IFE INFO 2008
- Senator Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota
- Morton Kondracke and Fred Barnes, The Beltway Boys, Fox News
- Senator Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska
- Secretary Mike Chertoff, US Department of Homeland Security
- Mayor Adrian Fenty, District of Columbia
- Mr. David Rubenstein, Co-Founder, the Carlye Group
- Alibi Club, Luncheon
- Ambassador Susan Schwab, US Trade Representative
- Chancellor Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia Public Schools
- Congressman Charles Rangel,
Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee D- New York State
Invited Speakers
- Justice Samuel A. Alito, Supreme Court of the United States
- Justice Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States
- Donald Trump, American Entrepreneur
Past Speakers
IFE INFO 2007
- The Honorable Tony Snow, Former Press Secretary, White House
- William J. Haynes, II
General Counsel, US Dept. of Defense
(This talk included a private tour of the Pentagon.)
- Senator John McCain, R-Arizona
- Secretary Mike Leavitt, US Department of Health & Human Services
- Ambassador Robert Hormats,
Vice Chairman, Goldman, Sachs (International)
- Senator John Sununu, R-New Hampshire
- His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China
- Congressman Tom Davis, R-Virginia
- Alibi Club, Luncheon
- Mayor Adrian Fenty, District of Columbia
IFE INFO 2006
- Senator Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota
- Mr. Norm Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
- Secretary Alphonso Jackson, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Senator Charles E. Schumer, D- New York State
- Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group, Foremost political risk expert
- Secretary James Nicholson, US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Senator Kent Conrad, D-North Dakota
- Honorable Joshua Bolten, Director, Executive Office of Management and Budget
- Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, D-California
- Mayor Anthony Williams, D- District of Columbia
IFE INFO 2005
- Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
- Senator Susan M. Collins, R-Maine
- The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton, D-New York
- Congresswoman Jane Harman, D-California
- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, Vice Chair, Senate Republican Conference
- Mr. Bob Woodward, The Washington Post
- Chairman Michael Powell, Federal Communication Commission
- Mayor Anthony Williams, D- District of Columbia
- Charles Cook, Editor, Cook Political Report, The National Journal
IFE INFO 2004
- Mr. Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra
- Dr. N. Gregory Mankiw, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
- Senator Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, Chairman, Appropriations
- Secretary Rod Paige, US Department of Education
- Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washington State
- Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, Chairman, Committee on Intelligence
- Jack Valenti, President & CEO, Motion Picture Association
- The Honorable Kenneth B. Mehlman, Campaign Manager for Bush-Cheney 2004
- Congressman Harold Ford, Jr, D-Tennessee
- Mayor Anthony Williams, D- District of Columbia
IFE INFO 2003
- The Honorable Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- The Honorable Philip Merrill, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Darrell Green, Chair of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
- Ambassador Richard Haass, Director, Office of Policy Planning Staff, US Department of State
- Command Center, US Department of Health & Human Services
- Chairman Michael Powell, Federal Communication Commission
- Congressman Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, House Majority Whip
- Secretary Tommy Thompson, US Department of Health & Human Services
- The Honorable Joshua Bolten, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, White House
- Senator Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, Chairman, Rules and Administration
- Mayor Anthony Williams, D- District of Columbia
IFE INFO 2002
- Governor Mark Warner, D- State of Virginia
- Congressman Mike Oxley, R – Ohio, Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services
- Ambassador Zalman Shoval, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister
- The Honorable Kenneth B. Mehlman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs
- Secretary Donald Evans, US Department of Commerce
- Senator Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Secretary Spencer Abraham, US Department of Energy
- Senator Jon Corzine, D-New Jersey
- The Honorable Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
- Mayor Anthony Williams, D- District of Columbia
IFE INFO 2001
- Tom Friedman, New York Times
- The Honorable Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Executive Office of Management and Budget
- Dr. Glen Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
- Senator Harry Reid, D-Nevada, Majority Whip
- Senator Max Baucus, D – Montana
- Dr. Geoffrey Kemp, Director, Regional Strategic Programs, Nixon Center
- Congressman Christopher Cox, R- California
- Senator Charles Grassley, R– Iowa, Chairman, Finance Committee
- Senator Tom Daschle, D - South Dakota, Democratic Leader
- The Honorable Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Mayor Anthony Williams, D- District of Columbia
IFE INFO 2000
- Robert Bauer & Benjamin Ginsberg, Elections 2000
- Charles Cook & Stuart Rothenberg, Editors & Publishers of their Political Reports
- Congressman Thomas M. Davis III, R-Virginia, Chairman, Republican Congressional Committee
- Chairman Joseph Andrew, DNC & Chairman James Nicholson, RNC
- Senator Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota, Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee
- Chairman William Kennard, Federal Communication Commission
- Congressman Charles Rangel, D- New York State, Deputy Whip
- Commissioner Michael Powell, Federal Communication Commission
- Senator Fred Thompson, R-Tennessee
- Chairman Robert Pitofsky, Federal Trade Commission
- Deputy Secretary Stuart Eizenstat, US Department of the Treasury
- Mayor Anthony Williams, D- District of Columbia
IFE INFO ’99
- Governor James Gilmore, R- State of Virginia
- Heather French, Miss America 2000
- Senator Evan Bayh, D- Indiana
- Jim Glassman & Dr. Kevin Hassett, co-authors of “Dow 36,000”
- Gene B. Sperling, Director, National Economic Council
- Vice President Dan Quayle
- Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn, R-Washington State
- Senator Charles E. Schumer, D- New York State
