Monday, September 21, 2015 | 6:30PM – 8:00 PM Greenberg Lounge
This lecture is a part of the Leaders in Public Interest Series. Each year a prominent public figure who has performed exemplary public service addresses the students, faculty, alumni and friends of the New York University School of Law. This series provides an opportunity to focus on the significance of having all or a portion of one’s career dedicated to public service and how that public service can positively impact our society’s dynamically changing legal, governmental and social policy.
More about Senator Heidi Heitkamp
US Senator Heidi Heitkamp is the first female Senator elected from North Dakota. She took the oath of office on January 3, 2013. Already in her short time in the Senate, Senator Heitkamp has quickly become a proven Senator who works across the aisle to fight for North Dakotans. Senator Heitkamp has personally shown that if Senators work together, it can lead to real solutions.
As a former director of the one-of-a-kind Dakota Gasification synfuels plant, Senator Heitkamp has a long record of serving as a champion for North Dakota’s energy jobs and industry. She is continuing those efforts in the Senate, working to responsibly harness North Dakota’s energy resources, promoting the state’s all-of-the-above energy plan which she believes should serve as a model for the entire country, and fighting to lift the 40-year old ban on exporting US crude oil.
Senator Heitkamp’s committee assignments have included: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Indian Affairs; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Senator Heitkamp previously served as North Dakota’s Attorney General, battling drug dealers, protecting senior citizens from scams, and working to keep sexual predators off streets and away from kids, even after their prison terms were up. During her time as North Dakota’s Attorney General, Senator Heitkamp brokered an agreement between 46 states and the tobacco industry, which forced the tobacco industry to tell the truth about smoking and health.
Previously, Senator Heitkamp served as North Dakota’s Tax Commissioner.
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