Please join us for an exciting panel and reception with ROBERT SHRUM AND MIKE MURPHY from the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future A conversation focusing on the current political climate and Toward 2020 how it relates to the 2020 presidential campaign. Program Flow: Location: APRIL 8, 5:30 – 6 p.m. Event Check-in Harold Pratt House and Peterson Hall 2019 6 – 7 p.m. Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy – Panel 58 East 68th Street at Park Avenue 7 – 8 p.m. Cocktail Reception New York, NY 10065 Robert Shrum Director, Center for the Political Future and Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics Robert Shrum is a world-renowned expert in political strategy and theory with a storied career as an author and campaign adviser to Democratic candidates. His numerous clients have included Edward Kennedy, Joe Biden, John Glenn and Barbara Mikulski in their U.S. Senate campaigns, and John Kerry and Al Gore in their presidential races. Overseas, his clients included Ehud Barak in his campaign for Prime Minister of Israel, British Labour Party Leader and Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of Ireland, and the President of Colombia. Mike Murphy Co-Director, Center for the Political Future Mike Murphy is one of the Republican Party’s most successful political consultants. Murphy has led more than 20 statewide campaigns to victory, including gubernatorial races for Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christine Todd Whitman, John Engler and Tommy Thompson as well as dozens of senatorial, U.S. House and other races. He’s worked on six Republican presidential campaigns and is widely known for his work in the 2000 GOP primaries as a senior strategist for Sen. John McCain. He has also advised leaders in Canada, Central America and the former Soviet Union. He is a widely known political pundit, appearing frequently on NBC, CNN and NPR. Please accept or decline this invitation by March 15 at dornsife.usc.edu/nycpanel2019 or by calling (213) 740-4996..