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Message from the President |
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| Dr. Joseph Kasputys, Charles E.M. Kolb, and Donald K. Peterson. |
CED has named two prominent Americans to serve as its co-chairs. Joseph Kasputys, Chairman, president, and CEO of Global Insight, Inc., and Donald K. Peterson, Chairman and CEO (retired) of Avaya Inc. were elected by CED’s Trustees at the 2008 CED Annual Meetings in New York City in May. They succeed former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Roderick M. Hills and former Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy W. Bowman Cutter who served as CED’s co-chairs from 2005 to 2008.
Throughout its 65-year history, CED has addressed national priorities that promote sustained economic growth and development to benefit all Americans. These activities have quite literally helped shape the future on issues ranging from the Marshall Plan in the late 1940s, to education reform in the past two decades, and campaign finance reform since 2000.
In recent years, CED's Trustees have increasingly become involved in promoting our recommendations across the country. By bringing a business voice and perspective to critical national issues, CED Trustees contribute substantially to the national debate and the development of sound public policy.
Engaging the voice of business to drive public policy has long been CED’s special niche. What we have learned from our work with McKinsey & Co. is that while time constraints preclude many top executives from active involvement, a significant number of business leaders have expressed a desire to become engaged. CED is using these findings to seek new ways of drawing current and future business leaders into our work.
CED remains concerned that the country will only succeed in tackling the major issues it faces if there is active business leadership. CED enters its 66th year committed to activating and sustaining that leadership.
Charles E.M. Kolb
President
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