kruger National
Park, focused on cooperation on wildlife and wildlands conservation and governance.
(Photo by Rodger Bosch)
The 40th anniversary of the Aspen Energy Policy Forum, focused on the domestic power sector, took place in Aspen in July 2016. The programs efforts to
advance cross-sector understandings of global environmental challenges also
include smaller roundtable dialogues on food security, ocean and wildlife conservation, sustainable development, water, clean energy, and climate change.
FINANCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM
www.aspenfsp.org, www.aspenepic.org
The Aspen Financial Security Program is dedicated to solving the most critical
financial challenges facing Americas households, and to creating a more inclusive and prosperous economy in which all Americans have the opportunity
to save, invest, and own. We work at the intersection of policy and financial
markets, using an array of strategic dialogues, briefings, and publications
to build consensus among industry leaders, policymakers, and consumer
advocates for breakthrough solutions that help hardworking families meet
short-term needs and achieve their long-term financial goals. Our own goal
is to foster effective public policies and help shape the rapidly evolving financial system to reduce wealth inequality and improve the financial security of
all Americans.
GLOBAL ALLIANCES PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/gap
This program was established in response to the increasing need for and
reliance on public-private alliances to take on challenges the public sector
is unequipped to tackle on its own. The program has partnered with the US
Department of State to encourage US cooperation and investment in business and communities across the globe. Partnership Opportunity Delegations
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are deployed according to local communities priorities, and result in business-to-business and people-to-people partnerships. To date, opportunity
delegations have gone to Colombia, Cuba, Myanmar, and Tanzania. Delegations to Cuba, Myanmar, Israel/Palestine, and Iran are planned. The program
has also partnered with the Department of Defense to foster a culture of
innovation and learning within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The
New Ideas @ OSD series brings experts from outside the national security
field to the Pentagon to consult with Defense leadership on how to shape
policy in ways that are innovative, adaptive, and effective in a changing and
complex global security environment. By convening and facilitating partnerships between the US public and private sectors as well as their international
counterparts, the Global Alliances Program strives to build equitable and
sustainable relationships between communities and to foster greater development and prosperity.
HEALTH, MEDICINE AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/health
The Health, Medicine and Society program creates opportunities for government, industry, academic, and advocacy leaders to explore critical issues in
health, health care, medical science, and health policy in the US. It facilitates
knowledge exchanges and advances strategic thinking among decision
makers through nonpartisan, multi-disciplinary public policy programs and
dialogue, including roundtables, briefings, conferences, and Internet forums.
These convenings encourage collaborative networks among leading policymakers, health professionals, scientists, and advocates in a broad range of
fields, while helping to inform and advance policies to improve the health of
individuals, families, communities, the nation, and the world. In 2015, in partnership with the Global Health and Development Program, the program again
designed and hosted Spotlight Health, now the lead-in session to the annual
Aspen Ideas Festival. HMS also launched the Aspen Health Strategy Group,
which brings together some of the sharpest minds in the nation to identify
and promote strategies to address Americas most complex and controversial
health challenges. In addition, work continues on forming a biomedical innovation initiative and providing a unique Public Health Grand Rounds program
series. Progress in establishing new partnerships and alliances also continues,
as do HMSs ongoing efforts to collaborate with other Institute policy programs by helping them bring a focus on health to their work.
HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/security
Years have passed since 9/11, yet holes remain in Americas defenses against
terrorism, heightening the risk of another attack. This program identifies gaps
in the nations defenses against terrorism and recommends ways to close
them. Through reports, roundtable discussions, Congressional testimony, and
forums, it strives to convince policymakers, industry leaders, and the public at
large to reduce Americas vulnerability to terrorism.
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vironment for investments and enterprises that generate both financial profit
and positive social or environmental returns. The program hosts philanthropy
conferences including its upcoming Children First Philanthropy Forum, which
will engage philanthropists committed to advancing the health and well-being of children; and a conference on Advancing Equity through Opportunity,
which will use a deliberative process to build and broaden consensus among
philanthropists on ways to combat inequality.
PROGRAM ON THE WORLD ECONOMY
www.aspeninstitute.org/pwe
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The Franklin Project, whose mission is to make a year of national service a cultural expectation and common opportunity for every young American, recently merged with two of its partners to create a single, new organization: Service
Year Alliance, a joint venture between the Institute and Be The Change,
Inc. While the Franklin Project will eventually phase out as a name, the idea
behind Franklin lives onand is closer than ever to being realized,thanks to
this merger. In the three-plus years since Franklin was structured as a policy
program at the Aspen Institute, it has accomplished a great deal: hundreds
more Americans serving in innovative new corps, and 300 employers representing 1.5 million jobs now value national service. The team inspired a new,
bold agenda for the national service field at two exciting summits. The idea
that a service year should be a shared experience for every young American
is more ingrained in our culture than ever before.
SPORTS AND SOCIETY PROGRAM
www.sportsandsociety.org
This program convenes leaders, fosters dialogue, and inspires solutions that
help sports serve the public interest. In 2015 it released one of the most-read
reports published by the Aspen Institute, "Sport for All, Play for Life: A Playbook to Get Every Kid in the Game," which offers a new model for youth sports
in America based on health and inclusion and identifies eight strategies that
eight sectors can align behind to give every kid the opportunity to get active
through sports. The report, hailed by US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as a
very powerful roadmap for innovation and cross-sector collaboration, has
been used by a range of national organizations and city coalitions to introduce
or shape programs aimed at youth. The program also hosts the annual Project
Play Summit in Washington, DC, where 350 leaders gather to push forward the
movement around building healthy communities through sport.
STEVENS INITIATIVE
http://stevensinitiative.org/
POLICY INITIATIVES
ASPEN INITIATIVE ON THE FUTURE OF WORK
The Future of Work Initiative is a year-long nonpartisan effort to identify concrete ways to strengthen the social contract in the midst of sweeping changes in
todays workplace and workforce. The Initiative focuses on two critical opportunities: how to best advance and protect the economic interests of Americans
in the rapidly growing on-demand economy of shared goods and services,
and how to inspire a 21st-century capitalism for a 21st-century workforce by
rewarding employers for reducing inequality, helping workers get ahead, and
facilitating access to benefits and protections to secure workers futures.
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LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES
ASPEN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK
Spurring Entrepreneurial Leaders to
Move from Success to Significance
www.aspeninstitute.org/leadership
The Aspen Global Leadership Network is a worldwide community of successful, highintegrity, action-oriented leaders committed to making the world a better place.
Fellows are selected in groups of 20 to be part of one of 14 geographic or sectorspecific initiatives around the world all modeled after the Aspen Institute flagship
Henry Crown Fellowship Program. They enter this experience having demonstrated a
great deal of personal success, and leave it inspired to make a significant mark on their
communities and the world. Fellowship gatherings provide space for introspection,
probing dialogue, and problem solving. Each Fellow is asked to bring his or her
leadership to bear on a pressing societal concern by launching a new project or
venture. Fellows are using their businesses and their positions to build pipelines for
ethical leadership, protect cultural heritage, promote environmental sustainability,
create new ventures and jobs, bridge the educational achievement gap, fight rare
diseases, stop ethnic violence, and connect rural people to global information.
Today, the Aspen Global Leadership Network numbers more than 2,200 Fellows in 49
countries and continues to grow. The Network connects Fellows through forums like
the online Fellow Exchange as well as regular events like the Resnick Aspen Action
Forum, an annual gathering that connects Aspen Global Leadership Network Fellows
and other leaders from Aspen Institute programs and partners, spurring them to move
from thought to action.
At the 2015 Aspen Action Forum, over 350 leaders from around
the world gathered to exchange ideas and take action on social
challenges their communities face. (Photo by Dan Bayer)
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This initiative captures the energy, talent, and resolve of an emerging generation of leaders in Africa and engages them in confronting the foremost
challenges of their countries. Founded in 2001 by four Henry Crown Fellows,
it is a collaborative venture of the Institute, the Databank Foundation (Ghana),
Infotech Investments (Tanzania), LEAP Africa (Nigeria), the Letsema Foundation (South Africa), and CETA Construction and Services (Mozambique). The
initiative has three distinct programs in West Africa, East Africa, and South
Africa, as well as a program in Mozambique.
LIBERTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/liberty
This program promotes outstanding leadership in South Carolina, empowering the state and its leaders to realize their full potential. It is a partnership
between Aspen Institute Trustee Hayne Hipp, who founded the program in
2003, the Institute, and Wofford College, where it is based.
Above left to right: Fellows engage in dialogue at the 2015 Aspen Action Forum. (Photo by Dan
Bayer); Henry Crown Fellows Bart Houlahan, Jay Coen, and Andrew Kassoy, co-founders of B Lab
and winners of the 2015 John P. McNulty Prize (Photo courtesy of B Lab); First-generation college
students receive mentoring through Braven, an organization founded by a Pahara-Aspen Fellow.
(Photo courtesy of Braven); Participants at the 2015 Action Forum network during the event's
annual "Connection Hour." (Photo by Dan Bayer)
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Inspired by two Henry Crown Fellows and begun in 2004, this initiative
develops values-based leadership talent in six countries of Central America
to tackle the challenges the region confronts. A partnership of the Institute,
TechnoServe, INCAE, and FUNDEMAS, the initiative was formalized in 2007 as
an independent nonprofit foundation.
This program, introduced in 2005 through the vision and support of Aspen
Institute Trustee Bill Budinger, seeks to strengthen US democracy by bringing
together the nations most promising young elected political leaders, both
Democrats and Republicans, to explore Western democratic values and the
responsibilities of public leadership. The Fellowship helps recipients excel in
public service through thoughtful and civil bipartisan dialogue.
INDIA LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
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Founded in 2006, this collaboration between the Aspen Institute and the
Ananta Aspen Centre helps leaders from across India explore leadership
approaches to the challenges faced by the worlds largest democracy.
PAHARA-ASPEN ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERS FOR
PUBLIC EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP
www.pahara.org
Launched in 2009 by three Henry Crown Fellows, this initiative aims to identify leaders from across the Middle East and motivate them to apply their
energies, skills, and resources to the important societal challenges in their
countries and region.
CHINA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/china
Launched in 2013 by two Henry Crown Fellows with the generous support
of David M. Rubenstein, the China Fellowship Program aims to energize the
new generation of private sector business leaders in China to step up in a
meaningful fashion to meet the challenges presented by the countrys vast
economic and social transformation.
HEALTH INNOVATORS FELLOWSHIP
www.aspeninstitute.org/hif
Having launched its inaugural class in 2015, this Fellowship seeks to strengthen the leadership of innovators across the US health care ecosystem and to
connect, inspire, and challenge them to create new approaches to improve
the health and well-being of all Americans. Greenville Health System is the
founding funder and a thought partner in this initiative.
Launching in 2016 thanks to the vision of a Henry Crown Fellow, this Fellowship seeks to develop the next generation of responsible, community-spirited leaders in the global financial services industry and challenge them to
advance the positive impact of finance in society.
The Center for Urban Innovation bridges the gap between innovators and
underserved neighborhoods so that innovators can focus more attention on
community challenges, and neighborhood residents can bring their own new
ideas to life. The Center identifies the businesses and non-profits with the
most original and effective solutions to urban challenges, creates toolkits and
policies that help innovative minds to develop ideas that will improve the social and economic life for all city residents, and creates forums to encourage
the spread and replication of these ideas.
DC URBAN INNOVATION LAB
www.aspeninstitute.org/urban-innovation-lab
The Urban Innovation Lab harnesses the convening ability and policy
expertise of the Aspen Institute to directly advance the work of social entrepreneurs (Urban Innovators) that are working against a deep-rooted issue of
inequality and opportunity in the Washington, DC region. Selected Urban Innovators receive a customized support package that includes leadership and
organizational development, network expansion, and a platform to promote
their big ideas and vision. The Lab is, in effect, a learning organization to
better inform the Center for Urban Innovations effort to be a hub of networks
and ideas that are building a better future for all American cities.
