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Keynote Speakers Jimmy CarterThe conference’s honored guest and speaker, former President Jimmy Carter, will be featured in a Town Hall Meeting and will present the keynote address at a special dinner on Saturday evening. Since leaving the White House in 1981, President Carter has been a champion of human rights and an engaged citizen of the world. He is keenly interested in a critical, bipartisan examination of his experiences and challenges in the political arena so that a meaningful lesson may be learned by the next generation of political and social leaders. [ View bio ] Rosalynn Carter  Widely regarded as the most active First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosalynn Carter has worked for more than three decades to improve the quality of life for people around the world. Today, she is an advocate for mental health, early childhood immunization, human rights and conflict resolution through her work at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Her book, Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers (with Susan K. Golant), was selected as the winner of the 1999 American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award in the service category. She hopes to shed light on issues about which she is concerned in a conference panel session and as keynote speaker at a special luncheon. Mrs. Carter also will join her husband for the Town Hall Meeting. [ View bio ] Walter Mondale 
Walter F. “Fritz” Mondale, who was Jimmy Carter’s vice president and the Democratic presidential candidate in 1984, will participate in a major conference examining the Carter presidency at the University of Georgia, Jan 19-21. Mondale, who also served as U.S. ambassador to Japan from 1993-1996, and his wife, Joan Adams Mondale, will be honored at a reception that concludes the first day of the conference on Friday evening, Jan. 19. The conference commemorates the 30th anniversary of Carter's inauguration as the nation's 39th president. [ View bio ]  Chief Moderator Brian Williams  Brian Williams became the seventh anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News on December 2, 2004. He fast became one of the nation’s foremost television journalists, covering virtually every major breaking news event. He is a veteran of political campaigns and elections, the Middle East, and has traveled to dozens of U.S. cities and foreign countries in the course of covering the news for more than two decades. For his acclaimed coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the four-time Emmy winner received two of television’s highest honors: the Edward R. Murrow award for “Best Newscast” and the George Foster Peabody Award administered by the University of Georgia.Prior to his broadcasting career, Williams worked in the White House during the Carter administration, beginning as a White House intern. During the course of his career, Williams has reported from 23 overseas nations on countless stories of national and international importance, including intensive live coverage of the September 11th attacks and their aftermath. Williams is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and is also a member of the board of directors of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. He attended George Washington University and the Catholic University of America, both in Washington, and is the recipient of six honorary doctorates. [ View bio ] Featured Participants [ View bios by clicking on images ]
Distinguished Panelists Include: [View bios by clicking on names]
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