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

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Electric Vehicle Sales Showing More Pickup  (San Francisco Chronicle)

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I want to make corruption part of Malaysia's past, not future: Najib  (mysinchew.com)

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The Commonwealth Club Presents Chuck Palahniuk & the San Francisco Cacophony Society at the Castro Theatre  (Laughing Squid )

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How Social Media is Changing Politics, From Wendy Davis to Anthony Weiner  (Huffington Post)

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We Talked About Fight Club: Our Interview With Chuck Palahniuk  (SF Weekly)

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Heidi Ballard Presentation on Citizen Science at Commonwealth Club  (UC Davis School of Education)

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What Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is like as a leader  (The Washington Post)

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Commentary: We Wasted Time, and Now We Need to Address Syria Crisis  (Yahoo! News)

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Mark Leibovich’s “This Town” Not So Unlike Silicon Valley  (Mercury News)

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Our Counterintelligence Philosophy and Why It Deserves a Second Look  (Huffington Post)

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The Commonwealth Club's "Protect Biodiversity" Series  (KLLC 97.3 )

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The Snake, the Seeker, and the Smartphone  (Huffington Post)

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Stranger in Strange Silicon Valley land  (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Treasury Chief Lew on Nasdaq glitch, Dodd-Frank rollout, and sequestration's impact  (Silicon Valley Business Journal )

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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: "We're headed in the right direction, but..."  (SF Gate)