Past Speakers
NPC Headliners Luncheon with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
May 14, 2018
Livestream will begin 5/14 at 1:00pm ET. Wilbur Ross, the 39th Secretary of Commerce, who recently announced his department’s plans to become a “one-stop shop” for regulating the space industry, will discuss how the Department of Commerce is creating conditions for economic growth and…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Friends of the National Zoo Celebrate 60th Anniversary
May 1, 2018
Trolling the News: Protecting Journalists From Online Harassment
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: California Governor Jerry Brown
April 17, 2018
Between the battle over border security and illegal immigration, the push to legalize marijuana, and the effort to combat climate change, the State of California seems to be constantly at odds with the agenda of the Trump Administration. For California Governor Jerry Brown, a man known for…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: "Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained"
April 12, 2018
When Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island, S.C., the Marine Corps’ all-women boot camp, she decided that if she was really going to improve the lagging performance of the female Marines under her command, she was going to have to try…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on the Nation's Pension Crisis
April 12, 2018
Livestream will begin 4/12 at 12:45pm ET. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who has been sounding the alarm on a pending pension crisis and was named as the co-chair of the newly-formed Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans will speak at a National Press Club…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Trauma Surgeons Voice Support for Ban on Assault Weapons
April 11, 2018
NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci
Read MoreSheila Tate shares new biography of Former First Lady Nancy Reagan
April 4, 2018
Sheila Tate, who served as press secretary to First Lady Nancy Reagan from 1981 to 1985, will offer a glimpse into the personal life of Mrs. Reagan in a discussion about her first book “Lady in Red: An Intimate Portrait of Nancy Reagan” at a National Press Club Headliners Event at 6:30 p.m. on…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Marking Final Year of Centennial Commemoration of WWI
March 29, 2018
World War I, referred to by historians as the defining event of the 20th century and beyond, resulted in the deaths of more than 16 million soldiers and civilians by the War’s end in 1918, and left in its wake a path of political destruction and dramatic social upheaval that can still be seen and…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon with Five-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky
March 26, 2018
Livestream will begin 3/26 at 1:00pm ET. As the 2018 Winter Olympics conclude, all eyes will turn to the 2020 Summer games in Tokyo. Katie Ledecky, one of the best female swimmers in the history of the sport, will share what life is like as a student at Stanford University and discuss her…
Read MoreChristopher Scalia on the legacy of his father, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
March 20, 2018
Christopher J. Scalia, one of the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s nine children, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss his father’s life and legacy, and what we can learn from the dozens of speeches and writings he left behind. Scalia…
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