Global Summit XVI

Thursday, October 17, 2024 through Friday, November 15, 2024 at the Jefferson Educational Society and Gannon University. 

Join us, for our 16th year of serving the Erie community with a new Global Summit lineup of groundbreaking researchers, writers, and presenters. The JES invites speakers from around the world to speak on a broad range of globally important issues each year as part of our Global Summit Speaker Series. 

    

Post Election Analysis: Washington Insiders Weigh in on 2024 Presidential Election

November 14th,2024 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Cathedral Prep Auditorium
Professor / Instructor / Speaker: Chris Matthews, Tara Setmayer, David Urban, and Steve Scully 

Location: Cathedral Prep Auditorium, 250 W 10th St, Erie, PA 16501

Date/Time: Thursday, November 14 7:30-9:00PM

Admission: General Admission $35.00, Preferred Seating $60.00

Chris Matthews, Tara Setmayer, David Urban, and Steve Scully 

Chris Matthews is an American journalist and political commentator best known as the host of”Hardball with Chris Matthews”, a nightly talk show on the television news network, MSNBC. Matthews wrote a number of popular books, including his memoir,This Country: My Life in Politics and History, was published in 2021.

 

Tara Setmayer is Co-Founder and CEO of The Seneca Project, a bipartisan women led super PAC dedicated to galvanizing moderate women voters to safeguard women's rights and protect democracy by defeating Donald Trump and his MAGA allies. She is a former CNN political commentator, contributor to ABC News and former GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill. She's appeared on ABC's The View, ABC's Good Morning America, and on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. Today, she regularly appears as an on-air commentator on MSNBC and various other news outlets in the US and abroad. Setmayer currently serves as a University of Virginia, Center for Politics, Resident Scholar for the 2024-25 academic year. 

 

David Urban is an American lobbyist and political commentator for CNN. He is currently the managing director for BGR Group. David was also the President of ACG, Chief of Staff to former U.S. Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission, and was awarded a Bronze Star for his service during Desert Storm.

 

Global Summit Chairman and host of “The Briefing” on SiriusXM, Steve Scully returns once again to his hometown for the JES’s Global Summit. Scully, who has interviewed every U.S. President since Ford, will lead a panel discussion of today’s politicos in the wake of the 2024 Presidential Election.