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

VALLEY OF SHADOWS AND DREAMS MASHA'ALLAH AND OTHER STORIES Win California Book Awards  (books.broadwayworld.com)

Top lawyer decries unequal pay for women  (SF Gate- Chronicle)

Commonwealth Club's 2013 California Book Awards Announced  (mercury news)

Shell Oil : Natural Gas Best Opportunity For Carbon Reduction  (triplepundit.com)

Fracking Changes Everything  (San Francisco Bay Guardian Online)

The High-Flying Wojcickis of Silicon Valley Talk About How They Stay Aloft  (All Things Digital)

Feinstein: NRA intimidation weakens weapons reform  (Monterey County- The Herald)

Bay Area's Wojcicki family honored  (SF Chronicle)

Commonwealth Club honors the Wojcicki family  (SFexaminer.com)

Commonwealth Club honors the Wojcicki family  (SFexaminer.com)

Dianne Feinstein Plans Carbon Tax, Argues Against Keystone, Oil, &Gas Subsidies  (Fresh Dialogues)

Distinguished Palo Alto Family to be Honored at Commonwealth Club  (Palo Alto Patch)

Faces  (J Weekly- Liz Harris)

Feinstein Plans New "Carbon Fee" Bill, Argues Against Keystone, Oil & Gas Subsidies  (Huffington Post)

Feinstein: NRA intimidation Weakens Weapons Reform  (The Daily News-Gaveston County)