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Forum on Leadership - The American Promise

Event

April 24, 2025
8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Forum on Leadership will be livestreamed here on Thursday, April 24, 2025. 

*Please note the livestream will conclude prior to the Keynote Conversation. 

HONORING

Dr. Robert M. Gates

Former Secretary of Defense

2025 George W. Bush Medal for
Distinguished Leadership Recipient

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Tom Luce

Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Texas 2036

2025 George W. Bush Institute Trailblazer Citation Recipient

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BridgeUSA

Accepted by Manu Meel, Founder

2025 George W. Bush Institute Citation Recipient

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2025 Forum on Leadership Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 24, 2025

*Times listed in Central Time

8:30 a.m.

Morning Program Begins
Conversation One: Only in America
  • Daniel Lubetzky, Founder, Builders and KIND Snacks
  • Salim Asrawi, Co-Founder and President, Texas de Brazil
  • Anne Wicks, the Don Evans Family Managing Director, Opportunity and Democracy, George W. Bush Institute (Moderator)
Conversation Two: Higher Education and Democracy 
  • Ben Sasse, Former President of University of Florida, former U.S. Senator of Nebraska
  • R. Gerald Turner, President, Southern Methodist University
  • Dr. Melva Wallace, President and CEO, Huston-Tillotson University
  • Robin Berkley, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education, George W. Bush Institute (Moderator) 
Awarding of the George W. Bush Institute Citation
Conversation Three: The Fourth Estate

11:30 a.m.

Livestream Concludes

11:40 a.m.

Keynote Conversation

12:10 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Event Concludes

 

Event details subject to change.

Interested in attending or supporting the 2025 Forum on Leadership?
Please contact [email protected]