Please join us for PBLN’s 3rd Annual Washington, DC Summit Business Leadership and Public Policy: "Inventing a More Sustainable Economy" Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Washington, DC Together we have begun to move this timely idea of a progressive business leaders network to the next level of action; but we are just beginning.  Our next major opportunity is the incomparable, energizing and third annual PBLN Washington Summit. We will gather on Capitol Hill May 11th for a day unlike any other you may have had in Washington. Join 100 CEOs and other top business leaders for dynamic, interactive sessions with top Congressional and Obama Administration leaders and senior White House staff. PBLN is excited to release a draft agenda with the basic outline of the program. The PBLN Working Groups will convene around the issues they have been working on over the past year, and push into new areas as well. Healthcare, Energy, Jobs and Economic Development, Education - all of the issues that go into our theme: "Inventing a More Sustainable Economy." We believe that these issues will continue to dominate the public policy agenda and solutions must be found in these key areas to keep America competitive and address crisis level challenges at the same time. We have confirmed a session with senior White House policy advisors Jared Bernstein and Terrell McSweeny. And we are confirming the most dynamic roster of speakers we have ever invited including Senators Scott Brown and John Kerry of Massachusetts, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine. We have invited Small Business Association Administrator Karen Mills, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as well as Massachusetts Congressman Mike Capuano, who has sponsored us to meet for much of the day in the brand new Capitol Visitor Center conference facility in the US Capitol; and also Members of Congress Barney Frank, Ed Markey, Niki Tsongas, and Richard Neal. In addition, we will be joined by experts we have invited from The Progressive Policy Institute, the Center for American Progress, American Prospect, and the Washington Post. To reserve your spot in this space-limited event, register today    Lodgings: Information about a limited number of discounted hotel rooms at the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel is available here. Progressive Business Leaders Network Leadership President: Thomas D. Dretler, President & CEO, Eduventures, Inc. Executive Director: Andrew H. Tarsy Vice President: Beverly A. Armstrong, General Counsel & CCO, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. General Counsel: Thomas R. Burton, III, Member, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC Treasurer: David S. Gasson, Vice President & Director of Corporate Communications, Boston Capital Corporation Secretary: Tim Kirk, Senior Director - Financial Services, Vertica Systems Policy Advisor: Chris Pinney, Director of Research and Policy, The Center for Corporate Citizenship, Carroll School of Management, Boston College PBLN Honorary Co-Chairs James Roosevelt Jr., President & CEO, Tufts Health Plan Steve Grossman, President & CEO, Grossman Marketing Group PBLN Co-Chairs Dr. Joshua Boger, Founder & CEO (retired), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Jeffrey J. Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners Chris Gabrieli, Chairman, Massachusetts 2020 Board of Directors David Belluck, Managing Partner, Riverside Partners LLC James F. Boyle, President & CEO, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. Robert Crowe, Co-Managing Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Thomas D. Dretler, President & CEO, Eduventures, Inc. Philip J. Edmundson, Chairman & CEO, William Gallagher Associates, Inc. Mark Shirman, President & CEO, Glasshouse Technologies Paul Egerman, Co-founder and former CEO, eScription, Inc. Norman W. Gorin, Managing Principal & CFO, Analysis Group, Inc. Diane Hessan, President & CEO, Communispace Corporation Janet Kraus, CEO, Spire Company Associates, Inc. Sandy Lish, Founder & Principal, The Castle Group, Inc. Jack Manning, President & CEO, Boston Capital Corporation Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor, Harvard Business School Paul Sagan, President & CEO, Akamai Technologies Andrea C. Silbert, President, Eos Foundation Kirk A. Sykes, Senior Vice President, New Boston Fund, Inc., & President, Urban Strategy America Fund, L.P. Mitchell G. Tyson, CEO & Director, Advanced Electron Beams

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Diane Hessan, President & CEO - Communispace
According to Advertising Age Communispace is one of the fastest growing marketing and technology companies in the country, with a Blue Chip client list that would make a Madison Avenue giant jealous. A pioneer in creating online communities to help marketers deeply engage customers, Diane helped found Communispace in 1999 and hasn't looked back.