Join us for lawn games, food, drinks, WPC policy updates, and socializing with other like-minded Young Professionals at our annual Summer Social event! This event is hosted by WPC Board member John Hennessy.

Featured Speaker: 
Sen. Mike Baumgartner

Sen. Mike Baumgartner is a former State Department Officer who ran governance and economic operations in the Iraq Surge and later worked as an Embedded Advisor to Afghan counternarcotics Team. 

He graduated with a degree in Economics with minors in French and Mathematics. In 2002, he earned a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.

During the Iraq War, he served as the Economics Officer in the Office of Joint Strategic Planning & Assessment (JSPA) at the United States Embassy in Baghdad, helping the Iraqi government as part of the Baghdad Security Plan, receiving accolades from then General David Petraeus as well as Ambassador Ryan Crocker. In 2008, he spent 7 months working as a civilian contractor in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. That same year, the Boston Globe referred to Baumgartner as the "Architect of Hope" in the Middle East.