Subject: Re: Truman Board Call, 8/1 3pm ET
From: "Bridget Hatton" <[email-masked]>
To: "Mike Breen" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Driscoll, John" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Suzy George" <[email-masked]>, "Peter Kovler" <[email-masked]>, "Sally Painter" <[email-masked]>, "Sarah Bruno" <[email-masked]>, "Andrew Lavigne" <[email-masked]>, "Stephen Bailey" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:17:05 -0400

Dear all,

In advance of the Board call this Friday at 3pm ET, I wanted to pass along
the following conference line information:

Call-in number: 712-432-3066
Code: 683637

Best regards,
Bridget

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Mike Breen <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Dear Members of the Board,
>
> Thank you all for your continued engagement and support of the Truman
> National Security Project. Since our last board meeting it has been my
> pleasure to speak with each of you about the direction of Truman and the
> growth of our programs. In 2014, the Truman National Security Project will
> continue to unite next-generation veteran, political, and policy leaders to
> develop and advance strong, smart and principled solutions to the global
> challenges Americans now face.
>
> In order to achieve that mission, Truman must continue to *enhance and
> expand our board of directors* in order to build a strong foundation of
> financial support for our organization.
>
>
>
> At our last meeting, we voted to add Suzy George as a new member of the
> Board and discussed the importance of establishing new relationships to
> help meet our annual fundraising goals while also building long-term
> partnerships that will generate support for years to come. It is in that
> spirit that we will *convene again by phone to add a new member to our
> board of directors, Craig Hanson, whose bio is at the bottom of this e-mail*.
> I've had the pleasure of getting to know Craig over the last few years in
> his capacity as a Truman Fellow and I think he'd be a great addition. As a
> venture capitalist and member of the President's National Finance
> Committee, he's got the fundraising chops and some helpful Bay Area
> connections.
>
>
>
> We'd like to do a quick (5-10 min) call on *Friday, August 1 at 3:00pm
> (EST).  *Please respond and let me know if you are able to join -- we
> need a quorum in order to take a vote, so it is important that we have
> participation. We will send around an official agenda and call-in info once
> we confirm your availability.
>
> In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Bruno at
> [email-masked] or 202.216.9723 x2315 if you have any questions.
>
>
> Thank you again for your continued engagement and commitment to the Truman
> National Security Project.
>
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
>
>
> Mike Breen
>
>
> --
>
> *Michael Breen*Executive Director
> Truman National Security Project & Center for National Policy
>
> Office: 202.216.9723 x2325
> Cell: 603.828.9550
>
> www.TrumanProject.org <http://www.trumanproject.org> & www.CNPonline.org
> <http://www.cnponline.org>
>
> *Craig Hanson*
>
>
> Craig Hanson has policy, analysis and management work experience at the
> confluence of economic policy, foreign policy and national security. Craig
> is a General Partner with Next World Capital (NWC), an international
> technology venture capital firm where he manages the firm's investment
> efforts in the U.S. and Europe via offices in San Francisco, Paris,
> Brussels and London. NWC specializes in helping U.S. companies expand
> internationally, and runs a business platform consisting of many of the
> largest companies and top executives in Europe for the benefit of its
> American companies. Craig also conducts independent research, analysis and
> drafting of public-sector program ideas at the nexus of economic policy and
> national security. As part of U.S. foreign economic policy in the Middle
> East and North Africa, Craig has been an official member of U.S. State
> Department delegations to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and a judge for
> GIST at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Turkey. Through these and
> other efforts, he works with government officials, policy experts and
> business leaders in the U.S. and abroad to speak, mentor and advise on
> economic growth, capital investment, trade, development and infrastructure.
> He was also the Chair of the Silicon Valley Leadership Committee of Nuru
> International, a social innovation non-profit providing holistic programs
> to fight extreme poverty in the developing world. Craig is on the National
> Finance Committee of Obama for America 2012 and the DNC, a National
> Co-Chair of Technology for Obama, and founded and co-led the National
> Security and Foreign Policy Forum for the Obama campaign. Previously, Craig
> ran Silicon Valley for Kamala and was a member of the Transition Team for
> Attorney General of California Kamala D. Harris where he advised on
> technology policy. In 2011 Craig was named one of the top 40 Under 40
> Leaders nationally by the New Leaders Council. He graduated from Carleton
> College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Sloan
> Fellow and President of his class.
>

-- 
*Bridget Hatton*
Executive Assistant to the Presidents and Executive Director
Truman National Security Project & the Center for National Policy

Office: *202.216.9723 x2334*
Twitter: @TrumanProject & @CNPonline

www.TrumanProject.org <http://www.trumanproject.org/>
*www.CNPOnline.org <http://www.CNPOnline.org>*

-- 

*PS: We have a new address. *The Truman Project and the Center for National 
Policy have moved to a new space at 1250 I Street NW, Suite #500, 
Washington DC 20005. You're welcome to visit. And please update your 
address book