Past Speakers
at Sacramento Seminar
Over the years, The Sacramento Seminar has hosted hundreds of prominent speakers at our luncheons. Past Seminar speakers include:
Art AgnosMayor of San Francisco (1988-1992) | Joseph AliotoMayor of San Francisco (1968-1976) | Barbara BoxerU.S. Senator (1993-present) |
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Willie BrownMayor of San Francisco (1996-2004) | Tom CampbellU.S. Representative (1989-1993, 1995-2001) | Tom DaschleU.S. Senator (1987-2005) |
Anna EshooU.S Representative (1993-present) | Kamala HarrisAttorney General of California (2011-present) | Jared HuffmanU.S. Representative (2013-present) |
Frank JordanMayor of San Francisco (1992-1996) | Dan LungrenU.S. Representative (1979-1989, 2005-2013) | George MillerU.S. Representative (1975-present) |
Gavin NewsomLieutenant Governor of California (2011-present) | David PatersonGovernor of New York (2008-2010) | Nancy PelosiU.S. House of Representatives (1987-present) and Democratic Leader |
Charlie RangelU.S. Representative (1971-present) | Bill RichardsonGovernor of New Mexico (2003-2011) | Mitt RomneyU.S. Senator (2019-Present), Republican Presidential Nominee (2012), Governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007) |
Loretta SanchezU.S. Representative (1997-present) | Adam SchiffU.S. Representative (2001-Present) | Jackie SpeierU.S. Representative (2008-present) |
Caspar WeinbergerUnited States Secretary of Defense (1981-1987) |
Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender (2002-present)
Art Agnos, Mayor of San Francisco (1988-1992)
Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (1968-1976)
Dion Aroner, California State Assembly Member (1996-2002)
Larry Baer, San Francisco Giants
William P. Baker, U.S. Representative (1993-1997)
Mark Baldassare, Public Policy Institute of California
Mark Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Tom Bates, Mayor of Berkeley (2002-present)
Scott Baugh, California State Assembly Member (1995-2000)
Dan Bernal, Office of U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi
Roger Boas, Chief Administrative Officer of San Francisco (1977-1986)
Audie Bock, California State Assembly Member (1999-2000)
Joe Bodovitz, California Coastal Commission (1973-1978)
Severin Borenstein, University of California Energy Institute
Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator (1993-present)
Gray Brechin, Living New Deal Project
David S. Broder, Washington Post
Larry Brilliant, Epidemiologist
Phil Bronstein, San Francisco Chronicle
Geoffrey F. Brown, California Public Utilities Commissioner (2001-2007)
Harold “Hal” Brown, Marin County Board of Supervisors (1983-2011)
Manson K. Brown, Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander
Willie Brown, Mayor of San Francisco (1996-2004)
Jim Brulte, California Republican Party Chairman (2012-present)
Cruz Bustamante, Lieutenant Governor of California (1999-2007)
Graham Burton, Counsul-General of the United Kingdom (1987-1990)
Bruce Cain, Stanford University Professor of Political Science
Peter Camejo, Green Party Leader
Robert Campbell, California State Assembly Member (1980-1996)
Tom Campbell, U.S. Representative (1995-2001)
Carney Campion, Golden Gate Bridge General Manager (1984-1999)
Lou Cannon, Author
Michael Capizzi, Jones & Mayer
Dennis Cardoza, U.S. Representative (2003-2012)
Joe Cerrell, Cerrell Associates
Bernard Cherin, Filmmaker
John Chiang, California State Controller (2007-present)
David Chiu, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2009-present)
Gail Collins, New York Times
Kathleen Connell, California State Comptroller (1995-2003)
Audrey Cooper, Managing Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Chesboro, California State Assembly Member (2012-present)
Stephen Cohen, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
Alan Cranston, U.S. Senator (1987-1993)
Chris Daly, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2001-2011)
Tom Daschle, U.S. Senator (1987-2005)
Andy David, Israeli Consul General
Gray Davis, Governor of California (1999-2003)
Emer Deane, Consul General of Ireland (2005-2008)
