“Conversations in Leadership Series” at the Powell Center–Jeffrey Laurenti
On Thursday, April 19, I am really happy to be welcoming Jeffrey Laurenti, senior fellow of international affairs at The Century Foundation. Mr. Laurenti has served as director for TCF’s international task force on Afghanistan in its regional and multilateral dimensions and as co-director of TCF’s peace and security initiative with the Center for American Progress. He is the author of numerous monographs on subjects such as international peace and security, terrorism, UN reform, international law and justice, and other issues dealt with by the multilateral system. He was executive director of policy studies at the United Nations Association of the United States until 2003, and then served seven years on the association’s Board of Directors. He also served as deputy director of the United Nations Foundation’s United Nations and Global Security initiative, which provided inputs to the work on international security of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change commissioned by U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey in 1986, has advised several presidential campaigns, and from 1978 to 1984 was executive director of the New Jersey Senate. His writing and analysis have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and on National Public Radio, as well as numerous international policy journals and media.
We will be discussing Wall Street reform, the politics of New York State, and more. RSVPs are required. If you are interested in attending, please make sure to register here. Hope to see you all there!
