EVENT BRIEF:

United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

Date:
Time:
Location:

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

8:30 AM 8:30 PM
Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston Street, Boston
MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston
Sams at Louis, 60 Northern Avenue, Boston
Cam Charbonnier/Sam Chambers
Nikko Mendoza, (617) 216-6176 or nmendoza@2024boston.org

Staff:
Prepared by:
CLOSED PRESS
Purpose:

You will participate in a series of events and discussions with leadership from the U.S. Olympic
Committee as part of the groups day-long visit to Boston.
Event Background:
Throughout the day, Boston 2024 will delineate why Boston is the strongest, most reliable partner for
the U.S. Olympic Committee to bring the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games back to the United
States in 2024. The agenda will reinforce that Boston is a perfect-sized, walkable city uniquely
positioned to deliver innovative, sustainable Games of the future and will provide the best possible
experience for the Olympic family. The visit will demonstrate Bostons unified support from and
formidable collaboration with the citys community of government, business and civic leaders. Finally,
the visit will reiterate that Boston, in partnership with the USOC, can and will prevail with the
International Olympic Committee.
The schedule for the day is divided into specific segments outlined below, and a detailed schedule is
attached hereto.
Meet USOC at Four Seasons Hotel
8:30 a.m.
Four Seasons Hotel
You will meet Larry Probst, Scott Blackmun, Patrick Sandusky, Chris Sullivan and Doug Arnot for a brief
greeting at their hotel and proceed to the MIT Media Lab as a group.
Boston is all In: Welcome Breakfast with Government, Business and Community Leaders
9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m.
MIT Media Lab
You will join Senate President Therese Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Rafael
Reif, elected officials, business and community leaders, college and university officials, Olympians and
Paralympians and members of the Boston 2024 Executive Committee for a breakfast to officially kick
off the visit. You will have the opportunity to provide brief remarks during the program.
Approximately 90 people are expected to attend. The schedule for the breakfast is as follows:
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9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-10:00

10:15

VIP clutch
Meet and greet
Program
Performance by Berklee College of Music Choir (5 minutes)
MIT President Rafael Reif offers remarks and introduces you (5 minutes)
You offer remarks and introduce Larry Probst (5 minutes)
Larry Probst offers remarks (6 minutes)
John Fish will offer remarks and introduce Olympian Dan Walsh and Paralympian Cheri
Blauwet (4 minutes)
Dan Walsh and Cheri Blauwet offer remarks (2 minutes each)
John Fish closes program (1 minute)
Breakfast concludes

Heartbeat of Boston Experience and Innovation Tour

10:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
MIT Media Lab
You will tour the MIT Media Lab focusing on the innovation heartbeat of the city. Bostons culture of
collaboration and community rooted in its world-class research universities offers an extraordinary
opportunity to bring the Games to the global hub of innovation. Similarly, we can infuse the
technological advances invented and reinvented at the MIT Media Lab and across the Boston region
into the planning and execution of the 2024 Games and beyond.
Discussion: Bostons Colleges and Universities Will Promote Olympism and Propel the Olympic
Movement
11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room
You will participate in a discussion with leaders of Boston-area colleges and universities. The
conversation will feature Bostons distinctive ability to leverage its higher education community to
support Boston 2024s master plan, promote the Olympic Movement and inspire the worlds youth to
exercise mind and body. In addition to the USOC, John Fish and Dan OConnell, attendees will be:
Robert Caret, President, University of Massachusetts System
Katie Lapp, Executive Vice President, Harvard University
Gloria Larson, President, Bentley University
Marty Meehan, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Anthony Monaco, President, Tufts University
Jean Morrison, Provost, Boston University
Keith Motley, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Mim Nelson, Associate Dean, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University
Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, MIT
Rebekah Splain Salwasser, Scholar Athletes
Lunch: Impact of the Olympic Legacy on Bostons Urban Plan
12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Caf

