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Ensuring Corporate Visions Match Strategic Realities at 250: Tech Policy, the AI Promise, and U.S. Governance Past the Midterms

Tuesday, Sep 15 2026

Washington, D.C.

LIL award recipient and presenters

Wendell Weeks was presented the Yale Legend in Leadership Award. He was recognized for his tremendous leadership in stewarding Corning and leading the company’s reinvention. Corning is a 175-year-old American institution with almost 80,000 employees that is one of America’s foremost innovators and manufacturers. Tim Cook, Executive Chairman & Former CEO, Apple Nicholas Pinchuk, Chairman & CEO, Snap-On Incorporated Jay Timmons, President & CEO, National Association of Manufacturers Greg Brown, Chair & CEO, Motorola Solutions

Executive Summary