All:
Distribution of tickets for the first Lecture Series event of the 07-08 year
begin next Wednesday, Sept. 12. They are free but required. Should be a very
interesting presentation. The event press release is pasted below.
Patti Newberry
Dee Dee Myers and Scott McClellan
The 2008 Presidential Election:
An Insidersı View
Monday, September 17, 2007
Dee Dee Myers, former Press Secretary for President Clinton, was the first
woman and the youngest person ever to hold that position. As a member of the
presidentıs inner circle, Myers participated in a wide range of events and
initiatives, from the signing of the monumental Mid-East peace accords, to
the passage of the presidentıs first budget.
Before joining the Clinton campaign in 1991, Myers worked on a variety of
local, state, and national campaigns. She served as press secretary for
California governor Dianne Feinstein in her 1990 bid for governor, and
worked on the presidential campaigns of Governor Michael Dukakis and Vice
President Walter Mondale. After leaving the White House, Myers filled the
liberal chair on the CNBC talk show ³Equal Time,² discussing daily political
developments.
Myers, a political analyst and commentator, runs her own business and is
also a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine, a regular guest on the
Today Show and other programs, and a lecturer on politics, current events,
and womenıs issues. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two
children.
Former senior presidential adviser and White House Press Secretary for
President Bush, Scott McClellan has broad experience in government, politics
and communications. Before joining the White House staff, Mr. McClellan was
the traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 presidential
campaign.
A savvy political analyst and knowledgeable authority on the media, Mr.
McClellan has been a guest on a variety of television shows, including The
Tonight Show, Larry King Live, The Daily Show and The OıReilly Factor
Currently McClellan is the Senior Vice President for Corporate and
Government Affairs at HHB Inc., a leading global consulting and technology
firm for project and purchase compliance and is also writing a political
memoir to be published in spring of 2008. He and his wife reside in
Arlington, VA.
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