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You will join John Fish, Dan OConnell and leaders of Bostons business and real estate development
community for a working lunch. The discussion will concentrate on the transformative legacy the
Games will have on Bostons urban plan by unlocking economic development opportunities in the
geographic heart of the city and reknitting the citys fabric. Attendees will be:
Tom Alperin, President, National Development
Meghan Burke, Public Finance Section Head, Mintz Levin
Mahmood Malihi, Executive Vice President/Partner, Leggat McCall Properties
David Manfredi, Founding Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Steve Pagliuca, Managing Director, Bain Capital and Co-Owner, Boston Celtics
Steve Samuels, Chairman and Principal, Samuels & Associates Real Estate
Planning and Technical Presentation: Boston Can Deliver a Walkable and Sustainable Games
1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Theater
David Manfredi will present Boston 2024s master plan analysis that features Boston as the Olympic
Park, brings innovation to our design and transportation planning and creates a new model for a
sustainable and smart Olympic and Paralympic Games of the future.
Budget Discussion: Boston Can Deliver a Predictable and Responsible Budget
3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room
You will participate in a discussion with John Fish, Dan OConnell and Boston 2024s budget team about
their strategy to deliver a predictable and responsible budget. Attendees will be:
Tom Alperin, President, National Development
Meghan Burke, Public Finance Section Head, Mintz Levin
Simon Kotzeff, Consultant, Bain & Company
Bob Popeo, Chairman, Mintz Levin
Ashleigh Sullivan, Partner, Bain & Company
Cocktails, Dinner and Celebration
6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Sams at Louis
You will join Governor Deval Patrick, Senate President Murray, John Fish and Dan OConnell at a
cocktail reception and dinner to conclude the USOC visit to Boston. Guests include Olympians,
Paralympians, business, civic and sports officials. The dinner will also feature a special performance by
Keith Lockhart and Renese King. The schedule is as follows:
6:00-6:45
6:45-8:15
8:15
8:30

Cocktail reception
Dinner service
Brief comments from Governor Patrick, you and John Fish
Musical performance
Video presentation
Dinner concludes

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U.S. Olympic Committee Attendees

Larry Probst, Chairman
Scott Blackmun, CEO
Patrick Sandusky, Chief Marketing and Public Affairs Officer
Chris Sullivan, Chief Bid and Protocol Officer
Doug Arnot, Venue Consultant

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Official Schedule of the United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Boston

Weather Forecast: 37F/25F

Sunrise/Sunset: 6:39 AM/4:20 PM
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time UTC-5h
Ground transportation will be provided by Boston 2024 for USOC attendees.
8:30 AM

Meet John Fish, Larry Probst, Scott Blackmun, Patrick Sandusky,

Chris Sullivan and Doug Arnot
Location: Four Seasons Hotel Lobby

8:30 AM 9:00 AM

Depart and Drive Time to MIT Media Lab

Boston 2024 Lead: Ken Brown

9:00 AM 10:15 AM

Boston is All In: Welcome Breakfast with Government, Business

and Community Leaders
Location: MIT Media Lab, Sixth Floor, 75 Amherst Street,
Cambridge
Boston 2024 Lead: Erin Murphy
Attendees: USOC, Mayor Martin Walsh, MIT President Rafael Reif,
elected officials, business and community leaders, college and
university officials, Olympians and Paralympians, Boston 2024
Executive Committee and donors

10:15 AM 10:45 AM

Heartbeat of Boston Experience and Innovation Tour

Location: MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Boston 2024 Lead: Amy Sennett
Attendees: USOC, John Fish and Dan OConnell

Official Schedule of Mayor Martin J. Walsh

April 6, 2015

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Official Schedule of the United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

10:45 AM 11:15 AM

Depart and Drive Time to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston 2024 Lead: Ken Brown

11:15 AM 12:15 PM

Discussion: Bostons Colleges and Universities Will Promote

Olympism and Propel the Olympic Movement
Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room, 25
Evans Way, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Nikko Mendoza
Attendees: USOC; Mayor Walsh; John Fish; Dan OConnell; Gloria
Larson, Bentley University; Bob Caret, University of
Massachusetts; Katie Lapp, Harvard University; Israel Ruiz, MIT;
Marty Meehan, University of Massachusetts at Lowell; Jean
Morrison, Boston University; Keith Motley, University of
Massachusetts at Boston; Anthony Monaco, Tufts University; Mim
Nelson, Tufts University; Rebekah Splain Salwasser, Scholar
Athletes Program

