President George W. Bush Headlines Speaker Series
Tickets are now on sale for this fall’s Jefferson Educational Society Global Summit XIII speaker series, including the Nov. 9 program featuring President George W. Bush at Erie’s Bayfront Convention Center.
Global Summit XIII will include an in-person series of eight events featuring 12 speakers during the first two weeks of November.
“We are so pleased that we can present this excellent summit for the people of the Erie region and our many supporters,” said Jefferson President Dr. Ferki Ferati. “Hosting President Bush takes our programming to a new level, and we really look forward to his appearance.”
In addition to President Bush, the fall in-person lineup includes labor and civil rights leaders Clayola Brown and DeWitt Walton;(Monday, Nov. 1); Constitutional scholar and President of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen (Wednesday, Nov. 3); Brookings Institution policy expert Camille Busette (Thursday, Nov. 4); First Ladies panel in partnership with American University and the First Ladies Association of Research and Education featuring Stacy Cordery, Anita McBride, and Barbara Perry (Monday, Nov. 8); President Bush (Tuesday, Nov. 9); former White House Chiefs of Staff Andrew Card and Mack McLarty (Wednesday, Nov. 10); Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; (Thursday, Nov. 11); and Hagen Dignitas Award winner Robert Pape, an international security expert (Friday, Nov. 12).
Global Summit Chairman Steve Scully, senior vice president of communications for the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., will moderate several programs, and former Pennsylvania Governor and first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge will take part in President Bush’s program.
Tickets can be ordered directly through the Jefferson’s website, www.jeserie.org. If further assistance is needed, the Jefferson can be reached at 814.459.8000. Ticket reservations will be honored for those who previously registered for fall summit events.
The Global Summit is hosted each year by the Jefferson in cooperation with a number of major sponsors, including LECOM Health and Erie Insurance.
The Bush program will begin at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Bayfront Convention Center. All other programs will begin at 7:30 p.m. at locations that will be announced in coming days.
For more information, please contact:
Angela Beaumont
Director of Operations, Jefferson Educational Society
814.459.8000
Beaumont@JESErie.org
