"A candid Conversation on the State of the Nation and the Global Order" - sold out
Date: April 8th at 6:00 pm
Venue: The Offices of Vanquour Equities
3 World Trade Center, 38th Floor
175 Greenwich Street
(across the Street from Century 21 on Church Street)
Fee: Attendance is free for RCNY Members; $20 will be charged for non-members.
You are kindly invited to join us for a closed door, off-the-record discussion examining key domestic and geopolitical risks shaping today's landscape. The event is co-sponsored with the Economic Club of New York
"A candid Conversation on the State of the Nation and the Global Order with former US Ambassador to the UN, Chris Lu."
Date: April 8th at 6:00 pm
Venue: The Offices of Vanquour Equities at 3 World Trade Center, 38th Floor
175 Greenwich Street
(across the Street from Century 21 on Church Street)
Fee: Attendance is free for RCNY Members; $20 will be charged for non-members.
Chris Lu, a Taiwanese-American lawyer and political advisor served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for management and reform from 2022 to 2025. He was also an alternative representative to the United Nations General Assembly during his tenure as Representative for Management and Reform.
Born to Taiwanese American immigrants, Lu graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate of Barack Obama. In the Obama administration, he served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from 2014 to 2017, the White House Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President from 2009 to 2013 and the co-chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
After serving briefly as an advisor on Senator John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, Lu began working for Barack Obama in 2005 in his U.S. Senate office, where Lu served as legislative director and acting chief of staff. Following Obama's successful 2008 campaign for presidency, Lu was appointed executive director of the Obama-Biden Transition Project. When Obama appointed Lu as Cabinet Secretary, The New York Times described him as "one of the highest-ranking Asian Americans in the Obama administration". In 2018, Lu was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
A cocktail reception will follow the event.
A reservation is necessary since the security in the building is very strict and there has to be a list of attendees at the front desk in the lobby. Given the limited number of seats, members and guests will be accepted on a first come/first served basis.
