SACRAMENTO SPEAKERS SERIES
2011-2012 SEASON
David McCullough
Tuesday
October 11, 2011, 8:00PM
David McCullough is a two-time winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2006, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. His widely-read biography, John Adams, was turned into a critically-acclaimed mini-series on HBO in 2008. On May 26, 2011, he publishes “The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris”, a story of American artists and scientists who studied in Paris and how their experiences changed America.
David Gergen
Tuesday
November 29, 2011, 8:00PM
David Gergen is a senior political analyst for CNN and has served as an adviser to four U.S. presidents. He is a professor of public service at the Harvard Kennedy School and the director of its Center for Public Leadership. In 2000, he published the best-selling book, Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton. He is also a member of the Washington, D.C. Bar and the Council on Foreign Relations and holds 19 honorary degrees.
Condoleezza RIce
Wednesday
January 11, 2012, 8:00PM
Condoleezza Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State, as well as National Security Advisor under President Bush. Dr. Rice pioneered a policy of Transformational Diplomacy with a focus on the Middle East. She has been involved in humanitarian pursuits and authored several books. She is Professor of Political Economy in the Graduate School of Business, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy (Hoover Institution) and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.
Richard Roeper
Wednesday
February 1, 2012, 8:00PM
For eight years, Richard Roeper was the co-host of the nationally syndicated “Ebert & Roeper” program. Roeper currently reviews movies for the Chicago Sun-Times, ReelzChannel, and on his site, www.richardroeper.com. As writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roeper has won numerous honors including the National Headliner Award as the best columnist in the country. He has written eight books, on topics ranging from Hollywood flops to gambling in America to urban legends.
Peter Greenberg
Thursday
March 1, 2012, 8:00PM
Peter Greenberg is America’s most recognized, honored and respected front-line travel news journalist. He is a travel editor for CBS News and appears on The Early Show. He is an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and producer and was named one of the most influential people in travel by Travel Weekly. He also hosts a nationally-syndicated radio show that is broadcast each week from a different remote location around the world.
Lisa Ling
Tuesday
April 3, 2012, 8:00PM
Lisa Ling, a Sacramento native, is the field correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show and former contributor to ABC News’ Nightline and National Geographic’s Explorer. Ling got her start in journalism at the age of 21 when she covered the civil war in Afghanistan for Channel One News. She later became a co-host of ABC Daytime’s Emmy-winning show, The View. This year, she will have her own series on the Oprah Winfrey Network called Our America with Lisa Ling.
