Annual Dinner
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 5:30-9pm @ Portland Golf Club
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We are thrilled to announce this year's Annual Dinner will be held at the Portland Golf Club, with special guest speaker Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
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As in years past, we will be offering tickets at member and non-member pricing, which allows the club to keep this tradition ongoing and accessible, and continue to sponsor current and admitted students to attend the dinner complimentary. All alumni, family, and friends are welcome to purchase tickets.
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Additionally, new this year will be the opportunity to sponsor a student's ticket! The Club has exclusively sponsored student tickets for years and this is a wonderful way to connect with the current local students. We will announce the names of those who sponsored tickets to students, unless anonymity is desired.
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If you find yourself having difficulty purchasing tickets online, please reach out to our Club's Events Chair, Connor McRobert - connormcrobert@gmail.com.
Tickets must be purchased by May 3rd at noon.
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Agenda:
5:30pm - Cocktail hour with cash-only bar
- Though there is an ATM on-site, we strongly encourage bringing cash in advance.
6:30pm - Seated Dinner with Board updates and voting on slate of 2024-25 Board of Directors
7:00pm - Guest Speaker, Professor Susan Crawford
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Menu Selections:
- Peruvian Chicken Breast (aji amarillo cilantro sauce, seasonal vegetable)
- Linguine (vegetarian) (butter braised leeks, radicchio, creme fraiche, spinach, fried capers, pecorino, leek ash)
- Cauliflower Steak (vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free) (quinoa, mushrooms, roasted seasonal vegetables, aji amarillo sauce)
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All entrées will be served with a mixed greens salad, bread, and dessert.
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If you are an incoming or current undergraduate student and plan to attend, please email harvardschoolscommittee@gmail.com to RSVP and claim your free ticket by May 3 at noon.
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Speaker Biography:
Susan Crawford is the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is an expert in climate adaptation, public policy and leadership, technology, cities, and how they affect human life.
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She served as Obama's Special Assistant to the President for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy and co-led the FCC transition team between his and the Bush administrations.
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As an academic, she teaches courses about climate adaptation and public leadership. Crawford is the author of several books, including Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age and Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution and Why America Might Miss It. Her latest is Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm. Her accolades are numerous and wide-ranging: one of Politico's 50 Thinkers, Doers and Visionaries Transforming Politics (2015); one of Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology (2009); and one of TIME Magazine's Tech 40: The Most Influential Minds in Tech (2013).
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Prior to joining the legal academy in 2002, she served as a clerk for Judge Raymond J. Dearie of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale) in Washington, D.C.
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