Go West: California and Global Policy Leadership

June 22, 2023

7:00 PM—8:30 PM EDT (UTC-4)

San Francisco, CA and Live Online

On June 22, 2023, Carnegie celebrated the launch of Carnegie California, the new West Coast outpost of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The special event featured an enriching discussion on the climate crisis at a moment of geopolitical upheaval, how California can model resilience for the wider world, and the complicating implications of the shifting global order.

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Eleni Kounalakis
Lieutenant Governor of California
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Wally Adeyemo
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
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Francis Fukuyama
Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow, Stanford University

Victoria Salinas
Senior Official Performing the Duties of
Deputy Administrator for Resilience, FEMA

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Former Justice of the Supreme Court of California

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Wally Adeyemo
Wally Adeyemo is the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Adeyemo has taken a leading role in Treasury’s national security, economic inequality, and pandemic-related economic recovery work, while supporting the Secretary in driving the Department’s fundamental mission: promoting economic growth and ensuring the financial security of the United States.
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar is the tenth president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A former justice of the Supreme Court of California, he served two U.S. presidents at the White House and in federal agencies, and was a faculty member at Stanford University for two decades.
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where his research focuses on democratization and international political economy.
Ian Klaus
Ian Klaus is the founding director of Carnegie California. He is a leading scholar on the nexus of urbanization, geopolitics, and global challenges, with extensive experience as a practitioner of subnational diplomacy.
Eleni Kounalakis
Eleni Kounalakis is the 50th Lieutenant Governor of California. In addition to her duties as Lt. Governor, Kounalakis is California’s representative for international affairs and trade. From 2010 to 2013, Kounalakis served as President Barack Obama’s ambassador to the Republic of Hungary.
Victoria Salinas
Victoria Salinas leads Resilience at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration, she’s focused on accelerating all-hazards resilience in the nation’s most underserved communities. Salinas served as the Chief Resilience Officer and Deputy City Administrator for the City of Oakland, California, where she led planning, policy, and legislative efforts to address climate, disaster, and socio-economic vulnerability.

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