Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Eileen Truax, journalist; founder, Malaespina Producciones; author, Dreamers: A Generation's Struggle for the American Dream (2013); "Dreamers: A Discussion about Immigration"

Gloria Allred, attorney, founding partner, Allred, Markoko, & Goldberg; co-author, Fight Back and Win: My Thirty Year Fight Against Injustice and How You Can Win Your Own Battles (2006); "Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and Sexual Assault on College Campuses"

August Kleinzahler, poet; author, forthcoming The Hotel Oneira and Sleeping It Off in Rapid City (2008); "August Kleinzahler Reads from The Hotel Oneira" (6:45 p.m. Parents Dining Room)

Zach Wahls, student, University of Iowa; LGBT activist; author, My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family (2012); "What Makes a Family?"

Lizz Winstead, political satirist; co-creator, head writer, The Daily Show; co-founder, Air America Radio; co-host, Unfiltered; author, Lizz Free or Die (2012)

Richard Breitman, professor of history, American University; co-author, FDR and the Jews (2013) and co-editor, Refugees and Rescue: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald 1935-45 (2009); "FDR and the Jews"

Eric Liu, White House speechwriter and Deputy Domestic Policy Adviser for President Bill Clinton (1997-2001); columnist for TIME.com and The Atlantic.com; co-author, The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government (2011) and author, Guiding Lights: How to Mentor- and Find Life's Purpose (2006); "Democracy is for Amateurs"

Corey Brettschneider, professor of political science, Brown University; author, When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality (2012) and Democratic Rights: The Substance of Self Government (2007); "When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality" (12:00 p.m.)

Clark Lee '04, political director, Los Angeles County Democratic Party; Seema Mehta, political reporter, Los Angeles Times; Ray Remy '59, past president, L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce; "The Race for Los Angeles Mayor" (12:00 p.m.)

John-Clark Levin ’12; journalist; co-author, forthcoming Private Anti-Piracy Navies (2013); John J. Pitney, Jr., Roy P. Crocker Professor of American History and Politics, CMC; co-author, American Government: Deliberation, Democracy, and Citizenship (2011) and co-author, forthcoming Private Anti-Piracy Navies (2013); "Private Anti-Piracy Navies: How Warships for Hire will Change Maritime Security" (12:00 p.m.)

John Abizaid, former commander of United States Central Command, U.S. Army; Distinguished Chair, Combating Terrorism Center, West Point; "A Conversation with a Leader" (12:00 p.m. Parents Dining Room)

Hilary Hoynes, professor of economics, U.C. Davis; co-editor, American Economic Review; "The Health Impacts of the Non-Health Safety Net" (12:00 p.m.)

Johann Olav Koss, 2013 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership recipient; founder, Right to Play; Olympic speedskating medalist; "2013 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership Recipient" (12:00 p.m.)

Kenneth Fields, professor of English and creative writing, Stanford University; author, Classic Rough News (2005); "Yvor Winters’ Wild West: Adventures in Poetry (12:00 p.m. Parents Dining Room)

Daniel Markert ’91, operations advisor, Afghan National Security Forces in Regional Command East; chief of current operations, California National Guard; "Influence of CMC on a Combat Advisor to the Afghan National Army" (12:00 p.m.)