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

Welcome back to Harvard! The Institute of Politics invites you to our Fall 2018 Open House. Meet our Fellows, learn more about the opportunities the IOP has to offer, and chat with our program chairs!

Unsure how to get to the IOP? We'll have student leaders available to guide you from the John Harvard statue to the IOP, departing at 6:45 and 7.

Food will be provided.

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

Join the IOP's 2018 Resident and Visiting Fellow's Class for a Conversation on Politics (with pancakes!)

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

Join the Ash Center, Institute of Politics, and AARP for a breakfast panel discussion on voting trends and efforts to increase turnout for voters of all ages in this critical election year.

Join IOP Director Mark D. Gearan for an IOP alumni reception during Alumni Weekend for the classes of '68, '83, '93, '08, and '13.

Join the Honorable Jack Dalrymple, former Governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016 for Pizza and Politics on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at the Institute of Politics in Littauer 275.

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

Come to a discussion with Jason Miller, former Obama Deputy Assistant and National Economic Council Deputy Director. Miller will draw on his experiences leading White House policy-making related to infrastructure, transportation, and energy. The conversation will be moderated by Yohannes Abraham, Fall 2017 IOP Residential Fellow and Belfer Center Fellow. 

IOP Conference Room, L-166

After serving almost 15 years in the Philadelphia City Council, Michael A. Nutter was elected the 98th Mayor of his hometown in November 2007 and took office in January 2008. At his inaugural address, Mayor Nutter pledged to lower crime, improve educational attainment rates, make Philadelphia the greenest city in America and attract new businesses and residents to the city. He also promised to lead an ethical and transparent government focused on providing high quality, efficient and effective customer service.

With the support of an experienced, professional staff, Mayor Nutter made significant progress on every pledge: homicides were at an almost 50 year low at the end of his tenure; high school graduation and college degree attainment rates increased significantly; Philadelphia added hundreds of miles in bike lanes and trails and launched the first low-income friendly bike share system in America; and Philadelphia 's population grew every year since 2008, including the largest percentage of millennial population growth in the nation.

Mayor Nutter is a life-long Philadelphian, born and raised in West Philadelphia and educated at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been dedicated to public service since his youth. Mayor Nutter is happily married to his wife Lisa, and a proud parent to Christian and Olivia.

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