Past Speakers

IFE Speakers 2019

• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC); Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1978 to 1987; and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1987 to 1991.
• Sam Feist, CNN’s Washington bureau chief and senior vice president
• Ms. Sophie V. Vandebroek, former Chief Technology Officer of Xerox, and President of Xerox Innovation Group
• Ms. Suzette Kent, Federal Chief Information Officer at the Office of Management and Budget
• H.E. Takuya Hirai, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Japan;
• H.E. Masahiko Shibayama, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan and
• Mr. Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy and Deputy US Chief Technology Officer, The White House

IFE Speakers 2018

• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch
• Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times’ Washington Bureau Chief
• The Honorable Joshua Bolten, former White House Chief of Staff (George W. Bush Administration)
• The Honorable Denis McDonough, 26th White House Chief of Staff (Barack Obama Administration)
• Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent
• Ajit Pai, FCC Chairman
• Jerry Seib, Wall Street Journal
• Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews
• Abderrahim Foukara, Al Jazeera
• Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
• General Michael Hayden, Former Director of the CIA and NSA
• Congressman Will Hurd, Texas’ 23rd District
• Kyra Phillips, ABC News
• Shannon Bream, Anchor of FoxNews@Night
• Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

IFE Speakers 2017

• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch
• Charlie Black, Chairman of Prime Policy Group
• Mayor Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia
• Matt Lira  (Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy) Open Government Reception
• Gerrit Lansing (Digital Strategist) Open Government Reception
• Aneesh Chopra (Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer) Open Government Reception
• Macon Phillips  (Former Digital Strategist to President Obama & Secretary Kerry) Open Government Reception
• Cori Zarek Former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer
• Ed Henry (American broadcast journalist and the chief national correspondent for Fox News)
• Dr. Hamdullah Mohib, Ambassador of Afghanistan Global Connections Series interviewed by Josh Rogin, Columnist, Washington Post and Political Analyst, CNN
• Denmark’s Tech Ambassador, Ambassador Casper Klynge (the first Tech Ambassador in the world)
• U.S. CTO Megan Smith

IFE Speakers 2016 – “Celebrating IFE’s 25th Season”

• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch
• Nina Easton, FORTUNE
• The Honorable Edward Markey (D-MA), United States Senate
• Haley Van Dyck, Cofounder of US Digital Services at The White House
• David Edelman, Special Assistant to the President for Economic & Technology Policy at the White House’s National Economic Council (NEC)
• Sergio A. Barlocchetti Italian UAVs company Elytron Aeronautica
• Ryan English, President of Fly Motion
• Dr. Patrick Meier is an internationally recognized expert on Humanitarian Technology
• Tiziano Vercellino  instructor and consultant for RPAS/UAV projects
• Megan Smith, United States Chief Technology Officer
• Justice Stephen Breyer, United States Supreme Court

IFE Speakers 2015

• H.E. Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador of Japan
• Dhanurjay “DJ” Patil, Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Chief Data Scientist of the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Mayor Muriel Bowser, D-District of Columbia
• Lea Shanley, Presidential Innovation Fellow (NASA)
• Andrea Ippolito, Presidential Innovation Fellow (VA)
• Gajen Sunthara, Presidential Innovation Fellow (DHHS)
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch

IFE Speakers 2014

• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court
• Aneesh Chopra, Former Chief Technology Officer of the United States; Hunch
• Geoff Mulligan, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (NIST)
• Dr. Joe Polastre, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (State Department)
• Dr. Sokwoo Rhee, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (NIST)
• Jorge Moreira da Silva. Portuguese Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy
• Dr. Peter Evans, Vice President at the Center for Global Enterprise
• Matthew Theall, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (Dept. of Energy)
• Mayor Vincent C. Gray, D-District of Columbia
• Garren Givens, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (Dept. of Education)
• Hillary Hartley, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (GSA)
• Andreas Lederberger, Embassy of Switzerland
• Adam Dole, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (HHS)
• Jacqueline Kazil, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (FEMA)
• Scott Wu, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow (USAID)
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch

IFE Speakers 2013

• Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI), Chair – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), Ranking member – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• Todd Park, United States Chief Technical Officer and Assistant to the President
• General Michael V. Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, and First Principal Deputy Director of National
• Ambassador John Negroponte, Former Director of National Intelligence and former Deputy Secretary of State
• H.E. Sergey I. Kislyak, Ambassador of the Federation of Russia to the United States.
• Mayor Vincent Gray, D-District of Columbia
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch
• Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), United States Senate
• Dr. Robert D. Hormats, the Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs

IFE Speakers 2012

• Secretary Ray LaHood, Department of Transportation
• John Zogby, Senior Analyst and Pollster, JZ Analytics “Post-election Analysis”
• Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), United States Senate
• Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Republican Whip, United States Senate
• His Excellency Sergey I. Kislyak , Ambassador of the Federation of Russia
• Mayor Vincent Gray, D-District of Columbia
• Dr. Robert D. Hormats, the Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch

IFE Speakers 2011 “Celebrating IFE’s 20th Season”

• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch
• Justice Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court
• Senator Richard Shelby, (R-AL) United States Senate
• Mayor Vincent Gray, D–Washington D.C.
• Senator Tom Udall, (D-NM) United States Senate
• The Honorable Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security
• General Michael V. Hayden, Former Director of the CIA
• Jennifer Griffin, FOX News, Correspondent
• Justice Samuel A. Alito, Supreme Court of the United States
• Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of DC Metropolitan Police Department

 IFE Speakers 2010

• Arianna Huffington, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post
• Congressman Mark Kirk, R-Illinois, Republican Candidate for the US Senate
• His Excellency Michael Oren, The Ambassador of Israel
• The Honorable Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, popularly called “pay czar”
• Chancellor Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia Public Schools
• Deputy Secretary Daniel B. Poneman, US Department of Energy
• Chairman Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch

IFE Speakers 2009

• His Excellency Husain Haqqani, the Ambassador of Pakistan
• His Excellency Said Jawad, the Ambassador of Afghanistan
• Congressman Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee
• His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki, the Ambassador of Japan
• Bob McDonnell, Republican Candidate for Governor of Virginia, Former Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia
• The Honorable Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• The Honorable James Lambright, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Chief Investment Officer of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch

IFE Speakers 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
• 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
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch

IFE Speakers 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
• IFE Steward Judge William Webster, Kick-off Lunch
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, District of Columbia

IFE Speakers 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 Speakers 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 Hillary 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 Speakers 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 Speakers 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 Speakers 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 Speakers 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 Speakers 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 Speakers 1999

• 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 Speakers 1998

• 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 Speakers 1997

• “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 Speakers 1996

• 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 Speakers 1995

• 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 Speakers 1994

• 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 Dan Coats, D-Indiana
• 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 Speakers 1993

• Andrea Mitchell, Chief White House Correspondent, NBC News
• James MacGregor, David Adams, Washington Bureau Chief, Sunday Times of London
• Congressman James Cooper, D- Tennessee
• Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kansas
• 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 Speakers 1992

• 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 Speakers 1991

• 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 Speakers 1990

• 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