Past Speakers
NPC Headliners: Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra
February 8, 2024
Join Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for a Headliners address on Thursday, Feb. 8 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the National Press Club. Becerra, the first Latino to hold the office, has outlined a broad agenda for the agency, including reducing healthcare costs, expanding access…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: Chris Evans and Mark Kassen, Co-Founders of A Starting Point
January 29, 2024
Chris Evans and Mark Kassen, co-founders of A Starting Point (ASP), will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Monday, January 29th. As the pivotal 2024 elections approach, the growing threat of misinformation is compounded by an increase in social media consumption. Founded to…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Breakfast: Ron Nyswaner
December 4, 2023
Screenwriter and director Ron Nyswaner will speak on provoking conversations through media and his portrayal of the LGBTQ+ community and their stories at a National Press Club Headliners breakfast on December 4. From his Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the seminal AIDS film “Philadelphia,”…
Read MoreNPC 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…
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