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Accenture Pancakes & Politics

Breakfast Speaker Series

The Accenture Pancakes & Politics Breakfast Speaker Series features distinguished panelists discussing politics today. The series is designed to foster more dialogue with lawmakers on business issues. This monthly event, sponsored by Accenture, is open to the Chamber's Board of Directors and Circle Level members only.

2008 MEETINGS 


Jan. 18, 2008
Topic: Election year
• Gov. Michael Dukakis, 1988 Democratic presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor
• Ann Crigler, professor and chair, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California
• Michael Genovese, professor, Political Science, Loyola Marymount University and director, Institute for Leadership studies
• Susan Pinkus, director of the Los Angeles Times Poll

 Feb. 22, 2008
• State Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny, chair, Budget &  Fiscal Review Committeee

March 21, 2008
Topic: Los Angeles economy
• L.A. City Councilmember Wendy Greuel, chair, Ad Hoc Business Tax Reform Committee
• Howard Fine, staff writer for the Los Angeles Business Journal
• Christopher Thornberg, principal Beacon Economics

May 16, 2008
Topic: Educating our youth and small learning communities
• Jack O'Connell, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of California
• Yolie Flores Aguilar, LAUSD Board of Education vice president
• Tamar Galatzan, LAUSD Board of Education member

June 20, 2008
Topic: Preparing for the next natural disaster
• State Assemblymember Curren Price
• Jim Featherstone, General Manager, Office of Emergency Management, City of Los Angeles
• Dr. Lucille Jones, Chief Scientists, Multi-Hazards Demonstartion Project for Southern California, U.S. Geological Survey
• P. Michael Freeman, Fire Chief, Los Angeles County Fire Dept., Paul Schultz, CEO, American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles

July 18, 2008
Topic: Proposition 11 and the disaster preparedness audit
• Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick

Sept. 19, 2008
Topic: California's budget crisis
• Former Governor Gray Davis

Oct. 17, 2008
Topic: Presidential Politics: The Significance of the 2008 Election
• Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Ph.D., Senior Scholar, School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California
• Mitchell Schwartz, California State Director, Obama Biden Campaign
• Darry Sragow, Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
• Michael Wissot, Managing General Partner, SymAction Communications, former staff member for Sen. John McCain

Nov. 21, 2008
Topic: The results of the state's recent elections and its impact on the next legislative session with L.A. County's newly elected Senators and Assemblymembers
• Isadore Hall, California State Assemblymember-elect, D-52
• The Hon. Fran Pavley, California State Senator-elect, D-23
• John A. Perez, California State Assemblymember-elect, D-46
 

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