AIAC AT THE YALE MAYORS COLLEGE AND THE YALE CEO CAUCUS
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March 5-6, 2024 – Washington, DC - American Industrial Acquisition Corporation Chairman L. M. Levie participated in the Yale School of Management’s Yale Mayors College and Yale CEO Caucus, which took place in a conference facility near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The program was led by Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, the Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at the Yale School of Management and Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies. Dr. Sonnenfeld is founder and CEO of the Chief Executive Leadership Institute.
The Yale Mayors College and CEO Caucus is an annual event that convenes mayors, domestic and foreign government leaders, and CEOs of multinational companies, for candid, off the record discussions on the most pressing global issues. The March 2024 Program was entitled “The Secondary Business Effects of the Primary Election Season: Lessons on Guiding Investor, Workforce, Customer, and Community Harmony.”
Topics covered during the Program included the wars in the Ukraine and Gaza, China-Taiwan tensions, domestic political violence, industrial turnaround investing, economic development in US cities, venture capital, artificial intelligence, investor activism, artificial Intelligence, cyber threats to municipalities and corporations, election worker safety, and climate change.
The Yale Mayors College included mayors from large, medium, and small US cities, and senior officials from the White House, FBI, and the Federal Judiciary.
Yale CEO Caucus participants included the following:
Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to President Biden
Richard Blumenthal, US Senator, State of Connecticut
Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Ambassador to the US
His Excellency Absulla Al Khalidf, Bahraini Ambassador to the US
Dennis Ross, Former Special Envoy to the Middle East
Judy Marks, Chair, President and CEO, Otis Elevator Company
Joseph Ucuzoglu, CEO, Deloitte Global
John Doyle, President and CEO, March & McLennan
Greg Brown, Chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions
Maria Black, President and CEO, ADP
Blake Moret, Chairman and CEO, Rockwell Automation
Chris Cooks, CEO, Hasbro
Farooq Kathwari, Chair, President and CEO of Ethan Allen
Harold Yoh, Chair and CEO, Day & Zimmerman
Doug Parker, Former Chair and CEO, American Airlines
Eamon Javers, Senior Washington Correspondent, CNBC
Dr. Joel N. Myers, Founder & Executive Chairman, AccuWeather
Alan Patricof, Chairman and Co-Founder, Primetime Partners
Olivia Troye, Former Homeland Security Advisor, The White House
Christopher Shays, Member of Congress (1987-2009), State of Connecticut
Lally Weymout, Senior Associate Editor, The Washington Post
Matt Kaminski, Editor at Large, Politico
Dan Raviv, Senior Washington Correspondent, i24 News
Mike Sievert, CEO, T-Mobile
Peter Orzag, CEO, Lazard
Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution, Co-Founder, AOL
Carolyn Everson, Director, Disney, Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
Alan Slatas, Managing Director, AlixParners
Tom Wilson, CEO, Allstate
Tom Rogers, Founder, MSNBC and CNBC
Grover Norquest, President, Americans for Tax Reform
Ben Ginsberg, Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Election Administration
Stephen Greyser, Professor, Harvard Business School
Sandy Climan, President, Entertainment Media Ventures
Geoff Colvin, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune
Laxman Narasimhan, CEO, Starbucks
Marc Benioff, Founder and CEO, Salesforce
At the conclusion of the two-day program, Mike Sievert, President and CEO of T-Mobile, was presented with the Yale Legend in Leadership Award by Peter Orzag, CEO of Lazard, Laxman Narasimhan, CEO of Starbucks, and Marc Benioff, Founder and CEO of Salesforce. Professor Sonnenfeld commented, “As CEO of T-Mobile, Mike has led one of the greatest and most unprecedented business transformation sagas of any current CEO.”
Mr. Levie observed, “This year’s award winner, Mike Sievert, has achieved astonishing operational and financial results for his company, T-Mobile. He attained industry leadership for T-Mobile by passionately and strategically focusing on delivering for customers, employees, and communities, as well as shareholders. The case study of T-Mobile’s growth under Mike Sievert will be studied for years.”
He added, “Professor Sonnenfeld’s extraordinary talents as a bridge builder between the highest ranks of government and business, and a facilitator of uncomfortable discussions among such leaders, was on full display at this year’s Yale Mayors College and Yale CEO Caucus. The US and the world need to engage in constructive dialogue now more than at any prior time in recent memory.”
Following the conclusion of the formal event, Mr. Levie privately dined with Amazon Government Relations Director and fellow Trilateral Commission Member Adam Falkoff, then joined with former White House Senior Advisor Olivia Troye and officers and associates of the Yale School of Management Chief Executive Leadership Institute.
About AIAC
American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) is a diversified industrial group with manufacturing and distribution sites in 24 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. AIAC has acquired and grown non-core subsidiaries and divisions of Boeing, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Johnson Controls, Merck, Pfizer, Astellas, Visteon, Carlyle, Ahlstrom, Tolko, Groupe Suez, Groupe Rexel, and many other leading multinational corporations.
AIAC Corporation manufacturing companies serve companies and governmental entities worldwide in all major sectors, including aviation, space, defense, automotive, truck, rail, marine, petrochemical, solar, nuclear, food, confectionary, beverage, civil engineering and infrastructure, commercial construction, mining, dredging, disaster relief, education, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. AIAC companies manufacture materials, components, assemblies, packaging, equipment, and finished products. In addition, AIAC companies are exclusive, authorized distributors of leading branded industrial materials, products, and equipment throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
Of note, AIAC purchased Boeing Canada in 2005, and has produced over 10,000 unique components for every Boeing jet plane ever since, reliably serving Boeing from manufacturing facilities in North America. A leader in ultra high precision jet engine component manufacturing, AIAC companies also produce 2,200 fan blades and blisks for each jet engine produced by GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, and Honeywell. AIAC companies produce the critical automotive wire and cable for Tesla, GM, Ford, Chrysler-Fiat, Toyota, and Nissan. In connection with its paper manufacturing interests, AIAC controls and sustainably manages 22 million acres of Manitoba, Canada forestland, an area equivalent in size to the nation of Hungary.
About AIAC Philanthropy
AIAC and the AIAC Foundation support a wide range of nonprofit, nonsectarian, bipartisan organizations which promote international conflict resolution, disaster relief, economic development, and environmental sustainability. These nonprofit organizations include the following: the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation Inc., the Asia Society, the Atlantic Council, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates Philanthropy Partners, the Bretton Woods Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carter Center, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the Explorers Club, the Foreign Policy Association, the Institut Française des Relations Internationales, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Crisis Group, the International Rescue Committee, the Japan Society, the JFK School of Government of Harvard University, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the Sierra Club, and the Trilateral Commission, among others.
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