Upcoming Speakers

David Plouffe

David Plouffe is a political strategist best known as the chief campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the United States. A long-time Democratic Party campaign consultant, he is a partner at the party-aligned campaign consulting firm AKP&D Message and Media, which he joined in 2000. [More on Mr. Plouffe from Wikipedia]

He will be holding a Question and Answer session with the topic being "Where Do We Go From Here? The Future of Politics in the Wake of Obama's Election" Click here for more information and to add this event to your calendar

Please join us:
Thursday April 16th, 5pm Ames Courtroom

Secretary Tom Ridge

Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001–2003), and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005). Since re-entering the private sector, Ridge has served on the boards of The Home Depot and The Hershey Company and as a senior advisor to Deloitte & Touche, and TechRadium. Ridge is also the founder and CEO of Ridge Global, LLC, a Washington, D.C. based security consulting firm. Ridge spent time campaigning with fellow Republican Party Senator John McCain during his 2008 bid for the presidency and was believed by some to have been in the short list of potential running mates. [More on Mr. Ridge from Wikipedia]

Please join us:
April 21, 2009 6:00pm Ames Courtroom