Forum

Sunday, January 10 —  Mike Wirth – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chevron Corporation since February 2018. As CEO, he has led one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies through the 2020 oil-price collapse, an intense debate over the energy transition, and the acquisition of Hess Corporation, completed in July 2025. Chevron is the only U.S. company that has been in Venezuela during the last 40 years.

Sunday, January 17 —  Dr. Mehmet Oz – Dr. Oz serves as the 17th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, confirmed by the Senate in April 2025 to lead the agency that provides health coverage to more than 160 million Americans. A cardiothoracic surgeon, he is Professor Emeritus at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, where he formerly led the heart institute. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a joint M.D./M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School. Before entering public service, he hosted “The Dr. Oz Show” from 2009 to 2022, winning nine Daytime Emmy Awards, and wrote eight New York Times best-sellers.

Sunday, January 24 —  Justice Elena Kagan – Justice Kagan was nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Barack Obama and sworn in on August 7, 2010, as the Court’s 112th Justice and the fourth woman to serve on it.  Before joining the Court, she was the first woman to serve as Solicitor General of the United States and, from 2003 to 2009, the first woman to serve as Dean of Harvard Law School.  She holds an A.B. from Princeton University, an M.Phil. from the University of Oxford, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.  She clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall and taught at the University of Chicago Law School.  She served in the Clinton White House as Associate Counsel to the President and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council.

Sunday, January 31 — NO FORUM,  Private event booked, AFC, NFC Playoffs

Sunday, February 7 — Ruth Porat – Ms. Porat is President and Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google, overseeing the company’s investment vehicles GV and CapitalG, its Other Bets portfolio, and its real estate and infrastructure. She served as Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet and Google from 2015 to 2024, following a career of more than two decades at Morgan Stanley that culminated in her role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  She serves on the boards of Blackstone, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and she holds degrees from Stanford University, the London School of Economics, and the Wharton School.

Sunday, February 14 — No Forum – Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day Weekend

Sunday, February 21 — Captain Victor “Ike” Glover– Pilot of NASA’s historic Artemis II round-the-moon mission, Victor Glover is one of the four humans who have traveled farthest from Earth.  Previously, he piloted SpaceX Dragon’s first operational flight and, after living on the International Space Station for 168 days, completed 4 spacewalks totaling 26+ hours. A supersonic F/A-18 Super Hornet and test pilot, he flew 3,000+ flight hours in 40+ advanced aircraft. He also completed 24 combat missions in Iraq, multiple Western Pacific deployments, 400+ carrier-arrested landings, and one year of legislative service with former US Senator John McCain.  A first-generation college student and son of a police officer, Victor Glover went to California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering in 1999. Later, he completed, in off-duty hours, three master’s degrees in science and engineering and Certificates of Advanced Studies from Georgetown University and the Navy Postgraduate School.  Among numerous military, NASA, community service, and academic honors, he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Sunday, February 28 — Dr. John Malone – Dr. Malone is Chairman Emeritus of Liberty Media Corporation, which he founded in 1991 and chaired through 2025.  As Chief Executive Officer of Tele-Communications, Inc. from 1973 until its 1999 merger with AT&T, he built TCI into the nation’s largest cable operator and helped launch early cable networks including Discovery, BET, and QVC. His Liberty companies have since held interests in businesses ranging from Formula 1 and SiriusXM to Live Nation and the Atlanta Braves. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and economics from Yale University, a master’s degree in industrial management, and a Ph.D. in operations research from Johns Hopkins University. 

Sunday, March 7 — David Rubenstein– Mr. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, the global investment firm he helped establish in Washington, D.C., in 1987.   Earlier, he served as Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy to President Jimmy Carter.  A Baltimore native, Mr. Rubenstein became Chairman and principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles in 2024.  He chairs the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago.  Mr. Rubenstein served as the chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for 14 years before being replaced in early 2025.  He hosts “The David Rubenstein Show” on Bloomberg Television and PBS. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he is a leading practitioner of “patriotic philanthropy,” funding the restoration of landmarks including the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, Monticello, and Mount Vernon.

Sunday, March 14 — John Ratcliffe (Tentative)– John Ratcliffe is the 25^th Director of the CIA.  He represented Texas’s 4th Congressional District in the 114th, 115th, and 116th Congresses, resigning in 2020 to become Director of National Intelligence, a post he held until President Trump’s first term ended in 2021. The Senate confirmed him as CIA Director by a 74-25 vote in January 2025. He has pushed the agency to do more to harness technologies such as AI and quantum computing while expanding human intelligence collection, and in March 2026 congressional hearings, he disclosed that human sources were up 25% and that collection on China had doubled.  Director Ratcliffe plans to attend the Forum on March 14 unless there is a significant event requiring his attention at the same time.

Sunday, March 21 — No Forum– Our Lady of Florida Gala

Sunday, March 28 — No Forum– Easter

Sunday, April 4 — TBD

Forums are held in the Clubhouse at 6 pm unless otherwise indicated. Dinner reservations will be offered at the Clubhouse and Beach House following Forum events. Members with guests who would like to dine after the Forum will be moved to the Beach House. To facilitate planning, all attendees and Forum committee members are requested to make reservations no earlier than three weeks before each event. Guest registration will open one week prior to the event, provided there are no members on a wait list. Dinner reservations are made separately.
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