CPU Events

Always Wal-Mart?
The Economics and Politics of 'Everyday Low Prices'

A CPU Panel Discussion
April 27, 2006 at 7:30PM
Satow Room, Lerner Hall (See map)

Speakers Bios:

Luke Boggs

Luke Boggs is executive director of americansforwalmart.org, the founding and sole initiative of Americans for Free Enterprise, Inc., a Georgia-based nonprofit not affiliated with or funded by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Boggs has written for newspapers and magazines including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Human Events, National Review, Smoke, TotalTV, and DSN Retailing Today. Formerly a regular columnist with Atlanta's Creative Loafing newspaper and Points North magazine, Boggs has also contributed to Georgia Public Radio's "Georgia Gazette" program. A speechwriter by profession, Boggs earned a bachelor's degree in history at the University of Georgia and a master's degree at Ohio University's Contemporary History Institute. He is a native and resident of suburban Atlanta.

David Nassar

David Nassar is a political communications specialist. He has expertise in strategic communications for political and advocacy campaigns and in crisis communications. In 2004, he managed a nationally targeted Democratic Party race in a swing Congressional District. Prior to that race he ran a statewide campaign in New Hampshire for North America’s largest union, SEIU. The campaign focused on making health care the most important issue in the New Hampshire primary and received national attention in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Boston Globe. In 2003, David was listed by the National Journal as one of America’s 50 political insiders. In 2000, David served as the National Field Director of the Arab American Institute. Along with his domestic experience, David has more than seven years of experience in international democracy and governance work. He has managed programs for the National Democratic Institute in the Middle East on political party development, electoral integrity and civil society. He has also served as an independent democracy and governance consultant in Nigeria and in the West Bank. He has a B.A. from Villanova University in political science and an M.A. from George Washington University in International Affairs.

Ryan Sager

Ryan Sager is a member of the editorial board and a weekly columnist at The New York Post. Previous to The Post, Sager was the editorial features editor of The New York Sun, the city's weekday conservative broadsheet, founded in 2002. Sager has also worked and written for the Cato Institute, Reason magazine, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, City Journal, Wired News and Tech Central Station. Sager graduated from George Washington University in 2001, with a BA in history. He is a two-time winner of the Felix Morley Journalism Award, given by the Institute for Humane Studies for appreciation and communication of classical liberal principles.

Jennifer Sung, Associate Counsel & Skadden Fellow at NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice

Ms. Sung works primarily with grassroots coalitions to develop new public policies to promote accountable economic development. She also provides support to campaigns to secure living wages, expand access to health care, and protect the right of workers to organize. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Ms. Sung clerked for Judge Betty Binns Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School (2004), where she was a co-founder of the Hospital Debt Justice Project in the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization and served as co-chair of the Workers Rights Project. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College (1994).