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The New Voices Fellowship, established by the Aspen Global Health and
Development program, is a groundbreaking initiative designed to bring
expert voices from the developing world into the global development discussion. The Fellowship, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
offers development experts from Africa and other parts of the developing
world a year-long program of media support, training, research, and writing
under the guidance of experienced mentors and trainers. The program will
help Fellows sharpen their messages, elevate their stories, focus their media
targets, and communicate their insights across a variety of media platforms
illuminating crucial grassroots perspectives for a broad, worldwide audience.
Fellows can be drawn from a variety of development disciplines ranging from
public health and education to poverty alleviation, agriculture, sanitation, and
community activism. Ideal candidates have a deep understanding of broad
development challenges and a passion for communicating their views.
2016 New Voices Fellows gather with their mentor during their first training
in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Rachael Strecher)
2015 Aspen Action Forum participants take a tour of the Maroon Bells. (Photo by Dan Bayer)
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS
PROMOTING NONPARTISAN INQUIRY AND
ENGAGING THE PUBLIC
www.aspeninstitute.org/events
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This regular lunch series, held in Washington, DC, presents informal conversations with notable authors of current books. It provides the chance to listen
to and talk with biographers, philosophers, political scientists, journalists,
scholars, and other writers about their work. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
Breyer, George H.W. Bush biographer Jon Meacham, Public Radio host Diane
Rehm, and scholar Michael Eric Dyson were among the past years featured
authors. The series is underwritten by Lifetime Trustee Alma Gildenhorn and
her husband, Ambassador Joseph Gildenhorn.
ASPEN AT ROOSEVELT HOUSE
The Institutes main venue in New York, Roosevelt House, is the historic home
of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Public Policy Institute of Hunter College. Each academic year, the Institute and Hunter College present
programs at the House focused on critical public policy issues such as the
economy, the arts, and the environment.
ASPEN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
www.aspeninstitute.org/aspenevents
The Aspen Institute hosts dozens of public programs year-round for residents
and visitors alike, including the Hurst Student Seminars, Great Books, Great
Decisions, From Athens to Aspen, the McCloskey Speaker Series, the Hurst
Lecture Series, and Our Society Reimagined. These programs offer unique
and affordable opportunities for a diverse mix of people to find inspiration in
a variety of ways. Thanks to the generosity of donors, the program offers needbased scholarships to teens and adults to take part in the Aspen-based events.
ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL
www.aspenideas.org
This annual event, held in partnership with The Atlantic, gathers many of the
worlds foremost academic, political, scientific, business, and cultural leaders
for a weeklong exchange of ideas on the Institutes Aspen, Colorado, campus.
Lectures and panel discussions address the most pressing issues of the day.
The Festival now includes an additional three-day session, Spotlight Health,
which brings together global experts in health, health care, and medicine to
share with our audience deep and meaningful reflection and to examine how
these issues touch our families, our nation, and people around the world.
ASPEN INSTITUTE ARTS PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/arts
The Aspen Institute Arts Program was established to support and invigorate the
arts in America and return them to the center of the Institute's Great Conversation. It brings together artists, advocates, educators, foundation representaTop: US Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer at a December 2015
Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series event. (Photo by Ian Wagreich)
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tives, and government officials to exchange ideas and develop policies and programs that strengthen the reciprocal relationship between the arts and society.
Activities include the Creative Youth Alliance; ArtStrikes; the Aspen Seminar for
Young Poets; Civic Practice Scholars; and Race, Arts, and America. The Arts Program also offers curated conversations, events, and performances in New York
City and elsewhere around the country, as well as arts-focused discussions for
the Washington Ideas Roundtable Series and film screenings for the New Views
Documentaries and Dialogue Series. The Aspen Arts Strategy Group meets
in various American cities to strategize on ways the arts can solve problems in
realms such as education and community development. The Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence Program brings distinguished artists to participate in the Aspen
Ideas Festival and other Institute programs throughout the year.
ASPEN NEW YORK BOOK SERIES
The Aspen New York Book Series, co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute and
Aspen Words, features conversations with authors about their chosen literary
genre, be it the personal essay, memoir, fantasy fiction, or poetry. The series
has featured authors such as Gail Sheehy, Phillip Lopate, Meghan Daum, Dani
Shapiro, Vivian Gornick, and Darin Strauss.
ASPEN SECURITY FORUM
www.aspensecurityforum.org
What are the key security threats we face as a nation and how safe are we
today? The Institutes Homeland Security Program presents this three-day
forum in Aspen, Colorado, bringing together leaders in government, industry, media, think tanks, and academia to explore key national security issues.
Themes include cyber and aviation security, counterterrorism strategy and
intelligence challenges, and geopolitically strategic regions of importance to
national security.
ASPEN SECURITY FORUM: GLOBAL
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spoken word poetry program, writing residencies, Story Swap, and a renowned annual literary festival. Recent speakers have included NPR storyteller Garrison Keillor, Wild author Cheryl Strayed, US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe
Herrera, and The Big Short author Michael Lewis.
CITYLAB: URBAN SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES
www.aspeninstitute.org/citylab
The Aspen Institute, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg Philanthropies will gather
the worlds foremost mayors and urban leaders for the third annual CityLab:
Urban Solutions to Global Challenges, to be held in October 2016 in Miami.
The working summit will bring together civic leaders, practitioners, academics, and business leaders to advance bold, scalable ideas and emerging
trends that are transforming cities around the world into more livable and
sustainable places to live, work, and play. Speakers and attendees are drawn
from a diverse global roster: last years 550 participants represented more
than 100 cities and two dozen countries.
CONVERSATIONS WITH GREAT LEADERS IN MEMORY OF
PRESTON ROBERT TISCH
Founded in 2009, the Institutes flagship discussion series in New York City is
underwritten by Laurie, Steve, Jonathan, and Lizzie Tisch to memorialize the
legacy of their father, Preston Robert Tisch, an extraordinary business leader,
philanthropist, and public servant. The series features moderated conversations with influential leaders from all walks of civic life. It also includes the annual Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership. Highlights have included conversations with womens sports pioneer Billie Jean King, former New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, media visionary Arianna Huffington, civil
rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, and Ford Foundation President
Darren Walker.
HURST COMMUNITY FUND
www.aspeninstitute.org/hurst
The Hurst Community Fund hosts a Great Ideas Seminar, modeled after the
Institutes flagship Aspen Seminar, for middle school and high school students in Aspen and throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. In addition, the Hurst
Community Fund supports the Hurst Lecture Series, enabling the Institute
to present renowned and inspiring leaders for public audiences year round.
These events, generously underwritten by the Hurst Family Foundation, are
open to all Roaring Fork Valley residents and other participants at a modest
ticket price.
The Morris Series hosts conversations about innovation and leadership in San
Francisco and is made possible with the support of Institute Trustee Diane L.
Morris. The series has recently featured Alice Waters, chef, author, and owner of
Chez Panisse; Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation; and Andrew Ng,
chief scientist of Baidu Research and the chairman and co-founder of Coursera.
MURDOCK MIND, BODY, SPIRIT SERIES
www.aspeninstitute.org/murdock
The Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series reflects the founding principles of
the Aspen Institute a commitment to nurturing the whole individual by
bringing a range of experts, innovators, and leaders to Aspen to discuss their
research and share the latest revelations about the link between mindfulness,
physical activity, and emotional well-being. Past speakers include Deepak
Chopra, Marianne Williamson, and Ellen Langer. The series is generously
underwritten by Gina and Jerry Murdock.
WASHINGTON IDEAS FORUM
The Institute and The Atlantic host an annual two-day session of interviews and
conversations in Washington, DC, pairing todays key newsmakers with the
nations leading journalists in an attempt to ask big questions, identify overarching themes, and bring together diverse perspectives for civil dialogue.
WASHINGTON IDEAS ROUNDTABLE SERIES
Clockwise from left: Former President Jimmy Carter and Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at the kickoff program in
the 2015 McCloskey Speaker Series. (Photo by Leigh Vogel); Wynton Marsalis and Jon Batiste perform at the 2015
Aspen Ideas Festival (photo by Dan Bayer); Chef and restaurateur Alice Waters at a 2015 Morris Series program.
(Photo by Drew Altizer); David Koch and Tom Steyer at the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival. (Photo by Ricky Savi)
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www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/youth-and-engagement
Youth & Engagement Programs work directly with youth ages 14 to 24 to educate and develop
citizen leaders who mirror our nations diversity and to identify, nurture, and celebrate local
youth and their ideas to improve our communities. This new area of work and Institute focus
will also develop entrepreneurial approaches to engage youth in the key challenges of the day.
The intention is to create programming that is effective, scalable, and broadens the reach of the
Institute beyond the constituencies it currently serves. The division includes longstanding Aspen
Institute programs that work directly with youth as well as newly established programs.
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ASPEN CHALLENGE
www.aspenchallenge.org/
In partnership with the Bezos Family Foundation and with support from
local funders who contribute to the school districts themselves, the Aspen
Challenge is a seven-week competition where high school students work in
teams to hone their leadership skills as they develop innovative solutions to
critical societal challenges. In addition to Denver and Los Angeles, the Aspen
Challenge recently launched in Washington, DC and Chicago, with future
expansion cities including Philadelphia. At the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival, five
high school teams presented their winning solutions to issues they faced in
their communities, including inequality, violence, the California drought, and
access to nutritious food.
ASPENX
www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/aspenx/
A new, place-based, multi-site initiative that will develop the next generation
of local, purpose-driven youth leaders, the Young Leaders Fellowship builds
upon the Institutes commitment to values-based, action-oriented leadership.
The program will spur selected Fellows to consider the values and perspectives necessary for effective and enlightened leadership in their communities
and in society at large. This program will create a diverse pipeline of talented,
young, local leaders who will collaborate on solutions to community problems and invest in their hometowns for years to come.
TEEN SOCRATES
The division is also working with a number of policy programs to create Youth
Advisory Boards to guide their work, including the newly announced National
Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development. Future Youth
& Engagement Programs projects include work on juvenile justice; youth
organizing; fast-pitch competitions for youth-led community solutions; a
national youth convening in Washington, DC; and partnerships with external
organizations to help build high-potential programs.
AspenX connects virtual learning on the Khan Academy platform with placebased convenings in the style of the traditional Aspen Seminar. High school
students in Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area met last year to
discuss privacy rights and American diplomacy in day-long sessions led by
Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and
Tara Sonenshine, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and
Public Affairs.
A forum for teens to convene and explore contemporary issues through
expert-moderated dialogue, Teen Socrates encourages all participants to engage and share their views. Last winter, teens met to learn about and discuss
the US Supreme Court with former US Solicitor General Neal Katyal.
Former US Solicitor General Neal Katyal moderates a Teen Socrates Seminar in Colorado.
(Photo by Leigh Vogel)
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AspenX participants and moderators at Khan Academy headquarters. (Photo by David Kong).
Students at the 2015 Aspen Challenge Opening Forum at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. (Photo by Dan Davis)
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SEMINARS
DEEPENING KNOWLEDGE AND
FOSTERING LEADERSHIP
www.aspeninstitute.org/seminars
Aspen Institute seminars help leaders reflect on timeless ideas and values. Through text-based
dialogue with expert moderators and accomplished peers, seminar participants refine
their tools of intellectual analysis, test the wellsprings of their convictions, and enhance
their capacities to think more creatively in solving the problems that confront society.
