The 2024 Sedona Forum

• Rick Davis, Partner, Stonecourt Capital & Chair, Board of Trustees, McCain Institute
• Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute
• Senator Mark Kelly, (D-Ariz.)

• Leopoldo López, Co-Founder, World Liberty Congress
• Representative Craig Goldman, (R-T.X.)
• Senator Mark Kelly, (D-Ariz.)
Moderator:
Anthony Adragna, Congressional Defense Reporter, Punchbowl News

• Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice President, Free Russia Foundation

• Rachel Hoff, Policy Director, Ronald Reagan Institute
• Dr. Dan Twining, President, International Republican Institute
• Dr. Tamara Wittes, President, National Democratic Institute
Moderator:
Stephanie Sy, Correspondent, PBS News

Scene setter
• Michael Allen, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies

Fireside Chat
• Luke J. Lindberg, U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
• Jon Decker, White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor, Gray TV; Media Fellow, McCain Institute

• Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute

This portion of the program will not livestreamed.

Welcome remarks by Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University

Presentation of the In The Arena Award
Presentation by Jack McCain, CEO, Blue Sky
and James McCain, Director of Government Affairs, Hensley Beverage Company
Keynote Program:

• General. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, Commander, AFRICOM

In Conversation With:
• Mosheh Oinounou, Founder and President, Mo News

Conclusion:
• Rick Davis, Partner, Stonecourt Capital & Chair, Board of Trustees, McCain Institute

This portion of the program will not livestreamed.

• Michelle Shipley, Executive Director for Advancement, McCain Library and Museum, Arizona State University
• Charlie Black, Founding Chairman, Prime Policy Group
• Rob Taylor, Associate General Manager & Chief Public Affairs & Corporate Services Executive, Salt River Project
• Kelly O'Donnell, Chief Justice and National Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

• Greg Wendt, Retired Partner, Capital Group

Moderator:
Steve Duprey, Retired Partner, Capital Group

• Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute
• Rick Davis, Partner, Stonecourt Capital & Chair, Board of Trustees, McCain Institute

Presentation by Jimmy McCain, Director of Government Affairs, Hensley Beverage

• María Corina Machado, Leader of the Venezuelan Democratic Movement
• Ana Corina Sosa Machado, Chief of Staff to the President, Celonis

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• Rep. Jason Crow, United States Congressman, Colorado’s 6th District
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar, United States Senator, Minnesota
• Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, National Leader, Republic of Belarus

Moderator:
• Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute

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• Sue Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
• Sen. Mark Kelly, United States Senator, Arizona
• Frances Fragos Townsend, Former Counterterrorism & Homeland Security Advisor

Moderator:
• Shane Harris, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

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• Jeff Guldner, Former Chairman & CEO, Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
• Sec. Gina Raimondo, Former Secretary of Commerce, Former Governor of Rhode Island & Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• Ryan Tseng, Co-Founder, Shield AI

Moderator:
• Lev Gonick, Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Technology, Arizona State University

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• Sen. Cynthia Lummis, United States Senator, Wyoming
• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Former United States Senator, Arizona

Moderator:
• Eliza Collins, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

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Remarks and Introduction by Meghan Latcovich, Chief of Staff, World Food Programme

• Amb. Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme

In Conversation With:
• Kelly O’Donnell, Senior White House Correspondent, NBC News

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• Sen. Ruben Gallego, United States Senator, Arizona
• Rep. Craig Goldman, United States Congressman, Texas’ 12th District
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senator, Rhode Island

Moderator:
• Jon Decker, White House Correspondent & Senior National Editor, Gray TV & McCain Institute Media Fellow

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Introduction by Elbegdorj Tsakhia, Former President & Prime Minister, Mongolia

• Liz Economy, Hargrove Senior Fellow & Co-Chair of the Program on U.S., China, and the World, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• Chris Johnson, President & CEO, China Strategies Group
• Andrew Shearer, Director-General of National Intelligence, Office of National Intelligence, Australia

Moderator:
• Josh Rogin, Lead Global Security Analyst, Washington Post Intelligence

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• Gen. Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, Global & National Security Institute, University of South Florida
• Rep. Seth Moulton, United States Congressman, Massachusetts’ 6th District

Moderator:
• Courtney Kube, Correspondent, NBC News

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• Amb. Roger D. Carstens, John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners Distinguished Senior Fellow, McCain Institute
• Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice President, Free Russia Foundation
• Alsu Kurmasheva, Russian & American Journalist, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Moderator:
• Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, CEO, Knight Foundation

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• David Axelrod, Chief Political Analyst, CNN & Professor of Practice, Arizona State University
• Rick Davis, Partner, Stonecourt Capital & Chair, Board of Trustees, McCain Institute

Moderator:
• Major Garrett, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News

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• Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director, McCain Institute