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• Please use the drop down menu to select a certain speaker. • The Honorable Ed Perlmutter • The Honorable Jim Leach • Christine Brennan • Helen Thorpe • Jim Wallis • Richard Reeves • Doug Price • Steve Farber • James Hackett • Marty Meehan • T.R. Reid • The Honorable Michael Bennett • The Honorable Alan Bersin • Gretchen Peters • Lew Daly • Laura Flanders • Christine Brennan • Craig Mullaney • Dr. William E. Spriggs • Roy Blount Jr. • The Honorable Mitch Morrissey • The Honorable Ken Salazar • Dr. William R. Brody • A Special Luncheon Honoring Senator George McGovern for a Lifetime of Service to America • The Honorable Gary Hart • Red Cavaney • Dick Flavin • Fred Krupp • The Honorable Mary Peters • His Excellency Pierre Vimont • The Rt. Reverend John Bryson Chane • Walter Russell Mead • Branch Rickey III • Richard Reeves • Dick and Dottie Lamm • Tim Kurkjian • Naomi Wolf • The Honorable Diana DeGette • The Honorable Bill Ritter • Frank Deford • His Excellency Flavio Espinal • Dr. Marion Nestle • The Honorable Troy Eid • Dr. Harlan Kenneth Ullman • The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend • The Honorable Wellington Webb • James Quigley • John Hofmeister • The Honorable Ken Adelman • Ms. Lynn Sherr • The Honorable David Walker • Max Boot • Dr. J. Edward Hill • Kitty Dukakis • The Honorable Ben Barnes • James Fallows Wednesday, July 19, 2006 • Bonnie McElveen-Hunter Thursday, June 15, 2006 • 7th District Colorado Democratic Congressional Candidates Friday, May 19, 2006 • Rick Reilly Thursday, April 13, 2006 • The Honorable Robert S. Mueller III Wednesday, March 15, 2006 • Colonel Nathan Sassaman Thursday, February 23, 2006 • The Honorable George McGovern • Gary Smith Back to past speaker page... Wednesday, June 6, 2007 The Denver Forum Proudly Presents: His Excellency Flavio Espinal Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States Speaking on: "Latin America & the Future of American Foreign Policy" 12-Noon Luncheon Oxford Hotel 1600 17th Street Sage Room Members: $30 Non-members: $45 Phone Reservations: 303-832-9030 Corporate Event Sponsor: His Excellency Flavio Dario Espinal -- Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to theUnited States Flavio Dario Espinal became ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States on Jan. 1, 2005. Ambassador Espinal previously served as ambassador to the Organization of American States 1996-2000), for which he was chair of the Permanent Council, the Committee on Legal and Political Issues, and the Committee on Hemispheric Security. He was also co-coordinator of the Civil Society Agenda during the Summits of the Americas. In addition, Ambassador Espinal is the former dean of the Law School at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Recinto Santo Tomás de Aquino, in Santo Domingo, where he was also a professor of law and director of the University Center of Political and Social Studies as well as of the Center for the Study, Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts. He has practiced law in the cities of Santiago and Santo Domingo, and has served as a consultant for both the private sector and various international organizations. He is the author of "Constitutionalism and Political Processes in the Dominican Republic," and has published numerous articles and essays on political and constitutional issues in different academic journals. Before his current appointment, Ambassador Espinal published a weekly op-ed column in the newspaper El Caribe and co-produced the television program "En Contexto." He obtained his law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Ambassador Espinal also holds a master’s degree in political sciences from the University of Essex, England, and a doctorate in government from the University of Virginia.