Videos of Dan Porterfield

Leading with Creativity and Purpose: A Conversation with NGO Leaders

The challenges and opportunities of our times require creativity, agility, and purpose — from leaders and from institutions.

How Philanthropy Can Drive Change in Public Education

As members of the Giving Pledge, Melanie and Richard Lundquist have given more than $400 million over the past decade to critical causes ranging from educational opportunity to health care access to climate change mitigation.

Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 – Opening and Welcome

Aspen Ideas: Health is a three-day event, which has opened the renowned Aspen Ideas Festival since 2014, is where health’s biggest challenges meet its biggest thinkers

Global Inclusive Growth Summit 2023

President and CEO Dan Porterfield in conversation with Mayor Muriel Bowser at the Global Inclusive Growth Summit on Wednesday, April 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

CityLab 2022 Opening Remarks

President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered these remarks the second day of the CityLab conference on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 in Amsterdam.

Embracing Tensions to Build Strong Institutions: Dan Porterfield at the 2022 Resnick Aspen Action Forum

In his keynote address at the Action Forum, Dan Porterfield, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, highlighted the need for institutions to foster trust by working through essential tensions – from resolving short term versus long term problems to the balance between values-based leadership and systems change.

The Afternoon of Conversation is the Aspen Ideas Festival

This conversation was part of Aspen Ideas Festival 2022. Aspen Ideas Festival takes place on the Aspen Institute’s wondrous 40-acre campus in the Rocky Mountains from June 25-July 1, 2022.

The Path Forward for Academic Freedom in Higher Ed

The twin ideals of open inquiry and free expression are core to the mission of any great university, but those are ideals that must be fought for—both historically and in the present day.

Through the Lens of Bayer: The Aesthetic Beauty of Bauhaus Comes to Life

This conversation was part of Aspen Ideas Festival 2022. Aspen Ideas Festival takes place on the Aspen Institute’s wondrous 40-acre campus in the Rocky Mountains from June 25-July 1, 2022.