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Healthy Habits PSAs

Sesame Street's Elmo and Rosita with Govs. Huckabee (AR), Granholm (MI), Kempthorne (ID), Acevedo-Vila (PR), Blanco (LA), Hoeven (ND), Huntsman (UT), Murkowski (AK), Sebelius (KS), Manchin III (WV), Douglas (VT), Taft (OH), Guinn (NV), Camacho (Guam), Carcieri (RI)
Courtesy of Sesame Workshop
 

Healthy America Forum

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Healthy America Forum

Opening News Conference

Opening Remarks
 
Plenary Session
Creating Healthy States
Gov. Mike Huckabee, Arkansas
 
Dr. David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor Adjunct in Public Health Practice, Yale School of Public Health
 
Joan Benoit Samuelson, Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist
 
The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Healthy America Forum

Closing Plenary Session
A Culture of Wellness

Lee Scott, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
 
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California
 
Sesame Street’s Elmo and Rosita
 
Developing a Healthy Message
Moderator: Sanjay Gupta, M.D., Senior Medical Correspondent, CNN

Panel:
Jennifer Anne Kotler, Ph.D., Director of Research, Department of Education and Research, Sesame Workshop
Judy Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer, Channel One Network
Marva A. Smalls, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Chief of Staff, Nickelodeon Networks

 
Q + A Session
 
Govs. Huckabee, Minner and Sanford
 

Winter Meeting

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Winter Meeting

News Conference following the Governors' visit to the White House

Q + A Session
Govs. Vilsack, Kempthorne, Barbour, Hoeven, Baldacci, Bush, Richardson and Romney
 
Economic Development & Commerce Committee
Global Competitiveness and Innovation Strategies for States
Richard A. Bendis, President and CEO, Innovation Philadelphia
 
Mike Carolina, Executive Director, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)
 
William A. Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council
 
Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness
 
Q + A Session
 
Education, Early Childhood & Workforce Committee Meeting
International Education: Preparing Students for the Global Economy
Vivien Stewart, Vice President, Education, Asia Society
 
Stephanie Bell-Rose, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Founding President, The Goldman Sachs Foundation
 
Jennifer Dens, Student Ambassador, Trade and Economy, Minnesota Mission to China, Senior at Brainerd High School, Minnesota
 
Q + A Session
 
The Honorable Margaret Spellings, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
 
Health & Human Services Committee
Opportunities for States In New Federal Medicaid Reforms
Gov. Haley Barbour, Mississippi, Committee Chair
Gov. Richard J. Codey, New Jersey, Committee Vice Chair
 
Dr. Mark B. McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 
Scott H. Beeken, Division Vice President, Human Resources, Great American Insurance Company and Director, Human Resources, American Financial Group, Inc.
 
Chris Jennings, President, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.
 
Mark Birdwhistell, Kentucky Undersecretary for Health
 
Q + A Session
 
Natural Resources Committee
The Potential Impact of Emerging Energy Technologies on U.S. Energy Policy
Gov. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia, Committee Chair
Gov. Jon Hunstman Jr., Utah, Committee Vice Chair
 
Carl Bauer, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
 
Kenneth P. Cohen, Vice President of Public Affairs, ExxonMobil Corporation
 
Daniel Lashof , Deputy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council Climate Center
 
Q + A Session
 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Winter Meeting

Closing Plenary Session
Changing Health Care Priorities

Opening Remarks
Gov. Mike Huckabee, Arkansas
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota
Gov. Don Carcieri, Rhode Island
Gov. Michael Easely, North Carloina
 
The Honorable William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
 
Q + A Session
 
Closing News Conference
Remarks