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First Year Project
President Biden's first year
3:00PM - 5:00PM (EST)
Event Details
Join us online for a multi-panel conversation examining President Biden’s first year in office. The Miller Center’s The First Year: POTUS 2017 project analyzed past presidential first years and has been able to offer careful, historical reflection to provide context for contemporary governance challenges. Presidential first years are the time when an administration assembles its team, establishes its processes for governing, identifies its priorities, and also weathers a series of crises when the world tests a new commander in chief.
PANEL ONE: Domestic affairs and priorities (3:00–4:00 p.m)
- Guian McKee, associate professor, Miller Center
- Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, nonresident senior fellow, The Brookings Institution; practitioner senior fellow, Miller Center
- Valerie Boyd, director, Center for Presidential Transition
- Joshua Bolten, president and CEO, Business Roundtable; chief of staff, President George W. Bush
- Moderator: Ian Solomon, dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
PANEL TWO: Foreign policy and national security (4:00–5:00 p.m)
- Eric Edelman, practitioner senior fellow, Miller Center
- Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director, Foreign Policy Program, The Brookings Institution
- J. Stephen Morrison, senior vice president, Center for Strategic and International Studies; James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor, Miller Center
- Moderator: Ann Compton, former White House correspondent, ABC News
When
3:00PM - 5:00PM (EST)
Where
Speakers
![Joshua Bolten headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/2021-12/josh_bolton-258x258.jpg?itok=0-8PIaVu)
Joshua Bolten
![Valerie Smith Boyd headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/2021-12/valerie-boyd-314-314.jpg?itok=STZ07L2F)
Valerie Smith Boyd
![Ann Compton headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/%5Bdate%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bdate%3Acustom%3Am%5D/Compton_Ann-520.jpg?itok=x_C8YN0Y)
Ann Compton
![Eric Edelman headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/%5Bdate%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bdate%3Acustom%3Am%5D/eric_edelman-340.jpg?itok=gdo8oDZZ)
Eric Edelman
![Guian McKee headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/%5Bdate%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bdate%3Acustom%3Am%5D/Guian-McKee-340x340.jpg?itok=Xt9KWGPe)
Guian McKee
![Suzanne Maloney](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/2021-12/susan-maloney-340x340.jpg?itok=L58LX-fB)
Suzanne Maloney
![Steve Morrison headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/2021-01/steve-morrison-965x965-light.jpg?itok=80YfVWWe)
J. Stephen Morrison
![Ian H. Solomon headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/2021-12/ian_solomon_246x246.jpg?itok=GzrYyEY1)
Ian H. Solomon
![Kathryn Dunn Tenpas headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb_2x_360x360/public/%5Bdate%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bdate%3Acustom%3Am%5D/Kathryn-tenpas_340x340.jpg?itok=t9FWfxaI)
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas