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October 12-14 Forum Speakers

SVIA's October Forum, "Providing Retirement Security in Turbulent Times: Surviving Regulatory Challenges and Thriving Amid Rising Rates," will look at the trends that are causing this uncertainty and provide ideas to help you to survive and thrive. To date, SVIA has lined up four nationally recognized speakers listed below to give you their insights on the issues that are shaping our times. Check www.stablevalue.org for additions to this great line-up and remember to register before the close of August to take advantage of SVIA's early-bird registration.

Paul McCulley is a Managing Director, generalist portfolio manager, member of the investment committee and head of PIMCO's Short-Term Desk. He also leads PIMCO's Cyclical Economic Forum and is author of the monthly research publication Fed Focus. Mr. McCulley joined the firm in 1999, previously serving as Chief Economist for the Americas for UBS Warburg. During 1996-98, he was named to six seats on the Institutional Investor All-America Fixed Income Research Team. He has twenty-one years of investment experience and holds a bachelor's degree from Grinnell College and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Sandy Berger served as national security advisor to President Clinton. In that capacity, he was pivotal in shaping America's role in a new global era - from the fight against terrorism to dealing with Iraq, from directing the war in Kosovo to driving the peace process in the Middle East and building our relations with China. Mr. Berger has had a distinguished career in both the public and private sectors. Prior to his service in the Clinton Administration, Mr. Berger spent 16 years in the Washington law firm of Hogan & Hartson, where he headed the firm's international group. Earlier, Mr. Berger served as special assistant to former New York City Mayor John Lindsay, legislative assistant to former United States Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa and to Congressman Joseph Resnick of New York. Mr. Berger also served as deputy director of the policy planning staff, United States Department of State under Secretary Cyrus Vance from 1977 to 1980.

Stan Greenberg is "widely considered the father of modern polling techniques," reports the London Times while Esquire voted Greenberg one of the top twenty-one innovators, creators and thinkers of the 21st century. As the Chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, he provides strategic advice and research for companies, organizations and campaigns trying to advance their issues amid shifting social currents. He has served as polling advisor to President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada of Bolivia and their national campaigns. Greenberg is author of the new book, The Two Americas: Our Current Political Deadlock and How to Break it, which has been described by James Carville as "the most important book on American politics in my memory ... maybe since 1960, The Making of the President," Greenberg is also the author of Middle Class Dreams.

William Kristol is editor of the influential Washington-based political magazine, The Weekly Standard. Widely recognized as one of the nation's leading political analysts and commentators, Mr. Kristol regularly appears on FOX News Sunday and FOX News Channel. Named The Hottest Pundit in Town by Washingtonian magazine, he has pushed forward the debate on American foreign policy since September 11th and continues to drive the conversation as co-author of NY Times' best seller War Over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission. Before starting The Weekly Standard in 1995, Mr. Kristol led the Project for the Republican Future, where he helped shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican Congressional victory. Prior to that, Mr. Kristol served as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle during the Bush Administration; and to Secretary of Education William Bennett under President Reagan.

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