- Secretary Donna Shalala, US Department of Health & Human Services
- Senator John Ashcroft, R-Missouri
- Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, R- New York City
- Mayor Anthony A. Williams, D- District of Columbia
IFE INFO ’98
- Secretary Richard W. Riley, US Department of Education
- Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative
- J. Carter Brown, Director Emeritus of the National Gallery of Art
- Charles Cook & Stuart Rothenberg, Editors & Publishers of their Political Reports
- Senator John F. Kerry, D – Massachusetts
- Congressman Mike Oxley, R – Ohio
- Senator John Breaux, D– Louisiana, Chief Deputy Whip
- Senator John McCain, R– Arizona, Chairman, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
- The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Congressman John Dingell, D – Michigan
- Senator Paul Wellstone, D- Minnesota
- Senator Tom Daschle, D- South Dakota, Democratic Leader
- Governor George Pataki, R – New York State
IFE INFO ‘97
- “McLaughlin Group,” Morton Kondracke and Eleanor Clift
- The Honorable Joel Klein, Assistant Attorney General
- Senator Don Nickles, R- Oklahoma, Assistant Majority Leader
- Congressman Thomas Bliley, R-Virginia, Chairman, House Commerce Committee
- Senator Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, Majority Leader
- Gene Sperling, Director, National Economic Council
- Secretary Donna Shalala, Department of Health & Human Services
- The Honorable Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
- Senator Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, Chairman, Appropriations
- John L. Hilley, Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs
IFE INFO ‘96
- Congressman Tom DeLay, R-Texas, House Majority Whip
- John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO
- Congressman Richard A. Gephardt, D-Missouri, House Democratic Leader
- Senator Ron Wyden, D-Oregon
- The Honorable Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Chairman Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee
- Speaker Newt Gingrich, U.S. House of Representatives
- Secretary Hazel O’Leary, US Department of Energy
- Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Chairman, Judiciary Committee
- Secretary Robert Reich, US Department of Labor
- Dr. Frank Luntz, Luntz Research; Stan Greenberg, Greenberg & Associates
- Art Buchwald, Humorist & Syndicated Columnist
IFE INFO ‘95
- The Honorable David R. Gergen, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University
- Senator Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, Chairman, Senate Republican Conference
- Congressman Thomas J. Bliley, Jr., R-Virginia, Chairman, House Commerce Committee
- Senator Don Nickles, R-Oklahoma, Chairman, Republican Policy Committee
- Senator Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, Majority Whip
- Senator Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, Chairman, Democratic Leadership Council
- Senator Thomas A. Daschle, D-South Dakota, Democratic Leader
- Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, Chairman, Select Ethics Committee
- Senator Byron L. Dorgan, D-North Dakota, Assistant Democratic Floor Leader
- Congressman Bill Archer, R-Texas, Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee
- Secretary Donna Shalala, Department of Health & Human Services
- Senator Larry Pressler, R-South Dakota, Chairman, Commerce Committee
- Stan Greenberg, Greenberg Research;
- Dr. Frank Luntz, Luntz Research
- Senator Alfonse D’Amato, R-New York, Chairman, Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee
- The Honorable Larry Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
IFE INFO '94
- The Honorable Gene Sperling, Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
- The Honorable David R. Gergen, Counselor to the President
- The Honorable Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisors
- The Honorable Joel Klein, Deputy General Counsel to the President
- Senator John B. Breaux, D-Louisiana
- Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Professor of Chemistry, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley
- The Honorable Alice M. Rivlin, Acting Director, Office of Management & Budget
- His Excellency Immo Stabrecht, Ambassador of The Republic of Germany
- The Honorable Susan Ness, Federal Communications Commissioner
IFE INFO '93
- Andrea Mitchell, Chief White House Correspondent, NBC News
- James MacGregor, David Adams, Washington Bureau Chief, Sunday Times of London
- Congressman James Cooper, D- Tennessee
- Dr. Michael Boskin, Former Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisors
- The Honorable Tom McMillen, Co-Chair, President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports
- The Honorable William E. Frenzel, Special Advisor to the President for NAFTA
- Paul Duke, Moderator, "Washington Week in Review"
IFE INFO '92
- Judge Robert Heron Bork, Circuit Judge, Lawyer, Educator, AEI
- John S. Hendricks, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Discovery Channel
- Morton M. Kondracke, Senior Editor of The New Republic
- Senator Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond, R- Missouri
- Senator Donald W. Riegle, Jr., R-Michigan, Chairman, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
- Robert L. Johnson, Founder & President, Black Entertainment Television
- Ambassador Corrado Pirzio-Biroli, Deputy Head, Delegation for the European Commission
- Judge William H. Webster, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
- Dr. Michael J. Boskin, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisors
- David Gergen, Editor-at-Large, U.S. News & World Report, TV & Radio Commentator
IFE INFO '91
- Senator Larry Pressler, R-South Dakota
- Senator Donald Riegle, D-Michigan Chairman, Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs
- Senator Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, Chairman, Republican Conference
- Peter H. Monroe, President of the Oversight Board, Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
- Senator Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, Chairman, Rules & Administration
- Ambassador Corrado Pirzio-Biroli, Deputy Head, Delegation for the European Commission
- The Honorable John E. Robson, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- Dr. Michael J. Boskin, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisors
IFE INFO '90
- Congressman Les Aspin, D-Wisconsin, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
- Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor under President Carter
- John E. Robson, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- Senator Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, R-Missouri