Shaping the Future - Milken Institute
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panelists<br />
Linda Lingle is <strong>the</strong> Governor of Hawaii. When she took office in December 2002, her goals were to make state<br />
government more open, accountable and responsive. She was re-elected by <strong>the</strong> largest margin of victory in any<br />
gubernatorial race in state history, including winning all of Hawaii’s 51 House precincts. Lingle continues to emphasize<br />
her mandate for state government to lead by example, particularly in <strong>the</strong> areas of innovation, renewable energy and<br />
education reform. Now in her final year in office, Lingle and her team are committed to completing <strong>the</strong> goals <strong>the</strong>y<br />
laid out for <strong>the</strong> state, including promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education for students,<br />
through a comprehensive set of programs for scholastic robotics; increasing support for preschool, K-12 and higher<br />
education, including charter schools; and enacting a constitutional amendment to place <strong>the</strong> superintendent of schools<br />
under <strong>the</strong> governor’s direct control.<br />
Robert Litan is Vice President of Research and Policy at <strong>the</strong> Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a Senior<br />
Fellow at <strong>the</strong> Brookings Institution. He has authored or co-authored numerous books and articles in journals,<br />
magazines and newspapers on entrepreneurial approaches to boosting economic growth, government policies<br />
affecting financial institutions, regulatory and legal issues, international trade, and <strong>the</strong> economy in general. His latest<br />
book is Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and <strong>the</strong> Economics of Growth and Prosperity (Yale University Press, 2007). He<br />
previously served as an associate director of <strong>the</strong> Office of Management and Budget and deputy assistant attorney<br />
general in <strong>the</strong> Antitrust Division of <strong>the</strong> Department of Justice. Litan received a bachelor’s degree from The Wharton<br />
School at <strong>the</strong> University of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from Yale Law School and both an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in economics<br />
from Yale University.<br />
David Liu is a Managing Director in <strong>the</strong> Media Investment Banking Group at Jefferies & Company Inc., leading <strong>the</strong><br />
firm’s practice in <strong>the</strong> digital media and Internet sector. In that role, he has completed more than 90 transactions. Past<br />
clients of <strong>the</strong> group include Yahoo, Shutterfly, Nokia, comScore, Fastclick, aQuantive, CBORD Group, Internet Brands,<br />
Limelight Networks, Name Media, Oak Pacific Interactive, Oversee and Reunion, among o<strong>the</strong>rs. With more than 17<br />
years of investment banking, venture capital and technology start-up experience, Liu has advised on a broad range of<br />
transactions, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, convertibles, private company sales, tender offers and restructurings.<br />
Previously, he founded a software company, and he has served on <strong>the</strong> boards of several technology start-ups and<br />
incubators. Liu received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and two bachelor’s degrees from <strong>the</strong> University of<br />
Pennsylvania.<br />
Zhouwei Liu is Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of <strong>the</strong> 21st Century Business Herald. Founded in 2001, <strong>the</strong> 21st Century<br />
Business Herald has become China’s leading business newspaper under Liu’s leadership. Previously, Liu served at <strong>the</strong><br />
Nanfang Weekly, establishing its economic news department. He was named a “Young Global Leader” by <strong>the</strong> World<br />
Economic Forum in 2009 due to his leadership in <strong>the</strong> rapid but sustained development of <strong>the</strong> 21st Century Business<br />
Herald; he was also a member of <strong>the</strong> Young Leader Roundtable at <strong>the</strong> 2009 Boao Forum for Asia. Liu holds bachelor’s<br />
degrees – one of <strong>the</strong>m in journalism – from <strong>the</strong> People’s University of China as well as an M.B.A. from Cheung Kong<br />
Graduate School of Business.<br />
Clare Lockhart is Director and Co-Founder of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> for State Effectiveness, which focuses on transforming<br />
unstable societies through balancing state, market and civil society solutions in such countries as Afghanistan, Haiti,<br />
Nepal, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia and sou<strong>the</strong>rn Sudan. Lockhart, who co-wrote Fixing Failed States: A Framework<br />
for Rebuilding a Fractured World, serves as an advisor to senior military and civilian leaders on a number of reviews and<br />
panels relating to global security and economic issues. Lockhart and her co-author were jointly ranked No. 20 on Foreign<br />
Policy magazine’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009.” Before founding ISE, Lockhart was living in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a<br />
U.N. advisor to <strong>the</strong> Bonn Agreement, a series of pacts intended to rebuild Afghanistan after <strong>the</strong> U.S. invasion. Previously,<br />
she managed a program on institutions at <strong>the</strong> World Bank. Lockhart is a member of <strong>the</strong> Bar of England and Wales.<br />
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