James Delassandro, Writer and Filmmaker
Rich DeLeon, San Francisco State University Professor Emeritus
Donal Denham, Consul General of Ireland (2001-2009)
Mike Denunzio, San Francisco State Building Authority
Mark DeSaulnier, California State Senator (2008-present)
Marc DiCamillo, Field Research Corporation
Salvatore “Sal” DiMasi, Massachusetts House of Representatives (1979-2009)
Cal Dooley, U.S. Representative (1993-2005)
John Donhoff, California State Senator (1998-2006)
Joe Dunn, State Bar of CaliforniaJulius Duscha, Journalist
Dorothy Ehrlich, American Civil Liberties Union
Hesham Elnakib, Consul General of Egypt (2008-present)
Sean Elsbernd, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2004-2013)
Martha Escutia, California State Senator (1998-2006)
Vic Fazio, U.S. Representative (1979-1999)
Liz Figueroa, California State Assembly Member (1994-1998)
Mervin Field, Field Research Corporation
Richard Floyd, California State Assembly Member (1980-1992)
Matt Fong, California State Treasurer (1995-1999)
Antony Ford, Counsul-General of the United Kingdom (1990-1994)
Phil Frank, Cartoonist
Ronald M. George, Chief Justice of California (1996-2011)
Bill German, Author
Susan Golding, Mayor of San Diego (1992-2000)
Tony Hall, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2000-2004)
Terence Hallinan, District Attorney of San Francisco (1996-2004)
Loni Hancock, California State Senator (2008-present)
Kamala Harris, Attorney General of California (2011-present)
Peter Hart, Hart Research Associates
Tom Hayden, California State Senator (1992-2000)
Steve Heminger, Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Jerry Hill, California State Senator (2012-present)
Dr. Friedrich Hoess, Austria Ambassador to the United States (1987-1993)
Michael Howard, Leader of the Opposition, UK (2003-2005)
Webster “Webb” Hubbell, Clinton Administration Official
Jared Huffman, U.S. Representative (2013-present)
Glenda Jackson, Member of Parliament, UK (1992-2010)
Aaron Jacob, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations (1998-2002)
John Jacobs, The Sacramento Bee
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, University of Southern California Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Communication
Patrick Johnston, California State Senator (1991-2000)
Bill Jones, California Secretary of State (1995-2003)
Frank Jordan, Mayor of San Francisco (1992-1996)
Richard Katz, California State Assembly Member (1980-1996)
Barbara Kaufman, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1994-2000)
Fred Keeley, California State Assembly Member (1996-2002)
William Keese, California Energy Commission (1997-2005)
Mary King, Alameda County Board of Supervisors (1988-2001)
Jeremy Kinsman, Canadian Ambassador to the European Union (2002-2006)
Johan Klehs, California State Board of Equalization (1995-2003)
Carsten Knopf, German Foreign Correspondent
Charlotte Knox, Education Consultant
John Knox, World Affairs Council
Oliver Koppel, New York City Council Member (2002-2013)
Quentin Kopp, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge (1998-2004)
George Lakoff, University of California, Berkeley Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics
Chris Lehane, Political Consultant
Jim Leach, U.S. Representative (1977-2003)
Mark Leno, California State Senator (2012-present)
Susan Leal, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager (2003-2009)
Ted Lieu, California State Senator (2011-present)
Bill Lockyer, State Treasurer of California (2007-present)
Donna Lucas, Lucas Public Affairs
Gregg Lucas, California State Librarian (2014-present)
Dan Lungren, U.S. Representative (1979-1989 and 2005-present)
Fiona Ma, California State Assembly Member (2006-2014)
Michael Machado, California State Senator (2000-2008)
Kenneth L. Maddy, California State Senator (1978-1998)
Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States (2003-2007)
Abel Maldonado, Lieutenant Governor of California (2010-2011)
Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle
Diane Martinez, California State Assembly Member (1992-1998)
Mike Martini, Mayor of Santa Rosa (2000-?)
