April 22-23, 2015The Willard InterContinentalWashington, D.C.

Spring Policy Conference

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Corporate Sponsors

National Gypsum is a fully integrated building products manufacturer and one of the world’s leading gypsum wallboard producers. It offers a full line of interior finishing products including joint compounds, tape and plasters. Its cement board product line is used as a tile underlayment and in exterior applications. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, the company has 32 manufacturing locations serving major metropolitan centers, as well as seven gypsum quarries, including the world’s largest located near Halifax, NS. Its Technology Innovation Center in Charlotte and its fire, structural and acoustical testing facility in Buffalo, NY, help bring new products to market including the company’s PURPLE Family of products which bring added value to end users.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Belk, Inc. (www.belk.com) is the nation’s largest family owned and operated department store company with 297 Belk stores located in 16 Southern states. Belk stores and belk.com offer a wide assortment of top national brands and private label fashion apparel, shoes and accessories for the entire family along with top name cosmetics, a wedding registry and a large selection of quality merchandise for the home.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a leading provider of management consulting, technology, and engineering services to the U.S. government in defense, intelligence, and civil markets, and to major corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Booz Allen is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, employs more than 22,000 people, and had revenue of $5.48 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2014. To learn more, visit www.boozallen.com. (NYSE: BAH)

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Corporate Sponsors

TIAA-CREF (www.tiaa-cref.org) is a national financial services organization with $851 billion in assets under management (as of 12/31/14) and is the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields.

Cardinal Health is a healthcare services company that works to add efficiencies and generate cost-effective options for organizations across the healthcare continuum. As the business behind health care, we help pharmacies, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories and physician offices focus on patient care while reducing costs, enhancing efficiency and improving quality. As an essential link in the healthcare supply chain, we provide pharmaceuticals and medical products and services to healthcare providers at more than 100,000 locations each day. We are also the industry-leading direct-to-home medical supplies distributor, a leading manufacturer of medical and surgical products, and operate the nation’s largest network of radiopharmacies. With FY2014 revenues of $91 billion, we rank #22 on the Fortune 500. Visit us at www.cardinalhealth.com.

McGraw Hill Financial is a high-growth, high-margin benchmarks, content and analytics company serving the capital and commodity markets. We are home to some of the most iconic brands in finance and business, including: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts and J.D. Power. Our independent credit ratings, indices, analytics, price assessments and research provide clients with the essential intelligence to manage risk and identify opportunities to grow.

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The Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led public policy organization that delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions to our nation’s most critical issues.

Core Principles• Sustainable capitalism• Long-term economic growth• Efficient fiscal & regulatory policies• Competitive & open markets• Globally competitive workforce• Equal economic opportunity• Nonpartisanship in the nation’s interest

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Thank You to Our Corporate Sponsors and Knowledge Partner

Daniel Rose Rose Associates, Inc

Joseph E. Kasputys Economic Ventures, LLC

Knowledge Partner

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Agenda

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 _________________________________________11:30 am Conference Registration

12:00 pm–1:30 pm Luncheon

Ensuring a Competitive Workforce for the Global Economy How can businesses, postsecondary institutions, and policy leaders work together to increase educational attainment and address the U.S. skills gap? CED will unveil its related report, “The Role of Business in Promoting Educational Attainment: A National Imperative.”

1:45 pm–2:45 pm What Does Economic Inequality Mean for the Future of Capitalism? Income inequality and wealth inequality have been rising in the United States for the past 40 years and are now reaching levels last seen in the 1920s. How can capitalism evolve to better strengthen the quality of life for all Americans?

3:00 pm–4:00 pm U.S. and Global Debt: Finding Stability in an Indebted World A discussion on today’s U.S. and global debt landscape, the driving forces affecting the public and private sectors, where the risks remain, and how to promote financial stability in an increasingly indebted world.

4:15 pm–5:15 pm Judicial Selection Reform: Creating a Fair and Impartial Judiciary Judicial elections are increasingly becoming embroiled in partisan and special interest politics. How can the system be reformed to strengthen the independence of our judiciary?

