WASHINGTON – The National Assn. of Wholesaler-Distributors will host its Annual Meeting January 27-29 at Washington's Capital Hilton Hotel. Called the Executive Summit, the meeting brings together business and public policy experts for three days of workshops, panel discussions and networking opportunities.

This year's public policy segment will feature representatives from the Bush Administration and Congress, most of whom are still to be determined. Officially on the agenda as of mid-December was U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, along with political analyst Tony Snow, syndicated columnist and host of Fox News Sunday.

The business intelligence portion of the program features Jack Shaw, author of Digital Jungle and Doing Business in the Information Age; Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute; Harrison Coerver, Coerver and Associates; J. Michael Marks of Indian River Consulting Group; and Carl Henry, author of Modern Selling Today.