The event featured Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, and U.S. Senate Candidates including Congressman Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei, Stephen Pagliuca, and Jack E. Robinson. Other special guests included Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, and American Prospect co-founder Robert Kuttner. Joining them were CEOs that included Richard Pops of Alkermes, Janet Kraus of Spire, Martin Madaus of Millipore Corporation, Jim Roosevelt of Tufts Health Plan, Patti Prairie of Brighter Planet, and Paul Sagan of Akamai Technologies
Focusing around the belief that business leaders must be an integral part of the solution to some of our most pressing challenges, the event sparked innovative peer-to-peer engagement and ideas on public policy and business best practices with topics that included:
- Pricing Carbon to Address Climate Change
- How to build more Affordable Housing
- Economic Development that Creates Jobs
- Healthcare Reform and Cost Containment
- Innovation in K-12 Education
- Clean Tech and Life Sciences Cluster Development
- Technology Companies And Public Policy
- Zero Taxes for Zero Net-Energy Buildings
- Measuring the Corporate Carbon Footprint
Presenters Included | ||
Laura Bartsch, Principal, Millville Partners Noah Berger, Executive Director Mass. Budget & Policy Center JudyAnn Bigby, Secretary of Health and Human Services (MA) Tina Brooks, Undersecretary of Housing/Economic Development (MA) Jeffrey Bussgang, Partner Flybridge Capital Partners US Representative Michael Capuano, US Senate Candidate (MA) Glen Comiso, Exec. Director, Mass. Life Sciences Collaborative Justin Dangel, CEO, Consumer United Nick D'Arbeloff, President, NE Clean Energy Council Tom Dretler, President & CEO, Eduventures, Inc. Jonah Edelman, CEO, Stand for Children Phil Edmundson, CEO William Gallagher Associates Paul Egerman, CEO Egerman Associates Chris Gabrieli, Chairman, Mass 2020 Paul Grogan, President & CEO, The Boston Foundation Winston Henderson, Vice President & General Counsel, Surface Logix Matthew Henshon, Founding Partner, Henshon Parker MA State Representative Jay Kaufman (D-Lexington) | Alan Khazei, Founder, City Year, & US Senate Candidate (MA) Janet Kraus, CEO, Sprire Robert Kuttner, Founder & Co-Editor The American Prospect Paul Levy, CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Dr. Gene Lindsey, CEO Atrius Health Martin Madaus, CEO, Millipore Jack Manning, CEO, Boston Capital Corporation Brenda McKenzie, Dir. of Economic Development, Boston Redevelopment Authority Tom O'Brien, Managing Director The HYM Invesment Group Stephen Pagliuca, US Senate Candidate (MA) Patti Prairie, CEO Brighter Planet Richard Pops, Chairman, President & CEO, Alkermes Paul Reville, Secretary of Education (MA) Jack E. Robinson, US Senate Candidate (R-MA) Jim Roosevelt, CEO Tufts Health Plan Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai Mark Shirman, CEO Glasshouse Technologies Edith Silva, Partner, Next Street Financial Stephen E. Smith, Jr., Founding Partner, KSS Realty Group US Representative Niki Tsongas (D-MA) Mitch Tyson, CEO Advanced Electron Beams Anne Wass, President, Massachusetts Teachers Association | |
Brighter Planet: The official Carbon Off-Set Sponsor of the PBLN Summit
