Past Speakers
NPC Headliners Luncheon: Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough
November 6, 2023
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Monday, Nov. 6. McDonough will deliver an update on the state of America’s veterans and their families, and the implementation of the PACT Act, which expands medical benefits to veterans exposed to…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Screening: "20 Days in Mariupol"
November 3, 2023
Join Associated Press videographer and director Mstyslav Chernov and Frontline producer Raney Aronson-Rath for a screening of the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” followed by a discussion at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3. Watch the trailer here. Doors to the Ballroom will open at 6 p.m. for a cash bar…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Coffee & Conversation: Harry Dunn "Standing My Ground"
October 26, 2023
Harry Dunn, a Capitol police officer on duty on Jan. 6, 2021, as an angry mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, will discuss his new book, “Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer’s Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th” at a National Press Club Headliners Book…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: American Medical Association President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH
October 25, 2023
On Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. the American Medical Association (AMA) President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, will address what America’s looming physician shortage means for patients and health care, and how to fix it at a NPC Newsmaker. In an era of record-high physician burnout and a projected…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Edie Fraser & Robyn Freedman Spizman "Women Mean Business"
October 19, 2023
Co-Authors Edie Fraser, Robyn Freedman Spizman, and Andi Simon, Ph. D., joined forces to bring the insights of 100 trailblazing women together in the book "Women Mean Business." Fraser and Spizman will be joined by some of those featured in the book on October 19th at a National Press Club…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Sikyong Penpa Tsering
October 18, 2023
Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (formally known as the Central Tibetan Administration) will address the National Press Club at a Headliners Newsmaker event at 2 p.m. on Oct. 18. Penpa Tsering will speak about Tibet's geopolitical…
Read MorePOSTPONED - NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Federal Immigration Judges Mimi Tsankov & Samuel B. Cole
October 18, 2023
Judges Mimi Tsankov, a federal immigration judge in New York City, and Samuel B. Cole, a federal immigration judge in Chicago, will speak Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. at a National Press Club Headliners news conference about the pressures of the migrant crisis on the federal immigration court…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Foley Foundation Journalist Safety Task Force
October 16, 2023
Diane Foley, founder and president of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation dedicated to press freedoms, representatives from the New York Times and the Voice of America and journalism educators formerly with Marquette and Northwestern will launch a new Journalist Safety Task Force at a National…
Read MoreNPC Headliner Screening: "Storm Lake"
October 12, 2023
Join director Beth Levison, director and cinematographer Jerry Risius and Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Art Cullen of the Storm Lake Times Pilot for a screening of the documentary “Storm Lake” followed by a discussion of the role of independent local journalism at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12. The…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: General Nakasone
September 28, 2023
Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Sept. 28. Nakasone has served as commander of the U.S. Cyber Command since 2016 and director of the National Security Agency since May 2018. Nakasone has…
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