| Friday, April 24, 2026 | |
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum | Special Athenaeum Tea hosted by Akshata Murty ’02 A Celebration of The Athenaeum, The Open Academy, and Priya Junnar, Athenaeum Director (2014-2026) |
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum | Dinner and Open Academy Program: Pluralism in Action Limited seating; registration required |
| Saturday, April 25, 2026 | |
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
Robert Day Sciences Center | Check In and Socializing over Continental Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Robert Day Sciences Center | Call to Gather: Opening Remarks |
9:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Robert Day Sciences Center | Morning Sessions — Responsible Leadership in Business, Government, and the Professions Featuring alumni, parents, faculty, students, and staff in highly participatory, engaging conversations. Topics include: - C-Suite: CEOS in Action
- Jay Conger, Henry R. Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies
- Andy Kaiser P’13, Partner, Goldman Sachs (retired)
- Doug Peterson ’80, Former President & CEO, S&P Global; Board Director, Morgan Stanley; Executive Chairman, OneChronos
- Tom Linebarger ’86, Senior Advisor, Director, and Former CEO, Cummins, Inc.
- Jen Uner ’86, Director of Communications & Insights, The HOW Institute for Society
- Globalization of the Economy: Past, Present, Future
- Gordon Bjork, Lovelace Professor of Economics, Emeritus
- Jim Floyd P’27, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Claremont McKenna College; President and Chief Executive Officer for Claremont Investment Management Company
- Kristen Edgreen Kaufman ’98, Senior Vice President, Global Impact Initiatives, United States Council for International Business
- Steve May ’93, Chief Veteran Advocate, Proven Valor; Director, SweetLeaf Stevia
- Cameron Shelton, McMahon Family Professor of Political Economy
- AI, Media, and Business Model Disruption
- Tina Daniels ’93, President & COO, Aquila
- Nishant Dass, Charles M. Stone Professor of Finance; Director, Financial Economics Institute
- Ashwin Navin ’99, Co-Founder, CEO, & Chairman, SAMBA TV
- Christian Oestlien ’99, Vice President, Product Management, YouTube
- RJ Romero ’89, President & CEO, Oremor Management & Investment Co.
- Mitzi Reaugh ’99, Vice President & GM, Global Experiences, Netflix
- Trust in Society and Institutions
- Jeff Klein ’75 P’08 P’11 P’14, Executive Chairman, 1105 Media, Inc. (ret.)
- Steve Bullock ’88 P’24, Former Governor of Montana
- Lily Geismer, Professor of History
- Stephanie Muravchik P’27, Senior Lecturer of American Politics; Associate Faculty Director of the Kravis Lab for Civic Leadership
- Cameron Joseph ’08, Political Editor, POLITICO
- George Thomas, Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions
- Jessica (O’Hare) Witt ’00, Chief Operating Officer, County of Orange
- Innovations in Healthcare and Wellness
- Henry Albrecht ’91, Founder and CEO, Limeade
- Tanya Altmann ’94, Health, Safety, Child Product Consultant, Dr. Tanya Altmann Consulting
- Jennie Kung ’04, Vice Chair, Mayo Clinic Innovation Exchange
- Faye Karnavy Sahai ’90, Managing Director, Vinaj Ventures; Chair, Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development
- Creativity: Arts, Film, and Storytelling
- Akshata Murty ’02, Co-Founder, Office of Akshata Murty & Rishi Sunak
- Ramon Torres ’09, Head of Creative, Business Development & Strategy, Emblematic Pictures
- Amy Kind, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy; Director, Gould Center for Humanistic Studies
- Shelley Blanton-Stroud ’83, Historical Novelist and Writing Consultant
- Diane Wagner ’87, Executive Producer, “Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals”
- Sustainability: Manufacturing, Energy, Environment
- Elyssa Elbaz ’94, Manager, Elbaz Family Foundation
- Michael Green ’94, CEO and Co-Founder, Virtú Investments; Chair, Roberts Environmental Center
- Raj Paul Gupta ’83, professional engineer (ret.)