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For more than 60 years, this premier roundtable has challenged leaders in
every field to think more critically and deeply. The seminar is a unique opportunity to step away from the demands of the present and reflect with other
leaders in moderated, text-based Socratic dialogue on the concept of a good
and just society: What is it, how does it become a reality, and what is our role
in making it happen? The settings in Aspen, Colorado, and on Marylands
Eastern Shore are ideal for rejuvenating the mind, body, and spirit of participants, who emerge personally renewed and professionally refocused.
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CUSTOM SEMINARS
www.aspeninstitute.org/seminars/custom
SOCRATES PROGRAM
www.aspeninstitute.org/socrates
This program has provided a forum for emerging young leaders, approximately ages 28-50, from various professions to explore contemporary issues
through expert-moderated dialogue for 20 years. It also provides the opportunity for participants to enter a diverse professional network as well as
the broader range of the Institutes programs. Its weekend-long seminars in
Aspen, Colorado and abroad, as well as daylong seminars in major US cities,
are values-based Socratic explorations that facilitate the exchange of ideas.
Select recent topics include privacy and technology; social entrepreneurship;
big data; education innovation; the American dream; health reform; China
and US competition; green investing; immigration; new leadership in the
Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan; Cuba's economy and
social media; energy security; the economics of happiness; the moral limits of
markets; race and culture; artificial intelligence and the workforce; technology
trends and impact; the sharing economy; and innovation in American cities.
Seminar participants are challenged and engaged in an exchange of ideas to explore contemporary issues at Aspen tables
across the world - whether that be at the Aspen Meadows, the Wye River campus, or internationally. (Photos courtesy of the Aspen Institute)
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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
Ten international Aspen Institute partners conduct independently developed and supported
programs, conferences, seminars on region-specific issues, global challenges, and leadership
development. Each partner works closely with the Institute to develop unique programming
and also to stay true to a mission of values-based leadership and enlightened dialogue.
To learn more about the Institute's international partners and programming, visit
www.aspeninstitute.org/about/international-partners.
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Elliot Gerson, executive vice president of the Aspen Institute, interviews Leigh Hafrey, senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Natalie Jaresko, chairperson of
Aspen Institute Kyiv, and Volodymyr Lavrenchuk, chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval at a launch event for Aspen Institute Kyiv. (Photo by Helen Bozhko)
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and non-Western world. In addition to the seminars, the Institute offers other executive seminars
tailored to the needs of national and local government officials and young business executives.
It also organizes periodic lecture programs for
seminar alumni.
The Aspen Institute Japan
Harks Roppongi Bldg., 2nd Fl. 15-21, Roppongi
chome,
Minato-City, Tokyo, Japan 106-0032
Ph: +81 3 6438 9208 Fax: +81 3 3405 1668
www.aspeninstitute.jp/english
Aspen Institute Kyiv
Aspen Institute Kyiv, launched in November 2015,
is dedicated to promoting values-based leadership in Ukraine and neighboring countries. The Institute aims to nurture high-quality open dialogue
among Ukrainian leaders facilitating the exchange
of ideas that contribute to a good society and
support and promote leadership in local, regional,
and global contexts that will contribute to the integration of Ukrainian leaders into national, regional,
and global dialogue. Among other activities, it
has a well-established leadership program and is
developing a number of programs.
The Aspen Institute Kyiv
Sophia Business Center
6, Rylskyi lane
01001 Kyiv, Ukraine
+380442200430
www.aspeninstitute.kiev.ua/
MEDIA RESOURCES
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE PRODUCES DIGITAL CONTENT AND
PUBLICATIONS THAT PROMOTE INNOVATIVE THINKING AND SOLUTIONS.
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The Institute tackles vexing problems and convenes top talents on countless
topics, and aspeninstitute.org is a new online home for such conversation.
It is a tool for those curious to explore new ideas each day and for guests
seeking to attend our events. Redesigned and relaunched in 2016, our website
presents an unabridged view of Institute work. Its fresh design mirrors an online
audience that is more mobile and social than ever.
IDEAS: The Magazine of the Aspen Institute
In 2016, the magazine increased its frequency from two to three issues a
year, with a new name, new logo, and new mandate to promote not just the
ever-increasing initiatives and programs of the Institute but the ideas driving
them. Thought leaders and Institute colleagues contribute essays that will
position the magazine as a national platform for the most influential voices
guiding imaginative, forward-looking public thinking.
The Aspen Journal of Ideas
In 2014, the Aspen Institute launched the online Aspen Journal of Ideas as a
way to capture essays, conversations, and opinions from the thought leaders
of the Institute community. The Journal highlights important ideas, fleshes out
innovative policy solutions to pressing issues, and tells stories about good policy that will change lives. Selected highlights from the online edition appear in
each issue of the Institutes print magazine, IDEAS.
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settings are broadened as our writers seek to inspire and inform. The Aspen
Idea blog connects Institute programs to the news of the day, offering insight
into the work of our organization and shedding light on some of the worlds
most challenging problems.
Aspen Ideas To Go Podcast
In 2015, the Aspen Institute launched the Aspen Ideas To Go podcast. The
weekly show about big ideas is a hosted and curated listening experience
that highlights programming from the Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Security
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and delivers them straight to your inbox.
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In April 2015, the Health, Medicine and Society Program commemorated the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid by bringing together
speakers including Lynda Johnson Robb, daughter of President Lyndon
Johnson; Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation; and Mike Leavitt and Kathleen Sebelius, both previous secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program held its inaugural event in
May 2015, which featured conversations on innovation, entrepreneurship, inclusion and leadership. Speakers included Donald Graham, CEO
and chairman, Graham Holdings Company Officer, and Cesar Conde,
executive vice president, NBC Universal.
In August 2015, the Aspen Institute became the project manager for the
Stevens Initiative, an international public-private partnership that aims to
bring young people in the United States and the Middle East and North
Africa together to learn 21st century skills and build understanding using
technology. The Initiative provided a first round of funding through a
merit-based competition to organizations to administer virtual and physical exchange programs. The initial ten projects funded will reach over
21,000 young people in 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa
and 25 US states, including Syrian refugees.
At the 22nd Annual Summer Celebration in Aspen in August 2015,
documentary filmmaker Ken Burns received the Public Service Award,
given to an individual who professionally and personally exemplifies the
fundamental values of democracy, and held a public conversation with
Walter Isaacson.
The Forum for Community Solutions program launched the 100,000
Opportunities Initiative in Chicago in August. Participating companies
made hundreds of on-the-spot job offers to the more than 3,000 pre-registered youth and delivered immediate impact for their businesses, the
Chicago community, and job-seekers. The initiative, a national coalition
of leading US-based companies, creates pathways to meaningful employment for Americas young people who face systemic barriers to jobs
and education.
The Alliance for Artisan Enterprise launched its Global Campaign for the
Artisan Sector in September at the US Department of State. Speakers,
including Secretary of State John Kerry, spoke on the potential of the
global artisan sector in the new start-up economy.
Jay Coen Gilbert, Andrew Kassoy, and Bart Houlahan, all of B Lab, were
the winners of the eighth annual John P. McNulty Prize, awarded in
November 2015, which recognizes the spirit of innovation and excellence
of private sector leaders who use entrepreneurship to address important
global social issues.
In November, the Institute launched the Future of Work Initiative, a yearlong nonpartisan effort to identify concrete ways to strengthen the social
contract in the 21st-century workplace and workforce. Senator Mark
Warner and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels serve as honorary
co-chairs, and Bruce Reed and John Bridgeland serve as co-chairs.
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker was presented with the Aspen
Institute 2015 Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership to honor
his lifelong career in social justice. The program featured Walker in conversation with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson.
In March 2016, the Aspen Institute Communications & Society Program
held the 2016 Symposium on the State of Race in America, in association
with Comcast Corporation. Panelists including Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake, Miami-Dade College President Eduardo Padrn, Rutgers-Camden University Chancellor Phoebe Haddon, and DeRay McKesson, co-founder of We the Protestors, engaged in moderated dialogues on
race in the university, shifting demographics in urban communities, and an
open Town Hall discussion to address solutions to current challenges.
The Aspen Institute joined the White House and other partners in June
2016 to host the United State of Women summit, a major Washington,
DC gathering that highlighted progress and persistent challenges on
key gender-equality issues including entrepreneurship and innovation,
educational opportunity, and violence against women.
Thanks to the vision of a Henry Crown Fellow, the Institute is launching the
Finance Leaders Fellowship, which will seek to develop the next generation
of responsible, community-spirited leaders in the global finance industry.
Yo-Yo Ma and Rene Fleming co-hosted the annual Arts Summit at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in April, designed to bring together
thought leaders from the arts and related fields. This year the summit
examined using the arts to influence positive change in peoples lives.
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Photo credits left to right: Dan Bayer, Steve Johnson, Olivier Douliery, Ricky Savi, Johnson, Bayer, Miles Willis, Johnson, Bayer, Bayer, Clint Spaulding, Johnson
Photo credits from top left to right: Johnson, Bayer, Johnson, Laurence Genon, Bayer, Douliery, Genon, Douliery, Douliery, Patrice Gilbert, Douliery, Savi
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INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
SCHOLARS & SCHOLARSHIPS CAMPAIGN
The Scholars & Scholarships Campaign raised funds to fuel the Institutes
continued growth and innovation, enable leaders from diverse backgrounds
to participate in our programs, and expand our reach to new regions and
audiences. Thanks to the extraordinary support of our Board of Trustees,
Society of Fellows, and other friends, the Institute met and exceeded the
campaigns goal in 2015, raising more than $115 million toward the following
organizational priorities:
The campaign secured major endowment gifts for the Arts Program and the
Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence Program, fueling arts outreach to underserved communities and connecting young people from all backgrounds
with inspiring and world-renowned artists and authors.
Institute trustee gifts of historic generosity secured critical funding for the
Resnick Aspen Action Forum as well as scholarships to fuel the growth of a
vibrant and interconnected Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN). The
future of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program and the Aspen Institute-Rodel
Fellowship in Public Leadership were assured; and several new fellowships
were launched, including a China Fellowship that is helping shape a generation of Chinese business leaders and entrepreneurs, and fellowships in
finance and healthcare innovation that are based in the United States.
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Campaign donors established and supported endowed scholarship funds to increase the number of leaders from diverse backgrounds who can participate in
Aspen Institute programming. The campaign also identified donors to provide
seed funding to help launch strategic initiatives that have enriched the Institutes
offerings, while keeping it at the leading edge on major societal issues.
The campaign expanded access to the Institutes signature seminar experiences: the Aspen Seminar, which focuses on the examination of timeless values
and personal leadership; and the Socrates Program, which explores issues
of social concern through open-minded dialogue. Campaign donors also
invested in the Institutes network of International Partners, thereby enhancing
cross-continental collaboration and fostering relationships that enable broader conversations on global issues. And, closer to home, the Institute partnered
with members of the Society of Fellows and Board of Trustees to expand the
Institutes footprint through public outreach initiatives and speaker series in
regions where the Institute has not traditionally had a major presence.
PHILANTHROPY IN ACTION
The following is a sampling of the many ways in which Campaign donors enabled the Institute to launch innovative programs, engage with new audiences,
and invest in a new generation of values-based leaders. For a comprehensive
campaign report, please visit www.aspeninstitute.org/campaign.
ASPEN ACROSS AMERICA
brings national thought leaders and the public together with visionaries
around the country where the Institute does not traditionally have a presence,
in order to explore challenges and values through a place-specific lens. For
example, Aspen Across America partnered with the Buffett Early Childhood
Institute in Omaha, Nebraska to host a public panel, 50 Years After Head Start:
Making an Investment in Early Childhood Education in America, featuring
leading American philanthropists, policymakers, and researchers. The resulting
debate connected global ideas with local solutions, and was followed by an intimate conversation with legendary investor Warren Buffett, in which he shared
lessons from a career that could only have been conducted from Omaha.