12:15 PM 1:30 PM

Lunch: Impact of the Olympic Legacy on Bostons Urban Plan

Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Caf, 25 Evans Way,
Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Dan OConnell
Attendees: USOC; John Fish; Dan OConnell; Tom Alperin, National
Development; Mahmood Malihi, Leggat McCall Properties; Steve
Samuels, Samuels & Associates Real Estate; Meghan Burke, Mintz
Levin; David Manfredi, Elkus Manfredi Architects; Steve Pagliuca,
Bain Capital & Boston Celtics

**FYI ONLY MJW IS NOT ATTENDING THE

LUNCHEON

Official Schedule of Mayor Martin J. Walsh

April 6, 2015

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Official Schedule of the United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

1:30 PM 3:00 PM
MJW: 1:30-2:30 PM

3:00 PM 3:30 PM

Planning and Technical Presentation: Boston Can Deliver a

Walkable and Sustainable Games
Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Theater, 25 Evans
Way, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: David Manfredi
Attendees: USOC, Mayor Walsh John Fish, Dan OConnell and
David Manfredi
Budget Session: Boston Can Deliver a Predictable and
Responsible Budget
Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room, 25
Evans Way, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Emiley Lockhart
Attendees: USOC; John Fish; Dan OConnell; Ashleigh Sullivan, Bain
& Company; Simon Kotzeff, Bain & Company; Bob Popeo, Mintz
Levin; Meghan Burke, Mintz Levin; Tom Alperin, National
Development; Mahmood Malihi, Leggat McCall Properties

**FYI ONLY MJW IS NOT ATTENDING THE

BUDGET PRESENTATION
6:00 PM 8:30 PM
MJW: 6:15-7:00 PM

Cocktails, Dinner and Celebration

Location: Sams at Louis, 60 Northern Avenue, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Erin Murphy
Attendees: Governor Patrick, Mayor Walsh, John Fish, Dan
OConnell, Boston 2024 Executive Committee, Olympians and
Paralympians, business, civic and sports leaders

Official Schedule of Mayor Martin J. Walsh

April 6, 2015

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EVENT BRIEF:

United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

Date:
Time:
Location:

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

8:30 AM 8:30 PM
Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston Street, Boston
MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston
Sams at Louis, 60 Northern Avenue, Boston
Cam Charbonnier/Sam Chambers
Nikko Mendoza, (617) 216-6176 or nmendoza@2024boston.org

Staff:
Prepared by:
CLOSED PRESS
Purpose:

You will participate in a series of events and discussions with leadership from the U.S. Olympic
Committee as part of the groups day-long visit to Boston.
Event Background:
Throughout the day, Boston 2024 will delineate why Boston is the strongest, most reliable partner for
the U.S. Olympic Committee to bring the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games back to the United
States in 2024. The agenda will reinforce that Boston is a perfect-sized, walkable city uniquely
positioned to deliver innovative, sustainable Games of the future and will provide the best possible
experience for the Olympic family. The visit will demonstrate Bostons unified support from and
formidable collaboration with the citys community of government, business and civic leaders. Finally,
the visit will reiterate that Boston, in partnership with the USOC, can and will prevail with the
International Olympic Committee.
The schedule for the day is divided into specific segments outlined below, and a detailed schedule is
attached hereto.
Meet USOC at Four Seasons Hotel
8:30 a.m.
Four Seasons Hotel
You will meet Larry Probst, Scott Blackmun, Patrick Sandusky, Chris Sullivan and Doug Arnot for a brief
greeting at their hotel and proceed to the MIT Media Lab as a group.
Boston is all In: Welcome Breakfast with Government, Business and Community Leaders
9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m.
MIT Media Lab
You will join Senate President Therese Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Rafael
Reif, elected officials, business and community leaders, college and university officials, Olympians and
Paralympians and members of the Boston 2024 Executive Committee for a breakfast to officially kick
off the visit. You will have the opportunity to provide brief remarks during the program.
Approximately 90 people are expected to attend. The schedule for the breakfast is as follows:
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9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-10:00

