Katherine Schweit: "Strategies to Combat Mass Shootings" 8/4

A former journalist and Chicago prosecutor who spent 20 years as an FBI Special Agent. Wharton Club members and guests are invited!

• Katherine Schweit is a former journalist and Chicago prosecutor who spent 20 years as an FBI Special Agent.
• As an executive, she was tapped to create its active shooter
  response framework, and work with the White House to develop national standards.
• Her FBI career centered on justice against all odds, earning her two U.S. Attorney General Awards for fighting for victims.
• Now, she offers hope to those impacted by violence on her podcast, Stop the Killing, with her London co-host Sarah Ferris.
• She is the author of Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis, and the dual-titled, A Simple Guide to the Second Amendment/How to Talk About Guns with Anyone.
• Honoring the book with its Ben Franklin Award, the Independent Book Publishers Association called the book a “comprehensive, non partisan guide [to] equip readers with strategies to engage in informed discussions about guns in America.
• She is a founding member of the Bureau Consortium consulting group and owns Schweit Consulting LLC., providing crisis and communications guidance to schools, businesses, and government agencies.
• She sits as an expert advisor on several boards, including the University of Michigan’s National Center for School Safety.
• She earned a BA in journalism from Michigan State University and a JD from DePaul College of Law, where she is currently an adjunct professor.
• Based outside Washington, D.C., she continues to write, teach, and advocate for justice and a safer future for everyone.
• In her latest book, Women Who Talk to the Dead, two women lead the largest FBI exhumation in history to give voice to 200 forgotten murder victims.
• The book is “especially and unreservedly recommended” by the Midwest Book Review, which calls the book “a simply fascinating read from start to finish,” and “inspiring.”
• The New York Times’ Devlin Barrett calls it “a haunting account of what it takes to give victims’ families
  something more important than closure—to give them answers.”

• Wharton Club of DC Members - you can attend in-person with a free lunch or by Zoom

• President's Club/Lifetime: You and 2 guests may attend
• Other Members: Yourself only