ASPEN AROUND TOWN
is an event series that takes place in and around Washington, DC in partnership with outstanding Washington-based cultural institutions. Launched in
2012 and made possible by the support of Michelle Smith and the Robert H.
Smith Family Foundation, the series showcases Americas very best thinking
on a broad range of topics, ranging from race to theology and art to public
service, and features nationally recognized leaders in politics and culture. In
the past year, the program has hosted dialogues on the 100th anniversary of
Einsteins discovery of General Relativity, Glenn Goulds Goldberg Variations,
and the manuscripts and early computers of Alan Turing.
(From left to right) Walter Isaacson, president and CEO, the Aspen Institute; George Kaiser, founder,
George Kaiser Family Foundation; Jackie Bezos, president and co-founder, Bezos Family Foundation;
the Honorable Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts; J.B. Pritzker, co-founder, J.B. and
M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation; and Samuel Meisels, ED.D., founding executive director of the Buffett
Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska.
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The Ricardo Salinas Foundation pledged $1.5 million to support the launch
of the Latinos & Society Program, which creates awareness of the growth and impor-
tance of the Latino community to the future of the United States. The program brings together
Latino and non-Latino influencers and decision-makers to find areas of common ground that
advance issues and policies of importance to Latinos and the country as a whole. This gift also
established the Ricardo Salinas Foundation Scholarship Fund, which increases the number of
Latino participants at the Institutes public events, policy roundtables, and leadership seminars
and develops the leadership capacity of Latinos to participate fully in all levels of society.
is an initiative of the Aspen Institute Arts Program that is developing a powerful network of emerging artistic leaders across the country. The Alliance uses
the time-tested methods of the Aspen Seminar and works to mobilize young
creative leaders to work across sectors to strengthen the social, physical, and
economic fabric of the communities in which they live.
In 2016, the Creative Youth Alliance Seminar will take place in cities including
San Francisco, New York, and Chicago, giving students an opportunity to become part of a local and national network of socially minded young artists. In
addition to the work in those and other cities, participants from each city will
be selected to attend the Aspen Ideas Festival for further leadership training
and to connect with influential artists and patrons of the arts.
This new initiative was made possible by Scholars & Scholarships Campaign
gifts from Melva Bucksbaum, the Eisner Foundation, Jane Harman, Lynda and
Stewart Resnick, and members of the Aspen Institute Arts Circle.
Seminar participant Karlyn Boens performs alongside Arts Program Director Damian Woetzel,
Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence Alfre Woodard, and Sing for Hope co-founder Camille Zamora.
(Photo by Aubree Dallas)
convenes leaders from across the United States and the world to combat
todays most pressing social issues.
The five-day event, held every summer in Aspen, facilitates open dialogue, builds trust, and promotes action. Entrepreneurial leaders from
over 40 countries participate in workshops, interactive roundtable discussions, and networking opportunities that help them tackle challenges
in their communities, countries, and around the world. Each participant
makes a public Action Pledge to address a complex social issue.
Lynda and Stewart Resnick (center) with the Resnick Leadership Fellows, leaders from
the Central Valley of California who received scholarships to attend the Aspen Action
Forum in order to acquire the knowledge and networks they need to amplify their
impact and solve problems in their local community. (Photo by Dan Bayer )
The Resnick Aspen Action Forum is among the Institutes greatest platforms for
effecting real and measurable change in the world. It is also our most geographically
and demographically diverse annual convening. Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
AGLN Fellows share ideas and make connections at the Action Forum. (Photos by Dan Bayer)
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SOCIETY OF FELLOWS
50 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY IDEAS AND ACCESS
Members of the Society of Fellows enjoy unparalleled entry to
the Institutes offerings, including public forums, lectures, policy
discussions, seminars, and symposia. Fellows receive advance
notice and special invitations to more than 50 memberexclusive offerings each year. At luncheons, lectures, private
talks, and discussion receptions held in private homes, Fellows
have unique access to leading experts and featured speakers.
Multi-day symposia offer Fellows the opportunity for in-depth
exploration of todays most important issues. Events are held
throughout the year in Aspen; Washington, DC; New York City;
and San Francisco. Additional events are offered periodically in
other major metropolitan areas around the country.
Fellows provide over $5 million annually in unrestricted
support for the Institute. Since its founding in 1964, the
program has raised a total of $50 million, which has been
critically important to the success and growth of the Institute.
The Aspen Wye Fellows program is a special donor and public outreach initiative on the Institutes Wye River campus on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Fellows are Chesapeake Bay area residents who support and share the Institutes interest in open-minded dialogue. The program includes discussions,
receptions, book signings, and other special events featuring prominent leaders and policy experts.
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Ahoora Foundation
Assilah Al Harthy
Anousheh Ansari
Carolyn and Laurence D. Belfer
Amit Bhatia
Carla Vernon and Jason Bowles
Kathleen and John Buck
CFP Foundation
Bunni and Paul Copaken
Jane Ottenberg and Richard Creighton
Alex Dell
Janet and Neal Dempsey
Lauren Kelley and John P. Driscoll
Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore
Nanette and Jerry E. Finger
Allison and Donald E. Gulbrandsen
Maria and John F. Hillen III
Nina Rodale Houghton
Mary and Thomas Alan James
Elizabeth and Peter Karabatsos
Peter Bicknell Kellner
Kim Pendergast and Joseph Lazaroff
Lisa Ceremsak and Stace D. Lindsay
Emily G. Mears
Jeffrey Mendelsohn
Mary and Garrett Moran
Balan Nair
Angela Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta and Kenneth Ofori-Atta
Rebecca Blumenstein and Alan R. Paul
Hensley and James Peterson
Jane and Michael Powell
Betsy and Andy Rosenfield
Linda and Jay Sandrich
Schoenfeld Insurance Associates, Inc.
Tamsin Smith
The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
Stanford University
Gabrielle and Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr.
The Thrift Shop of Aspen
TMG Custom Media
Lynn M. and Ward Utter
Jennifer Causing and Peter M. Waanders
Madas and Eran Wagner
Christie and Jeff Weiss
Manal Adel and Samir Zraiq
$1,000 - $4,999
Rania Elwan and Amr Abdallah
Shelagh and Michael Adams
Ruba Mohammed Masrouji and Mohammad Alami
Karen Heim-Amadon and Greg Amadon
Charles F. Batzer, Jr.
Tatyana Beldock and James Beldock
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Catherine Scholz and Paul Brient
Martin G. Carver
Ruth Carver
Andy Chase
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Colorado Audio Visual
Christian H. Cooper
Allison Marston and John W. Danner
Anthony C. Delauney, Sr.
James Dunham
Anita and Jack Enoch
Evelyn N. Farkas
Karen Feger
Jaimie and David J. Field
Nanci and Gary Fredkin
The Barry Friedberg and Charlotte Moss Family
Foundation
Richard Newton Gardner
Marilyn and Michael J. Glosserman
Kristin Barron and Neal D. Goldman
Julie Farkas and Seth Goldman
Alfred G. Goldstein
The Greenwald Foundation
Tonya Hinch
Morenike and Lindsay Irvin
Rona Z. Silkiss and Neil Jacobstein
Anne Kaiser and Robert P. Taylor
Jane Kang
Ann P. and Stephen M. Kaufman
Roselin Atzwanger and Edward Lenkin
Suzanne Leydecker
Jeff Lizotte
Lee R. Lyon
Nathalie and Tareq Maayah
Meena Mansharamani
Audrey C. and Charles W. Marshall
JoAnn and John J. Mason
Martha and William R. McLaughlin
Crystal Hayling and Chris Misner
Shelah and Marc S. Moller
Westley Moore
NCAS
Linda McCausland and Peter Nicklin
Sandra Day O'Connor
Patricia M. Papper
John Wood and Amy Powell
Kristin Rechberger
Barbara S. Reese
Anne and Chris Reyes
Katie and Amnon Rodan
Royce Family Foundation
Karen and Nathan Sandler
Kayla Shell and Randi Shade
Katherine and Dhiren H. Shah
Barbara Shapiro
Mariah Fairley and Shady Samir Sobhi
Evelyn and Barry Strauch
Emily Tisch Sussman
Chloe C. Tabah
Tammy and Guillermo Trevino
Paul A. Volcker
Alexia and Roderick K. von Lipsey
Melani and S. Robson Walton
Jessie and David Woolley-Wilson
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Judith Aidoo
American Council on Education
Nathaniel Baldwin
Melanie Nezer and David Baltaxe
Boeing Company
Sheila and Wade Brown
Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum
Sylvia M. Mathews Burwell and Stephen Burwell
Lindsay and William Prescott Bush
Lorraine Mullings and Alfred Campos
Judy and Stan Clauson
Sean Cornwell
Pamela Cunningham
Sean Dalesandro
Mary Deatherage
Jason Denby
Jessica Schnabel and C. Daryl Edwards
Renee Fleisher
Alison Friedman
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Pamela Paresky and Christopher Gates
Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg
Cheryl and Stephen Goldenberg
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Ann Mass
Lance Matthiesen
Annie and Stanley A. McChrystal
Debbie McCoy
Patrick McKenna
Mill + Schnoering Architects, LLC
Constance Hoguet and Richard Neel
Gail Nichols
Nick DeWolf Foundation
Laura Nicklas
Rochelle Ohrstrom
Diane Padalino
Elaine Pagels
Nitzan Pelman
Jean and Peter J. Pettibone
Katie and David Reeves
Lisa Hancock Rehrig
Marilee and Gregg Rippy
Ellen and Scott D. Robinson
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Julie M. Heyman
Nike Irvin
Dorothy Jacobs
Mary and Thomas A. James
Kathleen K. and Warren D. Jones
Ann P. and Stephen M. Kaufman
Ann M. and Tom C. Korologos
Stanley Kritzik
Joan C. Lebach
Marlene and Frederic V. Malek
Stephen Marcus
Mary J. and Garrett Moran
Carrie A. and John Morgridge
Eric L. Motley
Stephanie and Michael Naidoff
David Nevins
Craig and Eileen Newmark
Ann K. and William A. Nitze
Patricia M. Papper
Hensley and James Peterson
Dorothy and Aaron S. Podhurst
Anne and Arnold Porath
Rodan Family Philanthropic Fund
Linda and Jay Sandrich
Nicole Avant and Ted Sarandos
David M. Solomon
Curt Strand
Evelyn M. and Barry S. Strauch
Eleanor F. and John M. Sullivan, Jr.
