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William Bohnett  President, Whitecap Investments  “I feel strongly that the Council is well-positioned and should make sustainability, climate change mitigation, and scaling up energy sustainability major focus of our work.”

Victor Dzau  President, National Academy of Medicine  National Commissioner, National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers  “The Council has done a spectacular job looking at innovation and competitiveness. Going forward we need to be sure that the momentum and trajectory that we have in enabling America to be competitive is maintained, if not accelerated.”

In its first face-to-face meeting since the onset of the pandemic, the Council’s Executive Committee and National Commissioners assembled at Gallup’s DC headquarters to review and critique a new concept paper for “phase 2” of the National Commission – and endorse the re-launching of the Council’s policy-generating Commission Working Group Community. In addition, meeting participants […]

Together with its Mountain West Innovation Summit co-hosts and National Commissioners Dr. Ed Seidel, President of the University of Wyoming, Mr. Greg Hill, President and COO, Hess Corporation, and Dr. John Wagner, Director of Idaho National Laboratory, the Council brought together leaders from across the country from academia, national labs and industry last week to benchmark national […]

Brian Moynihan Chair and CEO, Bank of America  Chair, Council on Competitiveness  Co-Chair, National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers  “The energy in the Council is strong under Deborah’s leadership, the constituency of the Council is the right group, and the will of the Council is right.”

Charles O. Holliday, Jr.  Chairman Emeritus, Council on Competitiveness  Chairman, Global Federation on Competitiveness Councils  National Commissioner, National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers  “The Council has this unique opportunity, because we’re labor unions, research universities, and business, to tackle some of the country’s most difficult problems.”

Steve Isakowitz President and CEO, Aerospace Corporation  National Commissioner, National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers  “You have to be purposeful, and I think the Council gives us the opportunity to be very purposeful in finding national solutions to national challenges.”

The Council reflects on the eventful summer in which the CHIPS and Science Act and Clean Energy Bill were passed. The Council sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to fully fund both initiatives. Additionally, the Council has launched the second phase of the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers including the four […]

Recent bipartisan passage of the CHIPS & Science Act was an important recognition by the Congress and President that the United Stated must invest in new knowledge and the translation of that knowledge into products, industries, and jobs. The legislation included $52 billion in emergency spending to bolster the U.S. semiconductor industry and also authorized major science […]

Dr. René Lammers Executive Vice President & Chief Science Officer, PepsiCo, Inc.  National Commissioner, National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers  “Innovation happens when you have decision makers at the table.  You have a very influential cross-functional, cross-sectoral group of people that can really drive an agenda forward.”