News & Updates

October 29, 2020 Council's Higher Education Leaders Call for Federal Action on Research Fifty leaders from higher education who are members of the Council on Competitiveness, have signed a joint statement calling on Washington policy makers to provide the leadership, critical funding, and programmatic flexibility necessary to enable the nation’s colleges and universities to continue […]

Monday, September 28, 2020 Dr. Thomas Zacharia Announced Co-Chair of the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers We are thrilled to announce that Thomas Zacharia, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has become a co-chair of the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers. As the leader of the largest multidisciplinary science and […]

Thursday, July 23, 2020 The American College of Greece: Appointment of Deborah Wince Smith as Board of Trustees Vice Chair The American College of Greece is pleased to announce the appointment of Deborah Wince Smith as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees. Deborah Wince-Smith joined the Board in 2017. The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith […]

June 23, 2020   Gallup and Council on Competitiveness Co-Present Virtual Event, "Rebuilding Trust in Uncertain Times" (WASHINGTON, DC—June 22, 2020) The Council on Competitiveness, a leadership organization of CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and national lab directors working together to keep America competitive in a challenging global economy, and Gallup, a global analytics and […]

June 18, 2020 Innovation Leaders Propose Nine Pillars for Competing in the Next Economy National commission of CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders and national laboratory directors releases definitive list of priorities for advancing American innovation and competitiveness in the COVID-19 era WASHINGTON, DC, June 18, 2020 – Nearly 200 innovation leaders from every sector of […]

The Council on Competitiveness Kicks Off Year One of its National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers January 28, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC - On January 16, 2020, the Council on Competitiveness hosted at Arizona State University (ASU) a Launch Conference for its National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers. The Conference - led by Commission Co-Chairs Dr. Mehmood Khan (CEO, […]

The Council's 2019-20 annual report Making Impact features the programs, events and people that make the Council one of the premier nonpartisan policy organizations in Washington, DC.

December 18, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at the 2019 National Competitiveness Forum, the Council Board formally releases Launch, a 2020 roadmap for the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers, a multi-year flagship initiative to define a new path for productivity, prosperity and innovation for all.

COUNCIL HOSTS LAUNCH EVENT OF NEW NATIONAL COMMISSION    On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, the Council formally launched the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers, a multi-year flagship initiative to define a new path for productivity,  prosperity and innovation for all. More than 30 CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders and national laboratory directors – […]

2018 was a memorable year for the Council on Competitiveness (Council)—for recognition of our significant impacts on American public policy, for leadership transitions, and for the emergence of several major, new initiatives that will shape our agenda in 2019 and for years to come. Read the Report