- John Shrewsberry ’87 P’24, CFO, GoodLeap
- Jeff Simonetti ’05, Founder, the Aqua Exchange
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Parents Field | Networking Lunch |
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
Roberts Pavilion | Signature Event: Fireside Chat with CMC Board Chair Ken Valach ’82 and Trustees Henry Kravis ’67 and George Roberts ’66 P’93 |
2:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Robert Day Sciences Center | Afternoon Sessions — Thoughtful and Productive: The Critical Questions of our Time Featuring alumni, parents, faculty, students, and staff in highly participatory, engaging conversations. Topics include: - War and Peace: US Role in the Global Order
- Hillary Appel, Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies
- Steve Eggert ’82 P’15, Founder, American River Partners; Executive Committee Member, the Hoover Institution
- Richard Johnson ’01, Visiting Lecturer of Government; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Countering WMD Policy
- Jennifer Miller ’97, Deputy County Executive, Fairfax County; Former Acting Under Secretary of the Department of the Air Force
- Hicham Bou Nassif, Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow
- Women in Leadership
- Mari Adam ’80, Founder, Mari Talks Money
- Heather Antecol P’29, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, James G. Boswell Professor of Economics
- Nyree Gray, Vice President of Human Relations and Chief Civil Rights Officer
- Stella Ho ’97, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Foresite Capital
- Alyson Messenger ’89, Managing Staff Attorney, Jenesse Center, Inc.
- Michelle Oden ’94, EY, Principal, People Advisory Services
- Sherylle Tan, Director of Internship and KLI Research; Visiting Professor of Psychological Sciences
- The New Entrepreneur
- Darren Filson, James G. Boswell Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Antoine Grant ’07, Investor, Los Angeles, Inc.
- Michael Huynh HMC ’28, CEO, Pheratech Systems
- Sue Matteson King ’85 P’18, Private Investor
- Scott Kosch ’93 P’26 P’28, Managing Partner, Kosch Capital
- Mark Schwartz ’78, Private Equity Investor; Chair, Jewish Community Foundation
- Future of Learning and Education
- Lea Crusey ’03, Co-Founder and President, WOOF USA
- Grant Hosford ’92, Co-founder & CEO, Powersift; Co-Founder, codeSpark
- Jason Keller, Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Ecology
- Takako Mino ’11, Co-founder, Musizi University
- Harriet Nembhard ’91, President, Harvey Mudd College
- Revisiting Theories of the Good Life: Community, Purpose, Play
- Scott Gilbertson ’91, Partner, TPG; Chair, Kravis Leadership Institute
- DT Graves ’98, Vice President, Student Affairs
- Shamil Hargovan ’10, Managing Partner, STS Capital Partners
- Paul Hurley, Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy
- Steve Smith, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy
- Rachel Supnick ’26
Jennifer Taw, Associate Professor, Government & International Relations Shaw Wagener ’81, Partner, Capital Group; Chair of Capital Group Private Markets
- Democracy, Civic Leadership, and the Rule of Law @250
- Todd Achilles '90 P'25, Former Idaho State Representative; independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho
- Jerry Bien-Willner ’97, Former Mayor, Paradise Valley
- Ron Berenstain ’73, Partner, Perkins Coie
- Jack Pitney, Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics
- Integrated Science on the Health of our Species
- Katie Hodge ’27
- Alejandro Bedoya Norena ’28
- Lars Schmitz, Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Biology
- Diana Williams, Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience
- Shibu Yooseph, Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- The World of Sports
- Elizabeth Casey Burgess ’85 P’20, Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Fox Corp.; General Counsel, Fox Sports
- Hector Fernandez ’01, Chief Executive Officer, IGT Gaming and Everi; Former Chief Executive Officer, Aristocrat Gaming
- Erica Jasper, William B. Arce Director of Athletics, Physical Education, & Recreation and George R. Roberts Fellow
- Joshua Keough ’04, Strategic Transformation Leader, Genentech; Founder and Program Lead, We Lead The Way
- Mike Lang ’87, President, Lang Media Group
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4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Robert Day Sciences Center | Networking Tea and Coffee Break |
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Robert Day Sciences Center,
Chodosh Social Stairs | Closing Program — Cheers to 13 Years: Celebrating Presidential Leadership at CMC |
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Robert Day Sciences Center | Reception and Networking |
