Goddard Gold is a speaker series presented by Goddard Riverside to bring people together and support Goddard programs and services. These invitation-only cocktail receptions and discussions will take place at private clubs in Manhattan. Join leaders in the financial, real estate, and insurance sectors to meet and mingle, to hear from innovative groundbreakers, and to solidify civic engagement.
Thank you to all who sponsored and attended our 5th Annual Goddard Gold! Watch our video of Susan Page, the esteemed Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY, intimate conversation and insightful Q&A session moderated by Ashley Higgins Dieck, Chief of Staff at Gannett. The dialogue delved into the current political landscape of the USA, particularly pertinent with elections looming on the horizon.
Goddard Gold 2024
Join us for the 5th Annual Goddard Gold on June 5 at 6:30 PM featuring Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY. We are hosting the event at the Harmonie Club located at 4 East 60th Street. Attendees will enjoy an intimate conversation and Q&A with Susan Page.
About the Speaker
Susan Page, the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY, is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. Her books include Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power and The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty, both New York Times bestsellers. Her biography of Barbara Walters, The Rulebreaker, is being published by Simon & Schuster in April 2024.
Susan has covered eleven presidential elections, interviewed the past ten presidents (three after they left the White House and one before he moved in), and reported from six continents. She has won every journalism award given specifically for White House coverage and served as president of the White House Correspondents Association and of the Gridiron Club, the oldest association of journalists in Washington. In 2020, she moderated the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris.
A native of Wichita, Kansas, she received a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern and a master’s from Columbia. She and her husband Carl Leubsdorf have two sons, Ben and Will.
Sponsors
Chris Auguste and Varuni Nelson
Ashley Higgins Dieck and Christopher Dieck
Joshua Marwell and Chitra Boppardikar
Marcia Bystryn
J.P. and Ellen Leventhal
Margaret Munzer Loeb
Betsy Newell
Lee and Ray Wareham