Center on Policy Entrepreneurship

The Policy Entrepreneurship Forum

Throughout the year, the Center on Policy Entrepreneurship will partner with student organizations to bring in policy practitioners who can provide students with firsthand accounts of what it takes to change public policy and provide topical, career-related advice.

The Policy Entrepreneurship Forum kicks off this spring with visits from distinguished policy practitioners including the former Governor of North Carolina Bev Perdue; the former Governor and U.S. Senator from Indiana, Evan Bayh; and current U.S. Representative for Illinois' 5th District Mike Quigley.

Recent Speakers 

Former North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue
Thursday, May 9
9 to 10 am
Chicago Harris Student Lounge

Bev Perdue served as North Carolina’s 73rd governor from 2009 to 2013. She was the state’s first female governor. Before holding the governorship, she served for a decade as the state’s lieutenant governor, a decade as a state senator and four years in the state’s house of representatives. She holds a PhD in education administration from the University of Florida and is known to be a champion of education across all levels—but particularly in early childhood education—in North Carolina. This event is produced in partnership with Women in Public Policy.