On October 28, the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs convened a national “Thought Leadership Summit” with a select group of thought leaders from the philanthropic, academic, business and civic communities as the School defines its future in a time of dynamic global change.
At the UCLA Luskin School along with other institutions of higher education, we are committed to addressing the world’s most pressing social problems during an important juncture in our nation’s history. Our society is confronting new challenges, including the ongoing debate about the role and relevance of the public sector generally, and government in particular, to meet these challenges. These developments have a significant impact on, among other public institutions, our universities.
In a highly interactive day of dialogues, 35 leaders convened to grapple with these questions:
In the next month or so, a white paper will be produced with the findings from this summit.
Attendees included:
Susan Bales
President
FrameWorks Institute
Kafi Blumenfield
President/CEO
Liberty Hill Foundation
The Honorable Jim Brulte
Partner
California Strategies LLC
&
Former Republican Leader, California
State Assembly
Devon Carbado
Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
Albert Carnesale
Chancellor Emeritus
UCLA
&
Profesor of Public
Policy
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Matthew S. Collier
Consultant and Lecturer
&
Former Mayor &
Chief Executive Officer
Flint, Michigan
The Honorable Gray Davis
Of Counsel
Loeb & Loeb, LLP
&
Former Governor, State of California
James de la Loza
Senior Vice President
West Region Planning
Manager
AECOM
J.R. DeShazo
Professor of Public Policy and Urban Planning and
Director of Luskin Center for Innovation
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Patrick Dowling, M.D.
Professor & Chair
UCLA Family Medicine
Cecilia Estolano
Principal
ELP Advisors
Michael Fleming
Executive Director
The David Bohnett Foundation
Bridget Freisthler
Professor of Social Welfare
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.
Dean and Professor of Public Policy and
Political Science
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Aurora Jackson
Professor of Social Welfare
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Jerry Kang
Professor of Law and Asian American Studies, & Hankook Ilbo Chair in Korean
American Studies
UCLA School of Law
Karen Kaufmann
Professor of Government and Politics
University of Maryland, Department of Government
& Politics
Jeffrey Kightlinger
General Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California
Peter Long
President & CEO
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Dean
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Noel Massie
Vice President
Central California
District
UPS
Cynthia McClain-Hill
Managing Partner
Strategic Counsel
Mark Peterson
Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Bill Pitkin
Director, Domestic Programs
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Gregory Rodriguez
Founding Director
Zόcalo Public Square
Bishwapriya Sanyal
Ford International Professor of Urban
Development and Planning; and
Director of Special
Program in Urban and Regional Studies/Humphrey Programs
MIT
Carol Stogsdill
Associate Vice Chancellor
UCLA Communications and Public Outreach
Michael Stoll
Professor and Chair of Public Policy and
Associate Director of
Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Lois Takahashi
Professor and Chair of Urban Planning,
Professor of Asian
American Studies, and Director of UC Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy
Multicampus Research Program
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Brian Taylor
Professor or Urban Planning, Director of Lewis
Center for Regional Policy Studies, and Director of Institute of Transportation
Studies
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Fernando Torres-Gil
Professor and Chair of Social Welfare and
Director for the Center of Policy Research
on Aging
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Bill Watanabe
Executive Director
Little Tokyo Service Center
Chris Waterman
Dean
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
Kenny J. Whitby
Professor of Political Science
University of South Carolina
James Herbert Williams
Dean and Milton Morris Endowed Chair
Graduate School of Social Work
University of Denver