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The Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series is pleased to have First 5 Contra Costa as our nonprofit partner for this engagement featuring: 

Claire McCaskill and Kelly Ayotte

McCaskill: U.S. Senator (2007-2018)
Matalin: Celebrated Author, Commentator and Presidential Advisor

Claire McCaskill has spent her career as a prosecutor and elected official devoted to public service and earned a reputation in the U.S. Senate as a plain-spoken, independent, and effective champion for Missourians and all Americans.

Born and raised in the Show-Me state, Claire attended college and law school at the University of Missouri and began her career as an assistant prosecutor in Kansas City, specializing in prosecuting arsons and sex crimes.

Claire was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives and made history when she became the first woman elected Jackson County prosecutor, where she launched one of the nation’s first drug courts and established a first-of-its-kind domestic violence unit. Claire continued raising the level of accountability in Missouri as the state’s Auditor and later took on her own party establishment, becoming the first person to ever defeat a sitting Missouri Governor in a primary election. Learn more about Senator McCaskill.

Mary Matalin’s commonsense, data-based civil discourse is informed by decades of senior positions in public policy, politics, publishing and media drawing on unique experiences from her front row seat to unprecedented historical events and seismic cultural shifts as a trusted advisor to America’s most powerful leaders. Mary Matalin’s intellectual integrity, practical insights and engaging commentary have earned her a widely acclaimed reputation as one of the country’s foremost and seasoned voices across a diverse spectrum of policy making, political and multi-media platforms.

Her career spans 40-plus years in senior positions as Advisor, Counselor, Chief of Staff, and campaign manager serving multiple history making Presidents and Vice Presidents, as well as federal, state and local leaders of both parties, where she was engaged in transformational policy and reform initiatives in energy, economics and security issues. Her political and policy making activities were interspersed with multiple media experiences, including hosting her own award-winning television and radio shows, penning several national best sellers, publishing dozens of renowned authors as Editor-in-Chief of Threshold Editions, the line she founded at Simon & Schuster.

She has also appeared in multiple critically acclaimed documentaries, television shows and movies, including co-starring on HBO’s avant-garde K Street, produced by George Clooney and directed by Steven Soderberg.

Running Time: approx. 90 minutes, with no intermission

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