|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
AHMED EL-MAGHRABY
Egypt's Minister of Tourism
The King Tut exhibit will draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to the L.A. County Museum of Art. But Egyptian tourist officials say it will also bring more Americans to Egypt. Val Zavala talks with the Minister of Tourism for the Egyptian government about what the latest terrorist incidents mean for tourism.
Mr. El-Maghraby's biography
http://www.globaltraveltourism.com/site/
bio/ahmede.htm
|
|
|
 |
|
DR. DREW PINSKY
Medical Director of the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Pasadena’s Las Encinas Hospital and the Chief of Service in the Department of Medicine
He's one adult that teenagers actually listen to. For more than twenty years Dr. Drew Pinskey has been dispensing sex information and advice on his nationwide radio show. But he is also an expert on drug addiction. Vicki Curry talks to Dr. Drew about the latest in drug treatment.
Dr. Pinsky's biography
http://www.drugfree.org/intervention/
ask_expert/dr_drew_biography
|
|
|
 |
|
BILL NOVELLI
CEO of AARP
Can we afford to get old? The head of the AARP says yes, but it will take some major shifts in policy. And where does the AARP stand on Bush's Social Security reform? Bill Novelli, CEO of the AARP talks with Val Zavala about major challenges facing an aging America.
Mr. Novelli's biography
http://aspe.hhs.gov/sp/nhii/
conference03/novellibio.htm
|
|
|
 |
|
JAMIE MCCOURT
Co-owner and Vice Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers
How do you get more women to Dodgers games? Jamie McCourt, co-owner of the Dodgers along with her husband Frank, has some ideas. McCourt speaks at Town Hall Los Angeles, and talks with Val Zavala.
Mrs. McCourts' biography
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/NASApp/
mlb/la/fan_forum/mccourt_bio.jsp
Related links:
Q&A with Jamie McCourt
|
|
|
 |
|
JANE GOODALL
Anthropologist
It's rare that an anthropologist becomes a household name. But Jane Goodall is a rare woman. She grew up on Tarzan stories and vowed to go to Africa. Goodall, now 70, spoke at Town Hall Los Angeles and talked with David Okarski about her remarkable career working with chimpanzees.
Dr. Goodall's biography
http://www.janegoodall.org/jane/default.asp
|
|
|
 |
|
THEODORE SHAW
President of the Legal Defense and Education Fund of the NAACP
How can we be sure that every vote counts in this upcoming election? Toni Guinyard talks with the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Education Fund, Theodore Shaw, a recent speaker at Town Hall Los Angeles, about race justice and voting rights.
Mr. Shaw's biography
http://www.naacpldf.org/content.aspx?article=47
Related links:
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
|
|
|
 |
|
NORMAN Y. MINETA
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Philip Bruce talks to the California native about federal help for some of southern California's pressing transportation challenges. Among them, a proposal to tunnel under a historic Pasadena neighborhood to complete the 710 freeway. Mr. Mineta spoke at Town Hall Los Angeles on March 31, 2004.
Mr. Mineta's biography
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/mineta.htm
|
|
|
 |
|
STROBE TALBOTT
Former Deputy Secretary of State of U.S. under President Clinton
The former correspondent for TIME magazine and an expert on U.S.-Russian relations talks to Philip Bruce about the major challenges facing the State Department, namely terrorism, the Middle East and the war in Iraq. Mr. Talbott spoke at a private reception at Town Hall Los Angeles on April 13, 2004
Mr. Talbott's biography
http://www.state.gov/www/
about_state/biography/talbott.html
|
|
|
|