On Tuesday, July 16, Business Forward welcomed Michael S. Barr, Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan for a Solutions 2020 Policy Working Group call on small business. This is the second of the Solutions 2020 Small Business Policy Working Group series. This call focused on consumer protection for small businesses.  

On Tuesday, June 25, Business Forward welcomed Al Fitzpayne, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative, and Massachusetts State Senator Eric Lesser, for a Solutions 2020 Policy Working Group call on the future of work. This is the second of the Solutions 2020 Future of Work Policy Working Group series. On this working group call, policy experts and business leaders outlined the future of work challenges facing our country and begin discussing policy solutions. This...

On Tuesday, June 18, Business Forward welcomed Laura Rosenberger, Director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and Senior Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, for a Solutions 2020 Policy Working Group call on foreign policy.  

On Friday, June 14, Business Forward welcomed Congressman Seth Moulton for a Solutions 2020: Real-world Recommendations for the Next President conference call.

On Thursday, June 13, Business Forward welcomed former Deputy Secretary of Transportation John D. Porcari, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, and former Assistant Secretary of Transportation Carlos Monje for our second Solutions 2020 Infrastructure Working Group. On this working group call, policy experts and business leaders discussed the state of play on the $2 trillion infrastructure package being discussed in Washington and the different infrastructure proposals outlined by the 2020 presidential...

On Tuesday, June 4, Business Forward welcomed Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President of Energy and Environment Policy at the Center for American Progress, for a Solutions 2020 Policy Working group call on climate and clean energy.

On Thursday, May 30, Business Forward welcomed Lanae Erickson, Senior Vice President for the Social Policy and Politics Program at Third Way, for a webinar on higher education. This is the first in our Solutions 2020 Education Policy Working Group series. This working group call  discussed the cost of wasted taxpayer dollars at low-performing higher education institutions. Read the brief below or by clicking here. [pdf-embedder...

On Wednesday, May 22, Business Forward welcomed Congressman Ron Kind (WI-03) and Phil Waldeck, President of Prudential Retirement, for a conference call on the bipartisan effort to increase access to retirement savings.  

Business Forward welcomed Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01), for a conference call on protecting and supporting a health care system that reflects the needs of working women and their reproductive rights.  

On Monday, May 20, Business Forward welcomed South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg for our sixth Solutions 2020: Real-world Recommendations for the Next President conference call.