Aspen Institute

Aspen Institute (1949; Washington + 13 local offices; 160+ staff; aspeninstitute.org)

A nonpartisan forum for values-based leadership and the exchange of ideas with the mission “to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute has campuses in Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It offers “nonpartisan thought leaders, creatives, scholars and members of the public to address some of the world’s most complex problems.”

Issues:

• Business & Society
• Communications & Culture
• Education
• Energy & Environment
• Health & Sport
• Justice & Civic Identity
• Opportunity & Development
• Philanthropy & Social Enterprise
• Security & Global Affairs

Publications:

• An extensive library of reports, magazines, papers, etc.
• Ideas magazine
• HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Supply and Demand in a Time of Changing Geopolitics and a Changing Climate (January 2019)
  • Technology and National Security: Maintaining America’s Edge (Feb. 2019)

Leadership: Dan Porterfield (President, CEO)
Budget: ~$135m (2017)