Weekly Seminars
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.
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 14, 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.
Outings
*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
Saturday, April 19, 1:15: Smithsonian African American History Museum
Saturday, April 26: TBA
Saturday, May 3: No scheduled event this weekend. Mr. Einhaus will be replacing me while I am home for the weekend.
Sunday, May 11, 1:35: Nationals baseball game.
Saturday, May 17: Alumnus Michael Plater will host us at his farm near Leesburg, Virginia.
Saturday, May 24: TBA