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• Please use the drop down menu to select a certain speaker. • The Honorable Ed Perlmutter • The Honorable Jim Leach • Christine Brennan • Helen Thorpe • Jim Wallis • Richard Reeves • Doug Price • Steve Farber • James Hackett • Marty Meehan • T.R. Reid • The Honorable Michael Bennett • The Honorable Alan Bersin • Gretchen Peters • Lew Daly • Laura Flanders • Christine Brennan • Craig Mullaney • Dr. William E. Spriggs • Roy Blount Jr. • The Honorable Mitch Morrissey • The Honorable Ken Salazar • Dr. William R. Brody • A Special Luncheon Honoring Senator George McGovern for a Lifetime of Service to America • The Honorable Gary Hart • Red Cavaney • Dick Flavin • Fred Krupp • The Honorable Mary Peters • His Excellency Pierre Vimont • The Rt. Reverend John Bryson Chane • Walter Russell Mead • Branch Rickey III • Richard Reeves • Dick and Dottie Lamm • Tim Kurkjian • Naomi Wolf • The Honorable Diana DeGette • The Honorable Bill Ritter • Frank Deford • His Excellency Flavio Espinal • Dr. Marion Nestle • The Honorable Troy Eid • Dr. Harlan Kenneth Ullman • The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend • The Honorable Wellington Webb • James Quigley • John Hofmeister • The Honorable Ken Adelman • Ms. Lynn Sherr • The Honorable David Walker • Max Boot • Dr. J. Edward Hill • Kitty Dukakis • The Honorable Ben Barnes • James Fallows Wednesday, July 19, 2006 • Bonnie McElveen-Hunter Thursday, June 15, 2006 • 7th District Colorado Democratic Congressional Candidates Friday, May 19, 2006 • Rick Reilly Thursday, April 13, 2006 • The Honorable Robert S. Mueller III Wednesday, March 15, 2006 • Colonel Nathan Sassaman Thursday, February 23, 2006 • The Honorable George McGovern • Gary Smith Back to past speaker page... Thursday, June 15, 2006 The Denver Forum Proudly Presents: 7th District Colorado Democratic Congressional Candidates: Peggy Lamm, Ed Perlmutter & Herb Rubenstein Discussing America`s Future Media Panel: Fred Brown of The Denver Post and TR Reid of The Washington Post 12-Noon Luncheon Oxford Hotel 1600 17th Street Grand Ballroom -- Enter off Wazee (2nd floor) $30 Per Person Phone Reservations: 303-832-9030 Corporate Event Sponsor: Bio -- Peggy Lamm Peggy Lamm has had a distinguished career as a legislator, consumer advocate, teacher, chair of Colorado`s Commission on Higher Education, and investigator into the CU football/sex scandal. She has also served on numerous boards and commissions including the University of Colorado`s Health Sciences Center for Ethics, Humanities and the Law, Hospice of Boulder County, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research Advisory Board. She currently sits on the Board of Trustees of Adams State College. During her tenure at the legislature, Rep. Peggy Lamm was known for her leadership in support of women`s rights, the environment and labor. Peggy Lamm lives in Arvada. Her son, Danny Lamm is a senior in high school and he will be attending the University of Colorado in the fall. Accomplishments Known for her effectiveness and political independence, as Executive Director of Bighorn Action, Lamm led the successful fight for Colorado`s "Telemarketing No-call List" legislation. As Chair of the Commission on Higher Education, she led the efforts that brought meaningful reform to Colorado`s college and university systems. More recently, she was asked to lead the independent commission which investigated the recruitment practices and charges of sexual assault at CU`s athletic program. Her efforts led to an overhaul of the University`s athletic department and major reforms in the recruitment process. *********************************** Bio -- Ed Perlmutter A lifelong resident of the 7th Congressional District, Ed is a proud product of public schools. Ed graduated from Jefferson High School in Edgewater and went on to study Political Science, History and Economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating in 1975. He received his Juris Doctorate from CU in 1978 where he was twice elected President of his class while working part time as a laborer on construction projects. Currently a shareholder and director of the law firm of Berenbaum, Weinshienk and Eason, Ed has specialized in business reorganizations and commercial litigation. Ed has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association and served on the Board of Trustees and Judicial Performance Commission for the First Judicial District. Ed and Deana were married in 1980 and they are the proud parents of three daughters - Alexis (24), who works for Grassroots Democrats, Abby, who graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in 2005 and is currently attending the University of Northern Colorado and Zoey (14) a Freshman at Wheat Ridge High School. An active member of the community, Ed recently led two successful referendum elections for the Jeffco Public Schools. As a busy Dad, Ed is involved in PTA’s, Booster Club’s, the Applewood Community Church, and with coaching the Angels, Abby’s competitive softball team. He is also a Trustee for the Midwest Research Institute (primary operator of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory), and