Chloe C. Tabah
Phyllis Taylor
Susan and Richard Ulevich, in honor of
Jane Nathanson
Jennifer Causing and Peter M. Waanders
Monique Clarine and Ralph Wanger
Barbara Bakios-Wickes and Steven Wickes
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Sylvia and Richard F. Kaufman
Betty Saks and Bart Kavanaugh
Liam and Karen Krehbiel
Sheila and Michael Kurzman
Ann and Edward Lamont
David Lee
Liz and Eric Lefkofsky
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Katherine McIntyre and Ryan McIntyre
Betty Anne and James R. McManus
Emily Gold Mears
Lisa and Willem Mesdag
Kim Metcalf-Kupres
Mary and Garrett Moran
Susan E. and Robert S. Morrison
Denise M. Dupre and Mark E. Nunnelly
Susan and William Oberndorf
Patricia M. Papper
Margaret and Andrew M. Paul
Carrie Walton and Greg Penner
Amy and Brian Pennington
Amy and John C. Phelan
Doren M. Pinnell
Anne and Arnold Porath
Lisa and John Pritzker
Pixie and Jimmy Reiss
Carrie Delaney Rhodes
Kate and Chris Roberts
Camille and Kenneth Robison
Lyn M. Ross
Mara and Ricky Sandler
Vicki and Roger Sant
June and Paul C. Schorr III
Peggy and Carl Sewell
Carl Sewell III
Jacqueline and Neal Shear
Victoria and Ronald A. Simms - The Simms/Mann
Family Foundation
Florence and Harry E. Sloan
David Solomon
Julie Nini and Martin J. Sprinzen
Amanda and Earl Stafford
Orli and Bill Staley
Ralph Delman
Jan and Neal Dempsey
Jacqueline Weld Drake
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The Dreman Foundation
Liz and Dick Dubin
Tom and Kay Dunton
Ingrid and Thomas J. Edelman
Steven and Kiki Esrick
Judith Barnard and Michael Fain
Marilyn and Larry Fields
Linda and Jeffrey Fine
Linda and Gregory Fischbach
Sakurado and William S. Fisher
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Leonard Genet
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Deborah and Dennis Glass
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Jeannette and Jerry A. Goldstone
Lenore and Bernard Greenberg
Joanne F. and Anthony L. Guerrerio
Llura and Gordon Gund
Nicki and J. Ira Harris
Mary Ann and Jim Harris
Joan W. Harris/The Irving Harris Foundation
Alix Mattingly and Alan Harter
Carrie Besnette Hauser and Jeff Hauser
Jamie and Bush Helzberg
Carol and Mike Hundert
Karen James
Diana Jacobs Kalman
Laura and Michael Kaplan
Benton Kastman
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Jean-Marie Hamel
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Sally and Steve Hansen
Roslyn Harkavy
Leelee and Bill Harriman
Maria Eugenia and William A. Haseltine
Cheryl G. Healton
Nikos Hecht
Lita Warner Heller
Heller Family Foundation
Susan Helm
Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.
Linda Vitti Herbst and Clarence A. Herbst
Julie Marion Heyman
Richard H. Hillman
Janet A. and Robert B. Hoffman
Tamara Holliday
John Hollway
Sue and R. Ronald Hopkinson
John Horton
Erica Hartman-Horvitz and Richard Alan Horvitz
Ada and James Horwich
Leonora Horwin
Lori Hotz
Tori Dauphinot and Kenneth Hubbard
Holly Huffines
Lawrence Hui
Leslie and George Hume
Laura Hunt
Carolyne T. Hyde
Barbara and Joseph Reeves Hyde III
Mary Ann Hyde
Liba Icahn
Martha and Melvin W. Jackson
Dorothy Jacobs
Joan Klein Jacobs and Irwin M. Jacobs
Mary and Thomas Alan James
Elizabeth Jeffett
Jane Jenkins
Sis and Hasty Johnson
Joy Johnson
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Omar A. Sawaf
Judith Schalit
Gloria Scharlin
Lisa and David T. Schiff
Barbara and F. Eugene Schmitt
Susan and Sheldon Schneider
Barbara and Robert Schrier
Lynn Schusterman
Louise and Robert Schwab
William B. Schwartz III
Phyllis and David Scruggs
Nancy S. Furlotti and Erel Shalit
Amy Attas and Stephen J. Shapiro
Robert Sharpe
Tara M. Sheahan
Phyllis Abramson and Sam V. Shelton
Tom and Alison Sherman
Ben Shneiderman
Lydie Shufro
Lois Siegel
Jill and Stuart Siegel
Cecily Silberman
Andrea Silbert
Carla Ginsburg and Gordon Silver
Nancy and Mark J. Silverman
Mish Tworkowski and Joseph Singer
Aggie Skirball
Eric Small
Lindsay and Ford Smith
Beverly and John Snyder
Carol Soffer
Selma Spaccarelli
Anthony Spadaro
Sue Edelstein and Bill Spence
Lauren Stack
Gregory C. Staple and Siobhan Farey
Phyllis and Ronald Steinhart
Freda Gail Stern
Elizabeth and George Stevens
Nancy Stevens
Ellen M. Heller and Shale D. Stiller
William Stirling
Gayle and Paul Stoffel
Curt Strand
Evelyn and Barry Strauch
David Sutphen
Arnold Swanberg
Marcy Syms
Emily and Stew Tabin
Sandra and Tony Tamer
Fellows at the 2015 Aspen Action Forum discuss their leadership challenges and how
to move from thought to action in their day-to-day lives. (Photo by Dan Bayer)
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Melissa Glynn
Carol and Marc Goldstein
Jared Goodman
Janet Gordon
Jared Goulet
Odile Granter Wilson
Michael B. Greenwald
Peter Hagist
Leticia Hanke
Scott Hanley
Adam Jay Harrison
Zahid Hasan
Courtney Hehre
Heidi and Keith Hemstreet
Casady M. Henry
Cindy and Will Herndon
Heather Hicks
Cindy Hirschfeld
Stephanie Holder
Jeffrey D. Holiday
Katherine Hunckler
William Hunckler IV
Matt Jay
Jerry L. Johnson
Jennifer and Sekou Kaalund
David Kahane
Julia Keleher
Kristin Kenny
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Michele Kiley
Andrew Klaber
Robert Klaber
Missy and Chris Klug
Pippa and Alex Klumb
Harry Knight
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Seamus Kraft
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Nancy Lainer
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Anne Lebleu
Sujean Lee and Eugene Lee
Alexander Leff
LTC Douglas A. LeVien
Kimberly Levin
Sophie Levy
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Martha F. Horner
Beth C. and Jeffrey H. Horstman
Nina R. Houghton
Gugy Irving
Pam and Jerry Jana
Lynda G. Jeanes and William W. Jeanes, Jr.
Sherry and David Jeffery
Kristin and Timothy W. Junkin
Sally and Alfred B. Kagan
Gingie and Frank J. Keefer
Sean Keller
Tee and John R. Kelly
Freia K. and Warren W. Kershow
Robert J. Koenke
Susan and Barry Koh
Ann Ashby and Ronald Kopicki
Elizabeth Koprowski
Delia and Marvin Lang
Patricia and Donald N. Langenberg
Judith and George R. Lawrence
Mary Revell and Eugene Lopez
Judith and Theodore A. Lutkus
Joan and Charles B. Madary
Norah L. and Russell A. Mail
Sherry and Charles W. Manning
Amy Haines and Richard Marks
Bonnie and Michael Messix
Bernice and Gerald Michael
Susan Forlifer and Robert Middleton
Maxine and William Millar
Christa Montague
An aerial view of Houghton House at the Institute's Wye campus on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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$100,000 and above
Jacqueline Mars
William E. Mayer
David H. McCormick
Katie Couric and John Molner
Diane L. Morris
Gina and Jerry Murdock
Margot and Thomas J. Pritzker
Lynda R. and Stewart Resnick
Alice R. and David M. Rubenstein
Mara Laura Medina and Ricardo Benjamn Salinas
Isa Catto Shaw and Daniel Shaw
Michelle Smith and the Robert H. Smith Family
Foundation
Diana D. Spencer
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Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
Laurie M. Tisch
$50,000-$99,999
Amy and David Abrams
Karen Heim-Amadon and Greg Amadon
Anonymous
Suzanne and Douglas J. Bade
Sallie and Thomas Bernard
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Nancy P. and Clint Carlson
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Janet Crown
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Donna and James Barksdale
William Beadleston
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Gifford Combs
Julia and Michael Connors
Phyllis and David Z. Cook
Bunni and Paul Copaken
Kim and Rob Coretz
Sylvie and Gary T. Crum
Katrina S. and James P. Currier
W. B. Cutter
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Claire Dewar
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Caroline and Howard C. Draft
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Lisa and Ralph Eads
Gail and Richard Elden
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David Lee
Liz and Eric Lefkofsky
Rochelle and Max Levit
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Alexia Suma and Roderick K. von Lipsey
John Lipsky
Christopher Lovell
Jean and Jim Lowrey
Monica Lozano
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Steven MacDonald
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Nancy C. Marcus
Carol S. Marks
Orin L. McCluskey
Julie McDermott
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Katherine and Ryan McIntyre
Janet and Thomas McKinley
Betty and James R. McManus
Emily G. Mears
Donna M. Melby
Eleanor Merrill
Lisa and Willem Mesdag
Kim Metcalf-Kupres
Anne B. Devereux-Mills and David Mills
Mary J. and Garrett Moran
Carrie A. and John Morgridge
Susan E. and Robert S. Morrison
Patricia (Patty) and Thruston Morton III
Stephanie and Michael Naidoff
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Ann K. R. and William A. Nitze
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Lady B. and Theodore B. Olson
Patricia M. Papper
Margaret and Andrew M. Paul
Carrie W. and Greg Penner
Amy M. and Brian Pennington
Carol H. and Brooke Peterson
Amy and John C. Phelan
Doren M. Pinnell
Carolyne Roehm and Simon Pinniger
Cynthia H. and Leon Polsky
Dina H. Powell
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Pixie and Jimmy Reiss
Carrie D. Rhodes
Kate and Christopher Roberts
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$5,000-$9,999
Penny and Fred Abrams
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Nina and William Albert
Karl Alomar
Anonymous (2)
James Aresty
Cara and Robert Barnes
Janet and Jeffrey Beck
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Gretchen and John Berggruen
Tina and Simon Beriro
Karen and Berl Bernhard
Neil Bicknell
Manfred Bischoff
Kalita and Edward W. Blessing
Susan Doran and Drew Brasher
Deborah and Gabriel Brenner
Mark Brown and Stephen Brint
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Barbara and William Broeder
Beth A. and Michelle Brooke-Marciniak
Inette and Joshua Brown
Nancy Brown
Barbara Bryant
Carolyn S. Bucksbaum
Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum
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Bunny and Charles Burson
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Jane L. and Calvin Cafritz
Terri and Tony Caine
Leslie Carlson
Ruth Carver
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Marcella Larsen and Chip Chilson
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Suzi and David Cordish
Brenda and J. Lester Crain
Simonetta B. d'Adda
Charles Dallara
Alex Dell
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Megan Disciullo
Jane P. and William H. Donaldson
Charles "Lil Buck" Riley at the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival. (Photo by Dan Bayer)
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George B. Kaiser
Diana J. Kalman
Laura and Michael Kaplan
Benton Kastman
Jane and Gerald Katcher
Jill and Curtis Kaufman
Deborah and Bruce Kaye
Christian Keesee
Jonathan Keidan
Hyunja and Jeffrey L. Kenner
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Susan Kinney
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Sally and James D. Klingbeil
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Carol and John Levy
Darielle and Earl Linehan
Sharon and John L. Loeb, Jr.
Leslie and Kurt Malkoff
Robert H. Malott
Nicola and Jeffrey Marcus
Amy Haines and Richard Marks
Bruce McEver
Ann P. and John L. McGoldrick
Eleanor and Robert M. Meyers
Susan and Lloyd Miller
Mary V. Mochary
Joanne and Joel Mogy
Allison A. Mooney
Sara and William Morgan
Rebecca K. and Raymond M. Murray, Jr.
Arjun N. Murti
Claire and Carlos Musso
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Maryam R. and Howard H. Newman
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Marne Obernauer, Jr.
Tomoe Odahara
Jeanie and Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Julie and Doug Ostrover
John N. Palmer
Whitney Parnell
Barbara McGlamery and Adam Perlmutter
Watanan Petersik
Hensley and James Peterson
Dorothy and Aaron S. Podhurst
Ashley and Jeffrey Quicksilver
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$1,000-$4,999
Virginia Aaron
Benjamin S. Abram
Jennifer Adams
John K. Adams
Tim Adams
Carol and Kenneth L. Adelman
Rita and Jeffrey Adler/ Rita and Jeffrey Adler
Foundation
Shannan B. and Joshua A. Adler
Katherine and David F. Allen
Linda and John Allman
Anonymous (6)
Anousheh Ansari
Margaret Arent
Jill and Paul Aschkenasy
The Aspen Skiing Company Family Fund
Larry Autrey
Barbara and Don Averitt
Rebecca T. Ayres
Michelle Stern and Brad Bachmann
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Susan M. and Stephen Baird
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Marilyn and George L. Baker
John Balson
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Collin Barry
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Charles F. Batzer, Jr.
