#Fireside chats series#

вЂњKids can ask anything they want of these world leaders, national leaders. вЂњItвЂ™s fireside chats,вЂќ said Burke, a UVA alumnus and Miller Center board member. Tim Kaine and Tim Heaphy, a UVA alumnus and University general counsel, currently on leave to serve as the principal investigator for the Jan. Pete Sessions Politico co-founder John Harris U.S. Bush Kyle Matous, former chief of staff to U.S. The 18-person bipartisan guest list has included the likes of Donilon Ambassador of Ireland to the United States Daniel Mulhall Jennifer Klein, co-chair of President BidenвЂ™s Gender Policy Council UVA Law alumnus John Bridgeland, former domestic policy adviser to President George W.

#Fireside chats series#

Twelve fourth-year students, selected by professors Bill Antholis and Dave Burke from a group of 50 applicants, have had a chance to interview a series of prominent leaders from a range of fields вЂ“ including the executive and legislative branches, media and nonprofit organizations. 3, the first day of a January term leadership course called вЂњPresident BidenвЂ™s First Year.вЂќ

State Department) and Obama (as national security adviser) administrations, told this story to a class of UVA students on Jan. Trust on both sides led Donilon to soon joining ChristopherвЂ™s prestigious OвЂ™Melveny & Myers firm.Дonilon, who went on to serve in the Clinton (as chief of staff of the U.S. вЂњYou could come work at my law firm.вЂќД¬hristopher, deputy secretary of state under Carter, was plenty familiar with Donilon вЂ“ and Donilon considered Christopher a mentor.

вЂњWhy would you do that?вЂќ Warren Christopher asked. While such a proposed future seemed rewarding, DonilonвЂ™s lunch mate offered an alternative. He had plans to begin a political consulting firm following his time at UVA Law. Tom Donilon was in his third year at the University of Virginia School of Law when he sat down for lunch with a friend in Washington, D.C.Д«y this point вЂ“ spring of 1985 вЂ“ DonilonвЂ™s rГ©sumГ© already included a degree from Catholic University and work in the Jimmy Carter White House.