a Former Board Member for the National Jewish Medical & Research Center. Ed also finds time to be a runner, skier, bicyclist and golfer. Ed was elected to two four-year terms to represent the citizens of central Jefferson County as their State Senator from 1995 to 2003 - the first Democrat elected in the district in 30 years. In 2000, Ed helped lead a team which succeeded in a Democratic takeover of the Colorado State Senate for the first time since John F. Kennedy was President. Ed has assisted numerous campaigns and most recently was co-chair of the Kerry Campaign in Colorado. Ed served on numerous Colorado State Senate committees including: Water Finance Judiciary Child Welfare Telecommunication Transportation Legal Services Oil and Gas Ed`s legislative accomplishments as Senator include: Chair of the Public Policy and Planning Committee Chair of the Bi-Partisan Renewable Energy Caucus President Pro Tem of the Senate during the 2001 and 2002 Session Ed carried and passed numerous bills ranging from criminal justice to water, consumer protection to land use and everything in between. Among the many awards Ed received while in the Senate are: Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry award “Business Legislator of the Year” Legal Aid Award for Equal Justice Under the Law American Institute of Architecture award “Colorado Legislator of the Year” DARE Man of the Year Jeffco Education Association Friend of Education United Veterans Committee “ Legislator of the Year ” Colorado Humane Society Distinguished Service Award The AARP Outstanding Legislative Service Award University of Colorado School of Law “Distinguished Alumnus Award” *********************************** Bio -- Herb Rubenstein Herb Rubenstein is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Colorado State University. He also teaches federal budget policy in Aurora at the Office of Personnel Management`s Western Management Development Center. He has published one book and has three more scheduled for publication within the next year. Originally from Louisiana, Herb holds a Master`s Degree in Public Administration from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and a Law Degree from Georgetown University. He lived in the Washington D.C. area for 28 years. During that time, he worked for the Federal Government, served in private practice, and founded a leadership development consulting firm. He and his wife Laurie have also raised two children, one a recent graduate from Harvard and the other currently attending the University of Chicago. Herb`s ties to Colorado go back twenty years. His brother is mentally-challenged, and Herb is responsible for him. After a nation-wide search for the best care facility, Herb settled his brother at the Jewish Family Services Group Home at 2310 S. Holly in Denver back in 1984. Herb has been visiting and loving Colorado since then. Herb and his wife Laurie moved their businesses to Colorado in early 2005. They are enjoying their new home in the foothills of Golden and establishing ties with local Democratic party members. *********************************** Media Panel TR Reid -- The Washington Post T.R. Reid, one of the nation`s most highly regarded journalists, is the author of six books in English and two in Japanese. Through his reporting for The Washington Post, his syndicated weekly column, and his light-hearted commentary from around the world for National Public Radio, he became, while based in Tokyo and London, one of America’s best-known foreign correspondents. Now back in Denver, Mr. Reid serves as a National Correspondent for The Post. Mr. Reid, a Princeton graduate and former United States Naval officer, is the author of several books, among which are, "The Chip", "Confucius Lives Next Door" and "The United States of Europe." Fred Brown – The Denver Post Fred Brown, a legend among Colorado journalists, retired from The Denver Post in 2002, but resumed writing a Sunday editorial page column a year later. He is also a principal in a new media consulting firm, Hartman and Brown, LLP, does political and legislative analysis for 9News in Denver, and has taught journalism at Metropolitan State College and ethics at the University of Denver. Mr. Brown was chief of The Post’s state Capitol bureau when he retired, and he spent 25 years covering Colorado government and politics as well as national presidential campaigns. For 10 years, he was an editorial writer, and then assistant editor and, for several months, acting editorial page editor. Mr. Brown was national president of the Society of Professional Journalists in 1997-98, and has been especially active in journalism ethics. He was one of the authors of SPJ’s Code of Ethics, an industry standard, and writes a monthly column on ethics for Quill magazine. He is an Honor Alumnus of Colorado State University and a member of the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of Colorado State and Northwestern universities, and serves on the boards of directors of Colorado Public Radio, the Colorado Freedom of Information Council, the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation and the Denver Press Club.