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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The Best Books On Finance And Economics Per The Economist  (Value Walk)

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The Commonwealth Club of California Honors Five Distinguished Citizens  (kstati)

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright receives standing ovation before talk for the Commonwealth Club in Palo Alto  (Twitter: @KatieKPIX)

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San Francisco SPCA raises the woof (and $1.8 million) at 150th anniversary gala  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Social media and the fight for justice in America today  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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TV writer’s funny memoir gets serious about women in Hollywood  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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The Commonwealth Club of California Honors Five Distinguished Citizens  (La Oferta)

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When You Want to Escape Problems  (Big Green Pen)

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Do we learn anything from history?  (The Gisborne Herald)

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Literary guide, April 22  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Nancy Pfund ’82 Honored by Commonwealth Club of California  (Yale School of Management)

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Nevada City author up for California Book Awards prize  (The Union)

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg smooth-talked Congress. Only 1 senator got to him  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Californian and White House veteran offers clarity on Washington’s chaos  (The San Francisco Chronicle)

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Mattis Mysteriously Cancels Weekend Plans As Trump Weighs Military Response In Syria  (The Daily Caller News Foundation)