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View Past Speakers by Date A Special Luncheon Honoring Senator George McGovern for a Lifetime of Service to America 7th District Colorado Democratic Congressional Candidates Dr. John Abramson Author, "Overdosed America" The Honorable Ken Adelman Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and Arms Control Director Wayne Allard Member, United States Senate, State of Colorado The Honorable Ben Barnes Former Lt. Governor -- State of Texas Bob Baron Chairman of Fulcrum, One of America’s leading Book Publishers US Senator Michael Bennet and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper The Honorable Michael Bennett United States Senator, Colorado The Honorable Alan Bersin Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs, United States Department of Homeland Security Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Member, United States Senate, State of Delaware Barry Bloom Author, writer, MLB.Com Roy Blount Jr. Author, Correspondent, Sports Illustrated (2) Roy Blount Jr. One of America’s Most Acclaimed Writers Myrna Blyth Editor, Ladies Home Journal Max Boot Council on Foreign Relations Talmage Boston Texas Super Lawyer and Member, Texas Baseball Hall of Fame Larry Bowa Author, manager, Philadelphia Phillies Christine Brennan USA Today Columnist and ABC-Sports/ESPN Commentator Christine Brennan USA Today Columnist and ABC-Sports/ESPN Commentator Dr. William R. Brody President, The Johns Hopkins University James Brooke Rocky Mountain Bureau Chief, The New York Times Hal Bruno ABC-News Correspondent David Callahan Author, "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead" Ben "Nighthorse" Campbell Member, United States Senate, State of Colorado Capital Gang - CNN Margaret Carlson, Al Hunt, Bob Novak, Mark Shields Red Cavaney President and Chief Executive Officer, American Petroleum Institute (API) The Rt. Reverend John Bryson Chane Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC Ron Chernow American Historian Ted Conover Author John Cooke President, The Disney Channel Tom Cronin American Historian Lew Daly Tom Daschle Majority Leader, United States Senate Howard Dean Governor, State of Vermont Frank Deford The Legendary Sports Illustrated writer and NPR Morning Edition Commentator The Honorable Diana DeGette United States House of Representatives E.J. Dionne, Jr. Author, Columnist, The Washington Post Toby Dodge Author, "Inventing Iraq", Professor, Warwick University, England Mary Anne Dolan Editor, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Michael Dukakis Candidate for President of the United States; Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Kitty Dukakis The Honorable Troy Eid United States Attorney for the District of Colorado The Embeds American reporters` experiences in Iraq Dick Enberg Author, broadcaster, CBS-Sports His Excellency Flavio Espinal Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States James Fallows One of America`s Most Distinguished Journalists Jerry Falwell Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia Steve Farber An American Patriot & Denver Civic Leader John Aloysius Farrell Tom Fenton Author, former Chief European Correspondent, CBS-News Laura Flanders Dick Flavin The Great Raconteur & Poet Laureate of Baseball Max Frankel Author, former Editor, The New York Times Raymond V. Gilmartin Chairman & CEO, Merck and Company Patricia Goldman Member, United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chuck Green Columnist, The Denver Post Gerald Greenwald Author, former Chairman, United Airlines James Hackett Chairman, President & CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation David Halberstam Author, winner of The Pulitzer Prize The Honorable Michael Hancock Mayor of Denver The Honorable Gary Hart Former U.S. Senator and Co-Chairman of the U.S. Commission on National Security, and Scholar in Residence, Colorado University The Honorable Gary Hart former United States Senator & Co-Chairman of the United States Commission on National Security The Honorable John Hickenlooper Mayor - City of Denver Dr. J. Edward Hill President, American Medical Association (AMA) Frederick Hitz Author, former Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency (2) Betsy Hoffman President, University of Colorado (2) John Hofmeister President, Shell Oil Simon Hoggart British Journalist Phillip Howard Author Al Hunt Columnist, The Wall Street Journal Walter Isaacson Author, former Editor, Time Magazine Brooks Jackson Author, Investigative Reporter, CNN Charles Jaco Author, Law Correspondent, ABC-News Jack Kemp Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, President Bush`s Administration Bob Kerrey Member, Governor, State of Nebraska Dick Kreck Columnist, The Denver Post (3) Paul Krugman Economist, columnist, The New York Times Fred Krupp President of Environmental Defense Tim Kurkjian of ESPN and ESPN The Magazine Chuck LaBella Acting United States Attorney, Southern District of California Dottie Lamm United States Senate Candidate, State of Colorado Peggy Lamm Member, Colorado State Legislature Dick and Dottie Lamm Great Citizens of Colorado & America The Honorable Richard Lamm Governor, State of Colorado (10) The Honorable Jim Leach Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities Bill Lerach Once One of the Nation’s Greatest Trial Lawyers His Excellency