Patrick Mason, California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy
Phil Matier, San Francisco ChronicleJames P. Mayer, California Forward
Kerry Mazzoni, California State Assembly Member (1994-2000)
Pete McCloskey, U.S. Representative (1975-1983)
Mike McCurry, White House Press Secretary (1994-1998)
Sunne Wright McPeak, California Emerging Technology Fund
James Meadows, The Presidio Trust (2007-2011)
Richard Mendelson, Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty
Jay Michael, Author
Carole Migden, California State Senator (2004-2008)
William C. Miller, Author
George Miller, U.S. Representative (1975-present)
Tony Miller, California Secretary State (1994-1995)
Ross Mirkarimi, Sheriff of San Francisco (2012-present)
Dick Morris, Political Author
Mehdi Morshed, California High-Speed Rail Authority (1970-2010)
Linda Muir, Horse Racing Lobbyist
Adam Nagorney, Los Angeles Bureau Chief, New York Times
Joseph Nation, U.S. Representative (2000-2006)
Adam Nagourney, New York Times
Bill Neukom, San Francisco Giants (2008-2011)
Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California (2011-present)
Virgo "Chip" Nielsen, Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP
Marty Nolan, Journalist
William Ohlemeyer, Vice President and Associate Counsel, Altria Group, Inc. (1999-2008)
John D. O'Conner, Deep Throat's Attorney
Ronn Owens, KGO Newstalk 810
Martin Palous, Czech Republic Ambassador to United States (2006-2011)
Lou Papan, California State Assembly Member (1972-1986)
David Paterson, Governor of New York (2008-2010)
Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Representative (1987-present)
Don Perata, California State Senator (2004-2008)
Nick Petris, California State Senator (1966-1996)
Joseph Pilling, Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office (1997-2005)
Percy Pinkey, Black American Political Association of California
Hank Plante, Television Reporter and Editor
Steve Poizner, State Insurance Commissioner of California (2006-2011)
Richard Polanco, California State Senator (1994-2002)
Professor Nelson Polsby, University of California, Berkeley Heller Professor of Political Science
Rollin Post, Television Reporter and Commentator
Robert Presley, California Youth and Adult Correctional Agency Secretary (199-2003)
Curt Pringle, Mayor of Anaheim (2002-2010)
Chuck Quackenbush, Insurance Commissioner of California (1995-2000)
Bruce Quan, Peking University Law School
John Rahaim, Planning Director, City and County of San Francisco
Sean Randolph, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Barbara Richardson, First Lady of New Mexico (2003-2011)
Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico (2003-2011)
Bernie Richter, California State Assembly Member (1992-1998)
Clint Reilly, Political Consultant and Mayoral Candidate
Frank Riggs, U.S. Representative (1991-1993)
Jerry Roberts, The Santa Barbara Independent
Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007)
Robert Rosenthal, Center for Investigative Reporting
Andrew Ross, San Francisco Chronicle
Chuck Rund, Pollster
John Russo, Alameda City Manager (2011-present)
Sal Russo, Tea Party Express
Ginger Rutland, Sacramento Bee
Loretta Sanchez, U.S. Representative (1997-present)
Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
Robert Scheer, Truthdig
Dan Schnur, Candidate, Secretary Of State (NPP)
Francesco Sciortino, Consul General of Italy (?-2005)
Jack Scott, California State Senator (2000-2008)
Don Sebastiani, Don Sebastiani & Sons
Kevin Shelley, California Secretary of State (2003-2005)
Byron Sher, California State Senator (1996-2004)
Dan Schnur, Columnist
Joe Shumate, Republican Political Consultant
Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (2013-present)
Ronald Smith, Political Strategist
Don Solem, Solem & Associates
Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative (2008-present)
Darry Sragow, Democrat Political Consultant
Kevin Starr, California State Librarian (1994-2004)
Andrea Dew Steele, Emerge America
David Stirling, California State Assembly Member (1976-1982)
Masachika Suzuki, Vice Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Ellen Tauscher, U.S. Representative (1997-2009)
Mabel Teng, Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco (2000-2005)
Tom Torlakson, California Superintendent of Public Instruction (2001-present)
Martin Uden, Consul-General of the United Kingdom (2003-2007)
John Vasconcellos, California State Senator (1996-2004)
Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles (2005-2013)
Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee
Casper Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1981-1987)
Ernest Weiner, American Jewish Committee
Dan Weintraub, Sacramento Bee
Peter Welch, CINGA HealthCare of California
Steve Westley, California State Controller (2003-2007)
Bernd Westphal, Consul General of Germany (?-2005)
Charles Wiggins, Federal Judge (1984-2000)
Peter Wirth, New Mexico State Senator (2004-present)
Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council
Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee
Betty Yee, California State Board of Equalization