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International State of the State with Governor Doug Ducey

  • 27 Apr 2021
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Online

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International State of the State

with Governor Doug Ducey

The Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations invites you to join our 16th Annual International State of the State, featuring Governor Doug Ducey. 

For the first time, the International State of the State will be broadcast live through web-conference, furthering PCFR’s commitment to provide unprecedented access to world leaders, thinkers, and doers. Register to hear Governor Ducey give his annual update followed by a fireside chat moderated by former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl.

Join to watch Arizona’s premier international update live on April 27th from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST. 



Registration

FREE for PCFR Members

$20 for Non-Members

Interested in become a PCFR member? Join before April 26 and receive free admission to ISOS here.

REGISTER HERE

Schedule

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

1:00 pm-2:00 pm MST

4:00 pm-5:00 pm EST

Venue

Live Broadcast via Zoom

The link for this virtual event will be included in your registration confirmation email.

Speaker

Governor Doug Ducey

State of Arizona

Elected in 2014, and re-elected in 2018, Governor Ducey has applied his experience from a successful career in business to bring much-needed change to Arizona government.

Upon taking office, the governor inherited a $1 billion budget deficit. He quickly took action and balanced the budget in his first year — without raising taxes. Today, the state budget is balanced with a one billion dollar surplus and a record one billion dollars in its Rainy Day Fund. Business is thriving and more people are moving to Arizona than almost anywhere in the country.

Committed to investing in public education, Governor Ducey led an historic and bipartisan effort to invest $3.5 billion into K-12 schools in his first year, injecting more dollars into Arizona’s classrooms. With a focus on teacher pay, the governor also successfully championed the passage of legislation to increase teacher pay 20 percent by 2020.

Governor Ducey has cut regulations and simplified taxes every year to stimulate job creation and economic growth. He remains committed to making Arizona a land of “Opportunity for All” and has pledged to work every day to make that vision a reality.

Governor Ducey was born in Toledo, Ohio. He moved to Arizona in 1982 to attend Arizona State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He and his wife, Angela, live in Paradise Valley with their three sons, Jack, Joe and Sam. He is Arizona’s 23rd governor.

Moderator

Senator Jon Kyl

Former U.S. Senator, State of Arizona

Jon Kyl currently serves as Senior of Counsel at Covington and Burling. LLP. He is also a Distinguished Fellow in Public Service in Arizona State University’s Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, a Distinguished Scholar of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, and a director of ASU’s Kyl Center for Water Policy.

Previously, Senator Kyl served eighteen years in the U.S. Senate, and before that, eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was elected unanimously by his colleagues in 2008 to serve as Republican Whip, the second-highest position in the Senate Republican leadership, a position he held until his retirement in 2013. He was a member of the Judiciary Committee from 1995-2013, and also served on the Finance Committee.

On September 5, 2018, Senator Kyl was appointed by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to fill the seat of the late Senator John McCain. He served on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. He concluded his service in the Senate on December 31, 2018.

Before his public service, Senator Kyl practiced law at Jennings, Strouss & Salmon in Phoenix. In 1985, he served as chairman of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.

Born in Oakland, Nebraska, Senator Kyl received both his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Arizona. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was editor-in-chief of the Arizona Law Review. He and his wife Caryll have two children, Kristine Kyl Gavin and John Kyl, and four grandchildren.




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