Jean-David Levitte Ambassador of France to the United States Tony Lewis Columnist, The New York Times, and winner of the Pulitzer prize John Lindsay Former Mayor, City of New York Myra MacPherson Author, Washington Post Features Writer Michelle Malkin Author, Commentator, Fox News Frank Mankiewicz Press Secretary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy Warren Bryan Martin Jr. Professor of Higher Education and Abraham Lincoln Scholar Eugene McCarthy Member, United States Senate, State of Minnesota Bonnie McElveen-Hunter Chairman of the Red Cross The Honorable George McGovern Former United States Senator, candidate for President of the United States, 1972 Walter Russell Mead The Council on Foreign Relations Marty Meehan Chancellor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell George Mitrovich President of the City Club of San Diego and The Denver Forum Greg Moore Editor, The Denver Post Mike Moran National Leader in American Sports Roger Morris American Historian The Honorable Mitch Morrissey District Attorney of Denver The Honorable Robert S. Mueller III Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Craig Mullaney A National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama Dennis Nally Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Richard Neal Member, United States House of Rewpresentatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dr. Marion Nestle Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University Robert Novak Syndicated Columnist and member, The Capital Gang, CNN Buck O`Neil Chairman, Negro League Hall of Fame, Kansas City, Missouri Roger O`Neil Correspondent, NBC News Dr. Charles J. Olgetree Jr. Jesse Climenko Professor of Law -- Harvard University Dr. Richard Parker Author, "John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics" Federico Pena Mayor, City of Denver The Honorable Ed Perlmutter United States House of Representatives Tony Perry Los Angeles Times Correspondent Adam Pertman Author, Executive Director, Evan B. Donaldson Institute The Honorable Mary Peters Secretary of Transportation of the United States Mike Peters Editorial Cartoonist, Dayton Daily News, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Gretchen Peters Former ABC News Correspondent Dr. Terry Phelps Author, University of Notre Dame Law School Professor Kevin Phillips American Historian (2) George Plimpton Author, Editor, The Paris Review Doug Price President & CEO of Rocky Mountain PBS James Quigley Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Touche USA Sally Quinn Author, Features Writer, The Washington Post Richard Reeves One of America’s Greatest Journalists & the Man Who has Appeared before The Forum More Than Any Other Person Richard Reeves Journalist of Acclaim and American Historian Robert Reich Secretary of Labor, President Clinton`s Administration T. R. Reid National Correspondent for The Washington Post T.R. Reid Foreign Correspondent for The Washington Post & Commentator for National Public Radio (NPR) Rick Reilly Eight Times National Sports Writer of the Year Alain Richard Minister of Defense, France Branch Rickey III President, the Pacific Coast League The Honorable Bill Ritter Governor of Colorado The Honorable Timothy J. Roemer President, Center for National Policy, Member, 9/11 Commission Andrew Romanoff Senior Advisor, International Development Enterprises (IDE) Roy Romer Governor, State of Colorado Jeffrey Rosen Law Correspondent, The New Republic The Honorable Ken Salazar United States Senator Pierre Salinger Author, former Press Secretary, President John F. Kennedy Paul Saltman Author, Professor, University of California, San Diego Ed Sardella News Anchor, KUSA-TV, Denver Colonel Nathan Sassaman United States Army Arthur Schlesinger Jr. American Historian Dr. Juliet B. Schor Author, Harvard University Professor (2) adam schrager American Historian Patricia Schroeder Member, United States House of Representatives, State of Colorado Neil Sheehan Journalist, winner of The Pulitzer Prize Ms. Lynn Sherr of ABC`s 20/20 Mark Shields Syndicated Columnist, and host, CNN`s The Capital Gang Alan Simpson Member, United States Senate, State of Wyoming The Honorable Alan K. Simpson Co-Chairman, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Xan Smiley British Journalist Hedrick Smith Author, former Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times Gary Smith President & Chief Executive Officer of Ciena Corporation Dr. William E. Spriggs Chairman, Department of Economics, Howard University Sydney Taurel Chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company John Temple Editor, Rocky Mountain News Paul Theroux Author Helen Thorpe The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Former Lt. Governor, State of Maryland The Honorable Mark Udall Member, United States House of Representatives, State of Colorado The Honorable Mark Udall United States Senator, Colorado Dr. Harlan Kenneth Ullman His Excellency Pierre Vimont Ambassador of France to the United States The Honorable David Walker Comptroller General of the United States Jim Wall Editor, The Christian Century Jim Wallis Author, Editor-in-Chief, Sojourners Magazine Jim Wallis One of America’s Great Prophetic Voices The Honorable Wellington Webb Former Mayor, City of Denver Mary Alice Williams Naomi Wolf One of America’s Most Provocative Thinkers Tom Wolfe Author, Social Critic