D.C.: Alumni Book Discussion & Dinner with Frank Lavin '92

DC SAIS Event

The SAIS DC Alumni Club invites you to join them for an intimate dinner with alumnus Frank Lavin '92 who will discuss his new book Inside the Reagan White House: A Front-Row Seat to Presidential Leadership with Lessons for Today.

Seating is limited, so please register soon! All Johns Hopkins alumni are welcome to attend.

The dinner will take place at Immigrant Food, which was founded by two SAIS alumni. 

Your $70 ticket includes a prix fixe dinner and a discounted copy of the book, signed by Frank. Drinks are not included and can be purchased separately. 

Please note, the dinner will take place on the 2nd floor of Immigrant Food (White House location) which is only accessible by stairs. 

Speaker Bio:

Frank Lavin is active in U.S.-Asia policy, U.S. domestic politics, and trade policy matters. He serves as a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution as well as a Trustee of the Asia Foundation and as a Director of the Asia Society of Northern California.

Lavin served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Bush (43) Administration. In that capacity, Lavin served as lead trade negotiator for both China and India and was responsible for commercial policy, export promotion, and trade negotiations across the globe. Lavin was previously U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, where he helped negotiate the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

In the private sector, Lavin served in senior finance and management positions in Hong Kong and Singapore with Bank of America and Citibank. Read full bio here.

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 Event Date
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Start Time: 6:00pm EDT
End Time: 8:00pm EDT

 Location
Immigrant Food

1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006

 Contact
SAIS Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Anna Lemberger
Associate Director of Constituent Engagement
202-663-5641
SAISAlumniEvents@jhu.edu

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