A panel discussion with
Oren Cass
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Domestic Policy Director, Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign 2012
James Pethokoukis
Columnist and Blogger, American Enterprise Institute
April Ponnuru
Senior Advisor, Conservative Reform Network
Kristen Soltis Anderson (moderator)
Co-Founder, Echelon Insights
Author, The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America
Institute of Politics Resident Fellow, 2014

Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow, Oren Cass, American Enterprise Institute columnist and blogger, James Pethokoukis, and Conservative Reform Network Senior Advisor, April Ponnuru joined Institute of Politics Fellow and Co-Founder of Echelon Insights, Kristen Soltis Anderson for a discussion on the future of the American conservative agenda. The speakers addressed topics ranging from the future of the Affordable Care Act and healthcare policy to the ability of the republicans to follow through on platform issues like tax cuts, to Donald Trump’s power over environmental regulations and the EPA.

Join us on Tuesday, February 21st from 7-8pm in L166 as with women of the Harvard community from across the political spectrum to discuss how the election has effected them, their political perspecitve, and the future of women's movements and gender equity. This event welcomes a diversity of political perspectives to foster conversation and cooperation on our campus in the new presidential era. 

Jon Finer ‘98
Institute of Politics Resident Fellow, Spring 2017
Chief of Staff and Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State (2016- 2017)
Foreign and National correspondent, Washington Post (2003 -2009)
Sarah Hurwitz `99
Institute of Politics Resident Fellow, Spring 2017
Chief Speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama (2010-2017)
Harvard Law School JD '04
Douglas Elmendorf (moderator)
Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Panelists and IOP Fellows Jon Finer, Former Washington Post Correspondent and State Department Chief of Staff, and Sarah Hurwitz, Chief Speechwriter for former First Lady Michelle Obama, joined moderator Douglas Elmendorf at the Forum for a discussion on public service. The conversation touched on the panelists’ paths to careers in public service, the transition from campaigning to working in government, and how the future of public service will be shaped in the age of the Trump Administration.