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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Mar 31, 2021
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- Speakers
- Sally Yates, Justin Amash, Nathan Law, Cecile Richards, David Axelrod, Heather McTeer Toney
- Topics
- Pritzker Fellows
Join IOP director David Axelrod as we welcome the spring quarter’s cohort of Pritzker Fellows:
- Justin Amash, U.S. Representative from Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District (2011-2021)
- Nathan Law, activist, Founder, and former Chairman of Demosistō, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Cecile Richards, Co-Founder of Supermajority, former President of Planned Parenthood (2006-2018)
- Heather McTeer Toney, Climate Justice Liaison at the Environmental Defense Fund and Senior Advisor to Moms Clean Air Force, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA (2014-2017)
- Sally Yates, Deputy U.S. Attorney General (2015-2017), Acting U.S. Attorney General (Jan. 20-30, 2017)
Throughout the Spring Quarter, they will help us navigate the nuances of Libertarian policy, threats to freedom around the world, climate change and climate justice, how women are poised to become the most powerful force in public policy moving forward, and the current challenges facing the U.S. justice system.
- Sally Yates Spring 2021 Pritzker Fellow, Deputy U.S. Attorney General (2015-2017), Acting U.S. Attorney General (Jan. 20-30, 2017)
- Justin Amash Spring 2021 Pritzker Fellow, U.S. Representative from Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District (2011-2021); First Libertarian congressperson
- Nathan Law Spring 2021 Pritzker Fellow, activist, Founder, and former Chairman of Demosistō, former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, former chairman of the Representative Council of the Lingnan University Students' Union (LUSU), former acting president of the LUSU, and former secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS)
- Cecile Richards Spring 2021 Pritzker Fellow, Co-Founder of Supermajority, former President of Planned Parenthood (2006-2018), Ford Foundation trustee
- David Axelrod IOP Founding Director CNN Senior Political Commentator
- Heather McTeer Toney Spring 2021 Pritzker Fellow, EPIC Policy Fellow, Vice president of community engagement at the Environmental Defense Fund, former mayor of Greenville, Mississippi (2004-2011), Senior Advisor to Moms Clean Air Force, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA (2014-2017)