PRESS ROOM

The office of Media and Public Relations provides notification of ongoing Commonwealth Club World Affairs events to the public and the press and handles media relations. Please find below press releases and articles regarding program developments and significant events, forums, and lectures at the Club.

Founded in 1903, The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California has played host to a broad and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Nancy Pelosi in 2020. Just a sampling of other noteworthy guests includes Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Audrey Hepburn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Walter Cronkite, Milton Friedman, Jane Goodall, Tom Brokaw, Bill Gates, Stacey Abrams, David Brooks, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Reza Aslan, all of whom have delivered landmark speeches and discussions here.

For information and for media credentials, contact:
John Zipperer, Vice President of Media & Editorial
jzipperer@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6715

In the News

Pompeo Hits The Road as Impeachment Trial Gets Underway  (The Wichita Eagle)

Pompeo Hits The Road as Impeachment Trial Gets Underway  (The Washington Post)

Pompeo Hits The Road as Impeachment Trial Gets Underway  (Daily Mail)

Pompeo Hits The Road as Impeachment Trial Gets Underway  (Fox23 News)

Bay Area Political Events: Climate Change Candidates Forum, Golden Gate Bridge Politics  (San Francisco Chronicle)

Pompeo Sees Japan, SKorea FMs as New Sanctions Hit NKorea  (Taiwan News)

Secretary of State Pompeo Heads to Silicon Valley to Dine With Tech Leaders  (CNBC)

'Risk to America’s National Security': Don't Give Vital Technology to China, Pompeo Tells Silicon Valley  (Washington Examiner)

In Talk at Stanford, Pompeo Says Iran Should be More Like Norway  (Daily Post)

Pompeo Says Iraqi Leaders Privately Want U.S. Troops to Remain  (Bloomberg)

Pompeo Sees Japan, SKorea FMs as New Sanctions Hit NKorea  (Daily Mail)

Pompeo Sees Japan, SKorea FMs as New Sanctions Hit NKorea  (The Washington Post )

Reluctant memoirist David Talbot: ‘I Don’t Want to be Surprised by death’  (Datebook)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Bay Area  (NBC Bay Area)

Secretary of State Pompeo Visits Stanford, Talks Iran Strategy  (KTVU)