2009 Networking Breakfasts
December 4, 2009
Terry McAuliffe, former DNC Chairman and past Virginia Gubernatorial candidate
Results of November's General Election and how democrats can reinvigorate our efforts to turn Virginia blue as well as the critical policy issues facing Virginia, maintaining our party strength during the next four years and 2010 redistricting.
November 6, 2009
Bob Gibson, Executive Director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia
Results of the Virginia 2009 elections
October 2, 2009
Northern Virginia Democratic candidates for state Senate and House of Delegates
NVDBC PAC contribution voting
September 11,
2009
Expert Panel on Energy and the
Environment - Dr. Manik "Nikki" Roy, Vice President,
Federal Government Outreach for
the Pew Center on Global Climate Change; JR
Tolbert, an Environmental Advocate
for Virginia
Environment; Kent Baake, founder
of Continuum
Energy Solutions, a green products and
services company in Northern Virginia offering
residential solar energy systems; Brian Toll,
founder and Chief Executive Officer
of ecobeco; Moderator: Eric
Roston, a
former Time Magazine reporter
and author of theCarbon Age (Walker
& Co.).
Current energy and environmental issues facing the nation and Virginia
June 5, 2009
Expert Panel on Healthcare: Virginia Senator George Barker - Member of the Senate Education and Health Committee and the Joint Commission on Health Care; Judy Feder - Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Professor of public policy and former dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute; Dave Mason - Legislative and Policy Director for The Main Street Alliance; Moderator: Michael H. Cook, Esq. - NVDBC Board Member and renowned healthcare attorney
Complexities of healthcare
May
1, 2009
Jeanne Cummings
of Politico
Critique of
President Obama’s first months in office and
Virginia’s gubernatorial
race
Congressman Gerry Connolly - Economy, the new federal budget and developments on U.S. foreign affairs
Delegate Steve Shannon – VA Attorney General’s race and his priorities for Virginia: fighting crime; stopping identity theft; protecting Virginia's children; making polluters pay and protecting consumers.
March 6, 2009
U.S. Senator Jim
Webb
The Senator’s legislative agenda and
the major issues facing the U.S. Senate and the
nation and how they affect the Commonwealth of
Virginia
Lt.
Governor
Candidates: Jon
Bowerbank; Jody Wagner; Rich Savage; and Mike
Signer
Snapshot overview of what they would
do as Lt.
Governor