Letter from the President
‘There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves’
--Lyndon B Johnson, 1964
Dear Supporters,
Our 2023 Crested Butte Public Policy Forum season was one of the best. We believe last summer’s program of speakers, as well as the others dating back to our founding in 2003, have made an important contribution to the civic and cultural life of our community. We hope you were able to attend many of last season’s presentations.
Our 2024 summer speaker slate is set and we are confident it will be another banner year!
June 18 - Justin Farrell & Neal Payton - Resort Economics, co-sponsored by the Town of Crested Butte
June 25 – Sandra Magnus, Chief Engineer in the Office of Space Commerce, former astronaut
July 2 – TBD
July 9 – Lisa Dale, Professor, Columbia University Climate School
July 16 – Paul Spiegel, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center of Humanitarian Health
July 23 – Sophia Rosenfeld, Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
July 30 – Alison Nordt, Director Space Science & Instrumentation, Lockheed Martin
Aug 6 – Dan Drezner, Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Only with the help of supporters like you can we continue to bring such amazing speakers to our community and provide this programming free to all. Your contribution helps to support speaker travel expenses, program administration, speaker receptions, advertising, Center for the Arts rental, and small college scholarships for our interns from Crested Butte Community School. Speakers do not receive honoraria.
Please consider a sponsorship of the 2024 season at one of the following levels.
Granite: $500
Silver: $1,000
Underwriter: $2,000 and above
Contributions can be sent to the Public Policy Forum, PO Box 2256, Crested Butte, Colorado 81224, or made on this website. We are a 501(c)(3) organization, and contributions are deductible to the fullest extent provided by law.
We thank you again for your continuing support of the Forum and hope to see you in Crested Butte next summer--if not before.
Best regards,
Gabi Prochaska
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The Crested Butte Public Policy Forum is an avenue for information, not advocacy. The speakers reflect a wide range of ideologies, beliefs, and political affiliations.
The Forum is not associated with a particular political party nor does it espouse a particular political ideology.