2009-2010 Seminars
September 9
Christopher Wren
"The Future of Journalism - Does It Have One?"
Former New York Times reporter and Bureau Chief in Moscow, Beijing, Cairo, and Johannesburg
October 14
Gus Speth
Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; former chair, UN Development Group; Professor, Vermont Law School
November 19
Chuck Ross
State Director for US Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont
January 20
John Echeverria
VLS Professor, Former Executive Director of the Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute at Georgetown University Law Center, former General Counsel of the National Audubon Society
February 17
Elizabeth Courtney
"Act 250 for the 21st Century"
Executive Director - Vermont Natural Resources Council
March 24
Ken Yalowitz
Director – Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College; US Ambassador to Georgia;
US Ambassador to Belarus
April 14
Madeleine Kunin
"Pearls, Politics and Power"
Former Governor of Vermont, former Ambassador to
Switzerland, Deputy Secretary of Education

