David B. Smith is the executive director of the National Conference on Citizenship, which promotes civic engagement, community service, and greater political participation. Before participating in a panel in Palo Alto on government and technology, he talked a little trash about Stanford and revealed that his sights are set on entrepreneurship and social change in the next decade.
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Stanford University senior Dakin Sloss is executive director of California Common Sense, a Stanford-based nonprofit that works toward using technology to build a more transparent and efficient state government. Before participating in a panel on e-government’s future, he copped to being a romantic, and an admirer of Roger Federer, Aristotle, and Steve Jobs. …
Director William Friedkin’s movies include The Exorcist and To Live and Die in L.A. Before participating in a panel on how film has shaped global views of Los Angeles, he talked about the autobiography he’s writing in an office no one is allowed to enter (on pain of death), and what to do in a zombie apocalypse. …
Tim Bonnemann is the founder, president, and CEO of Intellitics, Inc., a participation startup in San Jose. Before participating in a panel on the future of online government, he told us that he doesn’t have any childhood heroes because he’s German, but he would like to have a beer with former chancellor Helmut Schmitt. …
Essayist and critic Richard Rodriguez is the author of Brown, Hunger of Memory, and Days of Obligation. Before participating in a panel on the past and future of L.A.’s global image—on which he was the only person to wear a tie, as he pointed out in the green room—he offered his thoughts on writing, the city, and celebrity sightings.
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