Past Speakers
NPC Headliners Luncheon: CBS's Scott Pelley on "Truth Worth Telling"
May 22, 2019
Livestream will begin 5/22 at 1:00pm ET. 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley has been a reporter for more than 45 years and has been an eyewitness to many of the historic events that have shaped our world as we know it today. Pelley will share his new memoir, “TRUTH WORTH TELLING: A Reporter’s…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: David Maraniss - "A Good American Family"
May 17, 2019
Journalist David Maraniss, whose coverage of Bill Clinton as a presidential candidate earned a Pulitzer Prize, will discuss his latest book, “A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father,” at a National Press Club Headliners breakfast event on Friday, May 17. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. with a…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow
April 23, 2019
NOTE NEW TIME Livestream will begin 4/23 at 12:30pm ET. The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the record in 2018 for the largest daily point gain, with investors’ spirits buoyed by low unemployment rates, high GDP growth, rising corporate profits, and a significant roll-back on banking…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: original Earth Day organizer Denis Hayes
April 22, 2019
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to streets, parks, and auditoriums to protest environmental degradation. This first Earth Day sparked the creation of the EPA and passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. Twenty years later, one of Earth Day’s original…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: "After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings"
April 4, 2019
Award-winning journalist Thomas Kapsidelis and Virginia Tech massacre survivor Kristina Anderson will explore the experiences of survivors in the decade following the deadliest mass shooting on a college campus at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Presents "The Battle Against Gerrymandering: A Dialogue Between Eric Holder & Arnold Schwarzenegger"
March 26, 2019
Livestream will begin at 12:30pm ET on March 26 Two of the nation's most prominent voices against gerrymandering will share the stage for the first time on March 26 immediately following oral arguments in two anti-gerrymandering cases at the U.S. Supreme Court. Eric H. Holder, Jr., the 82nd…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
March 13, 2019
Livestream will begin at 12:30pm ET on March 13 As the nation approaches the 16th anniversary of the war in Iraq, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Wednesday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m. about what she believes our…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Andy Parker - "For Alison"
March 6, 2019
On August 26, 2015 reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward of CBS affiliate WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia were shot and killed while conducting a live television interview for WDBJ’s morning news program, Mornin’. Later that same day Andy Parker, shattered and shaken by the sudden loss of…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Review of the 2018 Hurricane Season
March 5, 2019
With another challenging Hurricane Season in the books, NOAA hurricane forecasting expert Dr. Gerry Bell and MIT disaster resilience expert Jeremy Gregory will discuss the impacts of the 2018 season and the status of the 2017 season rebuilding effort at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Tuesday,…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Jean Case - "Be Fearless"
February 27, 2019
In her new book, “Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose,” Jean Case, Chairman of the National Geographic Society and CEO of the Case Foundation, draws from her own life’s journey and success stories of ordinary entrepreneurs to explain why - particularly in today’s…
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