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SATURDAY

Keynote Addresses
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
US Senator (1985-Present), 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee and Former Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.

Elie Wiesel (via pre-recorded speech)
Nobel Laureate, acclaimed novelist, political activist and Holocaust survivor

Arshad Hasan
Executive Director, Democracy for America

Illana Goldman
President, Women's Campaign Forum. A membership organization with a sister foundation and affiliated political action committee, WCF advocates for women's participation in public life,educates women to be more effective political participants, and donates support to pro-choice women as candidates for public office.

Amy Richards
Author, Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism and Manifesta: Young Women Feminism and the Future. Member, Board of Advisors to Ms. Magazine.

Iraq War
Dr. Andrew Bacevich
Author, American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of US Diplomacy and The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War
Former Director, Boston University Center for International Relations

Dr. Shakir Mustafa
Division Chair of the Boston University Arabic Curriculum. Mr. Mustafa received bachelor and master degrees at Baghdad University (Iraq) before earning his PhD. at Indiana University.

Emory Dilworth Bellard
Member, Veterans for Freedom. Veterans for Freedom is a nonpartisan organization was established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Asian Markets
Aparna Pande
Received an MA in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) in 1999, an MA in History from St. Stephens College, Delhi University in 1995 and her BA in History from St. Stephens College in 1993. Ms. Pande's major field of study is International Relations with a special interest in foreign policy, security studies, religion in politics and Political Islam.

Human Rights
Dr. Igor Lukes
Boston University professor of International Relations with a specialization in Central European History, East European Politics and Contemporary Russia.

Environment
Kenneth Janes
Studies observational and optical astronomy; galactic astronomy and stellar photometry; star clusters and planet searches. Part of a team that discovered a planet orbiting a star approximately 600 light-years away.

Henrik Selin
Author, Changing Climates in North American Politics: Institutions, Policy Making and Multilevel Governance and Enlarging Transatlantic Relations: Environment and Energy Politics across the Atlantic. He has published journal articles in Global Environmental Politics, The Journal of European Public Policy, Global Governance, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Economics and Law, and Ambio.

Stephen Bird
President, Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance and a conference reporter for the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, Kennedy School of Government.

Presidential Campaigns: New Hampshire Representatives
Ron Paul
Hillary Clinton
John Edwards
John McCain
Barack Obama
Bill Richardson
Mitt Romney
Chris Dodd
Rudy Guiliani
Fred Thompson
Dennis Kucinich

Women
Joan Vennochi
Boston Globe columnist and reporter who writes regularly about national and local politics, and also covers issues relating to business, law and culture.

Sonia Chang-Diaz
Former grant analyst and political adviser at the Barbara Lee Family Office, working nationally to increase women's leadership in the American political system. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation supports progressive initiatives in the areas of women in politics and the contemporary arts. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation Women in Politics Program Area is dedicated to engaging women in the American democratic process and promoting their participation at all levels of government.

Erika Ebbel
Member, MA Commission on Status of Women. She formerly worked for WhizKids a nonprofit whose mission is to promote student interest in mathematics and the sciences as well as held the official title of Miss Massachusetts 2004 in the Miss America program.

Illana Goldman
President, Women's Campaign Forum. A membership organization with a sister foundation and affiliated political action committee, WCF advocates for women's participation in public life,educates women to be more effective political participants, and donates support to pro-choice women as candidates for public office.

Amy Richards
Author, Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism and Manifesta: Young Women Feminism and the Future. She is also on the board of advisors to Ms. Magazine.

 

SUNDAY

GOTV/Outreach
Parag Mehta
Director of Training, DNC. He is tasked with organizing trainings for Democratic party's staff, organizers and activists in all 50 states, four territories, the District of Columbia and for Democrats Abroad. Prior to joining the DNC, Parag served as Deputy Political Director for America Votes, a coalition of 32 of the largest progressive groups in the country who joined forces to register, educate, recruit, and mobilize voters for the 2004 elections. In 2003, Parag was a Deputy Political Director for Governor Howard Dean's presidential campaign, based in Burlington, Vermont.

Andrew Kain
Campaign Manager for Claire McCaskill’s 2006 Missouri Senatorial Campaign
A recognized expert in "on-the-ground" field campaigns, with experience in paid, volunteer, persuasion, and GOTV grassroots operations. He has directed field campaigns in 6 states including base vote operations in both the African-American and Hispanic communities. In addition, he has worked as a grassroots consultant for the Palestinian political party, Fateh, assisting in political reform and development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the National Democratic Institute, the Carter Center, and the U.S. State Department. In last year's election cycle, Andrew served as the Statewide Field Director for the Missouri Democratic Party's Coordinated Campaign, helping to elect Senator Claire McCaskill and secure a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate.

Dan Cohen
Progressive pollster and strategist Dan Cohen of Massachusetts-based Connection Strategies has signed onto Jamie Eldridge's effort after working for over 20 winning campaigns across the state. Cohen has most recently played a fundamental role in State Senator Pat Jehlen's landslide special election victory in 2005 and plays a key role in the effort for marriage equality in Massachusetts.

Race & Politics
Kevin Peterson
Founder of the non-profit and non-partisan New Democracy Coalition

Varun Mehta
Future Leaders Council leader, USINPAC

Campaign Finance
Peter True
Deval Patrick Gubernatorial Campaign

Noah Shaw
Noah is one of the Barack Obama Presidential Campaign's leading Finance Committee Members. He has been a member since January and has been the Director of Generation Obama Boston.

Stas Gayshan
Local Representative

Healthcare
Charlene Galarneau
Charlene A. Galarneau is Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at Wellesley College and an ethicist of health care and public health.

Jarrett Barrios
State Senator, Massachusetts

LGBT Issues
Parag Mehta
Director of Training, DNC. He is tasked with organizing trainings for Democratic party's staff, organizers and activists in all 50 states, four territories, the District of Columbia and for Democrats Abroad. Prior to joining the DNC, Parag served as Deputy Political Director for America Votes, a coalition of 32 of the largest progressive groups in the country who joined forces to register, educate, recruit, and mobilize voters for the 2004 elections. In 2003, Parag was a Deputy Political Director for Governor Howard Dean's presidential campaign, based in Burlington, Vermont.

Tim Schofield
A life-long activist for progressive casuses and candidates, owns local law practice and is the chair of the Ward 21 Democratic Committee.

Higher Education
Tom Payzant
Thomas Payzant is a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to that, he served as superintendent of the Boston Public Schools from October of 1995 until his retirement in June of 2006. Before coming to Boston, he was appointed by President Clinton to serve as assistant secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education with the United States Department of Education.

Linda Kowalcky
Boston Mayor Menino's liaison to Higher Education.

Internet Strategy
Charlie Blandy
Founder, BlueMassGroup.com

David Kravitz
Founder, BlueMassGroup.com

Bob Neer
Founder, BlueMassGroup.com

Blue Mass Group was founded in 2004 by David Kravitz, Bob Neer and Charley Blandy to provide reality-based commentary on politics and policy in Massachusetts and around the nation.

Patrick Johnson
RedMassGroup

Post-Bush America
Howard Zinn
Author of A People's History of the United States, he is a American historian, social critic and activist. (Videotaped Address)

Doug Kriner
Co-author, The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush, Power Without Persuasion: Identifying Executive Influence and While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers

Jarrett Barrios
State Senator, Massachusetts