Arab-Israeli Women's Rights activist Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, U.S. State Department Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon, bestselling author Cokie Roberts to address "Leadership"

Goldman, Sachs & Co. (NYSE: GS):
WHAT: A week-long Institute to recognize outstanding participants in
this year's Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program. Addressed by
diverse and highly inspirational speakers, the event gathers
and honors the top candidates of this annual Goldman Sachs and
International Institute of Education collaboration.

WHO: Speakers at the Global Leaders Institute will include:

Ms. Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Director of the Arab Jewish Center
for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation
Ms. Stephanie Bell-Rose, Managing Director and President of
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Ms. Peggy Blumenthal, COO of IIE
Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud, Head, United Nations University
His Excellency Luis Gallegos, Ecuadorian Ambassador to the
USA
Dr. Allan Goodman, President of IIE
Dr. David Gordon, Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State
Department
Mr. Robert Hammond, President, Friends of the High Line
Ms. Laura Liswood, Senior Advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mr. John Pomfret, Author of 'Chinese Lessons'
Ms. Dina Powell, Managing Director and Global Head of the
Office of Corporate Engagement, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ms. Cokie Roberts, Author of 'Ladies of Liberty'
Ms. Kate Roberts, Founder of YouthAIDS
Ms. Ann Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF
Dr. Shyama Venkateswar, Senior Advisor, Mercy Corps


***INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE BY REQUEST ONLY***

WHY: To celebrate and cultivate tomorrow's Global Leaders; honoring
the minds that will shape the future through initiative and
endeavor.

WHEN: 14th - 17th July 2008 (speaker schedule available upon request)

WHERE: Goldman, Sachs & Co., 180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY, 10038

ABOUT: 900 students from around the world have been named as Goldman
Sachs Global Leaders since the program began in 2000. They
have built an extensive alumni network with each other and,
with modest seed funding from the program's Social
Entrepreneurship Fund, have joined forces to launch innovative
social ventures. Funded projects to date have assisted with
the creation of a community school in India, stopping the
spread of malaria in Africa, and providing scholarships for
children orphaned by AIDS in Thailand.