Lu Mai
Secretary General, China Development Research Foundation
Rohini Pande
Rafik Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School
Anthony Saich
Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and
Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Graham Allison (Moderator)
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School

A Conversation with
Jessica Browning
National Co-Chair, College Republican National Committee
David Hogg
Co-Founder, March for Our Lives
Teddy Landis '20
Co-Founder, Harvard Votes Challenge
Student Chair, Harvard Public Opinion Project
Johnathan Rangel
Youth Activist with 99Rootz
Bria Smith
Representative, Milwaukee Youth Council
Senior at Franklin High School, Milwaukee WI
Farah Stockman '96 (Moderator)
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, The New York Times

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A Conversation with:
Joaquin Castro
Member of Congress (D-TX, 20)
Nicholas Burns (Moderator)
Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School

Cornell Brooks
Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice, Harvard Kennedy School
Alex Keyssar
Matthew W. Stirling, Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Kathryn Sikkink
Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe, Harvard University
Archon Fung (Moderator)
Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School

A Conversation with
Devontae Freeland '19
President, Harvard College Democrats
David Jolly
U.S. Representative (R-FL) (2014-2017)
Analyst, CNN & MSNBC
Victoria Marquez '20
VP for Campaigns and Activism, Harvard Republican Club
Patrick Murphy
U.S. Representative (D-FL 18) (2013-2017)
Joseph J. Heck (Moderator)
Fall 2018 Resident Fellow, Institute of Politics
U.S. Representative (R-NV) (2011 to 2017)

A conversation with
Don Lemon
Anchor, CNN's Tonight with Don Lemon

Margaret Talev (Moderator)
Fall 2018 Resident Fellow, Institute of Politics
Senior White House Correspondent, Bloomberg News and CNN Political Analyst
Past President, White House Correspondents' Association

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Featuring
Jill Lepore
David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University

Dan Balz
Senior Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
Chief Correspondent, The Washington Post

Arne Duncan
Managing Partner, Emerson Collective
U.S. Secretary of Education, Obama Administration
 
David Gergen (Moderator)
Public Service Professor of Public Leadership and Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
Former Senior Advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan

Amy Dacey
Former CEO of the Democratic National Committee
Former Executive Director, EMILY’s List
Congressman Joseph J. Heck (NV-03)
Member of Congress (2011 to 2017)
2016 Republican Nominee, U.S. Senate in Nevada
John Noonan
Senior Counselor for Military & Defense Affairs, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)
National Security Advisor, Presidential Campaigns of Governor Jeb Bush and Governor Mitt Romney
Brittany Packnett
Vice President of National Community Alliances and Engagement, Teach for America
Co-founder, Campaign Zero
Margaret Talev
Senior White House Correspondent, Bloomberg News and CNN Political Analyst
Past President, White House Correspondents' Association
IOP Visiting Fellows
Mayor Mitch Landrieu
New Orleans (2010 to 2018)
Mayor Michael Nutter (by video message)
Philadelphia (2008 to 2016)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (by video message)
Los Angeles (2005 to 2013)
Mark D. Gearan ’78 (Moderator)
Director, Institute of Politics

A Conversation with
Hon. Oren Lyons (Onondaga)
Chief & Faithkeeper, Onondaga Indian Nation
Chairman Emeritus, Harvard’s Honoring Nations Board of Governors
Angela R. Riley (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
HLS '98
Hon. Joe Williams (Ngati Pukenga, Waitaha, Tapuika)
Justice, New Zealand Court of Appeal
Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould (We Wai Kai Nation)
Minister of Justice & Attorney General, Member of Parliament, Canada
Prof. Joseph Kalt (Moderator)
Ford Foundation Professor (Emeritus) of International Political Economy, HKS
Co-Director, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Developmen

The 2018 Godkin Lecture
A Conversation with
Eric Holder
Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (2009-2015)
Partner, Covington & Burling (2001-2009, 2015-present)
Archon Fung (Moderator)
Academic Dean and Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, HKS
Co-Director, Transparency Policy Project, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, HKS

Introductory Remarks by
Douglas Elmendorf
Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

A Conversation with
Greg Barker
Director, The Final Year
Samantha Power
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2013-2017)
Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Ben Rhodes
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting (2009-2017)
Mark Gearan (Moderator)
Director, Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School