The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center

for Public Policy and the Social Sciences

2012 Spring Term Public Program

April 19, 2012

5:15-6:30 pm

Room 003, Rockefeller Center

The Portman Lecture in the Spirit of Entrepreneurship

 “Entrepreneurship and the Future of the Global Economy”

Carl J. Schramm

President, Schramm & Co.

Bush Fellow, George W. Bush Institute

Visiting Scientist, MIT

Speaker Bio:

Carl J. Schramm is recognized internationally as a leading authority on entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth. For 10 years, he served as President of the Kauffman Foundation, an international organization dedicated to the development of high-growth firms and understanding the role they play in economic growth. Under his leadership Kauffman became the largest private funder of economic research related to growth and innovation. Schramm co-founded the Obama Administration's Startup America Partnership. He chaired the U.S. Department of Commerce Committee on Measuring Innovation during the Bush Administration. He advises government leaders worldwide on economic growth, including service on the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council chaired by the Prime Minister of Singapore.

The Portman Lecture in the Spirit of Entrepreneurship

The Portman Entrepreneurial Leadership Fund was established in 2004 by William C. Portman  '45 Tu'47, together with Robert J. Portman '78, William C. Portman III Tu'81, and Virginia Portman Amis. The fund is designed to "...foster an understanding and appreciation of small business development, entrepreneurial activity and risk-taking, and the role that public policy plays in shaping its course." Income from the fund provides the Director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College with a flexible resource to support the Portman Lectures in the Spirit of Entrepreneurship, and other related initiatives, such as conferences, workshops, or internships for undergraduates.