Small Group Discussion with
Professor Juliette Kayyem
"Today's national security, new leadership and new norms"
Beginning at 5:30 PM hosted by Don Carlson JD'86 at his historic home, The Boulders, located at 52 Newport Street, Jamestown RI.
Join us to learn from the Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Juliette Kayyem. Juliette Kayyem AB '91, JD '95 is a national leader in homeland security and crisis management in academia, the private sector, government, and media. She is currently the Robert and Renee Belfer Senior Lecturer and faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Professor Kayyem also serves as a national security analyst for CNN where she has been described as CNN’s “go to” for disasters. A frequent contributor to The Atlantic, she has a weekly security segment on NPR’s Boston station WGBH. Her most recent book, The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, was described in a New Yorker profile as an “engagingly urgent blueprint for rethinking our approach to disaster preparedness and response.”
Professor Kayyem teaches courses on International and Global Affairs and Mitigating and Managing a Crisis at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Professor Kayyem will share her experience on the complex risks of today's world and engage in a lively Q&A as we enjoy a casual meal and cocktails overlooking Narragansett Bay. The fee is $25 but if that amount is a barrier please email us as scholarship aid is available.
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