Past Speakers
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
March 8, 2021
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), lead House manager of the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, will speak Monday, March 8 at 2 p.m. at a National Press Club virtual Headliner event. Raskin will discuss how the United States can move forward amid polarized politics. The one-hour…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond
March 3, 2021
Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, will discuss its mission and accomplishments of the space force in its first year as an independent branch at. National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 3…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Book Event: Michelle Duster, "Ida B. the Queen"
February 23, 2021
The great-granddaughter of crusading journalist Ida B. Wells, author Michelle Duster, will discuss her new book Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event on Tuesday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. ET. This one-hour program will stream…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
February 18, 2021
In the summer of 1968, just a few days before the start of the Democratic National Convention and mere months after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Chicago to protest the War in Vietnam and what they believed was…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: Former Hostages Discuss Diplomatic Changes Needed to Bring Americans Home
February 12, 2021
A panel of former hostages will discuss how the U.S. government can end the use of hostage-taking as a diplomatic tool at a National Press Club Headliners event Friday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. The Biden Administration said earlier this month that recovering Americans held hostage or unlawfully detained…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: Girl Scouts of the USA Interim CEO Judith Batty
February 11, 2021
On Thursday, February 11, Girl Scouts of the USA Interim CEO Judith Batty will deliver a live national address on how the organization has pivoted in their operations since the pandemic began, how they have persevered in this “new normal” and what we can expect from the organization moving forward…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary
February 9, 2021
Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary will address the future of restaurants post-COVID-19 at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. Chaudhary took the helm at Panera in May 2019, just eight months before Covid-19 emerged. The ensuing "stay-at-home" directives…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Book Event: Bill Novelli, "Good Business”
January 29, 2021
Bill Novelli, one of the pioneers of social marketing, will discuss his book, Good Business: The Talk, Fight, Win Way to Change the World, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 29. In Good Business, Novelli aims to prove that you can do well (creating economic…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Book Event: Dan Morain, "Kamala's Way"
January 25, 2021
Veteran journalist Dan Morain, who wrote his first story about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in 1994 for the Los Angeles Times, will discuss his new biography, Kamala's Way: An American Life, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 25. This one-hour program…
Read MoreNPC Virtual Newsmaker: AMA President on COVID-19 and the Long Road to Recovery
January 12, 2021
American Medical Association (AMA) President Susan R. Bailey, M.D., will deliver a live national address on Tuesday, January 12, on the lessons learned from COVID-19 in 2020 and call upon the incoming Biden Administration to provide additional guidance and support for states as they develop…
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