6:00 pm–7:00 pm Cocktail Reception

7:00 pm Leadership in the Nation’s Interest Awards Dinner Honoring Thomas C. Nelson Chairman, President and CEO National Gypsum Company

Willard Room

Willard Room

Ballroom

Peacock Alley

Willard Room

Willard Room

Ballroom Foyer

Agenda

Thursday, April 23, 2015_________________________________________ 8:00 am–8:30 am Breakfast

A Conversation with Congressman John Larson on Social Security Reform A proposed roadmap for keeping our nation’s retirement program strong for years to come.

8:30 am–9:30 am Trade Agreements: Enabling U.S. Growth and Prosperity How can our trade policies better leverage our competitive advantages to achieve greater economic growth?

9:30 am–10:00 am A Conversation with “No Labels”:A Bipartisan Approach to Fixing America’s Pressing Problems A bipartisan plan for making the nation energy secure, saving our retirement programs from bankruptcy, balancing the federal budget, and creating millions of new jobs.

10:00 am–11:00 am Developing an Economic Plan for the 114th Congress How will competing economic visions of the 114th Congress in the areas of taxation, the budget, trade, health care, and energy impact policymaking in 2015 and beyond?

11:15 am–12:15 pm It’s All Politics: The 2016 Elections How is the political landscape shaping up for the 2016 election cycle?

12:15 pm–1:30 pm Luncheon

Business Solutions to Health Care Reform What does the business community believe are the needed policy reforms for improving the affordability, access, and quality of our health care system? CED also unveils its report on reforming the Affordable Care Act, “Adjusting the Prescription.”

Crystal Room

Willard Room

Willard Room

Willard Room

Willard Room

Willard Room

Thank You To Our 2015 Supporters*

3M CompanyLinda Addison Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPAlliance for Early SuccessAmerican Securities Michael G. Archbold GNC Holdings, Inc.Tom Armstrong Duer Carolina Coil, Inc.Ian Arnof Arnof Family FoundationAT&T Corporation Avaya Inc.Bernard C. Bailey AuthentixBank of America George Barrett Cardinal Health, Inc.Anthony Barrueta Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, IncBruce Batkin Terra Capital PartnersLydia Beebe Chevron CorporationBelk, Inc. Peter A. Benoliel Quaker Chemical Corporation (Ret.)David L. Bere Nonni’s Foods, LLCNomi Bergman Bright House NetworksBest Buy Company, Inc. Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationShideh Bina Insigniam

Boston CelticsThe Boeing Company Angela Braly The Braly Group, LLCSean R.H. Bratches ESPNBeth Brooke-Marciniak EYNeri Bukspan EYCarl T. Camden Kelly Services, Inc.Campbell Soup Company CarlsonCarolinas HealthCare System John Castellani Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of AmericaChubb Group of Insurance Companies David Chun Equilar, Inc.Douglas R. Conant Conant LeadershipKenneth W. Dam University of Chicago Law SchoolJulie Hembrock Daum Spencer StuartDemocracy Fund Michelle Dennedy Intel SecurityWilliam H. Donaldson Donaldson EnterprisesRobert H. Dugger Hanover Provident Capital LLC

* as of April 9, 2015

Thank You To Our 2015 Supporters*

Evolving Strategies

FedEx Corporation Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. TIAA-CREFRobin A. Ferracone Farient Advisors Debra Fine I Have A Dream Foundation-Los AngelesHoward Fluhr The Segal GroupMargaret “Peggy” Foran Prudential Financial

Henrietta H. Fore Holsman InternationalBarbara Hackman Franklin Barbara Franklin EnterprisesDaniel Fulton Weyerhaeuser (Ret.)Raymond V. Gilmartin Merck & Co., Inc. (Ret.)Timothy Goodell Hess CorporationKathy Hopinkah Hannan KPMG LLPHollis Hart Citi Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.Ben W. Heineman, Jr. Harvard UniversityAlan Hilliker Egon ZehnderJack Hockema Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

