Eisenhower Fellowships
2024 Annual Meeting
PHILADELPHIA | MAY 14-15, 2024
PROGRAM
May 15
Annual Awards Dinner
National Constitution Center
Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service
Steven Spielberg
Celebrated American film director, producer and screenwriter
DR. ROBERT M. Gates
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chairman, Eisenhower Fellowships
Distinguished Fellow Award
Co-recipients
Tin Huu Mai
Chairman and CEO
U&I Investment Corporation
(Vietnam 2013)
Thao Nguyen Griffiths
Head, Public Policy (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar)
Meta Platforms Inc.
(Vietnam 2013)
Speakers
Christina ashtari-snider
Tribal Affairs Secretary
Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom
(USA 2023)
Oscar Fernández Estrada
Chief Executive Officer
Deshidratados Habana
(Cuba 2024)
Richard Jlah Doe
Physician
Ministry of Health, Libera
(Liberia 2024)
George de Lama
President
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Master of Ceremonies
Ray Suarez
Author, former NPR and PBS broadcast journalist
Host of “On Shifting Ground”
May 14
An Evening with David Rubenstein
Masonic Temple
DAVID RUBENSTEIN
Business leader and philanthropist
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group
Introduction
Mohamed Amersi
Chairman, The Amersi Foundation
Trustee, Eisenhower Fellowships
Women in Politics Leading the Nation
Philadelphia City Hall
Cherelle Parker
Mayor of Philadelphia
(USA 2010)
Christine Todd Whitman
Former Governor of New Jersey
Vice-Chair, Eisenhower Fellowships
Jane Harman
Nine-term U.S. Representative
Co-Chair, Freedom House
Trustee, Eisenhower Fellowships
Moderator
Alison Young
Managing Partner
RWB Strategies
Fellow (USA 2017)
Diane Melley
Senior Advisor
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Fellow (USA 2001)
Erin Hillman
Vice President, Programs & Operations
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