Supported by the Fahrenkopf-Manatt Endowment

GW’s Graduate School of Political Management in partnership with Penn Schoen Berland and Burson-Marsteller will host prominent political strategists Mark Penn and Karen Hughes to discuss whether the midterm elections will result in deals or gridlock. NBC News Correspondent Mike Viqueira will moderate.

Event attendees are invited to a public reception following the discussion.

Speakers

Mark Penn is the CEO Worldwide of Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications firm, and the CEO of Penn Schoen Berland, a strategic research-based communications consultancy. He served as chief adviser to President Clinton and was the senior strategist for Hillary Clinton's campaigns for the Senate and the presidency.

Karen Hughes is the Global Vice Chairman of Burson-Marsteller, where she provides clients with senior level communications strategy and counsel. She served as Counselor to President George W. Bush, advising him on policy and communications and managing the White House Offices of Communications, Media Affairs, Speechwriting and Press Secretary.

Mike Viqueira is an award-winning NBC News correspondent who spent eleven years covering Capitol Hill as both a producer and reporter before moving to the White House beat. He is a two-time Emmy award winner, for his work covering the congressional response to the financial crisis and on Election Night 2008.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.(doors open at 5:45 p.m.)

Location: The George Washington University
The Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street, NW, 1st Floor
Washington, DC 20052

Directions: Blue or Orange Line to Foggy Bottom/GWU

Registration: gspm.gwu.edu/midtermexam