The Home Depot Honeywell International Inc. Lloyd W. Howell, Jr. Booz Allen HamiltonR. Glenn Hubbard Columbia UniversityHutchins Family Foundation Independent Women’s Forum Ingredion Inc. Jeremy M. Jacobs, Jr. Delaware North Companies, Inc.Louis Jacobs Delaware North Companies, Inc.Larry Jensen Cushman & Wakefield/ Commercial AdvisorsJeffrey Joerres ManpowerGroupPramod John OrationD. Bryan Jordan First Horizon National Corp.Andrea Jung Grameen America, Inc.Pres Kabacoff HRI Properties

Kaplan University Laura Karet Giant EagleJoseph E. Kasputys Economic Ventures, LLCThe Chris and Susan Kearney Foundation Robert Kueppers Deloitte LLP Keurig Green Mountain

* as of April 9, 2015

Frederick W. Smith

Wade Dyke

Thank You To Our 2015 Supporters*

Ronald Klein Holland & Knight Theo Killion Zale Corp (Ret.)Thomas Lamb PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.David Langstaff Argotyche, Inc.James A. Lawrence RothschildDavid Lockton Lockton CompaniesLumina Foundation MacArthur Foundation Bruce K. MacLaury The Brookings Institution (Ret.)Tom Maddison Xerox CorporationDeborah Majoras The Procter & Gamble CompanyT. Allan McArtor Airbus Americas, Inc.Daniel McCarthy Frontier CommunicationsMartha McGarry Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPMcGraw Hill Financial McKinsey & Company Linda E. McMahon WWEMeijer, Inc. Robert W. Mendenhall Western Governors UniversityPaul M. Montrone Liberty Lane Partners

Brian A. Murdock Strategic Investment Group Joel N. Myers AccuWeatherJennifer Nason J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.Thomas C. Nelson National Gypsum CompanyLaurie Nordquist Wells Fargo & Co.Ronald P. O’Hanley State Street Global AdvisorsJohn Olson

Dow Chemical CompanyWilliam C. Pate Equity Group Investments, LLC Debra Perry Korn FerryGregg Petersmeyer Personal PathwaysDonald K. Peterson Avaya Inc. (Ret.)Peter G. Peterson Peter G. Peterson FoundationTodd E. Petzel Offit Capital Advisors LLCSally Phipps Colgate-Palmolive CompanyGlen Post CenturyLinkMatthew Randazzo National Math + Science InitiativeCatherine B. Reynolds Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation

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Jane Palmieri Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

R. Timothy Rice Cone Health (Ret.)Michael Robinson Broadview NetworksRobinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. Rockefeller Brothers FundDaniel Rose Rose Associates, Inc.Nathan Rosenberg Insigniam

Stephen W. Sanger General Mills, Inc. (Ret.)George Schindler CGIElliot S. Schreiber Schreiber Paris, LLC Larraine Segil The Little Farm CompanyJane Sherburne Sherburne PLLCGary Shorb Methodist Healthcare CorporationRobert Stanzione Arris Group Inc.

State Farm Insurance Companies

Paula Stern The Stern GroupJane Stevenson Korn FerryStuart Family Foundation SunGard Tallman Trask III Duke UniversityThornburg Foundation Toy Industry Association

James S. Turley EY (Ret.)Myron “Mike” Ullman, III J.C. Penney Company, Inc.Daisy Vanderlinde GNC Holdings, Inc.Verizon Communications Ed Voboril Analogic CorporationRobert S. Walker Wexler|WalkerJon Whitmore ACTJohn Wilcox Sodali Ltd.Maggie Wilderotter Frontier CommunicationsRonald A. Williams RW2 Enterprises LLC Yum! Brands

Thank You To Our 2015 Supporters*

* as of April 9, 2015

Edward B. Rust, Jr.

Committee for Economic Development

1530 Wilson Blvd, Suite 400Arlington, VA 22209

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