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Fact Sheet: Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Conference
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary June 23, 2008

Fact Sheet: Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Conference

ÿÿWhite House News


Conference Will Explore Initiative's Impact Aiding Millions In Partnership
With Nonprofit Sector

On June 26 and 27, President George W. Bush will deliver remarks at the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI)
"Innovations in Effective Compassion" National Conference in Washington,
D.C.ÿAttended by members of the President's Cabinet, OFBCI Director Jay
Hein, and more than 1,000 public and private-sector leaders, the Conference
will explore and expand the ways the Faith-Based and Community Initiative
is transforming government's approach to human need, in partnership with
faith-based and community organizations, to solve problems from addiction
and homelessness to malaria and HIV/AIDS.

Conference Agenda: Thursday, June 26, 2008

8:30 _ 8:55ÿÿÿÿÿ Welcome and Introduction

The Honorable Jedd Medefind, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy
Director White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
The Honorable Jay Hein, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

8:55 _ 9:10ÿÿÿÿÿ Victory of the Level Playing Field

ÿThe Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General of the United States

9:10 _ 9:25ÿ ÿÿÿ Access to Recovery

The Honorable John P. Walters, Director
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

9:25 _ 9:40ÿÿÿÿÿ Administration Homelessness Efforts Through Faith-Based
and Community Organizations

The Honorable Steve Preston, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

9:40 _ 9:55ÿÿÿÿÿ Prisoner Reentry Initiative

The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor

12:00 _ 1:00ÿÿÿ Luncheon: The Faith-Based and Community Initiative Vision
Applied Internationally

The Honorable Ed Schafer, Secretary of Agriculture
Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinatorÿÿÿÿÿÿ

1:00 _ 1:45ÿÿÿÿÿ Keynote Remarks

President George W. Bush

Conference Agenda: Friday, June 27, 2008

8:30 _ 8:50ÿ ÿÿÿ Welcome and Introduction

The Honorable Jay Hein, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director
ÿÿWhite House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

ÿThe Honorable Joseph Lieberman, United States Senator (Connecticut)

8:50 _ 9:10ÿÿÿÿÿ Social Entrepreneurism and the Future of American
Compassionÿ

The Honorable Stephen Goldsmith
Chairman, Corporation for National and Community Service, and Former Mayor,
Indianapolis, Indiana

David Eisner, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service

1:00 _ 1:45ÿÿÿÿÿ Luncheon Keynote

The Honorable Felix P. Camacho, Governor of Guam ÿ

Innovations In Effective Compassion Panels (Friday Morning)

The Faith-Based and Community Initiative has championed the same kinds of
innovation within government that are modeled by the social entrepreneurs
it supports outside of government.ÿ New partnership models, technologies,
and other tools invented to expand collaboration between government and
front-line service organizations represent both major progress and ongoing
experimentation.ÿ

9:10 _ 9:50 ÿÿÿÿ Panel I: Enlisting Social Entrepreneurship for Service
Delivery
  þ Participants: Brent Orrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment
    and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, Moderator
      þ Lisa Johnson, Skill Development Manager,Missouri Department of
        Economic Development
      þ Bruce Wilkinson, Senior Vice President, International Programs,
        World Vision

9:50 _ 10:30ÿÿÿ Panel II: Extending the Work of Social Entrepreneurs
  þ Participants: Brent Orrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment
    and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, Moderator
      þ Reverend Danny Cort‚s, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff,
        Esperanza
      þ Governor Scott McCallum, President and CEO, Aidmatrix Foundation
      þ Fred Davie, President, Public/Private Venturesÿ

10:40 _ 11:20 Panel III:ÿ Engaging Social Entrepreneurs through Vouchers
and other Choice Mechanisms
  þ Participants: Jedd Medefind, Special Assistant to the President and
    Deputy Director
    White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Moderator
      þ Virginia Walden Ford, Executive Director, D.C. Parents for School
        Choice
      þ Karri Schultheis, Project Director, Arizona Women's Education and
        Employment, Inc.
      þ Dr. Thomas A. Kirk, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Mental
        Health and Addiction Services

The Future Of Innovation Panels (Friday Afternoon)

Research indicates that since its launch in 2001, the Faith-Based and
Community Initiative has made tremendous progress. ÿThe years ahead carry
rich opportunities for those ready to build upon this work _ particularly
in efforts to identify, partner with, and extend the reach of frontline
social entrepreneurs working in faith-based charities, community groups,
and other settings. ÿToday, these innovations are happening in States
through bipartisan efforts to create multi-sector partnerships that draw
upon the unique strengths of faith-based and other community organizations.

1:45 _ 2:30ÿÿÿÿÿ Panel I: The Future of Innovation & Research Regarding
America's Social Entrepreneurs
  þ Participants: The Honorable Karl Zinsmeister, Assistant to the
    President for Domestic Policy, Moderator
  þ Byron Johnson, Professor of Sociology, and Director, Institute for
    Studies of Religion, Baylor University
  þ Richard Nathan, Co-Director, Rockefeller Institute of Governmentÿ
  þ Bill Galston, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

2:30 _ 3:25ÿÿÿÿÿ Panel II: The Future of Innovation in Community
Partnerships
  þ Participants: Jedd Medefind, Special Assistant to the President and
    Deputy Director
    White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Moderator
  þ Jannah Scott, Policy Advisor for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
    for the Office of Governor Janet Napolitanoÿ
  þ Steve Wing, Director, Workforce Initiatives, CVS Corporation
  þ Hal Roark, Executive Director, The Broadmoor Development Corporation
  þ Scott Merriner, Co-Chair, Governor's Advisory Council on Faith-Based &
    Community Initiatives, Alaska

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