Events

Seventy Minutes (Election 2020 Edition): What to Expect, What it Means, and Where America Goes from Here

 

This news magazine-style virtual event is exclusively available to Committee of Seventy guests. Just 15 days before the election, national commentators, pollsters, politicians, and historians will join in conversation to help us anticipate the Presidential election and what it means for America and the world.

 

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For just $250, you can join this exciting evening and become a Committee of Seventy member. In addition to access to the exclusive programming on October 20th, you will receive all the benefits of our annual membership including invitations to Members-only Experiences and Reception, Advanced Notification & Sign-up for Events, Quarterly Membership Impact Reports, and exclusive C70 Swag. You can also purchase a ticket for the event for only $150. 

During this unprecedented election year, all eyes are on Pennsylvania. Amidst a global pandemic that has had far reaching health, social, and economic ramifications across Philadelphia and the Commonwealth, our country is also having a reckoning with systemic racism. The importance of C70’s work, in this city, in this year, cannot be understated.

 

If ever there was a time in our history when Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the nation needed the Committee of Seventy, this is it.

Host Committee

Barbara Adams, Esquire
David Buck, Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Phillies
Michael C. Carbone, ​Regional President Metro PA/NJ Market, TD Bank
Thomas A. Decker, Esquire, Vice Chairman, Cozen O’Connor
Thomas A. Hutton, Esquire, ​SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Independence Blue Cross
Philip Jaurigue, Chairman and Founder, Sabre Systems, Inc.
Eric Kraeutler, Esquire, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Laura LaRosa, Executive Director of Client Development & Managing Director, Glenmede, Glenmede
Adam E. Laver, Esquire, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
Nancy R. Peterson, Esquire, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Allied Universal Security Services
Megan Shaeffer, Policy and Program Fellow, Committee of Seventy
Michael R. Stiles, Chairman of the Board, Committee of Seventy
David Thornburgh, President & CEO, Committee of Seventy

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