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NPC Luncheon with Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell will discuss consequences of potential Affordable Care Act repeal at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Jan. 9. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $24 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase 2 tickets at this rate) and $38 for all other non-member tickets. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662–7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. NPC Members who wish to attend the pre-…
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NPC Luncheon with Actor Michael York
Award-winning actor Michael York will discuss the challenges he faces with the rare disease of Amyloidosis and how he became a spokesperson for this little known ailment at August 12 luncheon at the National Press Club. Michael York’s stepson is Star Wars producer Rick McCallum. York appeared next to Liza Minnelli in cinema version of “Cabaret” musical and starred in the all-star “Murder on the Orient Express” and as d’Artagnan in The Three(and The Four) Musketeers. His most recent film is The Mill and the Cross. Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm with remarks beginning at 1:00 pm, followed by…
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NPC Breakfast with University of Missouri President Michael Middleton
Michael Midddleton, the University of Missouri System interim president, will speak at a National Press Club Speakers breakfast on Tuesday June 21. Middleton was appointed to head the University of Missouri last year following racial tension and protests on its flagship campus. He will speak about moving the university forward amid a national conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion that was sparked by the protests. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. with remarks beginning at 9 a.m. followed by a Q&A session ending at 10 a.m. Tickets cost $24 for National Press Club members…
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NPC Luncheon with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker, the 38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce will speak at a Newsmaker Luncheon on Monday April 18, 2016. Secretary Pritzker will discuss the strategic plan for the Commerce Department that continues to expand trade and investment for American businesses and entrepreneurs. Secretary Pritzker’s 27 years of private sector experience has enhanced her work with the business community helping advance the President’s priorities of expanding growth and opportunity for all Americans. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A session ending at…
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NPC Luncheon with Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chávez
Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Anna Maria Chávez will discuss the changes she is bringing to the venerable organization at a National Press Club Luncheon on Monday, June 13th. Chávez is visiting the Nation’s Capital to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the highest honor in Girl Scouts, the Gold Award. Since taking the helm of the Girl Scouts, Chávez has formed partnerships with leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg, launching the “Ban Bossy” campaign; engaged First Lady Michele Obama to record a recruitment video and host a White House sleepover for girls; and Chris Rock to sell Girl Scouts…
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NPC Luncheon with Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 Commissioner
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby will discuss whether substantive change is possible in the current environment of college athletics at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, Sept. 21. The Big 12 has two of the top four teams in the 2015 preseason football bowl subdivision poll. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m.; followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $23 for Press Club members (NPC members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $37 for all other non-member tickets. For questions, please email reservations @press.org…
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NPC Breakfast with Jane Chu, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
Jane Chu, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will outline her plans for the Arts Endowment’s 50th anniversary activities at a National Press Club Newsmaker Breakfast on Sep. 28. The eleventh chairman of the NEA, Chu will use her talk to launch a number of new initiatives, including “Creativity Connects.” The Press Club breakfast begins at 9:00 a.m. Chu’s talk will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by a question-and-answer session that ends at 10:30 a.m. The cost of breakfast admission is $23 for NPC members and $37 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased at time of…
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NPC Luncheon with Airline CEOs
The leaders of the nation's three largest airlines will explore what they call unfair international competition at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, May 15. Richard Anderson, Delta Air Lines chief executive, W. Douglas Parker, chairman and chief executive of American Airlines Group, and Jeff Smisek, chairman, president and chief executive of United Airlines, will make a joint appearance at the Club entitled “Restoring Fair Competition to the Skies.” They will argue that billions of dollars of subsidies from the governments of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to their domestic…
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NPC Luncheon with Ray Mabus, Secretary, U.S. Navy
Mabus will discuss the state of America’s sea services and the maritime, budgetary and resource challenges facing the force in the 21st century. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $23 for Press Club members ( NPC Members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $37 for all other non-member tickets. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662 – 7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. Credentialed media may cover with ID. NPC Members who wish…
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NPC Luncheon with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who
Legendary vocalist Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who will discuss the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program, which serves teenagers and young adults with cancer. The program, founded a year ago by Daltrey and fellow rock icon Pete Townshend, is based at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Now the pair is moving forward with plans for Teen Cancer America, a program to set up units in hospitals and medical centers in strategic areas around the country. Daltrey and Townshend have supported a similar program called Teenage Cancer Trust in the United…
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