About the Program
As we move into a consequential election year, the importance of leadership is top of mind for Californians. Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will join PPIC President and CEO Mark Baldassare for a wide-ranging discussion about leading through the critical challenges facing the state and nation.
Agenda
11:30 a.m. Registration
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:00 p.m. Welcome
Gaddi Vasquez, retired senior vice president of government affairs, Edison International and Southern California Edison
12:05 p.m. Conversation and Audience Q&A
Leon Panetta, chairman, the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, and former Secretary of Defense
Mark Baldassare, president and CEO, PPIC
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
Event Photos
Leon Panetta and Mark Baldassare
Leon Panetta and Mark Baldassare and the audience
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Leon Panetta and Mark Baldassare
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta
Gaddi Vasquez
PPIC Event with Leon Panetta
Sponsors
Applied Materials Foundation
Arjay And Frances F. Miller Foundation
Bank of America
Blue Shield Of California
California Endowment
California Health Care Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
ECMC Foundation
Edison International
First 5 LA
James Irvine Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Lucas Public Affairs
McKinsey & Company
NextEra Energy Resources
Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP
Pacific Life Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
Sierra Health Foundation
Silver Giving Foundation
Stuart Foundation
Wells Fargo
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
zPPIC Corporate Circle
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