William Jefferson Clinton

Minneapolis, June 18, 2007
Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 Second Avenue South
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Join us on June 18th 2007, for what thousands of CEO's, Professionals, Entrepreneurs, Community Leaders and Achievers have described as the event of a life time.

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Leadership

President Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States

William Jefferson Clinton was the first Democratic president in six decades to be elected twice – first in 1992 and then in 1996. Under his leadership, the country enjoyed the strongest economy in a generation and the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, including the creation of more than 22 million jobs. After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation with the mission to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. Today the Foundation has 1,400 staff and volunteers around the world working to improve lives through several initiatives, including the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative which is helping 2 million people living with HIV/AIDS access lifesaving drugs. Other initiatives -- including the Clinton Climate Initiative, the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative, and the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative -- are applying a business-oriented approach worldwide to fight climate change and develop sustainable economic growth in Africa and Latin America. As a project of the Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative brings together global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues. In the U.S., the Foundation is working to combat the alarming rise in childhood obesity, and is helping individuals and families succeed and small businesses grow. In addition his Foundation work, President Clinton has joined with former President George H.W. Bush three times – after the 2004 tsunami in South Asia, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Hurricane Ike in 2008 – to help raise money for recovery efforts. He also served as the U.N. Envoy for Tsunami Recovery to help people “build back better.” President Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. He and his wife Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton have one daughter, Chelsea, and live in Chappaqua, New York.

Economics

Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics

In Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner set out to explore the hidden side of … well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real estate agents. The myths of campaign finance, and the telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. From 1994 to 1999, Dubner was a writer and editor for The New York Times Magazine. Before coming to The Times, Dubner wrote for New York Magazine, covering crime, politics, the arts and New York City's urban oddities.