Steve Forbes
Chairman and CEO of Forbes Inc.

Steve Forbes is chairman and chief executive officer of Forbes Inc. and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine. Under his leadership, the company has launched a variety of new publications and businesses, including ForbesLife, ForbesLife Executive Woman, Forbes Asia; and Forbes licensee editions published in China, Croatia, India, Israel, Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Turkey. The company also publishes a number of investment newsletters. Another division of the company is Forbes Investors Advisory Institute.

In 1996, Forbes entered the new media arena with the launch of Forbes.com, which has become a leading destination site for senior business decision-makers and investors. Forbes also launched ForbesAutos.com and ForbesTraveler.com.

Other company divisions include Forbes Conference Group, Forbes Investors Advisory Institute, and Investopedia.com. The company’s flagship publication, Forbes, is a leading business magazine, with a circulation of more than 900,000. The combined audience of Forbes' magazines is over five million readers.

Mr. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of "Fact and Comment." As an economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times. The prize was formerly given by US Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate.

In both 1996 and 2000, Mr. Forbes campaigned for the Republican nomination for the presidency. Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense. Mr. Forbes continues to energetically promote this agenda.

Mr. Forbes is the author of Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS (Regnery, 2005) and A New Birth of Freedom (Regnery, 1999).

In 1985, President Reagan named Mr. Forbes chairman of the bipartisan Board for International Broadcasting (BIB), where he oversaw the operation of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and was reappointed by President George H. W. Bush, serving until 1993.

He received a BA in history from Princeton in 1970. There he was the founding editor of Business Today, which became the country's largest magazine published by students for students, and it continues to be published today by Princeton undergraduates.

Mr. Forbes serves on the boards of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, and The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Plus he's on the Board of Overseers of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Board of Visitors for the School of Public Policy of Pepperdine University, and the Board of Trustees of Princeton University.

Donald F. Lavanty, J.D.
DTA's Legislative Counsel

Donald F. Lavanty, J.D. is DTA's legislative counsel on healthcare, with a wealth of federal policy and political experience and health care law and policy is his academic area of research.

As a tenured Professor at the School of Business Administration, Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, he instructs for the Graduate Programs in Legal Administration and Health Care Management and Policy. He teaches graduate courses in law and for the Health Care Management program. In addition, he serves on the University's Institutional Review, Planning, and the Honors and Awards committees.

He also serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Naval School of Health Sciences, Department of the Navy, Bethesda, Maryland, instructing on the Political Aspects of Health Care. Prior to joining Marymount University, he worked as a lecturer at Montgomery College.

He recently made a presentation on the "Political Aspects of Health Care" to the Naval School of Health Sciences. In addition, he was a presenter on "Health Care Issues before the 106th Congress" at the Washington Intelligence Reports on National Health Care forum, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology

Mr. Lavanty is a seasoned advocate, having represented more than a dozen organizations, including the American College of Radiology; Glossco Free Trade N.V. Compliance Program (Country of Aruba); the American Optometric Association; American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science; The Federation of American Indians; The American Trucking Association; Daylin Industries; The BDM Corporation; and The Chalista Corporation.

Mr. Lavanty previously served as the Legislative Counsel for the American Hospital Association and Associate Director of the American Optometric Association. While earning his B.A. and J.D. degrees from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., he served on the U.S. Capitol Police Force. After law school, Mr. Lavanty served during the Vietnam Conflict in the United States Marine Corp, 1st Marine Brigade Legal Office, where he was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal. He has been published in the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care and the American Association for Advancement of Science.

Prof. Lavanty holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Business from The George Washington University. He received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

Terry Jones
Founder of Travelocity.com, Chairman of Kayak.com and e-Commerce Pioneer

Terry Jones is on the cutting edge of innovation and change. As founder of Travelocity.com, chairman of Kayak.com, and Chief Information Officer at American Airlines/Sabre, Jones has a proven track record of leading companies whose innovations have changed an industry. For the last five years through his consulting practice, as a board member and as a venture capitalist, Jones has been helping companies use the tools and techniques he’s developed to keep up with this rapidly changing world.

