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Please join the Cleveland Club for a luncheon with Steve Dettelbach, President Biden’s Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Wednesday, September 9 from noon to 2:00PM in the McClendon Room of the National Press Club. 

Steve currently serves as the Chair of BakerHostetler’s global Litigation Group, composed of more than 430 lawyers. He recently returned to the BakerHostetler partnership for the third time, having completed his ATF Directorship during 2022-2025.  

Steve was the first Senate-confirmed Director of ATF in seven years. In that role, he led a national law enforcement agency composed of over 5,000 agents and staff dedicated to reducing violent crime. During Steve’s tenure, ATF saw three straight years of significant reductions in violent crime, including firearms violence.  

During 2009-2016, Steve served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio where he prioritized anti-opioid efforts, civil rights enforcement, fighting corruption, and combatting terrorism, among other efforts.  Steve was the Democratic nominee for Ohio Attorney General in 2018. He has also served for more than a decade as a decorated career federal prosecutor and civil rights attorney, as well as Counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the Enron financial scandals.

Steve is married and has two children, who like him are loyal (and eternally hopeful!) Cleveland sports fans.  

Cost is $35 per person, which includes the National Press Club buffet, not including beverage. You must be registered to attend. Space is limited to 25 persons so we suggest registering early.

Payment instructions:

• Submit payment via Paypal to clevelandclubdc@gmail.com or via link here.

• Additional payment options available upon request, please note them in the RSVP form.

The National Press Club is located on the 12th and 13th floors of 529 14th Street, NW. Registrants will receive entry information closer to September 9.  

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Please RSVP to us for lunch on Monday, October 1 at the law firm of Baker & Hostetler on Connecticut Avenue to meet with Sabrina Eaton, the Plain Dealer correspondent in Washington. Sabrina is now the principal reporter covering the capital’s events for the Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com; Steve Koff, the former Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the Plain Dealer has transitioned to freelance writing.

Sabrina began reporting for the Plain Dealer in 1990. In 1994 she transferred to the D.C. bureau, concentrating on the House of Representatives. Now, as principal reporter to Cleveland, she covers the Senate was well, but also the Trump Administration and national politics.

Sabrina will talk to the Club about reporting on national affairs, her past scoops, her thoughts on the media, and her perspective on the impending midterm elections. Sabrina has won several reporting awards and made numerous appearances on national television news broadcasts.

Please don’t miss this opportunity to get to know Sabrina and her work.

The luncheon is $18 per person and includes a hot lunch with beverage, taxes included. To join us for lunch, fill out the RSVP form, which includes payment options and instructions. 

We will meet at noon in the Schweitzer Room of Baker & Hostetler, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1100. The nearest Metro stop is Farragut North.

Please join us for a stimulating luncheon with Ronn Richard, President and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation on May 9.

Ronn was recently named #1 for the Cleveland Power 100 list and was featured in a story in Politico for his work engaging local residents to University Circle institutions.

We will meet at 12:15 PM at the Washington, D.C., Economic Partnership (WDCEP), PepCo Conference Room, 1495 F Street, NW (near the corner of 15th and F Streets N. W. Metro Center is the close Metro Station – exits at 13th and G or 12th and F are best).

The charge is $19 for a box lunch and drink, inclusive of all charges.

Please register for this luncheon here.  Payment options are available on the RSVP page - please indicate your choice and we will be in touch accordingly.

RSVPs and payment must be received by May 4.

Ronn's talk to the Club will be called "Cleveland's Renaissance: Opportunities and Challenges Building Our Community." He will have materials for attendees, and he will take questions.

Born and raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Ronn Richard spent the early part of his career as a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Japan and then as a desk officer for North Korean, Greek, and Turkish affairs at the State Department. He served as the president of several divisions at Panasonic, then transitioned into the managing director and COO role at In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital fund helping to place new technologies at the service of the nation's intelligence community. He has been leading the Cleveland Foundation since 2003.

For more than a century, the Cleveland Foundation has catalyzed change through philanthropic investments and community leadership across Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. Last year, the Foundation granted more than $101 million in support of neighborhood revitalization, education reform, health and human services, arts & culture, advanced energy, and workforce/economic development, with much of this investment occurring in the core city of Cleveland. Ronn will share the latest developments in Cleveland's ongoing renaissance, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the opportunities and challenges in rebuilding the Cleveland area one neighborhood at a time.

Learn more about the Cleveland Foundation by reading their Overview [pdf].

Please register for what will prove a most interesting report on Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.