The Keystone Center Leadership
Awards Dinner 2004

June 2, 2004
Union Station, East Hall,
Washington, D.C.

Master of Ceremonies

Cokie Roberts

Awardees

Leadership in Industry
Ralph Peterson, President, Chairman and CEO, CH2M Hill Companies

An inspirational leader who has been with CH2M HILL for 40 years, Ralph Peterson has worked to shape the company whose mission is to "Build a Better World." CH2M HILL performs work globally in such diverse areas as water treatment, environmental cleanup, transportation, and energy and industrial services. Mr. Peterson embraces the global and human context of his decisions as a leader, and as an outspoken voice shaping policy on wide-ranging issues.

Leadership in Government
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye

Presented by Senator Ted Stevens

Elected as Hawaii's first U.S. Congressman in 1959, Senator Inouye is currently serving his seventh consecutive Senatorial term and is the fourth most senior member of the U.S. Senate. Inouye was a World War II hero who led the legendary 442nd Regimental Combat Team of Nisei, which led to the loss of his right arm in a grenade explosion. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2000. He has fought for improved education and health care for all children, additional jobs for Hawaii's economy, affordable housing, and the protection of America's natural resources.

Leadership in Environment
Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute

Mr. Lash, who leads WRI, an independent organization that provides solutions to global problems of environment and development, served from 1993 until 1999 as co-chair of the President's Council on Sustainable Development - a group of government, business, labor, civil rights, and environmental leaders that developed visionary recommendations for national strategies to promote sustainable development. He is widely respected within the environmental community for his extensive experience and dedication to the promotion of global environmental health.

Presented by Paul V. Tebo, Vice President, Environment Healthy & Safety, DuPont

Leadership in Education
Daniel Ritchie, Chancellor, University of Denver

Chancellor since 1989, Daniel Ritchie has been involved with the University of Denver for more than 20 years and is a steadfast activist in the areas of education policy, education financing, and the future of higher education. Prominent in the Denver civic and cultural community, Ritchie has proved to be a tireless advocate for the University, instrumental in bringing major gifts to DU and devoting a record-setting chunk of his own personal resources to improving the campus and its programs.

The Keystone Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1975 to ensure that present and future generations approach environmental and scientific dilemmas and disagreements creatively and proactively. The Keystone Center's mission today is to equip citizens with deliberative frameworks, democratic processes, analytical information, and critical-thinking skills to navigate tough problems and develop solutions. The Keystone Center positions itself to improve decisions about long-term issues by helping students learn, teachers teach and thought-leaders and decision-makers effectively address technically complex, politically uncertain situations.

The Keystone Center is headquartered in Keystone, Colorado, with an office in Washington, D.C. Contributions to the 2003 Keystone Awards Dinner are tax deductible as to the extent allowed under law.

Tables - $10,000/Tickets - $1,000

For additional information please contact:
Christine Scanlan, The Keystone Center
(970) 513-5800

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