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Welcome Remarks
Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO, Meridian

Introductory Remarks
Ms. Sally Susman, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Pfizer

Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, U.S. Surgeon General
Moderated by Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow, JFK Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs,Harvard University

Ambassador Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
Moderated by Elise Labott, Founder, Twopoint.o Media

Her Excellency Mrs. Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda

Congressional Panel
U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
Moderated by Carmen Paun, Health Reporter, Author of Global Pulse, POLITICO
 

Send Off Remarks
Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO, Meridian

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Plenary Opening Remarks
Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO, Meridian

Dr. Richard Jonas, Co-Chair, Meridian Summit and Diplomacy Dinners 

Tom Mihaljevic, MD, CEO and President, Cleveland Clinic
Moderated by Joie Chen, award-winning journalist  

Wayne Frederick, MD, President, Howard University
Moderated by Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO, Meridian International Center

David Rubenstein, Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group
Moderated by Joie Chen, award-winning journalist

Meridian Global Leadership Awards Overview
Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO, Meridian

Corporate Leader Award
Albert Bourla, DVM, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer

Global Citizen Award
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Rice University
Moderated by Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO, Meridian International Center

The Honorable Ann Stock, Board of Trustees Chair, Meridian