Please join the Consensus for Development Reform for our first annual International Symposium with Special Guest Ed Royce, focusing on bipartisan soft power leadership, and positive reforms to optimize U.S. foreign assistance programs.
The event will bring together Republican and Democratic leaders from Congress and the Executive Branch to lay out a vision for how the U.S. Government can best design and implement assistance programs that empower our partners and that advance U.S. national interests while maintaining America’s unique leadership role in the world.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
North Congressional Meeting Room (CVC 268)
9:00-12:00pm
Featured Speakers
Ed Royce, Former House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman
Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA-39) Chair, House East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA-06) Ranking Member, House East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) Chair, House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA-48) Vice Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) Ranking Member, National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee
Chris Stewart, Former Member of Congress Utah’s 2nd District, 2013-2023
Event Schedule
8:30am · Breakfast Reception
Congressman Mike Lawler
9:00am · Introductory and Congressional Remarks
Former Congressman Ed Royce
Congressman Darrell Issa
Congressman Ami Bera
9:20am · Panel 1: US Leadership in Combating Global Food Insecurity and Child Malnutrition
Former Congressman Chris Stewart, Former Member of Congress for Utah’s 2nd District
Mark Moore, CEO, MANA Nutrition
Amit Paley, Executive Director, Malnutrition Advocacy Fund and Senior Advisor, Eleanor Crook Foundation
10:00am · Congressional Remarks
Congresswoman Lois Frankel
10:30am · Panel 2: Optimizing US Foreign Assistance through Increased Cost Effectiveness and Innovation
Dean Karlan, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance, Northwestern University and Former USAID Chief Economist
Alex Cohen, Principal Researcher, GiveWell
Alix Peterson Zwane, Director of Research and Engagement Strategy, Duke University Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
11:10am · Fireside Chat: US-Korea Cooperation in International Development
Congresswoman Young Kim
Former Congressman Ed Royce
The Consensus for Development Reform brings together leading policy makers and private sector voices for reforming and improving the United States’ approach to global development. CDR starts from the premise that effective development assistance is vital to our security and prosperity in a world full of challenges that defy military and diplomatic solutions alone, but that our development dollars can be spent more effectively and should achieve greater impact.
