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Gail J. McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross
Gail J. McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross, will deliver a speech entitled "One Year After the Haiti Earthquake: Progress and Challenges" at a National Press Club luncheon on Jan, 12, 2011. In 2008, McGovern was tapped to head the $3.3 billion organization which is the nation's leading emergency response and blood services organization, has overseen the response to several high-profile disasters and has initiated steps to reduce the Red Cross's deficits and streamline its operations. Prior to joining the Red Cross, McGovern was a faculty member at the Harvard Business…
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Address the National Press Club
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, will talk about accelerating innovation to help meet our energy and climate goals at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, November 29. As United States Secretary of Energy, Chu, is charged with helping implement President Obama’s agenda to invest in clean and renewable energy, end the nation’s addiction to foreign oil and address the global climate crisis. Chu was co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997. Prior to his appointment, Chu was director of DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and professor of physics and molecular and cell biology…
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NPC Luncheon: David Simon
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Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, FDA
FDA Commissioner at Oct. 6 Luncheon U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D., will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Wednesday, October 6. The second woman to be named FDA Commissioner in the Agency’s history, she brings an extensive and intensive background in infectious disease, bioterrorism, and health policy to the position. The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for protecting the public health by (1) assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products,…
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Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme
Sheeran to Discuss "We Can End Hunger: 10 Ideas That Can Feed the World" Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Program, will speak on overcoming the challenges that threaten the state of food security in the world at a National Press Club luncheon on Sept. 29. As leader of the UN World Food Program since 2007, Josette Sheeran oversees the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. At a time of increasing weather-related disasters combined with economic pressures, WFP is feeding more than 100 million people in more than 70 countries, reaching out to hungry…
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Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company
Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company will address a Luncheon on Dec. 2. The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. and remarks begin promptly at 1 p.m., followed by a question period that concludes at 2 p.m. Cost of the luncheon is $17 for National Press Club members, $28 for their guests and $35 for the general public. To reserve, call 202-662-7501 or email [email protected] . To submit a question in advance, put KENT in the subject line and email it to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on Dec. 2.
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Dr. Christina Romer, Chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Click here to watch the live video stream TOPIC: The Extraordinary Challenges and Policy Actions of the First Twenty Months of the Obama Administration The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. and remarks begin promptly at 1 p.m., followed by a question period that concludes at 2 p.m. Cost of the luncheon is $17 for National Press Club members, $28 for their guests and $35 for the general public. To reserve, call 202-662-7501 or email [email protected] . To submit a question in advance, put ROMER in the subject line and email it to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on Sept.1.
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NPC Luncheon: Jeff Bridges
Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges, recipient of the 2010 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the film Crazy Heart, will address the National Press Club November 10, in Washington, D.C. As the National Spokesperson for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign™, Bridges will discuss a new effort to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. Nearly 17 million children in America – almost 1 in 4 –struggle with hunger, according to a 2009 U.S. Agriculture Department report. “Millions of our kids can’t learn in school because they are hungry,” Bridges says on his official website. “…
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Condoleezza Rice
This event is sold out Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak at an NPC luncheon on Friday, Oct. 15. Her appearance will coincide with the publication of her new book about her childhood in racially segregated Birmingham, Alabama. The book, "EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE: A Memoir of Family," focuses on Dr. Rice's life up to the 2000 election of George W. Bush. Dr. Rice chronicles her parents, Rev. John and Angelena Rice -- educational evangelists who helped shape her life and the lives of others through their unconditional love, unwavering support, and eternal optimism…
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Rev. David Beckmann to Discuss “Ending Hunger: the People and Congress”
Sept. 13 Luncheon Speaker Beckmann to Discuss “Ending Hunger: the People and Congress” Anti-hunger and poverty advocate the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World and this year's winner of the World Food Prize, will speak on “Eliminating Hunger: the People and Congress” at a National Press Club luncheon on Sept. 13. Beckmann, an economist and ordained Lutheran minister, was named a World Food Prize laureate in June. The award, established in 1986 by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, is considered the Nobel Prize equivalent for food and agriculture. Beckmann has led…
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