TUESDAY, MAY 13

3:30 pm

Early Bird Registration

Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill  
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

5:30 pm -
7:00 pm

Welcome Reception - Capitol Hill (Shuttle buses to/from Hyatt Regency)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:20 am

Welcome to the Summit – Senate Briefing
Summit Senate Co-Chairs:

• U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 

• U.S. Senator Rick Santorum

9:15 am

Education: Raising American Achievement

Guest Speaker: 
The Honorable Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education

Discussion Panel: 

• Ed Dorn, Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

• Dr. Ernest Holloway, President, Langston University, President HBCU
  Advisory Board

• Robert Woodson, Founder & President, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

10:30 am

Health Care: Ensuring Affordable Access & Quality
Guest Speaker: TBA

Discussion Panel: 

• Renee Amoore, President & CEO, The Amoore Group

• L. Natalie Carroll, M.D., President, National Medical Association

• Other panelists TBA

11:30 am

Break/Transition to Lunch in Separate Room

11:45 am

Luncheon with Keynote Speaker

1:00 pm

Transition to General Session
Attendees Report Highlights from Roundtable Discussions

1:15 pm

Economic Development: Creating Jobs and Wealth
Discussion Panel: 

• Kaaren Johnson Street, Associate Deputy Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, U.S. Small Business Administration

• State Representative Johnny Ford, State of Alabama

• Jim Washington, Publisher, Dallas Weekly

Guest Speaker:

• The Honorable Don Evans, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

2:30 pm

State and Community Leaders Session on Affirmative Access

Alphonso Jackson, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Housing & Urban Development

Michael Steele, Lt. Governor of the State of Maryland

Michael L. Williams, Chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas

3:30 pm

Summit Wrap-up
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
U.S. Senator Rick Santorum

4:00 pm

Adjournment