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Upcoming events

    • Tue, February 03, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Marines' Memorial Club | 609 Sutter
    • 100
    Register

    Join us February 3rd at 9am for our first speaker of 2026, Jim Caldwell.

    Specific topic to be announced

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    Light breakfast, pastries and coffee to be served.

    • 9:00: doors open
    • 9:30 - 10:30: speaker
    • 10:30 - 11:00: mingling

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    • Wed, April 29, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Marines' Memorial Club | 609 Sutter
    • 100

    Join us [DATE TBA] at 9am for our second speaker of 2026, John King.

    Specific topic to be announced - general history of the SF Ferry Building.

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    Light breakfast, pastries and coffee to be served.

    • 9:00: doors open
    • 9:30 - 10:30: speaker
    • 10:30 - 11:00: mingling

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    • Wed, September 16, 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Marines' Memorial Club | 609 Sutter
    • 100

    Join us [DATE TBA - FALL] at 9am when we host Peter Wilhlem, CFO for the San Francisco 49ers.

    Specific topic to be announced.

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    Light breakfast, pastries and coffee to be served.

    • 9:00: doors open
    • 9:30 - 10:30: speaker
    • 10:30 - 11:00: mingling

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Past events

Thu, November 20, 2025 Hillhouse Breakfast - Frank Lavin, 11/20 (The Reagan Presidency and Lessons for Today)
Thu, October 02, 2025 Hillhouse Happy Hour - Oktoberfest (Oct 2)
Thu, September 11, 2025 Hillhouse Breakfast - Mary Noel, 9/11 (USAID & the Rule of Law)
Thu, May 22, 2025 Hillhouse Breakfast - Colin Lynch, 5/22 (summitting Everest)
Tue, March 11, 2025 Hillhouse Breakfast - Dr. Mary Theroux, 3/11 (homelessness solutions)
Thu, October 24, 2024 Hillhouse Breakfast - Josh Libresco, 10/24 (political polling)
Thu, August 29, 2024 Hillhouse Breakfast - Evan Meagher, 8/29 (professional baseball in France)
Tue, April 23, 2024 Hillhouse Breakfast - Talmage Boston, 4/23 (lessons learned from top Presidents)
Wed, January 31, 2024 Hillhouse Breakfast - SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, 1/21
Tue, November 14, 2023 Hillhouse Breakfast - Frank Falzon & Duffy Jennings, 10/14 (infamous SF homicides)
Thu, April 27, 2023 Hillhouse Breakfast - Frank Dean, 4/27 (Yosemite Conservancy)
Thu, November 17, 2022 Hillhouse Breakfast - SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Assistant DA Don Du Bain, 10/17
Sat, June 19, 2021 Hillhouse Summer Party - Burbank's Burger Smörgåsbord
Fri, March 13, 2020 Hillhouse Breakfast - Mark Gabriel, 3/13 (energy & power in CA)
Fri, February 28, 2020 Hillhouse Breakfast - Dr. Dan Pardi (brain health)
Fri, November 08, 2019 Hillhouse Breakfast - Elizabeth Doty (eliminating dark money in political campaigns)
Fri, September 20, 2019 Hillhouse Breakfast - Keep Tahoe Blue
Wed, July 24, 2019 Hillhouse - 17th Annual Black Box Golf Classic
Fri, June 28, 2019 Hillhouse Breakfast - Henri Vantieghem, Consul General of Belgium
Fri, April 05, 2019 Hillhouse Breakfast - Katie Pettibone (racing in the America's Cup)
Fri, February 08, 2019 Hillhouse Breakfast - Mark Gober (collective consciousness)
Sat, January 12, 2019 2018 Hillhouse Holiday Party
Wed, November 14, 2018 Hillhouse Breakfast - Alexandre Mars (a new way for philanthropy)
Fri, October 19, 2018 Hillhouse Breakfast - Roman Weishäupl (cybersecurity)

March 30, 2018

January 26, 2018

September 29, 2017

May 5, 2017

March 24, 2017

August 5, 2016

June 3, 2016

October 23, 2015

August 7, 2015

April 10, 2015

February 6, 2015

October 3, 2014

September 5, 2014

March 28, 2014

February 21, 2014

November 8, 2013

August 9, 2013

April 19, 2013

February 8, 2013

October 26, 2012

September 28, 2012

June 29, 2012

March 16, 2012

February 17, 2012

September 9, 2011

May 13, 2011

March 18, 2011

February 18, 2011

Tom Fishburne (cartoonist - cartoons for marketing)

Josh Libresco (pollster - examining 2016 presidential election results)

Jared Van Der Beek (acupuncturist - Eastern & Western medicine / benefits of each)

Whit Ashley (Attorney & Emerald Triangle landowner - marijuana decriminalization)

Paul Turner (retired Stanford professor of Architectural History)

Talmage Boston (Attorney & Presidential Historian - insights prior to the impending presidential election)

Dr. Alex Filippenko (Berkeley professor of Astronomy - total solar eclipses)

Jeffery Mount (Sr Fellow of Public Policy Institute - CA's water situation)

Dr. Sandy Williams, MD (Pres of Gladstone Institutes - scientific medical discoveries)

Mark Farrell (SF Board of Supervisors)

Steve Baker (professional sports agent)

Jeff Duncan-Andrade, PhD (Cofounder Teaching Excellence Network - nurturing youth)

Maha Elgenaidi (Founder Islamic Networks Group - Islamic beliefs & fundamentalists' views)

Melinda Bates (Former Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton)

Dr. Wolfgang Seibt (Former German Alpine Trooper - life story)

John Igoe (Google's Director of NorCal Real Estate Design & Construction)

Chip Bower (Golden State Warriors' Chief Marketing Officer)

Greg Moore (USF Pitching Coach)

Jeff Bordes (Professional trumpet player)

Dick Spotswood (political columnist at Marin IJ - upcoming presidential election)

Richard Muller (Prof of Physics at UC Berkeley - astrophysics, nuclear physics, & geophysics)

Kate Bonzon (Environmental Defense Fund's Ocean Program - US & int'l fish catch shares)

Peter Tanev (Yanev Associates - earthquake risks to resi & commercial CA property owners)

Michael Aaronian (NCAA Football referee)

Rodes Fishburne (author - life, writing process and most recent book)

William E Swing (former Bishop of  the Episcopal Diocese of CA - vision of United Religions Initiative)

Neil Ashe (President of CBS Interactive - threats and opps for traditional print and digital media)

Peter Stoneberg and Mark Buell (cofounders of  SF's America’s Cup Organizing Committee)

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