Past Speakers
NPC Headliners Book Event: Jason Rezaian & his new memoir "Prisoner"
February 11, 2019
Livestream will begin 2/11 at 7:00pm ET. The Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian, recipient of the National Press Club’s 2015 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, will share his highly-anticipated memoir "Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Dorothy Butler Gilliam - "Trailblazer"
January 24, 2019
Livestream will begin 1/24 at 6:30pm ET. New Date Legendary civil rights journalist and activist Dorothy Butler Gilliam will share her aptly titled new memoir, "Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America," at a National Press Club Headliners book…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Review of the 2018 Hurricane Season & Forecast for the Future
January 15, 2019
This event has been postponed due to the ongoing government shutdown. 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…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Dorothy Butler Gilliam - "Trailblazer"
January 14, 2019
Legendary civil rights journalist and activist Dorothy Butler Gilliam will share her aptly titled new memoir, "Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Monday, January 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Club’s…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: CVS Health President & CEO Larry Merlo
January 14, 2019
Following CVS Health’s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna, one of the largest health care combinations in U.S. history, CVS Health President and CEO Larry Merlo will discuss how his company plans to address the current challenges in today’s health care system at a National Press Club Headliners…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Global CEOs Join Forces to Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats to SMBs
December 17, 2018
Note New Date - 12/17/18 More than half of U.S. small businesses would be unprofitable within a month if they lost permanent access to essential data from a crippling cyber-attack. Despite the ominous statistics surrounding the consequences of a breach, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Marvin Kalb: "Enemy of the People"
November 15, 2018
After more than six decades of experience holding the powerful accountable, journalist Marvin Kalb has endured his fair share of hostility. But when President Donald Trump made the assertion just weeks after his inauguration that the press was the “enemy of the American people,” Kalb, who held a…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Presidential Jeopardy: Impeachment, Indictment and the 25th Amendment
November 15, 2018
Regardless of the midterm election’s outcome, the fate of Donald Trump’s presidency is still tied to special counsel Robert Muller’s ongoing probe. Democratic takeover of either house of Congress will intensify the scrutiny. On Thursday, November 15, an esteemed group of Constitutional scholars…
Read MoreNPC Newsmaker: How Can We Reduce the Risk of Concussions in Youth Soccer?
November 14, 2018
Livestream will begin 11/14 at 10:00am ET. Three million children play soccer and face a risk from head injuries and concussions. On Wed., Nov. 14 at 10 am in the National Press Club’s Bloomberg Room a panel of experts on youth sports and sports medicine will discuss the risks posed by head…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Joanna Breyer on what to do "When Your Child is Sick"
November 13, 2018
Author and psychosocial counselor Joanna Breyer used her decades of experience working with sick children and their families to create the comprehensive field guide we all hope we will never need: “When Your Child is Sick: A Guide to Navigating the Practical and Emotional Challenges of Caring for a…
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