Pillars of America
Restoring Our Nation’s Institutions
Leadership Conference and
Annual Board Meeting
Draft Agenda
Four Seasons Dallas at Las Colinas
April 5-8, 2001
Leadership Conference and
Annual Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 4, 2001
12:00 noon Compensation Committee Meeting Breakout Room C
3:00 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting Breakout Room G
6:30 p.m. Reception (Board Members and Spouses) Gallery
7:15 p.m. Dinner (Board Members and Spouses) Gallery
Thursday, April 5, 2000
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Boardroom Patio
9:00 a.m. Board Meeting Boardroom
12:00 noon Lunch (Spouses welcome) Boardroom
3-5:00 p.m. Registration Conference Room 1
6:30 p.m. Reception Pavilion
7:30 p.m. Dinner Pavilion
Friday, April 6, 2000
8:00 a.m.Report from the Board of Trustee Pavilion
Hosted by David Brown
Chairman, The Heritage Foundation
Topic TBA
Edwin J. Feulner
President, The Heritage Foundation
9:30 a.m. General Session Cottonwood Ballroom
Giving Higher Education a Higher Purpose
Moderator: Edwin Meese III
Ronald Reagan Fellow in Public Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Larry Arnn
President, Hillsdale College
Ken Cribb
President of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute
10:45 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Insuring Philanthropic Intent
Moderator: John Von Kannon
Vice President and Treasurer, The Heritage Foundation
Neal Freeman
President, The Blackwell Corporation
Michael Joyce
President, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.
12:30 noon Session ends
1:00 p.m. Golf Tournament
6:30 p.m. Congressional Reception Cottonwood Foyer
with Members of the Texas Delegation
7:30 p.m. Dinner Cottonwood Ballroom or Four Seasons Ballroom
Can America Continue to be the Global Information
Technology Leader?
Robert J. Herbold
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,
Microsoft Corporation
Saturday, April 7, 2000
7:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Cottonwood Foyer
9:00 a.m. General Session Cottonwood Ballroom
Strengthening American Families
Moderator: Phillip N. Truluck
Executive Vice President, The Heritage Foundation
Midge Decter
Trustee, The Heritage Foundation
Dr. William J. Bennett
Distinguished Fellow, Cultural Policy Studies
10:15 Break
10:45 a.m. What to Do About the Media
Moderator: Herb B. Berkowitz
Vice President, Communications, The Heritage Foundation
Tom Bray
Columnist, The Detroit News
John Fund
Editorial Page Writer, The Wall Street Journal
Bob Ward
Host, Texas Journal, KIXL Radio
12:00 p.m. Session ends
1:00 p.m. Tennis Tournament
6:30 p.m. Reception Cottonwood Foyer
7:30 p.m. Dinner Cottonwood Ballroom
"The Role of Government in Strengthening America’s Institutions
The Honorable Frank Keating (invited)
Governor of Oklahoma