Karen Beard
Amiee W. and D. Brian Beazley
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Jorge Benitez
Mary Benitez
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Elaine G. and Stephen Berman
Ellen and Richard Bernstein
Genevieve and Andrew Biggs
Allison Binney
Janet and Robert Blaich
Nancy L. and Robert S. Blank
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Marvin Jacobs
Pam and Jerry Jana
Roe Jasen
Jessie and Matthew Jay
Lynda G. Jeanes and William W. Jeanes, Jr.
Sherry and David Jeffery
Jane Jenkins
Edith H. and C. Hastings Johnson
Cara Grayer Johnson and Jerry L. Johnson
Joy Johnson
Marci and Stan Johnson
Serene Jones
Kathleen K. and Warren D. Jones
Victoria and Mark Joseph
Kristin and Timothy W. Junkin
Jennifer and Sekou Kaalund
Sally and Alfred B. Kagan
Lisa and Dennis Kane Jung
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Elizabeth and Peter Karabatsos
Ann P. and Stephen M. Kaufman
Gingie and Frank J. Keefer
Elizabeth B. Keffer
Jacqueline and Gerald Kehle
Lisa and Kenneth Kelley
Patrick J. Kelley
Martha and George A. Kellner
Alex and Scott Kendrick
Katherine Kendrick
Freia K. and Warren W. Kershow
Erica and Jeffrey Keswin
Neeru and Vinod Khosla
Yoshiko and Teisuke Kitayama
Andrew Klaber
Annette and Melvyn N. Klein
Anatole Klepatsky
Theodora Klissas
Pippa and Alex Klumb
Thomas Knies
Harry D. Knight, Jr.
Susan and Barry Koh
Lisa and Chris Kopecky
Ann Ashby and Ronald Kopicki
Cathy and Jonathan Koplovitz
Jules Kortenhorst
Eleni and Markos Kounalakis
Stanley Kritzik
Alison Lewis and Craig Krumwiede
Karla Kuban
Ellen and Fred R. Kucker
Martha Luttrell
Jill and Yo-Yo Ma
Carol A. and Harvey Mackay
Mathilde L. and Parker A. Maddux
Norah L. and Russell A. Mail
Nancy R. Manderson
Judith and Robert Mann
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Mohamed Marei
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Barbara and Don Margerum
Janice and Evan Marks
Yukimi Tachibana and Jeffrey Marlough
Stephanie P. Marshall
Denise Monteleone and James Martin
Martha and Todd Martin
Susan and Lawrence Marx
L. Camille Massey
Joanne B. and Norman Matthews
Liza DeGraff and Jonathan Mauck
Jaelin and Dave Mayer
Sharon T. McBay
Farell and Ashby McElveen
Joyce McGilvray
Martha and William R. McLaughlin
Jamie L. Brewster McLeod and Glen McLeod
Penny Meepos
Geeta and Krishen Mehta
Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig
Deborah Meisel
Bernice and Gerald Michael
Renee and Bruce Michelson
Susan Forlifer and Robert Middleton
Maxine and William Millar
Jennifer M. and David Miller
Dena Minning
Nancy and Charles Mitchell
Matt Mochary
Rebecca Bier-Moebius and Tyler Moebius
Shelah and Marc S. Moller
Elizabeth and Joshua D. Mondry
Nancy and George Montgomery
Chrissi and Michael C. Morgan
Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation
Julie and Mark Morris
Christine Blish and Tom Morrison
Ellen-Jane and Ben Moss
Carolyn S. Alper and Milton Mulitz
Mary Alice and Donald A. Munson
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Kurt Scherer
Lisa and David T. Schiff
Alan Fletcher and Ronald J. Schiller
Kirsten and Chad J. Schmit
Barbara and F. E. Schmitt
Barbara and Robert Schrier
Beth Shapiro and David Schulte
Lynn Schusterman
Louise and Robert Schwab
William B. Schwartz III
Phyllis and David Scruggs
Danny Sebright
Lisa S. and Richard See
Kimberly and Michael Seguin
Alexa and Tom D. Seip
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Nancy S. Furlotti and Erel Shalit
Willa Shalit
Margaret and Joel Shannon
Shweta Sharma
Marina Chiasson and Oliver Sharpe
Deborah and Robert Sharpe
Sarah C. and Richard W. Shaw
Neil Shen
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Barbara E. and Michael D. Sheridan
Rachel and Anthony J. Sherman
Gil Shiva
Ben Shneiderman
Alice Young and Thomas L. Shortall
Leslie and Alan A. Shuch
Lois Siegel
Mark Siegel
Jill and Stuart Siegel
Martha H. and Alfred C. Sikes
Cecily Silberman
Andrea Silbert
Ellen and Morton Silver
Nancy and Mark J. Silverman
Swati Pal and Jit Sinha
Shannon and Corey Sisler
Aggie Skirball
Christi and Eric Small
Meredith and Colter Smith
Lindsay and Frank Smith
Beverly and John Snyder
Carol Soffer
Selma Spaccarelli
Anthony Spadaro
Constance and Stephen H. Spahn
Up to $1,000
Sherry and Duane Abbott
Rania Elwan and Amr Abdallah
Candace and Odeh Aburdene
Deborah and Jim Adler
Anupam Agarwal
Parvez Ahmed
Linda Aikens
Carolyn C. and Mark S. Ain
Ruba Mohammed Masrouji and Mohammad Alami
Christopher Alexander
Julia Alexander
Erica G. Alioto
Steve Alldredge
Huda Al-Marashi
Deborah and Joseph A. Amato
Rene Andersen
Lee and Andrew Anderson
E. James Anderson
Kayce Anderson
Laura Anderson
William M. Anderson, Jr.
Nory Angel
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Daphne and James B. Araujo
Andrea Arnold
Jennifer Artley
Jerry Augustin
Arthur Bailey
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Nathaniel Baldwin
Michael Bandler
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Edie Barvin
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Ekpedeme Bassey
Carol Batchelder
Carol Bayley
Hassan Bazzi
Nancy Bearg
Anne Mehringer and John T. Beaty, Jr.
Susan Beckerman
John W. Beckley
Christine Benedetti
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Opal H. Bennett
Coventry B. and Davis Berg
Jeffrey Berger
John Berger
Helaine and Michael Berkus
Seth Berman
Marnie Bermingham
Elyse Elliott and Jeremy Bernstein
Josh Bernstein
Anne Berry
Ganesh Betanabhatla
Irena Biegunska
Kristen and Charles Bieler
Elizabeth Bird
Jacqueline Bishop
Thompson A. Bishop
Watt Bishop
Pamela Black
Anne and Clarence Blackwell
Judith Bleiler
Brettne Bloom
Denise D. Boerum
Liz and John Bokram
Sarah Bolka
Dorothea Bonneau
Sarah Borgman
Daniel Brabec
Mary Ellen and John Brademas
Susan Brauneiss
Alan Brecher
John Bridgeland
Carly Bronson
Margaret E. and Charles H. Brooks
Karen B. Brooks
Molly M. Brooks
Nick Brooks
Ashley Turner and Matthew Brown
Neil Brown
Ruthie Brown
Remi Browne
Cynthia and Drew Buniski
Adem Bunkeddeko
Shelley Burian
Bobbie Burkley
Walter E. and Leslie Burlock, Jr.
Alexander Burns
David Burstein
Mary K. Bush
Jennifer Butler
Marcia Butler
Oni Butterfly
Deirdre O. Byrne
Christopher Calabia
John Caliste
Cynthia Calvin
Joseph P. Camerino
Ba Campbell
Courtney Z. Campbell
Lorraine M. and Alfred Campos
Mary Margaret M. Carlson
Richard Carrigan Jr.
Meredith and Rick Carroll
Penney E. and Dennis Carruth
Cordell Carter
Caitlin Causey
A. B. Chamberlin
Nate Chandler
Donald M. Chapman II
Debbie and David F. Chazen
Cathy Chen-Rennie
Sandy Cheris
Stephanie Chin
Alexa Chopivsky
Maxine Christopher
Alice P. and Dennis Cirillo
Margaret Clark
Scott W. Clark
David Clemons
Tara Clifford
Katherine Cloud
Joan K. and Peter F. Cohn
Janice S. and Charles T. Collins
Michael Collins
Naomi F. Collins
Karen and Bert Condie
Melissa Condie
Valerie M. Conn
Robert Connery
Michael Conniff
Annie Cooke
Mary Dominick-Coomer and Sven Coomer
Roberta and Tom Corbett
Catherine Corman
Susan and John Cottle
Stephen M. Cox
Stacey and Lester Craft
Alice M. and Robert J. Craig
Alicia N. Creyts
Ann Crittenden
Thomas Crumm
Toby and Lester Crystal
Pamela Cunningham
Maria Gabriela da Rocha Oliveira
Christine A. Gerschel and Peter L. Dahl
Sean Dalesandro
David Danforth
Sara J. and C. R. Davidson
Susan De La Houssaye
Marina De Santis
Jacqueline Deam
John Deasy
Reynaldo Decerega
Marjorie DeLuca
Elena and Booker T. DeVaughn
Christian Devers
Katie Devine
Jon M. Devore
Nancy C. and John DiBiaggio
Barbara Dills
Tony Dilucia
Michael P. DiPaula-Coyle
Giovanna DiRusso
Charles Dolan
Kim Doose
Viraj Doshi
Katharine Draper
Elizabeth Dressel
Virginia W. and Harry J. Duffey III
Jennifer Duncan
Martha Durgy
Damien Dwin
Sylvia A. Earle
Sherine Ebadi
Karen S. and Ralph E. Eberhart
Margot Edelman
Kimberly Edwards
David Eick
Lenora G. and J.K. Elbaum
Isaac Ellis
Frances F. Bowes and George Englund
Harriett H. Ennis
Khaliya and Ugo T. Ermacora
Vladimir Ermakov
David Evelyn
Anthony Everett
Timothy Fairbank
Eugene Falk
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Sylvia Falk
Barbara Farris
Patricia D. and Carl Fierstein
Julie and Mark Filler
Christian Filli
Barbara Fine
Holly and Paul Fine
Ellie and Stuart Fine
Elaine Finesilver
Pamela S. and Roy Finkelman
Robert E. Fish
Lula and Aaron Fisher
Brian Fix
Renee Fleisher
Matthew Fleming
Christopher Flynn
Jon Foley
Merrilie D. Ford
Susan Foster
Patricia Fox
Eustacia Su and Edmund Frank
Karen and Marc Friedberg
Ellen H. Friedman
Sandra and Harold Friedman
Dorothy Frommer
Houston Frost
Katherine Fry
Robert Fujita
Alexander Furlotti
Katherine M. Gaertner
Ginni Galicinao
Elaine Gantz-Berman
David Gardner
Sara B. Garton
Claudia Gary
Heather Gentry
Stacia George
Francine and Douglas Gerrard
Jonathan Gerrard
Madhushree Ghosh
Yale Gieszl
Paul Gillow
Lillian and Gregory Giornelli
Mona Girotra
Carolyn and Bob Glah
Glenwood Springs High School
Diane Glimcher
Carol and Peter Gluck
Melissa Glynn
Charles P. Goebel
Ethel and William Gofen
Jean Golden
Cheryl and Stephen Goldenberg
Lionel Goldfrank III
Elaine and Paul Goldhill
Thorey and Barry J. Goldstein
Sandy and William Goodglick
Janet Gordon
Yvonne D. Gordon
Mark Gorenflo
Joel Gott
Carol K. and Thomas Gottlieb
Sharon S. and Timothy J. Gottsacker
Jared Goulet
Kaleta Doolin and Alan Govenar
Odile Granter Wilson
Donna and Bernard Grauer
Richard Graves
Shere Coleman and Paul Gray
Michael B. Greenwald
Dulcy Gregory
Nanette and Irvin Greif, Jr.
