WIP25 Events

Wednesdays in the hotel boardroom at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted (and bolded)

March 26 at 5 p.m. at the Home of Halie Craig, currently a business consultant at Origin Advocacy, Halie has extensive experience on the hill, as  senior policy staff to U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Pat Toomey (R-PA), including in senior positions on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee.  She is an expert in international trade & technology policy and was nominated by President Biden to serve serve as a Republican member of the U.S. International Trade Commission.  It's a 13 minute walk from the Hart Senate Office Building and 27 minutes from Rayburn, so you will need to leave your office a bit early.  The seminar will be followed by the annual alumni welcome to the interns. 

April 2:  Greg Craig, Democratic Party insider, legal counsel to presidents, Clinton's impeachment lawyer. 

April 9: Seminar, David McKean, Chief of Staff for Sen. John Kerry, Ambassador to Luxembourg, Director of the JFK library, Author.  

Thursday, April 10 at 6:30: Alumni Reception.  

April 16: Nick Eberstadt at the American Enterprise Institute.  We will meet there at 5:00, 1789 Mass. Ave, NW. (You will need to ask to leave work early)

April 23: Jeff Eggers, Navy Seal, National Security Staff under Obama. 

April 29: Andrew Weiss, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Mass. Ave, NW

Thursday, May 1: two events!  

• First, breakfast in the Senate Dining Hall with Sen. Hickenlooper

• Then at 5 pm: Greg Lukianoff, Founder and CEO of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue (left of the Trader Joe's entrance near Eastern Market). 

May 7: Shelby Smith-Wilson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and various other roles in the Foreign Service since 1999. 

May 13, Tuesday: David Carmen, 7:30 in the boardroom.

May 21: TBA

May 28: Teddy Schleifer.  NYT correspondent, who covers billionaires, including Elon Musk and my former student, Mark Zuckerberg, and their impact on the world.

*Events for which tickets have been purchased 

March 26, 6 p.m.: DC alumni welcome interns to town

Saturday, March 29, 7 p.m.: Wizards v. Brooklyn Nets, Capitol One Arena.

Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m.: "A Room in the Castle," Folger Shakespeare Theater. 

Saturday, April 12, 11:45: Holocaust Museum and lunch/discussion at the L'Enfant food court.  I can pay with the school card, but only if you can all agree to one or two places to eat.  Rob, the renowned DC tour guide and Trip Hacks You Tuber recommends Maizal (Latin American Street food). (Over lunch share one thing that stood out for you in the museum).

Monday, April 14, 8:00: Mr Smith goes to Washington. 

Saturday, April 19, 1:15: Smithsonian African American History Museum. 

Saturday, April 26, 1:15: National Archives, Post Office Tower, World War I memorial, and Larry's Cookies and Ice Cream.

Saturday, May 3: No scheduled event this weekend. Mr. Einhaus will be replacing me while I am home for the weekend. You might consider heading down to the Wharf for the Running of the Chihuahuas, 2-5 p.m.  Or you could do the embassy open houses (last year the lines were very long for this). 

Sunday, May 11, 1:35: Nationals baseball game.

Monday May 12, 2:00: Pentagon visit with Dallas Brown.

Saturday, May 17: Alumnus Michael Plater will host us at his farm near Leesburg, Virginia. 

Saturday, May 24: TBA

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