Please join us on the evening of Saturday, November 9th for the Pacific Research Institute's 8th Annual Baroness Thatcher Gala Dinnerat Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spain beautiful Newport Beach, California.
We are thrilled to be celebrating PRI's 40th anniversarywith entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel as our keynote speaker. PRI Senior Fellow Dr. Steven Hayward will lead an in-depth Q&A session with Mr. Thiel that will address issues such as political bias at technology companies and campus free speech.
We’re also proud to announce that at the Gala, PRI board member Paul D. Tosetti, a partner at Latham & Watkins, will present the 2019 Baroness Thatcher Liberty Award to the Honorable Christopher Cox, a former PRI board member, for his commitment to liberty and for his embodiment of the principles of Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
I hope you will join our Dinner Host Committee for what promises to be a memorable evening with two visionary leaders in the liberty movement. For more information and to register, please click here.
Sincerely,
Sally C. Pipes
President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy
PRI's 8th Annual Baroness Thatcher Gala Dinner
Keynote Speaker
PETER THIEL
Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor. He cofounded PayPal, led it as CEO, and took it public; he made the first outside investment in Facebook, where he serves as a director; and he cofounded Palantir Technologies, where he serves as chairman. He has provided early funding for LinkedIn, Yelp, and dozens of startups. He is a partner at Founders Fund, a venture capital firm that has funded companies including SpaceX. He started the Thiel Fellowship, which funds young entrepreneurs, and he leads the Thiel Foundation, which works to advance technological progress and long-term thinking.
Baroness Thatcher Liberty Award
Special Presentation to THE HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER COX by Paul Tosetti, PRI Board Member
During his 23-year Washington career, Mr. Cox was a White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the fifth-ranking elected leader in the House, representing part of Orange County. Since 2014, he has been a partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and president of Morgan Lewis Consulting LLC, where he advises global companies on strategic issues.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019
6:00 PM Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa
900 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California
Click here to join the Host Committee and/or sponsor a table at the Gala. For more information, please contact Laura Dannerbeck, Events Consultant, at (415) 250-9206 or [email protected].
By supporting the Gala, you will help PRI advance its mission to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions in California and across the nation.
*Note: All Individual Premium Sponsors have access to the pre-Gala VIP reception.
The Pacific Research Institute qualifies as a charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3). Contributions to the organization are tax-deductible.
