Laura Schwartz, a former Special Assistant to the President and The White House Director of Events for the Clinton Administration, created and executed more than 1,000 White House events including 12 State arrival ceremonies and dinners, America’s Millennium Celebration and NATO’s 50th Anniversary. While producing the President’s events on the world stage, leaving no room for error, Ms. Schwartz demonstrated the Presidency’s ability to inspire a nation and the world through powerful events. As an eight-year veteran of the Administration, prior to being named The Director of Events in 1997, Ms. Schwartz served as The White House Director of Television and The Midwest Press Secretary for The President. Following the Administration, Laura traveled the world with Former President Clinton for his Foundation and Global Initiative. In 2004, Laura served as a Senior Advisor to John Kerry for the Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign.

Today, Ms. Schwartz shares her unique perspective on face to face networking, politics and leadership through her speaking tour and media engagements domestically and internationally on Good Morning London (GMTV) on ITN throughout the UK, the BBC World News and Sir David Frost’s “Frost Over The World” broadcast to 120 million viewers on Al Jazeera English. Laura was the on air Political Analyst on the Fox News Channel 2004-2007, a commentator for CNN’s Larry King Live during the presidential primaries 2007-2008 and with the CBS Early Show as a contributor for the General Presidential Campaign discusses political strategy and its cross over to national service, pop culture and special events. Laura has also appeared on MSNBC and the PBS acclaimed Lehrer NewsHour, Sirius, XM Satellite Radio and 2UE Sydney. Ms. Schwartz has been a featured expert in the New York Times and USA Today.

Ms. Schwartz is well known to corporations, industry associations, service and professional organizations and educational institutions for her lecture and individual coaching series in which she delivers positive and motivational message. Ms. Schwartz’s most popular seminar, “The Networking Power of Social Events,©” also the title of her upcoming networking book, explores where bridges can be built in professional and personal social scenes, using the individual’s power as a guest or a host to increase their client base and client retention, land an incredible job, and to expand their responsibilities while creating professional and personal profitability and success. Laura believes that although a “job” might be 9-5, “careers” are 24/7 and we are always and in all places, an ambassador of what and who we represent professionally as well as ourselves, personally. “The Networking Power of Social Events©” delivers those tools to ensure success.

In 2001, Ms. Schwartz created, White House Strategies, an event, media, political and message consultancy. Serving corporations, industry associations, cultural institutions, service organizations, political figures, and aspiring entrepreneurs, Ms. Schwartz uses her unique experiences and strategies to generate ideas to develop and deliver her client’s objectives through business, social, media and industry events and creative and targeted messaging. In the Fall of 2007, Ms. Schwartz was honored by the American University, Washington DC with their “Leadership in Education” award. In January 2009, Laura was invited to and debated at the prestigious Oxford Union in England on the Foreign Policy Legacy of Former President Bush.

Ms. Schwartz is based in Chicago where she operates White House Strategies and travels extensively both domestically and internationally for speaking engagements and with her clients, empowering them to unleash their limits by recognizing and embracing their highest personal and professional potential.

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