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Woodward on Washington: An Economic, Public Policy, and Political Outlook
Opening General Session
August 12 | 9:30 AM
Joan Woodward, Prior to her current role, Woodward worked
Executive Vice at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for ten years, where
President of she was the founding Executive Director of the
Public Policy company’s Global Markets Institute, the firm’s
at Travelers, international public policy and institutional
will offer INA investor educational platform. She also served
attendees an as Founding Director of Washington Equity
update on and Bond Research for Goldman Sachs’ Global
economic Investment Research where Institutional
outlook and Investor magazine recognized her as a top
public policy Washington analyst for investors.
issues facing the Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Woodward
new President and Congress. COVID-19 has worked on Capitol Hill for 12 years, as
driven interest rates to historic lows coupled Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Senate
with high unemployment – what will all of this Finance Committee working for Chairman
mean for your business? Joan will also speak Bill Roth, where she was instrumental in
to her outlook for the 2022 election cycle and creating the Roth IRA. She also was the
what it might mean for tax and trade policy Chief Economist for the Senate Governmental
changes, infrastructure reform, financial Affairs Committee and the U.S. House Budget
services policy, and many other issues. Committee under Chairman John Kasich.
As President of the Travelers Institute, Joan will She serves on the Board of Directors of
provide the group with a preview of emerging the United States Chamber of Commerce
projects including cybersecurity, ESG issues, Foundation, is Vice Chairman of the Board
disaster preparedness, and the outlook for of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, and a
autonomous vehicle technology. member of the President’s National Small and
★★★★ Medium Enterprise (SME) Export Council.
Joan K. Woodward is Executive Vice Reactions Magazine named her to the Top
50 Women in Insurance, and in 2016, she
President of Public Policy for Travelers was named to the Hot 100 in Insurance list
and President of The Travelers by Insurance Business America Magazine. In
Institute. She is a member of the company’s 2017, she received the 2017 Power Women’s
Management Committee, Operating Leadership Award by NY Moves magazine.
Committee, Environmental, Social, and
Governance (ESG) Committee, and also serves Woodward holds bachelor’s degrees in
on The Diversity Council, and the Travelers economics and political science and a master’s
Foundation Board. degree from The American University. She also
Woodward joined Travelers in 2008 from studied at the University of London.
Goldman Sachs to establish The Travelers
Institute as the company’s thought leadership
and public policy platform.
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