Norfolk Forum Lecture Series

Come and enjoy lectures with a political theme with various famous guests throughout the year. Event Schedule: 9/9/2008 - The Honorable Newt Gingrich - Educator, author, historian, reformer, environmentalist, politician, and more, Newt Gingrich is well known as the architect who led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in 40 years. 10/28/2008 - Angela Braly - Angela Braly is president and chief executive officer of WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health benefits company in terms of commercial membership - more than 35 million Americans nationwide are covered through its subsidiary health plans. In 2007, Ms. Braly was named one of Modern Healthcare magazine's 'Top 25 Women in Healthcare.' 1/20/2009 - General Richard Myers, Retired - The fifteenth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Myers was the principal military advisor to the president, defense secretary, and the National Security Council through four years of tumultuous change on the international and domestic stage. He was the leader of the United States military in Iraq and Afghanistan and he led military's heroic role following Hurricane Katrina. 4/21/2009 - Joe Scarborough - Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (Republican Florida) is host of Morning Joe. His other broadcasting experience includes guest-hosting spots on all of the other major cable news networks. After leaving office, he was named by President Bush as a member of the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, where he still serves with Labor Secretary Chao, national labor officials, and business leaders. 4/21/2009 - Mika Brzezinski - Mika Brzezinski is a co-host of Morning Joe and an MSNBC anchor. Brzezinski also reports on NBC Nightly News and is an alternating new anchor for Weekend Today. She was CBS's principal reporter at Ground Zero for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.