Dr. Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. He is Vice Chairman of IHS Markit, one of the world’s largest research and information companies, with 16,000 employees, and founder of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, which became part of IHS in 2004. Dr. Yergin also chairs CERAWeek, the annual global energy gathering, which CNBC has described as “the Super Bowl of world energy”.
 
Dr. Yergin’s latest book, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, discusses how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future, and was designated by Kirkus as,
 
“required reading. Another winner from a master.”
 
The New York Times calls Yergin 
 
“A master story-teller. . . one of the great chroniclers of our day. . . Yergin offers us not one map, but an overview of the many maps contending for influence in the world today.”
 
And USA Today says
 
“[a]t a time when solid facts and reasoned arguments are in retreat, Daniel Yergin rides to the rescue. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and energy savant… provides an engaging survey course on the lifeblood of modern civilization — where the world has been and where it is likely headed.”

Mark Bloomfield hosts Ambassador Mfeketo for a very timely topic: Lessons from Nelson Mandela for Reconciliation and South African-US Economics Relations.  
 
Ambassador Mfeketo is a former Minister of Human Settlements, Deputy Minister of International Relations & Cooperation, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Mayor of Cape Town.

Congressman Crowley was a former chairman of the House Democratic Caucus (2017-2019),  the fourth highest ranking position among House Democrats. He served two decades in Congress, representing New York’s 14th congressional district and played a leadership role as an influential member on economic policy on the Ways & Means Committee.  In a Democrat primary race that captured the nation's attention, he was surprisingly defeated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which sparked a national discussion over where the idelogical soul of the Democratic Party lies today.

Kevin Hassett is the 29th Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, 2017–2019. He returned to the White House this March - June on a pro bono basis to support data-driven economic decisions in response to the pandemic. Currently, Hassett is Vice President and Managing Director at The Lindsey Group, LLC, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and an economics contributor to CNN.

Senator Wyden is the eighth most senior member of the U.S. Senate with four decades of service in Congress, first in the House and now in the Senate.  Senator Wyden believes in “principled bipartisanship,” solutions that allow all parties to stay true to their respective principles and celebrate agreements.  As a former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Energy and Natural Resources Committees, Senator Wyden is one of the most influential legislators, regardless of which party controls the gavel.

Mark Bloomfield hosts two former cabinet secretaries with extensive track records in public service and policymaking.  ACCF President and CEO interviews former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on "The 2020 Election, China, Trade & American Leadership".

NOTE: Technical difficulties at the beginning of the webinar prevented Secretary Ridge from participating.  This is resolved at about 10 minutes into the webinar.

Joshua Bolten is the President and CEO of the Business Roundtable (BRT), an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies. In addition to his private sector experience, Josh has 20 years of public service experience, which includes eight years as Chief of Staff to President George W Bush. Earlier, he served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget Management.

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) discusses how he and New Hampshire are handling the serious health and economic challenge of the COVID pandemic. The 82nd governor of the Granite State is serving his second term. He was an entrepreneur before his public service and prior to that an environmental engineer.

Mark Bloomfield welcomes Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S. Martha Bárcena and Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman for a webinar on a very timely topic: The Impact of the COVID Economy on the USMCA and North American Trade & Economic Relations.

Mark Bloomfield gets a state perspective on the COVID Economy from Governor Asa Hutchinson, the 46th governor of Arkansas. Earlier, Hutchinson served as an Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and as a three-term congressman from Arkansas.