Northern Virginia YR Networking Event with Special Guest:
The Hon. Michael Steele
WHAT: It is a special honor for the Alexandria, Arlignton-Falls Church, Fairfax and Prince William YRs to have the Honorable Michael Steele as our guest speaker for this YR Networking Event in Arlington, VA. Former Lt. Governor Steele serves as Chairman of GOPAC and has been a great supporter of the Young Republicans throughout the nation, including national speaking engagements at the 2008 Young Republican National Convention in Hollywood, FL and the 2008 Young Republican Leadership Conference in Washington, DC. Please click here to learn more about GOPAC.
Join us at 6 pm to make sure you get in the room and get a seat or standing room to hear and meet the Hon. Michael Steele. This is going to be a great evening, event, networking opportunity and happy hour!!
WHEN: Monday, June 23 , 2008
starting at 6:00 pm (Michael Steele will be speaking at 6:30 pm)
WHERE: Capitol City Brewery (back room)
2700 S. Quincy St., Shirlington (Located just off I-395 in Arlington with excellent Metro Bus Service from the Pentagon Metro Station (Yellow/Blue Line) to Shirlington every half hour)
Here is a brief bio of Former Lt. Gov. and current GOPAC Chairman Michael Steele:
A self-described Lincoln Republican. Michael S. Steele earned a place in history in 2003 when he became the first African-American elected to statewide office in Maryland. His experiences as a successful elected conservative Republican African-American and his engaging speaking style have launched Steele into national prominence. His first major exposure was during an appearance at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Since then President George W. Bush chose Steele to be part of the U.S. delegation to the investiture of Pope Benedict XVI, and Steele has been an entertaining and articulate guest on cable political talk shows such as HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report.
An expert on political strategy, fund-raising, PACs, and election reform, he is the current Chairman of GOPAC. He has served on the National Federal Election Reform Commission and the NAACP Blue Ribbon Commission on Election Reform. As a senior advisor to GROWpac, he advised House Republican Conference Chairman J.C. Watts (R–OK) on strategic and political issues.
Born in 1958 at Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Steele was raised in Washington, DC. He spent three years as a seminarian in the Order of St. Augustine in preparation for the priesthood, but, ultimately, chose a career in law instead. He earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
He is currently a Partner in the international law firm of Dewey Leoboeuff in Washington, DC. From 1991–1997, Steele was a corporate securities attorney at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in Washington, DC, specializing in sophisticated financial transactions on behalf of Wall Street underwriters. He also was a corporate counsel for the Mills Corporation and founded The Steele Group, a business and legal consulting firm.
Named a 2005 Aspen Institute–Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership and awarded the 2005 Bethune-DuBois Institute Award for his ongoing work in the development of quality education in Maryland, Steele also has served on a variety of boards and commissions including East Baltimore Development Corporation, Export–Import Bank Advisory Board, the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, and the Republican National Committee.
Lt. Governor Steele serves on the Administrative Board of the Maryland Catholic Conference and is a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Landover Hills, MD, where he attends mass regularly with his wife Andrea and their two sons Michael and Drew.
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