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IFE INFO Roundtable

Remarkable things can happen when national and world global “influencers” gather together for conversations about pressing issues.

This is the premise behind the highly-regarded on-the-record IFE INFO Roundtable, which IFE has hosted since 1992. IFE brings influential leaders together to speak on issues of public policy. Our past guests have included US Supreme Court Justices, Members of Congress, Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, Ambassadors, Cabinet Secretaries, Governors, Mayors, and senior members of the media.

Washington, DC is home to a multitude of breakfast gatherings, but IFE’s INFO Roundtable stands out not only for its high-profile speakers, but for its exceptionally diverse and authoritative audience members. Discussions are often followed by lively question-and-answer sessions; the mood is at once serious, fun, and civil. The events are also intimate, typically involving just 30 to 40 participants, offering the means for much-needed cross-pollination between groups of people who share common interests but move in very diverse circles.

Recent IFE INFO news


Norm Orenstein, Coach Kemper, Judy Woodruff, Carter Pate and IFE INFO speaker David Rubenstein


IFE Steward Chris Caine and Mayor Adrian Fenty at IFE/INFO public policy forum


Host H.E. Dominique Struye de Swielande, The Ambassador of Belgium, Senator Tom Daschle, Ms. Jeri Thomson, Coach Kathy Kemper and H.E. Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, The Ambassador of Jordan

Senator Hillary Clinton
Presidential candidate Senator John McCain at an IFE INFO forum.		 Tim Russert and Bob Woodward
Tim Russert and Bob Woodward		 
Coach Kathy Kemper and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Some of our Past Speakers:


Hon. Joshua Bolten
Justice Stephen Breyer
Secretary Hillary Clinton
Senator Tom Daschle
Mayor Adrian Fenty
Tom Friedman
FCC Chairmain Julius Genachowski
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
His Excellency Husain Haqqani
His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad
Senator John McCain
Governor Robert McDonnell


Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
His Excellency Michael Oren
Dep. Sec. of Energy Daniel Poneman
David Rubenstein
Gabriella Sabatini
Justice Antonin Scalia
Senator Charles Schumer
Maestro Leonard Slatkin
His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong
Senator Mark Warner
Bob Woodward


His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong and Philip Bennett		 
Senator Hillary Clinton takes a question at INFO Breakfast

" Kathy Kemper will celebrate the 15th anniversary of her Institute for Education power breakfasts today. Kemper's invitation-only meetings have provided Washingtonians such as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert and NBC's Andrea Mitchell a chance to talk shop off the record while rubbing elbows with, well, each other. Today's celebration will be a high tea instead of breakfast and will feature Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg as guest speaker"
Washington Post Names & Faces
September 13, 2005


Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in the LBJ Room in the US Capitol.


Jon Fox Sullivan, Bob Woodward, Bill Press, David Broder and Jackie Kucinich at Senator McCain's IFE INFO Roundtable event.

The IFE INFO Roundtable is a program of the Institute for Education, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization qualified to receive tax-deductible contributions from corporations, foundations, and individuals pursuant to section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code. The Institute for Education is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization qualified to receive tax-deductible contributions from corporations, foundations, and individuals pursuant to Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code.