Global Summit XVI sponsorship
Support the JES's mission of fostering dialogue for the Erie region on a global level.
We are pleased to present to you the speaker lineup for the Jefferson Educational Society’s 16th Annual Global Summit. Our goal is to ensure that each year the Summit builds on past Global Summits' success. This is especially the case as we host this year’s Global Summit. Last year we hit record numbers; not only was it our largest summit, but we also made a record number of registrations!
This year we will learn about a variety of topics ranging from politics, sports, history, technology, and social issues. For example, we will hear from former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith, historian Heather Cox Richardson, public intellectual Eddie Glaude Jr., and Lincoln historian, Harold Holzer. They are just some of those who will be in Erie from October 17 through November 15 as part of our 16th Annual Global Summit.
It is because of the generous support of civic-minded citizens like you that we can continue our mission of fostering dialogue for the Erie region on a global level. We hope that you will help us celebrate our 16th year and the ambitious growth of the Global Summit to a truly regional affair as we extend our outreach to the surrounding regions of Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh by showing your support this year.
From Washington to Trump: The US Presidency and America at 250
Join Lindsay Chervinsky, Executive Director, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, and Chris Whipple, best-selling author, acclaimed journalist, documentary filmmaker, and speaker, for a discussion of the American Presidency, from the United States's first to its current, as the examining the role and its evolution over the past 250 years.
Date/Time: Monday, October 20, 2025 7:00-8:30PM
Location: TBD
Admission:
- General Admission (Early Bird Pricing) $25.00
- Preferred Seating (Early Bird Pricing) $50.00 (Closest Section Near the Stage)
- Additional Fees: Amusement Tax, Processing Fee
Parking: TBD
Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky is a presidential historian and Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Previously, she was a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, a historian at the White House Historical Association, and a fellow at the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Lindsay's newest book, MAKING THE PRESIDENCY: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic, was published in September 2024 by Oxford University Press. She is also the author of the award-winning book The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution and co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture. Dr. Chervinsky has been published in the Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly, The Daily Beast, and many others; she is a regular resource for outlets like CBS News, Face the Nation, CNN, The BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, and CBC News
Chris Whipple is an author, documentary filmmaker, and political analyst. He’s been called “an indispensable observer of American power.” His most recent book, Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History, chronicles the 2024 presidential campaign. Whipple wrote the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, and The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future. Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent of The New York Times, calls him “a premier journalist and historian of the White House as well as the intelligence community.” A former producer for CBS News 60 Minutes, Whipple is also an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning executive producer of documentaries for Discovery and Showtime. He has written for The New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Politico, and the Daily Beast, and has spoken at the Harvard Kennedy School and Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. He appears frequently on MSNBC, CNN, and NPR. Whipple was educated at Deerfield Academy and received a BA in history from Yale. He lives in Clinton, Connecticut with his wife Cary.
