Subject: Q1 Board Email
From: "Mike Breen" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 11:53:41 -0600

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Members of the Truman & CNP Boards,

There
is no shortage of exciting news to report from the first quarter of 2015: from
on-boarding a new class of Truman members, to the tireless efforts of our
members intimately involved in the ongoing Iran negotiations. In an effort to
keep you better informed of the amazing work our team and our membership are
accomplishing, this email is the first of what will become a quarterly update
for Truman and CNP board members. You will also begin receiving a weekly email
recapping the organization's media hits from the past week.

I
have included below some of our most noteworthy highlights from the last three
months:

2015
Membership Class

In
January we on-boarded our 2015 class of more than 150 new Truman Security
Fellows, Political Partners and Defense Council members. If you would like to get to know the newest members, please e-mail Meghan Valle at 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked]  to request a copy of the Member Directory.

Truman and CNP in the News

Our weekly "Truman and CNP in the News" email update has received a
makeover. You have officially been added to the distribution list and will now
begin to receive a weekly email highlighting our national and local press hits.
Check out "
http://image.s6.exacttarget.com/lib/fe911272736507797d/m/1/Comms+by+Numbers.pdf 
Comms by the Numbers " document for media highlights
from Q1.

Iran

In October 2012, the Truman
Project released a
groundbreaking web-based Iran war simulation called Tell Me How This Ends,
designed to teach users about the cost and consequences of military action with
Iran.

Truman leadership, staff and
members continue to engage and shape the debate over the diplomatic process
with Iran. In the field, Truman Fellows Jonathan Finer (Chief of Staff,
Department of State), Stephanie Epner, Jake Sullivan, and many others, have
been instrumental in these ongoing efforts.

Meanwhile, Truman has been a

http://trumanproject.org/communications/the-truman-community-on-iran-2/ 
leading voice  in the public debate, from the national press to social media.
Most recently, on April 13 we held a press roundtable featuring Ambassadors
Pickering and Crocker. Reporters from the following outlets participated: NY
Times, Washington Post, USA Today, LA Times, Associated Press, Reuters,
Bloomberg News, Politico, Huffington Post, Al-Monitor, US News and World Report.

We are still in the fight to get
this historic deal over the line with your help and support.

2015
Conference

You
recently received the 
http://cnponline.org/event/trucon-2015-opening-cocktail-reception/ 
save-the-date  for
our annual conference, scheduled for June 25-28 here in DC. The agenda
for Thursday, June 25 will include the Truman & CNP board meetings (2pm)
and a VIP event and cocktail reception (6pm) to kickoff our 2015 conference.
Click 
http://trumanproject.org/national-conference/#agenda 
here 
to view the full conference agenda. Please feel free to share the save-the-date
with your friends and colleagues!

In
light of our ambitious fundraising goal, we're asking both governing boards to
join our Host Committee again this year so that we can highlight your support
and to also introduce new people to our organization. All we ask is that
you, personally, commit to join the Host Committee and help raise (or write) as
much as $2500 (or more).

As
well, we'd like each of you to provide the names of 3-5 contacts (or more if
you've got them) who we can add to our invitation list.  Please send these
names to Robin McQueen at 
mailto:[email-masked] 
[email-masked] 
by May 22 so that they can be included in the invitation pipeline.

Policy Vision

Over the past twelve months, Truman's next-generation political, policy and
returning veteran alumni throughout the United States have been hard at work on
developing a policy framework designed to adapt the forward-looking and
far-reaching engagement principles of the Truman era to an equally-complex
21st-century environment. This landmark initiative represents the first time
our nationwide membership has been collectively mobilized to deliver solutions
to the most pressing global challenges Americans now face.  The
results will be formally presented at our conference in June, and will form the
foundation for individual and collective advocacy and national policy
engagement over the coming two years.

Staff Announcements

We have had several exciting transitions on staff
over the last few months. In early February, the inimitable Matt Rhoades began serving as Policy Chief
for the OSD Legislative Affairs. Two weeks later, our unbeatable Communications
Director Stephanie Dreyer joined him as the Pentagon's first-ever Director for
Digital Media and Strategy.

Brendan Gilfillan has come aboard as our new Communications
and Public Affairs Director. Brendan has a wealth of experience in government and
politics and he comes to us most recently from the governor's race in Florida.
Prior to that he served in the Obama Administration in senior communications
roles at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Hurricane Sandy
Rebuilding Task Force.

As many of you already know, Akilah Ensley joined us in February as a Deputy Director on the development team. Akilah is a talented and experienced organizer
and coalition builder who has run partnerships at the U.S. Census Bureau and
served as Deputy Political Director of Kay Hagan's campaign for the United
States Senate.

Rounding out the development team as our new Development Director
is Jennifer Mellen.  Beginning on May 13th,
Jenn -- a seasoned development professional -- will be working closely with Robin and Akilah on strategically
building out our Major Gifts and Corporate programs.  Jenn comes to us with from PAI, a global
advocate for reproductive rights, where she worked since 2006.  At PAI she held multiple development positions with increasing responsibility, most recently managing their major gifts program. 

John Rodriguez has come on staff at CNP as a Scoville Fellow. John is a decorated U.S. Army Infantry
Officer who served on active duty for six years, including a deployment to
Afghanistan. He currently serves as a Captain in the Maryland National Guard.
John has a Masters in Security Studies from Georgetown University and has
written on topics ranging from security cooperation between Iraq and Egypt to
the internal dynamics of insurgent groups.

Finally, I'm proud to announce that Meghan Valle -
who served as an intern for nearly a year in our development department - has joined the staff
full time as an Administrative Manager. She came to us after graduating from DePaul University with a degree in
International Studies and Japanese Studies.  She will be assisting with finance and administration, development, and general organization support. 

World
Premiere of "The Burden"

On Friday, March 27, the documentary film "The Burden: Fossil Fuels, the
Military, and National Security" premiered at the 2015 DC Environmental Film
Festival to a full house of over 200 attendees. Produced by the Truman and CNP,
"The Burden" tells the story of how our dependence on fossil fuels threatens
our national security and puts the lives of our men and women in uniform at
greater risk. Click 
https://vimeo.com/109036109 
here  to view the
trailer.

Truman Center for
National Policy

Following our Board vote last December, we remain on pace to
update CNP's name and brand at the annual conference. Stand by for further
discussion, updates and previews!

As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any
questions. Thank you for your continued engagement and support.

Respectfully,

Mike 

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