As vaccination efforts continue to gain momentum in the United States, business leaders, government officials and civil society members are starting to develop strategies to help quickly and safely reopen the American economy. While government officials and leading scientists predict a return to some semblance of normalcy in the latter half of 2021, there are shorter-term opportunities to help prepare America for a post-COVID-19 economy. Vaccinations for health care practitioners, frontline workers, and trusted community-based leaders all play a role in building vaccine confidence and unlocking a swifter economic recovery. In this session, leaders from across industries and sectors will outline their visions and solutions for quickly ending the pandemic while safely restarting the American economy.

Featuring:

• Chelsea Clinton, D.Phil., M.P.H., Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
• Bechara Choucair, M.D., Vaccinations Coordinator, White House COVID Response Team
• Marcella Nunez-Smith, M.D., M.H.Sc., Chair, COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, Department of Health and Human Services | Senior Advisor, White House COVID-19 Response Team
• Mayor Robert Garcia, Long Beach, California
• Dr. Richard Besser, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Dr. Sachiko Ozawa, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Thursday, November 19 – Affordable Housing and (Re)building the American Dream

• 11:00 – 11:05 a.m. ET
  • Opening Remarks by President Clinton
• 11:05 – 11:30 a.m. ET
  • Lessons on the Ground: Affordable Housing and COVID-19
    • President Clinton (moderator)
    • Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Sanjiv Das, CEO, Caliber Home Loans
• 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET
  • Housing as a Human Right
    • President Clinton (moderator)
    • Secretary Julian Castro, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
    • Maurice A. Jones, President and CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation