Faces In The Suite

Over the last few years, our students have had a chance to meet some very interesting people through the FDR Foundation! Here’s a sampling:

Anna Sevortian, Director Human Rights Watch RussiaFireside Chat: Human Rights in Putin's Russia

Anna Sevortian, Director Human Rights Watch RussiaFireside Chat: Human Rights in Putin's Russia

Doris Kearns-Goodwin, Historian, AuthorLecture: FDR, TR, and Lincoln

Doris Kearns-Goodwin, Historian, AuthorLecture: FDR, TR, and Lincoln

Julio Frenk, former Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health; President, University of MiamiPanel: Global Health Equity

Julio Frenk, former Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health; President, University of MiamiPanel: Global Health Equity

Laurence Summers, former President of Harvard UniversityPanel: Global Health Equity

Laurence Summers, former President of Harvard UniversityPanel: Global Health Equity

Francis Gatare, former chief advisor to the president, CEO of the Rwanda Development Board Fireside Chat: Rwanda and Genocide 20 Years On

Francis Gatare, former chief advisor to the president, CEO of the Rwanda Development Board Fireside Chat: Rwanda and Genocide 20 Years On

David Huebner, former US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa Lecture: What is Our Story, Anyway — American Narratives in the 21st Century

David Huebner, former US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa Lecture: What is Our Story, Anyway — American Narratives in the 21st Century

Bruce Oreck, former US Ambassador to FinlandLecture: Don't Worry. It's Not the End of the World, Just the End of Yours

Bruce Oreck, former US Ambassador to FinlandLecture: Don't Worry. It's Not the End of the World, Just the End of Yours

Michael Ignatieff, former leader of the Liberal Party in Canada, Professor Harvard Kennedy SchoolFireside Chat: Sovereignty and Intervention

Michael Ignatieff, former leader of the Liberal Party in Canada, Professor Harvard Kennedy SchoolFireside Chat: Sovereignty and Intervention

Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of AustraliaFireside Chat: US, Australia and the The Future of the Pacific Rim

Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of AustraliaFireside Chat: US, Australia and the The Future of the Pacific Rim

Juliana Jolly, Nieman Fellow, BBC Asia EditorFireside Chat: Sexual Violence Across Cultures

Juliana Jolly, Nieman Fellow, BBC Asia EditorFireside Chat: Sexual Violence Across Cultures

Jean Edward Smith, Presidential Historian Lecture: FDR - A LifeLecture: Eisenhower

Jean Edward Smith, Presidential Historian Lecture: FDR - A LifeLecture: Eisenhower

Bob Schieffer, Anchor, CBS NewsFireside Chat: 50 Years in Washington

Bob Schieffer, Anchor, CBS NewsFireside Chat: 50 Years in Washington

Tim Mayopoulos, CEO, Fannie MaeLecture & Fireside Chat: FDR, Fannie May and the Affordable Housing Crisis

Tim Mayopoulos, CEO, Fannie MaeLecture & Fireside Chat: FDR, Fannie May and the Affordable Housing Crisis

John Rendon, CEO, The Rendon Group Lecture & Fireside Chat: Realpolitik, Strategic Communications & the Projection of US Power

John Rendon, CEO, The Rendon Group Lecture & Fireside Chat: Realpolitik, Strategic Communications & the Projection of US Power

Raiyan Syed, Political Campaign ManagerFireside Chat: Muslim-Jewish Relations in the US: Hard Choices

Raiyan Syed, Political Campaign ManagerFireside Chat: Muslim-Jewish Relations in the US: Hard Choices

Laurel Thatcher, Professor Harvard UniversityFireside Chat: History Next Door —Tangible Things in the FDR Suite

Laurel Thatcher, Professor Harvard UniversityFireside Chat: History Next Door —Tangible Things in the FDR Suite

Robin Chase, Founder Zip CarLecture: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism

Robin Chase, Founder Zip CarLecture: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism

Alexander Bernstein, Musician, HistorianPerformance: Take Care Of This House — Leonard Bernstein, Music and Hope

Alexander Bernstein, Musician, HistorianPerformance: Take Care Of This House — Leonard Bernstein, Music and Hope

Amartya Sen, Harvard Economist, Nobel LaureatePanel: Climate and Social Justice

Amartya Sen, Harvard Economist, Nobel LaureatePanel: Climate and Social Justice

Julie Wormser, Executive Director, Boston Harbor AssociationLecture: The Effect of Climate Change on Boston

Julie Wormser, Executive Director, Boston Harbor AssociationLecture: The Effect of Climate Change on Boston

David Brooks, NY Times Columnist, AuthorPanel: What's Worth Saving in Civilization

David Brooks, NY Times Columnist, AuthorPanel: What's Worth Saving in Civilization

Mark Plotkin, Ethnobotonist and ExplorerPanel: Legacy and ResilienceFireside Chat: Possibilities in Ethnobotony

Mark Plotkin, Ethnobotonist and ExplorerPanel: Legacy and ResilienceFireside Chat: Possibilities in Ethnobotony

Geoffrey Ward, PBS Historian and AuthorLecture and Fireside Chat:FDR at Harvard

Geoffrey Ward, PBS Historian and AuthorLecture and Fireside Chat:FDR at Harvard

Marcela Davison Aviles, Founder, The Chapultepec Group, FDR Foundation Director of Humanities ProgrammingFireside Chat: Don't Steal My Sombrero - A Frank Discussion of Race and Culture in 21st Century America

Marcela Davison Aviles, Founder, The Chapultepec Group, FDR Foundation Director of Humanities ProgrammingFireside Chat: Don't Steal My Sombrero - A Frank Discussion of Race and Culture in 21st Century America

Jim McCarthy, Professor Harvard UniversityLecture: This is What Climate Change Looks Like

Jim McCarthy, Professor Harvard UniversityLecture: This is What Climate Change Looks Like

Admiral Linda Fagin, US Coast GuardLecture: Defending Against the Storm: Response and Resilience

Admiral Linda Fagin, US Coast GuardLecture: Defending Against the Storm: Response and Resilience

Cynthia Koch, fromer Director of the FDR Presidential Libary and Museum, FDR Foundation Historian in ResidenceLecture: The American Story: From Washington to Roosevelt, Reagan and Beyond

Cynthia Koch, fromer Director of the FDR Presidential Libary and Museum, FDR Foundation Historian in ResidenceLecture: The American Story: From Washington to Roosevelt, Reagan and Beyond

Farnaz Fassihi, Wall Street Journal, Nieman FellowFireside Chat: Covering Conflict in Today's Middle East: Syria, Iraq, ISIL, & Iran

Farnaz Fassihi, Wall Street Journal, Nieman FellowFireside Chat: Covering Conflict in Today's Middle East: Syria, Iraq, ISIL, & Iran

Maggie Koerth-Baker, Nieman Fellow, NY TimesFireside Chat: Why Won't They Listen to Me? Science, Anti-science, & Public Decision-making

Maggie Koerth-Baker, Nieman Fellow, NY TimesFireside Chat: Why Won't They Listen to Me? Science, Anti-science, & Public Decision-making

Steve Curvood, NPR Host, Living on EarthLecture: Disbelievers: The Crisis of Faith on Climate Change

Steve Curvood, NPR Host, Living on EarthLecture: Disbelievers: The Crisis of Faith on Climate Change

Ömür Budak, Consul General to New England from the Republic of Turkey. Fireside Chat: Turkey & America: An Essential & Challenging Relationship

Ömür Budak, Consul General to New England from the Republic of Turkey. Fireside Chat: Turkey & America: An Essential & Challenging Relationship

Brent Bruen, former White House Director of Global Engagement, President Global Situation RoomSeminar: Global Risk & Crisis Management Strategies

Brent Bruen, former White House Director of Global Engagement, President Global Situation RoomSeminar: Global Risk & Crisis Management Strategies

And then, there were the conferences…