Center for American Progress

ADVISORY: How Pension Funds and Unions Can Help Modernize American Infrastructure
Press Advisory

ADVISORY: How Pension Funds and Unions Can Help Modernize American Infrastructure

Washington D.C. – The infrastructure that American citizens and businesses rely on needs to be upgraded and revitalized, from the roads, bridges, and ports that bring goods to market to the many water systems that provide safe and sanitary drinking water to millions of homes. Pension funds offer a source of capital that can help rebuild these essential assets in exchange for predictable returns that will provide Americans with a safe retirement. Please join the Center for American Progress for introductory remarks by Ed Smith, president and chief executive officer of Ullico Inc., and a panel discussion on the challenges and benefits of infrastructure investments for pension funds.

As part of this event, the Center for American Progress will release findings from a report on the challenges that pension funds face when investing in infrastructure and the federal policies that can encourage additional investment, as well as an issue brief on the intersection of organized labor and infrastructure investment.

WHO:

Introductory remarks:
Ed Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ullico Inc.

Distinguished panelists:
Sonia M. Axter, Managing Director, Infrastructure Investments, Ullico Investment Company
Larry Beeferman, Project Director, Pensions & Capital Stewardship Project, Harvard Law School
Brian Clarke, Executive Director, Industry Funds Management, LLC
Dan Pedrotty, Co-Director, Center for Workers’ Benefits and Capital Strategies, American Federation of Teachers

Moderated by:
Roy Kienitz, former Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation

WHEN:

March 28, 2013
10:00am ET – 11:30am ET
Coffee will be served at 9:30 a.m.

WHERE:

Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

RSVP to attend this event

For more information, contact Katie Peters at [email protected] or 202.741.6285.

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