Face to Face Speaker Forum

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

SPEAKER FORUM

October 20, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

A Conversation Between Pulitzer Prize-winning columnists

Peggy Noonan

of the Wall Street Journal

and Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

PROGRAM

SPEAKER FORUM

Wake Forest University launched the Face to Face Speaker Forum in spring 2020. The community-facing series was created to bring world-renowned, influential voices to Winston-Salem to discuss topics in a variety of areas including politics, arts and culture, business and social justice. The Face to Face Speaker Forum was set to launch in person in the fall of 2020. In-person programming originally scheduled for the fall has been rescheduled in consideration of the health and wellbeing of speakers and attendees due to the pandemic.

Season subscriptions to all three in-person keynote events may be purchased online through the Face to Face Speaker Forum website. Single event ticket sales for in-person events will be available closer to each event, subject to availability.

Welcome to the Face to Face Speaker Forum! Thank you for joining us for this inaugural event of our new program.

While we wish we could truly be face-to-face with you, we are so glad to have the chance to gather in this virtual format. Tonight we will hear a live-streamed conversation between two leading journalists. The topic of tonight’s conversation is “The history of the Presidency and our democracy, and how it appears to have evolved this election season.” The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

Presenting sponsor remarks from GUY MELDRUM President and CEO of Reynolds American Inc.

Welcome from DR. NATHAN O. HATCH President, Wake Forest University

A message from SUE HENDERSON Executive Director, Face to Face Speaker Forum

Introduction and Welcome from DR. MICHELE GILLESPIE Dean of the College, Wake Forest University

A Conversation between PEGGY NOONAN and EUGENE ROBINSON moderated by Dean Gillespie

PROGRAM

ORDER OF EVENTS

P RI N CI PAL SERI ES SP O N S O R S

ROSE AND TRAVIS COLLINS

ALLEGACY CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP & CHARACTER

G OL D SEASON SP ON S O R

SPONSORS

P REM I UM K EY N OTE SP O N S O R S

P RE- EV EN T SP ON S O R

PATTY AND MALCOLM BROWN

COM M UN I TY EN G AG EM EN T S PO N S O R

B EN EFACTOR L EV EL SP O N S O R

MED I A SP ON SORS AN D COM M U N I T Y PA RT N E R S

Beth Hopkins

Wendy Brenner

Janice Howerton

Todd Chase

Joia Johnson

Kennedy Coogan

Borwin Jung

Mark Conger

Leigh Koman

Robyn Earthman

Maria Oberlander

Caleb Fort

Valerie Pasche

Shon Gilmore

Anna Reilly

Mike Grace, Jr.

Claire Tuttle

John Hoemann

Danielle Williams

Melanie Holton

Special thanks to Dr. Phoebe Zerwick and Dr. John Dinan, professors at Wake Forest University, for their content guidance for tonight’s event.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Lynn Anthony

KEYNOTE SOCIETY

Monica Aaron

Robyn and Dan Earthman

Lynn and Dan Anthony

Lynn and Barry Eisenberg

Marie and Guy Arcuri

Kristy Farewell

Becca Atchison

Elizabeth and Michael Felsen

Cassandra and Jerry Baker

Arlenene Ferebee

Pam and William Ball

Ellie and Stuart Fine

Donna Boswell

Ragan and Dara Folan

Felice and Richard Brenner

Caleb Fort

Wendy and Mike Brenner

Julie Freischlag and

Candice Brown Patty and Malcolm Brown Chareba Buckhannon Lisa and Alan Caldwell Nancy and Thomas Cannon Becca and Todd Chase Bridget Chisholm Claire and Hudnall Christopher Kay Clark Kennedy and John Cogan Susan and Mark Conger Holly Coward and R. Philip Heine Mary and Dick Dean Marian and Jim Douglas

