Dinner Speaker
Join us for an evening with Washington Post associate editor, legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author Bob Woodward.
Katty Kay
Breakfast Speaker
New York Times bestselling author and US Special Correspondent for BBC Studios
Spencer Kimball
Executive Director of Emerson College Polling
Dr. Elaine Kamarck
Founding Director Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings Institute
Dr. Josep Carbonell
President of Blanquerna (Ramon Llull University). Former Dean of FCRI-Blanquerna and former member of the Catalan Parliament.
Dr. Gregory Payne
Chair of Emerson College's Department of Communication Studies, the first communication department in the United States. He is the Co-Director of the Emerson Blanquerna Center for Global Communication as well as host of the podcast, Payne On Politics.
Susan Del Percio
Crisis communications expert, public affairs strategist, and political analyst at NBC and MSNBC.
Dr. Charles Steinberg
President of Worcester Red Sox & Director of Sports Communication at Emerson College
Larry Lucchino
A lawyer and former CEO/President of the Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox of the MLB
Richard Lui
A veteran and award-winning journalist and a current anchor at MSNBC and CNN Worldwide.
Dr. José Alberto Azeredo
The current Chair Professor of International Law at the Catholic University of Porto and Associate Professor at FCRI-Blanquerna. Former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Portugal.
Dr. Josep M Colomer
A former professor and current research associate at Georgetown University, a life member of the American Political Science Association, and an elected member of the Academy of Europe.
Senior Director of Esports at Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Andrew McNeill
Kevin Hirano
Director of Operations and Development of Asian Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)
Alyse Nelson
President and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership
Aloyna Papova
Russian Human Rights Advocate and Digital Campaign Against Violence Leader
Phumzile Van Damme
Former MP of South Africa
Dr. Gracie Lawson-Border
Dean of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University
Tristram Perry
U.S. Diplomat Public Affairs Strategist
Amirah Ismail
U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Officer
Dr. Scott Ratzan
Distinguished Lecturer at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Linda Peek-Schacht
White House and Senate Communications Veteran
Judith Colell
Vice Dean for Business FCRI Blanquerna and President of Catalan Film Academy
Director of Hispanic Qualitative Research at Emerson College Polling
Dr. Laura Barberena
Isabel Holloway
Director of Survey Operations
at Emerson College Polling
Dr. Jae Williams
Educator, Higher Ed. Advisor and Social Justice Advocate
Mark Brodie
Affiliated Faculty at Emerson College
Dr. Brent Smith
Dean of School of Communication at Emerson College
Al Jaffe
Former ESPN VP of Talent and Emerson Trustee
Eric Schnurer
President of Virtu.Us
Peter Loge
Professor at George Washington University
Lauren Swan-Potras
Managing Editor Journal of Health Communication
Tanja Schub
Graduate Student in Health Communication for Social Change MS program at the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
Pat Peyton
Emerson College Board of Trustee Member