As Jones has worked in small startups and the corporate world he has a unique perspective on innovation and can offer audiences real world examples of how to create a culture of innovation in their companies.

A lively, humorous and entertaining speaker, Jones always does the research necessary to customize his presentations. Jones’ credentials have breadth and depth. In the 70s Jones helped create one the of the fastest growing business travel companies ever formed. In the 80s and 90s Jones led product development, programming and operations at American Airlines SABRE, the computer system that became a Harvard case study on automating your customers. Then in 1996 he founded Travelocity.com and took it from a team of 10 to a multi billion dollar public company. But he didn’t stop there; after leaving Travelocity he became chairman of Kayak.com, a completely different travel site that in three years is the size of Priceline.

A graduate of Denison University, Jones entered the business world in 1971 as a travel agent. Today he serves as principal of Essential Ideas, a company he founded to help companies in the transition to the digital economy. He is chairman of Kayak.com and serves on the boards of Rearden Commerce, Smart Destinations and EarthLink. He is a special venture partner at General Catalyst Partners and serves on the boards of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and the Technical Advisory Committee of the Boy Scouts of America.

Stuart Varney
Business and Financial Journalist for FOX News

Charismatic, articulate, and candid, Stuart Varney wins rave reviews from audiences, and is credited with changing the way that television reports on financial and economic news worldwide. A Fox News Channel anchor, he joined the Fox Business Network as an anchor in October, 2007, where he is the host of the daily morning show, Varney & Company. Formerly the host of CNBC’s broadcast of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board with Stuart Varney and co-host of CNN’s MoneyLine News Hour from 1999 to 2001, Varney joined the Fox News network in December 2003 as a contributor to a variety of shows, including Your World with Neil Cavuto, Bulls & Bears, and Forbes on Fox. He is also notably a founding member of CNN’s award-winning business team, and former host of both Business Day and Business Asia. He joined CNN upon its founding in 1980.

An economist educated at the London School of Economics, Varney is uniquely qualified to address the rapidly shifting domestic and global economic trends, and the implications for business, institutional investors, and individuals. His coverage and analysis of the stock market crash of 1987 earned him a Peabody Award for excellence in journalism.

For business to prosper, it must address economic issues impacting its ability to compete. Stuart Varney cuts through the jargon to make complex economic issues accessible and interesting for any audience.

No discussion about the economy is complete without consideration of the political climate and the economic agenda of the current administration. Varney’s frank assessment of worldwide politics as it relates to economic trends, opportunities, and hazards is fresh, insightful, and comprehensive.

Varney’s experience and knowledge enable him to tailor his remarks to address those economic issues most relevant to his audience. From global economic uncertainty to tax policy to the Federal Reserve, Varney will enlighten, engage, and motivate. His presentations continually evolve with the dynamic economic climate, keeping you abreast and ahead of the headlines.

John Moore
Marketing Mastermind From Starbucks and Whole Foods

John Moore is a true marketing expert. Intimately involved with Starbucks' epic growth from a single coffee shop to a global icon, Moore has helped transform the way businesses look at marketing and branding. His book, TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE, shares actionable insights into how a business can follow the Starbucks blueprint to building an endearing and enduring business. He continued his out-of-the-box marketing mastery as the director of national marketing for Whole Foods Market.

Today Moore leads Brand Autopsy, a marketing firm which consults with businesses aspiring to become a beloved brand like Starbucks and Whole Foods, and he also serves as a consultant for Chicago's Word of Mouth Marketing Association.

His latest book, Tough Love, is a "business screenplay," revealing his business breakout lessons and thought-provoking advice in an entertaining, innovative format. A believer that passion and sense of purpose fuel successful brand messages, John Moore brings an excitement and sense of innovation to audiences, creating new ideas and spurring on business and brand advancement.