Subject: May 6th Hewlett-Sponsored Conference at Stanford
From: David Hayes <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 21:11:54 -0500

John:

Great job at the David/Tamera fundraiser today!

I am spending most of my time these days on a major project that I am doing
at Stanford for the Hewlett Foundation.  The project focuses on "Setting
the Climate Agenda for our Next President."  It is bipartisan in nature,
and will address both substantive policy-setting and administrative
questions of how best to mobilize the federal gov't for the complicated
task of executing on cross-cutting climate change policies.  (I realize, of
course, that there's some surreality to all of this, given the views on the
Republican candidate side toward climate change.  We're moving forward on
the theoretical proposition that if an R wins, he'll need to confront the
issue then, even if he doesn't address it during the campaign.)

We're inviting former Governor Jennifer Granholm and former Governor
Christy Whitman to open up the event with their observations of how the
next President might/could/should address climate change, from a
POTUS/chief executive-type perspective.  *We would like to follow that with
a discussion with you and Josh Bolten -- as former Chiefs of Staff of the
President -- commenting on the organizational challenges of effectively
addressing complex, multi-agency and federal/state implementation issues
like climate change (and -- if you'd like -- on some of the substantive
challenges as well).  *Larry Kramer, whom you know from your ClimateWorks
Board involvement is looking forward to serving as an interlocutor for a
lively discussion with you and Josh on this subject.

I have attached a draft of the full agenda for the day.  It is going to be
a very important and timely conference.

John, I hope that you can come to Stanford on Friday, May 6th to do this.
Can I twist your arm?

Thanks.

David

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