Philip Roethle Ginger and Barry Gallagher Deborah and Tim Gardner Shon and Chris Gilmore Mike Grace Jr. Susan and James Gordon Ann Holton Guill Nadine and Mark Hall Debbie and Chuck Harr Doug Henderson Janice and Richard Howerton Ursula Henninger and Jim Stroupe John Hoemann and Howard Upchurch

Annamarie D’Souza

Melanie and Mark Holton

Randy Eaddy

Beth and Larry Hopkins

Shaida Horner and Vance L. Horner II Jerri Irby Dell and Frank James Page and Todd Johnson Joia Johnson

Brigitte and Borwin Jung Liz and Stan Kelly Leigh and Andy Koman Betsy Krug Chris Leak Lauren and David Leppert Jeff Lindsay and Terry Robertson Joe Logan Jennifer Martin Melinda and John McConnell Amy McMichael and Ralph Thomas Shannon Meares Maria and Ricardo Oberlander Pamela A. Oliver and J. Mark Oliver

Laura Phillips and Andrew Jones Kathy Poehling and Tim Peters Karen and Thomas Pranikoff Emily Ragsdale Anne Rainey Rokahr Katie and Rick Rauck Anna Reilly and Matt Cullinan Andy Schneider Robert Simon Kim and Stuart Stogner Brooke Johnson Suiter Wynn Tanner and Mike Robinson Gwynne and Dan Taylor Claire and Randall Tuttle Barbara and John Vining Liana and Myles Thompson Julie Townsend David Turner Marybeth and McLain Wallace Connie M. Ward Velma Watts

Dr. Robert B. Outland, III

Danielle and Kevin Williams

Ellen and Bill Parsley

Janie and J.D. Wilson

Valerie and Boris Pasche

KEYNOTE SOCIETY

Ann Johnston

Allison Perkins

Peggy Noonan is a Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist for the Wall Street Journal, where her weekly column, Declarations, has run since 2000. She is also the bestselling author of nine books on American politics, history and culture, including the bestsellers “What I Saw at the Revolution” and “When Character Was King.” She

BIOGRAPHIES

is one of ten historians and writers who contributed essays on the American presidency for the book, “Character Above All.” In her most recent release, “The Time of Our Lives,” Peggy chronicles her career in journalism, the Reagan White House, and the political arena. On April 10, 2017, Noonan received the Pulitzer Prize for Political Commentary for her coverage of the 2016 Presidential Election.

Eugene Robinson uses his twiceweekly column in The Washington Post to pick American society apart and then put it back together again in unexpected and revelatory new ways. To do this job of demolition and reassembly, Robinson relies on a large and varied tool kit: energy, curiosity, elegant writing and the wide-ranging experience of a life that took him from childhood in the segregated South—on what they called the “colored” side of the tracks—to the heights of American journalism.

His remarkable story-telling ability has won him wide acclaim, most notably as the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his commentary on the 2008 presidential race that resulted in the election of America’s first African-American president.

Dean Michele Gillespie, Presidential Endowed Chair of Southern History, was appointed Dean of the College with academic oversight for the Undergraduate School of Arts and Sciences on July 1, 2015. She was named Kahle Family Professor of History in 2003, and she was the first Wake Forest faculty member to be honored with an endowed Presidential Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South,� presents 10 years of in-depth research on industry titan R.J. Reynolds and his progressive wife Katharine Reynolds, on whose 300 acres of property Wake Forest now stands.

BIOGRAPHIES

chair in 2013. Her most recent book, “Katharine and R.J. Reynolds:

A Conversation Between

General Colin Powell

and Dr. Madeleine Albright

Secretary of State (1997–2001)

May 1, 2021 Yo-Yo Ma

Cellist, Cultural Ambassador and United Nations Messenger of Peace

September 14, 2021 Malcolm Gladwell

Bestselling Author of Talking To Strangers, Blink and Outliers

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Secretary of State (2001–2005)

PORTRAIT BY LAUREN BULBIN

March 18, 2021