10:15

VIP clutch
Meet and greet
Program
Performance by Berklee College of Music Choir (5 minutes)
MIT President Rafael Reif offers remarks and introduces you (5 minutes)
You offer remarks and introduce Larry Probst (5 minutes)
Larry Probst offers remarks (6 minutes)
John Fish will offer remarks and introduce Olympian Dan Walsh and Paralympian Cheri
Blauwet (4 minutes)
Dan Walsh and Cheri Blauwet offer remarks (2 minutes each)
John Fish closes program (1 minute)
Breakfast concludes

Heartbeat of Boston Experience and Innovation Tour

10:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
MIT Media Lab
You will tour the MIT Media Lab focusing on the innovation heartbeat of the city. Bostons culture of
collaboration and community rooted in its world-class research universities offers an extraordinary
opportunity to bring the Games to the global hub of innovation. Similarly, we can infuse the
technological advances invented and reinvented at the MIT Media Lab and across the Boston region
into the planning and execution of the 2024 Games and beyond.
Discussion: Bostons Colleges and Universities Will Promote Olympism and Propel the Olympic
Movement
11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room
You will participate in a discussion with leaders of Boston-area colleges and universities. The
conversation will feature Bostons distinctive ability to leverage its higher education community to
support Boston 2024s master plan, promote the Olympic Movement and inspire the worlds youth to
exercise mind and body. In addition to the USOC, John Fish and Dan OConnell, attendees will be:
Robert Caret, President, University of Massachusetts System
Katie Lapp, Executive Vice President, Harvard University
Gloria Larson, President, Bentley University
Marty Meehan, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Anthony Monaco, President, Tufts University
Jean Morrison, Provost, Boston University
Keith Motley, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Mim Nelson, Associate Dean, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University
Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, MIT
Rebekah Splain Salwasser, Scholar Athletes

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Lunch: Impact of the Olympic Legacy on Bostons Urban Plan

12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Caf
You will join John Fish, Dan OConnell and leaders of Bostons business and real estate development
community for a working lunch. The discussion will concentrate on the transformative legacy the
Games will have on Bostons urban plan by unlocking economic development opportunities in the
geographic heart of the city and reknitting the citys fabric. Attendees will be:
Tom Alperin, President, National Development
Meghan Burke, Public Finance Section Head, Mintz Levin
Mahmood Malihi, Executive Vice President/Partner, Leggat McCall Properties
David Manfredi, Founding Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Steve Pagliuca, Managing Director, Bain Capital and Co-Owner, Boston Celtics
Steve Samuels, Chairman and Principal, Samuels & Associates Real Estate

**FYI ONLY, MJW IS NOT ATTENDING THE LUNCHEON

Planning and Technical Presentation: Boston Can Deliver a Walkable and Sustainable Games
1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Theater
David Manfredi will present Boston 2024s master plan analysis that features Boston as the Olympic
Park, brings innovation to our design and transportation planning and creates a new model for a
sustainable and smart Olympic and Paralympic Games of the future.

**MJW WILL DEPART AT 2:30 P.M.

Budget Discussion: Boston Can Deliver a Predictable and Responsible Budget
3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room
You will participate in a discussion with John Fish, Dan OConnell and Boston 2024s budget team about
their strategy to deliver a predictable and responsible budget. Attendees will be:
Tom Alperin, President, National Development
Meghan Burke, Public Finance Section Head, Mintz Levin
Simon Kotzeff, Consultant, Bain & Company
Bob Popeo, Chairman, Mintz Levin
Ashleigh Sullivan, Partner, Bain & Company

**FYI ONLY, MJW IS NOT ATTENDING

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Cocktails, Dinner and Celebration

6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Sams at Louis
You will join Governor Deval Patrick, Senate President Murray, John Fish and Dan OConnell at a
cocktail reception and dinner to conclude the USOC visit to Boston. Guests include Olympians,
Paralympians, business, civic and sports officials. The dinner will also feature a special performance by
Keith Lockhart and Renese King. The schedule is as follows:
6:00-6:45
6:45-8:15
8:15
8:30

Cocktail reception
Dinner service
Brief comments from Governor Patrick, you and John Fish
Musical performance
Video presentation
Dinner concludes

**MJW WILL ATTEND 6:15-7:00 P.M./GIVE OPENING REMARKS

U.S. Olympic Committee Attendees

Larry Probst, Chairman
Scott Blackmun, CEO
Patrick Sandusky, Chief Marketing and Public Affairs Officer
Chris Sullivan, Chief Bid and Protocol Officer
Doug Arnot, Venue Consultant