Paul Grennery
Christopher Griffin
Susan Gross
Ben F. Hadley, Jr.
Lydia C. Hadley
Kathy Hagen
Elizabeth and Peter Hagist
F. David Hale
Sandra T. Hale
Alexandra Halperin
Scott Hanley
Ivy Hansen
Signe Hanson
Renee Harris
Katherine A. Harting
M. Zahid Hasan
Amy Hawes
Kristen Hawley
Martha Keller and Denis Hayes
Allegra Haynes
Eileen Hays
Courtney Hehre
Carolyne Heldman
Janeen Price and Eric J. Henderson
Bradley Henicke
Casady M. Henry
Kristen Henry
Tom Henteleff
Michael Higgins
John S. Hinchman
Gretchen Hinkamp
Robert Hirsch
Deirdre and Chris Hockett
Anneliese Hoffmann
Elizabeth Hogan
Stephanie Holder
Jeffrey D. Holiday
Gail and Philip M. Holstein
Constance and Michael Hooker
Mary Horn
Martha F. Horner
Donna Horney
Galen Hoskin
Heidi Houston
Louise Hoversten
Jill Habermann and Jerald S. Howe, Jr.
Adrienne Hulse
Barbara Reid and David Hyman
Troy Hysmith
Achenyo Idachaba
Melissa and Shai Ingber
Gugy Irving
Frednel Isma
Susan R. and David S. Jackson
Rusalene and John V. Jaggers
Alison Jeanes
Kate Jerome
Yashovardhan Jhawar
Judy Johnson
Sandra and Peter Johnson
Teri Jolin
Claire McDougall and Paul Jones
Tabitha Jordan
Edwin Josephson
Rita Juster
Becky Kalucki
Jason Kania
Patricia Kanipe
Maury and Gerald Kaplan
Michael Kaplan
Christine Karnes
Jacquelyn Kasabach
Bonnie Levinson and Donald Kay
Laura O. and Michael J. Keene
Julia Keleher
deceased
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Chris Keller
Sheri and Sean Keller, USAF (Ret.)
David Kennedy
Kristin Kenny
Cookie Kerxton
Barry Kessel
Rehan W. Khan
Michele Kiley
Lauren King
Lorraine and Robert Kingsbury
Robert Klaber
Kevin Klose
Stanley H. Kober
Kathryn and John Koch
Robert J. Koenke
Elizabeth Kohout
Elizabeth and Claude Koprowski
Lindsey Kozberg
Seamus Kraft
Amy and Thomas Kwei
Dani Lachowicz
Joseph Ladou
Linda Lafferty
Bernard Lagrange
Catherine Lagrange
Leah Lamb
David Lambert
Trary M. and Maurice LaMee
Julie Lampton
Vivian McMillen and Mike Landau
Joshua Landis
Carrie Langdon
Rebecca Lange
Barbara Larose
Cynthia Lawson
Jennifer Lawson
Judith H. and Robert G. Layton
Rita Leader
Brenda and F. Graham Lee
Sujean and Eugene Lee
Roland Lehker
Erin Lentz
Douglas A. LeVien
Kimberly Levin
Henry Levine
Lynne and Dan Levinson
E.J. Levy
Sophie Levy
Herbert F. Lewis
Sarah Lewis
Katherine Lindholm
Renee Linnell
Daniel Lippman
Linda and Ace Lipson
Deborah Litt
Linda Long
Donald Loren
Adelia Lovati
Peter Lovenheim
Dale and Frank E. Loy
Jessica Lucas
Sarah Lucianek
Marisa Luzzatto
Mary Lyons
Megan MacDonald
Lynne P. Mace
Peter Mack
Joan and Charles B. Madary
Marlene A. Maddalone
Robert Mahony
Laura Makar
Annie Makela
Sabeen Malik
Salman Malik
Stephen Marcus
Anne Marie Tavella
Martha A. and Austin Marquis
Audrey C. and Charles W. Marshall
Julia Marshall
Carolyn Martin
Joshua Martin
Stacie Martin
Ann Mass
Joseph Massimini
Robert May
Arline G. Mayer
Laurie and John McBride
Stephanie Mccarthy
Worthy F. McCartney
William McCauley
Patricia McCormick
Roberta and Peter M. McCoy
Kevin McDonald
Jenna McEachern
Bryan McGrath
Patrick McKenna
Judith and Joseph M. McManus
Ryan McManus
Marney McNall
Patricia McPherson
Amy T. McWethy
Margaret Melberg
Mary Mendenhall
Amy Meyers
Gueta M. Mezzetti
Stephanie DeSibour and Marc E. Miller
Matthew D. Miller
Rosemary Miller
Ryan M. Miller
Michael J. Mills
April Minnich
Karen Minyard
R. G. Mitchell
Laurie Mittenthal
John Moghtader
Wesley Moore
Frances Mosle
Alan Mowatt
Edward Mulcahy
Lee Mulcahy
Julia Murphy
Silvester Mwanza
Charles Nadler
David Nage
Ursula A. Neely
Werner Neff
Judith Neisser
Judith and Werner Neuman
Trent Nichols
Elizabeth Nix
Amanda North
Barbara O'Connor
Mary B. O'Connor
Deedy M. Ogden
Beverly and Staman Ogilvie
Joy Oguntimein
Deena and Michael Oksenhorn
Stewart Oksenhorn
Margot and Joseph Onek
Trina M. Ortega
Hans J. Oser
Emma Ottolenghi
Garrett Owens
Ruth L. Owens
Kaz O'Zah Art
Lynda Palevsky
James L. Pardee
deceased
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David Park
Jeffrey L. Parker
Carol H. Parlett
Isiah Parnell
Andrea Wendel and Kevin Patrick
Merbie Payne
Catherine H. and John R. Pearson
Simmy and Haven Pell
Kathryn Penn
Adele Pentland
Vicki Reynolds and Murray Pepper
Allison K. and Timothy V. Perry
Marjory M. Musgrave and Frank Peters
Angelo M. Petroni
Julie C. and Gregory Pickrell
Lisa Pingatore
Milo Pinkerton
Barbara and Richard Pivnicka
Alan Platt
Sarah Pletts
Andrew Popinchalk
James Pott
Stephanie Potter
Judith Price
Renee Prince
Anthony Principi
Jerry Pruzan
Marcia Pruzan
Claudia Putnam
John H. Quinn, Jr.
Brian Quintenz
Dipika Rai
Margaret Range
Mark Rappaport
Elizabeth S. and David Ratcliff
Joyce S. Ratner
Stephanie Reckler
Denise M. Byrne and Peter A. Reiling
Kirk Renaud
Margaret B. Rennels
Rchard Restak
J. T. Rhodes, Jr.
Rachel E. Richards
Jessica Richman
Eric Ringsby
Maxwell Rispoli
John Ristine
Timothy Ritter
Christopher Rivers
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Meg Robertie
Luann Robinson Hull
Ellen and Scott D. Robinson
Kenneth G. Robinson, Jr.
Kristin Robinson
Von Robinson
Brittanie Rockhill
Frances and John Rockwell
Peggy R. Rogers
Shelagh and Thomas P. Rohlen
Lindsey P. and Jon Rotolo
Jana C. and Robert A. Rudnick
Barbara and Richard Russo
Adrienne Brodeur and Tim Ryan
Priya Sa
Manal and Jafar Sabbah
Ellen Sabin
Maggie M. Salem
Sandro Salsano
Mariah Fairley and Shady Samir Sobhi
Judy and John W. Sause, Jr.
Diane Moore and Joel Sax
Joyce and Lester Scall
Denise Schiavone
Jennifer and Robin Schiller
Michael Schnoering
Debra and Dennis Scholl
Denise J. and James M. Schreiber
Nancy Schrock
Kenneth Schwartz
Brady Scott
Harold A. Scott, Jr.
Julian Scurci
Susan S. Sedgewick
David Segal
Earl L. Segal
Susan Segal
Heidi and Timothy Semrau
Samantha Shackelford
Neil H. Shah
Ihitashri Shandilya
Anita Sharma
Patricia and William Sharp
Tara M. and Casey Sheahan
Megan Shean
Eleanor Shelton
David A. Shepard
Robert Sheppard
Susan and Martin J. Sherwin
deceased
Patricia Talahongva
Emily and Ned Taylor
Jessica Taylor
Kelli Taylor
Karin and Harry Teague
Jennifer Thomas
Larry Thomas II
Katarina Tickel
Heather L. Tighe
Hannah Tinti
Honorah Tinti
Ian Tobin
Melanie and Bill Toler
Roy Tonning
Betty Toole
Natalie Travers
Ryan Triplette
Jillian Tucker
Douglas Turner
Susan and Richard Ulevitch
Phin Upham
Holly Upper
Marie and William U'ren
Virginia Vitucci
Judith Waanders
Jennifer Causing and Peter M. Waanders
Jim Wachtler
James Waddick
Tracy Higgs-Wagner and Scott Wagner
Elizabeth Wainger
Joyce Anne Wainio
Susan Walker
Charlotte and Jeffrey Wandell
Jayson Ward
Donna M. and R. Thomas Ward
Sarah Ward
Hallie Warren
Robert Weinberger
Joe Weinstein
Katarina Weir
Annette G. Weisman
Kathy Weiss
Julie Wenah
Jennifer L. Weng
Laura Werlin
Mary White
Lara and Marc Whitley
Gigi and Randy Whitman
Amy Wilkinson
Julie and Andre Wille
Cathy Williams
Damien Williamson
Gavin Wilson
Katherine Wilson
Joan and Frank Wolffe
Jason Wong
Eva Woo
Lee Woodman
Kelly Doherty and Michael Woodrow
Timothy Woodward
Alastair Woolcock
Atti Worku
Margot Worthy
Ali Wyne
Wenying Xu
Jonathan Yaffe
Julia Young
Pallas Pidgeon Zanone
Katherine Zebell
Heidi Zuckerman
Ruth J. Zuckerman
Jared Zuker
Jeffrey Zurofsky
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CORPORATE SUPPORT (Reflects cumulative giving through cash and pledge payments during 2015.)
4G Capital
Abuja Technology Village
ABURY Collection
Aetna Inc.
AGILITY IO LLC
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Alitheia Capital
Alliance Financial Group
ALSTOM Power, Inc.
Alterna
American Electric Power
Amerind Risk Management Corp.
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Anthos Asset Management B.V.
Apache Capital Management
Aramco Services Company
Aramex New York Ltd
Argonne National Laboratory
Artisan Connect, Inc.
Aspen Reprographic, LLC
Aspen Signature Properties, Inc
AT&T
Atlantic Asset Management Pty Ltd.
AXA Foundation
BAE Systems
Bajalia International Group, LLC
Banco Mercantil Del Norte, S.A.
Bank for International Settlements
Bank Of America Corp.
Bank of America
Bertelsmann, Inc.
Bloom and Grace
Bloom Literary LLC
BNY Mellon
The Boeing Company
BOP Innovation Center
Bracewell & Giuliani
Brookwood Companies Incorporated
Brown Brother Harriman & Co.
BRUNSWICK Group
ByHand Consulting
Calvin Cafritz Enterprises
Capital One
CapitalPlus Exchange Corporation
Cargill Inc.
Carmany
Catalyst Foundation, Inc.
