Speakers at Dec. 5 Roosevelt Institution Launch Event

Richard D. Morgenstern OC ’66, senior fellow in the Quality of the Environment Division of Resources for the Future (RFF). His research focuses on economic analysis of environmental issues and the use of economic incentives to address global climate change. Previously he was senior economic counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. State Department. He also has worked at the Environmental Protection Agency. He was a visiting professor of economics at Oberlin in the 2000-01 academic year.

Mark Katz , freelance humor consultant and former humor speechwriter for President Bill Clinton. Founder of the Sound Bite Institute, a one-man consulting firm/think tank for creative writing projects, Katz is the author of Clinton and Me: A Real Life Political Comedy (Miramax Books, 2004). His essays have been published in the New York Times, Time magazine, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker, and have been aired on NPR. He also has written and hosted humor segments aired on ABC, NPR, and MSNBC.

Quinn Wilhelmi , Executive Director and one of the founders of the Roosevelt Institute. He is a junior majoring in religious studies major at Stanford University.