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Official Schedule of the United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Boston

Weather Forecast: 37F/25F

Sunrise/Sunset: 6:39 AM/4:20 PM
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time UTC-5h
Ground transportation will be provided by Boston 2024 for USOC attendees.
8:30 AM

Meet John Fish, Larry Probst, Scott Blackmun, Patrick Sandusky,

Chris Sullivan and Doug Arnot
Location: Four Seasons Hotel Lobby

8:30 AM 9:00 AM

Depart and Drive Time to MIT Media Lab

Boston 2024 Lead: Ken Brown

9:00 AM 10:15 AM

Boston is All In: Welcome Breakfast with Government, Business

and Community Leaders
Location: MIT Media Lab, Sixth Floor, 75 Amherst Street,
Cambridge
Boston 2024 Lead: Erin Murphy
Attendees: USOC, Mayor Martin Walsh, MIT President Rafael Reif,
elected officials, business and community leaders, college and
university officials, Olympians and Paralympians, Boston 2024
Executive Committee and donors

10:15 AM 10:45 AM

Heartbeat of Boston Experience and Innovation Tour

Location: MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
Boston 2024 Lead: Amy Sennett
Attendees: USOC, John Fish and Dan OConnell

Official Schedule of Mayor Martin J. Walsh

April 6, 2015

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Official Schedule of the United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

10:45 AM 11:15 AM

Depart and Drive Time to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston 2024 Lead: Ken Brown

11:15 AM 12:15 PM

Discussion: Bostons Colleges and Universities Will Promote

Olympism and Propel the Olympic Movement
Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room, 25
Evans Way, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Nikko Mendoza
Attendees: USOC; Mayor Walsh; John Fish; Dan OConnell; Gloria
Larson, Bentley University; Bob Caret, University of
Massachusetts; Katie Lapp, Harvard University; Israel Ruiz, MIT;
Marty Meehan, University of Massachusetts at Lowell; Jean
Morrison, Boston University; Keith Motley, University of
Massachusetts at Boston; Anthony Monaco, Tufts University; Mim
Nelson, Tufts University; Rebekah Splain Salwasser, Scholar
Athletes Program

12:15 PM 1:30 PM

Lunch: Impact of the Olympic Legacy on Bostons Urban Plan

Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Caf, 25 Evans Way,
Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Dan OConnell
Attendees: USOC; Mayor Walsh; John Fish; Dan OConnell; Tom
Alperin, National Development; Mahmood Malihi, Leggat McCall
Properties; Steve Samuels, Samuels & Associates Real Estate;
Meghan Burke, Mintz Levin; David Manfredi, Elkus Manfredi
Architects; Steve Pagliuca, Bain Capital & Boston Celtics

1:30 PM 3:00 PM

Planning and Technical Presentation: Boston Can Deliver a

Walkable and Sustainable Games
Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Theater, 25 Evans
Way, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: David Manfredi
Attendees: USOC, John Fish, Dan OConnell and David Manfredi

Official Schedule of Mayor Martin J. Walsh

April 6, 2015

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Official Schedule of the United States Olympic Committee Visit to Boston

3:00 PM 3:30 PM

Budget Session: Boston Can Deliver a Predictable and

Responsible Budget
Location: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Living Room, 25
Evans Way, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Emiley Lockhart
Attendees: USOC; John Fish; Dan OConnell; Ashleigh Sullivan,
Bain & Company; Simon Kotzeff, Bain & Company; Bob Popeo,
Mintz Levin; Meghan Burke, Mintz Levin; Tom Alperin, National
Development; Mahmood Malihi, Leggat McCall Properties

3:30 PM

Depart and Drive Time to TBD

6:00 PM 8:30 PM

Cocktails, Dinner and Celebration

Location: Sams at Louis, 60 Northern Avenue, Boston
Boston 2024 Lead: Erin Murphy
Attendees: Governor Patrick, Mayor Walsh, John Fish, Dan
OConnell, Boston 2024 Executive Committee, Olympians and
Paralympians, business, civic and sports leaders

8:30 PM

Depart and Drive Time to TBD

Official Schedule of Mayor Martin J. Walsh

April 6, 2015

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