The Commonwealth Club Annual Dinner

 

109th Anniversary and 24th Annual Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner

Palace Hotel, San Francisco

Honorees:
Nancy Hellman Bechtle, Chairman, Presidio Trust

Dr. Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, M.D., M.P.H., Chancellor, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor, UCSF

Dinner Chair:
Russell M. Yarrow

Featuring "A Room with Views"

Table conversation with some of the Bay Area's most interesting people!

Dan Ashley, Anchor, ABC7 News, Brent Assink, Executive Director, San Francisco Symphony, Mark Baldassare, President and CEO, Public Policy Institute of California, Harold W. Brooks, CEO, American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter, Gabriella C. Calicchio, Executive Director, The Walt Disney Family Museum, Peter Coyote, Actor,  Frank Dean, Acting General Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Lloyd H. Dean, President and CEO, Catholic Healthcare West, Barbara Garcia, Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Carlos A. Garcia, Superintendent of Schools, San Francisco Unified School District, Jennifer M. Granholm, Former Governor, Michigan and Distinguished Practitioner of Law and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley,  Brian Hackney, Correspondent, "Eye on the Bay," CBS 5, Gary K. Hart, Chair, Public Policy Institute of California Board of Directors, Hubert Keller Chef, Fleur de Lys, David M. Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford, Lois Lehrman Publisher, The Nob Hill Gazette,  Susan Medak, Managing Director, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Michael Mina, Chef, Michael Mina SF, Christopher Moore, Chief, San Jose Police Department, Dan Mulhern, Distinguished Practitioner of Business and Law, University of California, Berkeley, Ronn Owens San Francisco Bay Area Talk Show Host, KGO Radio, Janet Reilly, President, Board of Directors, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, George M. Scalise, Former President, Semiconductor Industry Association, Anthony Smith, Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District, Kevin O. Starr, State Librarian Emeritus; University Professor and Professor of History, University of Southern California, Greg Suhr, Chief, San Francisco Police Department, Frank D. Tatum, Jr., Retired Partner, Cooley LLP, Zabrae Valentine, Deputy Director, California Forward, Thuy Vu, Host/Producer, "Eye on the Bay," CBS 5, Jan Wahl, Movie Reviewer, Film Historian, Jay Xu, Director, Asian Art Museum, Jed York President and CEO, San Francisco 49ers

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The most recent Distinguished Citizen Award recipients include Mary B. Cranston, Janet W. Lamkin and The Honorable Tad Taube.

The Club has also honored Toni Rembe and Arthur Rock, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, David Packard, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Chris and Warren Hellman, the Lane Family and Sunset Magazine, the Honorable William H. Draper, III and Stephen D. Bechtel, Sr., among others.

The Annual Dinner is the Club's most significant annual fundraising event, providing resources to support its important nonprofit public forum mission throughout the year.