PRESS ROOM

The office of Media and Public Relations provides notification of ongoing Commonwealth Club 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 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

Feb 21, 2019: 

Opium, Oil, Proxy Wars: Ex-Reagan Admiral Official on US' Long Afghanistan Saga  (Sputnik News)

Feb 19, 2019: 

Former Starbucks chief Howard Schultz pours a cup of politics on SF  (San Francisco Chronicle)

Feb 19, 2019: 

Howard Schultz: "I will not be a spoiler"  (Axios)

Feb 19, 2019: 

Networking: The Art (and Science) of Advancing your Career  (JDSUPRA)

Feb 15, 2019: 

The New Center for Fiction is Opening in Brooklyn  (Literary Hub)

Feb 13, 2019: 

How 'Game of Thrones' and 'Stars Wars' Inspired One Soldier's Modern Warfare Books  (Military.com)

Feb 11, 2019: 

Kamala Harris' Stance on Truancy Again an Issue as She Launches Presidential Campaign  (The Mercury News)

Feb 11, 2019: 

Meet the soldier who uses 'Star Wars' and 'Game Of Thrones' to explain modern military conflicts  (Task & Purpose)

Feb 07, 2019: 

'Flower Drum Song' Author C.Y. Lee Dies at 102  (The Rafu Shimpo)

Feb 07, 2019: 

Arts Events Feb 7-14, 2019  (The Bay Area Reporter)

Feb 07, 2019: 

Feb. 7-9: Tina D’Elia, Adam Cayton-Holland, Michael Franti, SF Son Jarocho Festival, Jad Abumrad, Poetics 2, Mortified Doomed Valentines Show, California International Antiquarian Book Fair, Stenberg-Cahill Duo, Corazón del Barrio!, Jesse McCartney  (USA Breaking News)

Feb 07, 2019: 

What Do You Know About Howard Schultz? Besides the Starbucks Stuff, of Course...  (The Mercury News)

Feb 05, 2019: 

Foundation for Climate Restoration’s Peter Fiekowsky and Erica Dodds Presenting at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco  (Chronicle Journal)

Feb 01, 2019: 

Kamala Harris’ progressive campaign, regressive record  (Pasadena Star-News)

Feb 01, 2019: 

Twitter suspends anti-Kamala Harris accounts suspected of being trolls  (Yahoo! Finance)