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Insitor Management
Instituto Quintessa
Instituto Sabin
Intel Corporation
Intellectual Capital Advisory Service
Interactive Corp (IAC)
Inter-American Development Bank
International Folk Art Alliance, Inc.
Investeq Capital Ltd
Investisseurs & Partenaires
Ionic Security, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Justice Snow
k21 Communications
Kanders & Company, Inc
Karmany
Keidan Management Inc.
Key Bank National Association
Kids Sports Entertainment/ Whistle
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kurowski Schultz, LLC
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Law Offices of Adam D Perlmutter, PC
Lazard Freres & Co., LLC
Lean Enterprise Accelerator Program
Levi Strauss & Co.
LGT Venture Philanthrophy
Lindblad Maritime Ent. Ltd
LinkedIn Corporation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Logan Trucking, Inc.
Lookout, Inc
LVMH Mot Hennessy - Louis Vuitton S.E.
Maghrabi Retail Services Co
Marcia Butler Interior Design Inc.
Mars Incorporated
MasterCard
McEnearney Associates, Inc.
The McGraw-Hill Financial
McKinsey & Company
McShane and Calvin, PC
Mela Artisans, Inc.
Mennonite Economic Development Associates
MetLife
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC
Mish, Inc.
Monitor Deloitte
Mountain Chalet Ent., Inc.
MOV Investimentos
Mr. Henry's Inc
Mt. Daly Enterprises LLC
SCOPE Insight
Sempra Energy
Shell International Petroleum Co., Ltd.
Sher Leff, LLP
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Shorebank International
Simanye
Sinovator
Snap-on
Sound Posting, LLC.
Sports Enterprise Ventures LLC
Stanford Management LLC
Starbucks Coffee Company
Startup Cup, Inc.
Statoil Gulf Services LLC
Stiftung Mercator
Stone Cipher Investments LLC
Storycatcher LLC
Target Corporation
TechnoServe, Inc.
Telefonica International USA
The Greenberg Galley
TIAA-CREF
Time Warner Cable Inc.
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Toyota Motor North America Inc.
Toyota Motor Sales, USA
TriLinc Capital Management, LLC
Triple Jump B.V.
TV Azteca
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Way of King County
UT-Battelle
Valor Management Corp.
Van Ness Feldman LLP
Vanu, Inc.
Verb Inc
Verizon Communications, Inc.
Vilcap Inc.
VMware Inc
Vox Capital
Walmart
Waste Management, Inc.
WB Family Offices
Western Union
Winston Partners Group, LLC
Wyndham Hotel Group
Xylem Inc
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CFP Foundation
CharityUSA.com LLC
Charles H. Revson Foundation, Inc.
Chicago Humanities Festival
Christian Aid
Citi Foundation
City of Aspen
Clermont Foundation
Robert & Suzanne Cochran Family Foundation
Colborn-Quinn Family Giving Fund
James M. Collins Foundation
James W. and Kathleen C. Collins Family Foundation
Colorado Mountain College Foundation
Comcast Foundation
The Connors Foundation
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Corday Family Foundation
Coretz Family Foundation
CREA Comunidade S De Emprendedo
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Cuso International
The Dana Foundation
Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation
Dasra -- Catalyst for Social Change
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Ellen Gary Davis Foundation
DBS Foundation
Democracy Fund
U.S. Department Of State
Dept. Of Foreign Affairs & Intern'l Trade Of Canada
Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation
The Dreman Foundation, Inc.
Elizabeth and Richard Dubin Foundation
Dubose Family Foundation
East Bay Community Foundation
East Tennessee Foundation
eBay Foundation
Echoing Green Foundation
ECMC Foundation
The Edgerley Family Foundation
Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation
Edlis/Neeson Foundation, NFP
The Eisner Foundation
Emanuel J. Friedman Philanthropies
Emory University
Endeavor Global, Inc.
Energy Foundation
Engelberg Foundation
Engineers Without Borders
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc.
F.B. Heron Foundation
Fair Trade USA
Farm Africa
Joseph & Sherry Felson Family Foundation
Fidelity Foundation
Floreat Foundation
The Flunison Fund
Fonkoze USA
Ford Foundation
Foundation for Enterprise Development
Foundation to Promote Open Society
Francis Family Foundation
J. S. Frank Foundation
Kathy and Jeffrey Friedland Foundation
Friedman Family Foundation
Karl Friedman Family Foundation
Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation
Friends of Florence
Fundacion Bavaria
Fundacion Bolivar Davivienda
Fundacion Capital
Fundacion Haciendas del Mundo Maya
Fundacion IES
Fundacion Para La Produccion
FundaSistemas
Fundemex
FUNDES International
Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation
Gap Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
General Electric Foundation
C. Gary and Virginia Gerst Foundation
The Gilder Foundation
Global Goods Partners Inc.
Global Innovation Fund
Global Partnerships
Goldman Sachs Foundation
Barbara Lubin Goldsmith Foundation
Grameen Foundation
Grand Challenges Canada
Greater Capital
Greater Texas Foundation
Greenwald Foundation
Growth Africa
The Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation
The Arjun Gupta Family Foundation
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WeConnect International
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc
Weingart Foundation
Weissberg Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Wharton Social Impact Initiative, University of Pennslyvania
Whitman Fine Properties
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Aspen Around Town, Made Possible by the Generous Support of Michelle Smith
and the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation
The Morris Series: Leadership & Innovation, Made Possible by a Donation from
Diane L. Morris
The Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series, Generously Underwritten by Gina and
Jerry Murdock
GIFTS IN KIND*
Merilee and Roy J. Bostock - Bostock Family
Foundation
Carolyn S. Bucksbaum Revocable Trust
Carolyn S. Bucksbaum
Penny and James G. Coulter
Jason A. Denby
Nancy S. Dunlap
Nanette and Jerry E. Finger
William Fisher
Sakurado and William S. Fisher
Alan I. Franco
Sharon Owsley
Susan Taylor and Robert C. Pew III
Ilona Nemeth and Alan Quasha
Sarah Broughton and John Rowland
Peggy and Carl Sewell
Isa Catto Shaw and Daniel Shaw
Software Anywhere
Karim Souki
Toni Stinton
Alison and Boniface Zaino
* Documented in-kind contributions
deceased
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Visitors to the Aspen, Colorado campus can view "Separate But Together" by sculptor Rita Blitt. (Photo by Dan Bayer)
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ASSETS
2015 2014
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES (unaudited) for the Year Ended December 31, 2015
(With Summarized Financial Information for the Year Ended December 31, 2014)
(Dollars in Thousands)
Temporarily Permanently
Unrestricted Restricted Restricted
2015
Total
2014
Total
$ 41,914
26,947
10,791
8,454
7,375
3,714
2,155
208
102
-
79,470
72,204
Supporting Services
General and administration
19,290
-
-
19,290
Fundraising and development
3,308
-
-
3,308
16,983
2,994
TOTAL EXPENSES
Loss on uncollectible pledge
TOTAL EXPENSES AND LOSSES
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
NON-OPERATING REVENUE
Investment income (loss) in excess of
earnings appropriated for operations
79,470
22,598
22,598
19,977
102,068
102,068
92,181
102,068
93,181
43,142
4,473
44,810
8,479
-
102,068
(2,805)
(1,244)
1,000
(319)
(925)
(3,124)
42,217
4,473
43,566
8,909
83,804
81,655
49,952
215,411
206,502
$ 80,680
$ 123,872
$ 54,425
$ 258,977
$ 215,411
430
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Chair
Albright Stonebridge Group LLC
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Chairman
NBC Universal
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Senior Advisor
Booz & Co.
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Philanthropist
Mercedes Bass
Sid R. Bass, Inc.
Miguel Bezos
Bezos Family Foundation
Richard Braddock
President
Quadrant
Beth Brooke-Marciniak
Global Vice Chair of Public Policy
Ernst & Young
William D. Budinger
Founder, Former Chairman & CEO
Rodel, Inc.
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CEO
Hope Credit Union
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Professor of Law
Yale University Law School
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Founder and CEO
Atom Factory;
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Cross Culture VC
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Global Anchor,
Yahoo News;
Co-Founder
Stand Up To Cancer
James S. Crown
Chairman of the Board
The Aspen Institute
President
Henry Crown and Company
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Founder and President
SeriesC
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Chief Executive Officer and President
Mount Sinai Health System
John Doerr
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Thelma Duggin
Executive Director
AnBryce Foundation
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Former U.S. Secretary of Education
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President
Tornante Company
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The Walt Disney Company
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Partner and Group CEO
Everstone Capital
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President and CEO
Aspen Music Festival and School
Corinne Flick
Chairman
Aspen Institute Germany
Henrietta H. Fore
Principal
Holsman International
Ann B. Friedman
Educator
Juan Ramon de la Fuente
President
Aspen Institute Mexico
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities
Harvard University
Mircea Geoana
President
Aspen Institute Romania
David Gergen
Professor of Public Service
Harvard Kennedy School;
Senior Political Analyst
CNN
Salman Khan
Founder and Executive Director
Khan Academy
David McCormick
President
Bridgewater Associates
Antonio Gracias
Founder/Manager/Chief Investment Officer
Valor
Teisuke Kitayama
Chairman
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
President
Aspen Institute Japan
Patrick W. Gross
Chairman
The Lovell Group
Michael Klein
Chairman/CEO
Sunlight Foundation
Arjun Gupta
TeleSoft Partners
David H. Koch
Executive Vice President
Chemical Technology
Koch Industries, Inc.
Jane Harman
Director, President and CEO
Woodrow Wilson Center
Kaya Henderson
Chancellor
District of Columbia Public Schools
Hayne Hipp
Private Investor
Mark S. Hoplamazian
President and CEO
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Gerald D. Hosier
Principal
Law Offices of Gerald D. Hosier, Ltd.
Robert J. Hurst
Managing Director
Crestview Advisors, LLC
Satinder K. Lambah
Chairman
Ananta Aspen Centre
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Lauder Partners, LLC
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Thayer Lodging Group
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McKinsey & Company
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President and CEO
The Aspen Institute
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Partner
Park Avenue Equity Partners
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The Aspen Institute
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Aspen Institute Kyiv
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Cornerstone Holdings, LLC
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Chairman
Morris Capital Management
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Global Corporate and Investment Banking
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Ancora Associates, Inc.
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Chairman
Mapleton Investments
William A. Nitze
Chairman
Oceana Energy Company
Her Majesty Queen Noor
Humanitarian Activist;
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Founder / CEO
Acumen
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President
LBL Foundation for Children
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Professor of Religion
Princeton University
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Founder and Chairman
Grupo Salinas
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Founder
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Margot Pritzker
President and Founder
Women on Call
Giulio Tremonti
Chairman
Aspen Institute Italia
Peter A. Reiling
EVP Seminars and Leadership Programs
The Aspen Institute
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Director
Robert H. Smith Family Foundation
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Wonderful Company
Javier Solana
President
Aspen Institute Espaa
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Managing Partner
Mercury LLC
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Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy
Hoover Institution
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CEO
Perella Weinberg Partners
Chairman Emeritus
The Aspen Institute
Michael Zantovsky
President
Aspen Institute Prague
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Former President/CEO
Duke Energy
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Chairman Emeritus
Lifetime Trustees
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Aspen Anata Centre
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Donaldson Enterprises
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Henry Crown and Company;
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The Aspen Institute
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Deep Ocean Exploration & Research
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Retired Chairman
General Foods Corp.
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Practice Group
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Kissinger Associates, Inc.
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Member of the House of Lords
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Lifetime Trustees
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Lee Enterprises, Inc.
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Kennedy Center
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The Aspen Institute;
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The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
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The European Institute
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Interfinexa
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The Limited, Inc.
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