About City Club Programs
Since its inception in 1984, City Club of Tacoma has hosted notable speakers and panel discussions on a wide variety of topics. Our programs, which include lunch or dinner, cost $23 for members and $30 for nonmembers.
If you have a program idea to suggest, we'd love to hear it! Members' suggestions for programs are the lifeblood of City Club. Program decisions are made by the Programs Committee.
Click here to download our program suggestion form
Speakers in the recent past include:
- Susan Adams, director, Crystal Judson Family Justice Center
- Peter Callaghan, News Tribune political columnist
- U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell
- Tim Close, director, Museum of Glass; Dave Nicandri, director, Washington State History Museum; Stephanie Stebich, director, Tacoma Art Museum
- Mike Cohen, developer, Point Ruston
- Mark Crisson, retiring director, Tacoma Public Utilities
- Former Gov. Booth Gardner
- William Gates Sr.
- Linda Gillespie-Gately, program manager, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
- Gov. Christine Gregoire
- David Huelsbeck, anthropology professor, Pacific Lutheran University
- Dan Leahy, president, Leadership Institute of Seattle
- Kathleen Olson, executive director, Humane Society of Tacoma & Pierce Co.
- Todd Myers, Washington Policy Center
- John McKay, former U.S. Attorney
- Harry Schneider, Perkins Coie attorney who defended a Guantanamo Bay prisoner
- Congressman Adam Smith
- Patricia Spakes, chancellor, UWT
- City Council Member Marilyn Strickland
- Michael Sullivan, Tacoma historian and UW adjunct professor
- The News Tribune’s editorial board
- City Council Member Lauren Walker
