Another exciting year! The Riley Institute, created in 1999, has matured into a major force in the academic and engaged learning capacities of Furman University. With 18 programs focused on civic participation and responsibility, political leadership, and public policy discussion and analysis, the institute operates year round and is a center of programming and activity for Furman students and the citizens of South Carolina. In many ways, the “crown jewel” of the Riley Institute is our national conference, which attracts large numbers of students, as well as people from across the region.

For further information on all of the Riley Institute's events and programs, search our website.

• Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP, SAS International
• Anthony Barash, former Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Bowater   Inc. and former American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative   (ABA/CEELI) Officer in Uzbekistan
• Dr. Pieter Bottelier, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
• Carol Coletta, Host and Producer of National Public Radio's "Smart City"
• Dr. June Dreyer, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission
• Joseph J. Fins, M.D., F.A.C.P., Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• John Foarde, Congressional-Executive Commission on China
• Dr. Angela Walker Franklin, Vice Dean and Associate Vice President for Academic and Student   Affairs at the Morehouse School of Medicine
• Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Physician and Editor of The Forbes/Gottlieb Medical Technology Investor
• Noel Gould, President of Virtual Trade Mission
• Andrés Irlando, President of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
• Albert Keidel, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• George Kelemen, Campaign Manager for Medicare Rx Outreach for AARP
• Keith Laughlin, President of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
• Robert Lawrence, M.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Dr. Sonia Li, China International Institute of Multinational Corporations (Beijing)
• Bern McPheeley, CEO, Hartness International
• John Miall, Consulting Project Manager for American Pharmacist’s Association Foundation
• Claudia Muse, Executive Director of Western Carolina Well Care In Asheville, NC
• John O’Brien, Director of State Policy for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of   America (PhRMA)
• Sarah Shuptrine, Founder, President and CEO of the Southern Institute on Children and Families
• Dr. Dorothy Solinger, University of California, Professor of Political Science
• Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. First President of Morehouse School of Medicine and former Secretary   of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Clarke Thompson, South Carolina Department of Commerce
• Grace-Marie Turner, President of Galen Institute
• Dr. Fei-ling Wang, Sam Nunn School of International Relations
• Chris Ward, former Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and current President of Ward   Health Strategies.
• Knox White, Mayor, City of Greenville
• David H. Wilkins, U.S. Ambassador to Canada

Furman students attend the APEC meeting in Santiago, Chile	First Annual Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards Dinner at the Palmetto Expo Center	David Wilkins, Emerging Public Leaders Program	Anthony Barash, Fellow-in-Residence	China's Global Rise Series, panel discussion at Furman's campus
Dr. Joseph Fins, "Reflections on Schiavo"	Dr. Joseph Fins, National Health Conference	Keith Laughlin President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy	Dr. Louis Sullivan, National Health Conference	Teachers of Government '04 in Washington, DC