Past Speakers
"Eighty percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen
Members have exclusive access to and directly engage international, national, and local influencers, private sector leaders, public officials and thought leaders on the most consequential ideas on and plans for the future. Many of our guests are experts in more than one area. Often they will touch on different topics during a program. The extraordinary talent and ingeniousness of our guests combined with the genuine concern of our Members creates a candid, intimate, informative discussion and reciprocal effect. Below is a partial list of our past speakers. To learn more of the discussion and program, visit recaps from past programs.
Economic Growth
- Thomas Priselac, CEO of Cedars Sinai and Chairman of the American Hospital Association, February 2010
- Brent Harris, Managing Director of PIMCO, February 2010
- Linda Chavez, Expert on Unions, Janaury 2010
- Gerald Parsky, A 21st Century Economy, January 2010
- Dann Smith, President of Washington Policy Center, November 2009
- Newt Gingrich, Chairman of American Solutions, October 2009
- Dr. Yaron Brook, President of the Ayn Rand Institute, October 2009
- Future of our Health Care: Representative John Shadegg, August 2009
- Unionization in the 21st Century, Larry Reed, May 2009
- Stephen Moore, Senior Economic Writer for The Wall Street Journal, April 2009
- Fox News contributor Michael Barone, February 2009
- Former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Eric Solomon, January 2009
- Former United States Comptroller David Walker, September 2008
- CEO/President of the Pacific Research Institute Sally Pipes, October 2008
- Bill Miller, Senior Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, July 2008
International Security
- Harry Wingo, Policy Counsel for Google, November 2009
- Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, August 2009
- John Yoo, Former Deputy Assistant A.G, at the U.S. Department of Justice, July 2009
- CEO of American Electric Power, Michael Morris, June 2009
- Peter Singer, Author Wired for War and Children Soldiers, April 2009
- Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism (Former) Juan Zarate, June 2009
- Immigration Policy Debate, Hugh Hewitt and Angelo Paparelli, September 2009
- Frank Gaffney, President and CEO of the Center for Security Policy, December 2008
- Quilliam Foundation Founder Maajid Nawaz, September 2008
- Anne Korin of the Set American Free Foundation, July 2008
- Dr. Gal Luft of the Institute for Analysis of Global Security, July 2008
- Jared Cohen, Author of Children of the Jihad, and Gen Next Member, April 2008
Education
- Education Reform with Kevin Chavous, Democrats for Education Reform, February 2010
- Scott Oki, author of "Outrageous Learning: An Educational Manifesto", August 2009
- Film Screening, " Not as Good as You Think: Why the Middle Class Needs School Choice", May 2009
- Brian Center, Executive Director of A BETTER LA, July 2008
- Brian Anderson, Editor of City Journal at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, July 2008
Thought Leaders
- Jon Fleischman, President of Fleischman Consulting Group, February 2010
- Steve Schmidt, Partner of Mecury Public Affairs, February 2010
- Editor of the Seattle Times, David Boardman, July 2009
- Editor of the LA Times, Russ Stanton, July 2009
- Editor of the Orange County Register, Ken Bruisc, June 2009
- Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, February 2009
- Dean Ellis of the Marshall School of Business, February 2009
- Partner of Arent Fox Craig Engle, January 2009
- Former President Bush Assistant Press Secretary Reed Dickens, October 2008
Public Officials
- Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, September 2008
- Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel, October 2009
- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, July 2009
- Texas Governor Rick Perry, July 2009
- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, October 2009
- U.S. Senator John Thune, March 2009
- Candidate for U.S. Senate, Carly Fiorina, November 2009
- Candidate for U.S. Senate, Rob Portman, November 2009
- Candidate for Governor of California Meg Whitman, April 2009
- U.S. Congressman Kirk, December 2009
- U.S. Congressman Jeff Flake, August 2009
- U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, June 2009
- U.S. Congressman John Boehner, June 2009
- U.S. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, July 2008
- U.S. Congressman Ed Royce, July 2008
- U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam, July 2008
- U.S. Congressman Pete Hoekstra, May 2008
- U.S. Congressman Bob Schaffer, May 2008
- U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor, April 2009
- CA Insurance Commissioner, Steve Poizner, April 2009
- CA Attorney General Jerry Brown, January 2009
- CA State Senator Jeff Denham, August 2008
- WA Attorney General Rob McKenna, January 2009
- U.S. Congressman Tom Campbell, March 2009
- LAPD Chief Bill Bratton, September 2008
- San Diego Police Department Chief William Lansdowne, July 2009
- O.C. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, August 2009
- Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, September 2008
- King County City Councilman, Reagan Dunn, June 2009
French Delegation - October 2008
- Henri Descastries, CEO of AXA
- Francois Sarkozy
- Hubert Vedrine former French Foreign Affairs Minister
- Laurent Wauquiez President Sarkozy's spokesman and Minister for Employment
- MP Louis Giscard d'Estaing, Chairman of the American Caucus
- Olivier Zegna Rata, CEO of Canal plus International TV Channel
- Jacques Barrot, EU Justice Commissioner
- Claude Chirac, Daughter of former Pdt Jacques Chirac, PPR luxury group's
- Communication Advisor
- Philippe Favre, French Ambassador, CEO of Invest in France
- François de la Brosse, Pdt Sarkozy's New Technology Advisor
- Nicolas Beytout, CEO of LVMH's media group