Foreign Policy and National Security: A Conversation with Jane Harman
The UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
presents
Foreign Policy and National Security: A Conversation with Jane Harman
President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Nine-Term Member of Congress (1993-99, 2001-11)
Introduction by
Senator Harry Reid
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Thomas & Mack Moot Courtroom
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Reception to follow
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This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
The Honorable Jane Harman resigned from Congress February 28, 2011 to join the Woodrow Wilson Center as its first female Director, President, and CEO.
Representing the aerospace center of California during nine terms in Congress, she served on all the major security committees: six years on Armed Services, eight years on Intelligence, and eight on Homeland Security. During her long public career, Harman has been recognized as a national expert at the nexus of security and public policy issues, and has received numerous awards for distinguished service.
She is a member of the Defense Policy Board, the State Department Foreign Policy Board, and the Homeland Security Advisory Committee. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission and the Advisory Board of the Munich Security Conference.
Harman is a Trustee of the Aspen Institute and the University of Southern California. She is also a member of the Presidential Debates Commission.
A product of Los Angeles public schools, Harman is a magna cum laude graduate of Smith College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and Harvard Law School. Prior to serving in Congress, she was Staff Director of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Deputy Cabinet Secretary to President Jimmy Carter, Special Counsel to the Department of Defense, and in private law practice.