Aspen Ideas Festival

Peter Edelman is a professor of law at Georgetown Law Center. On the faculty since 1982, he has also served in all three branches of government. During President Clinton’s first term, he was counselor to health and human services secretary Donna Shalala and then assistant secretary... Read More →

Anne Mosle is executive director of Ascend at the Aspen Institute. Ascend is a hub for breakthrough ideas and proven strategies that move parents, especially women, and their children beyond poverty. Mosle most recently served as a vice president and officer of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation... Read More →

Paul Tough is the author of How Children Succeed: Rethinking Character and Intelligence, to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in September. His first book, Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America, was published in 2008. He has written about... Read More →