David Gergen is a Senior political analyst for CNN and was an advisor to the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton presidential administrations. He has an exemplary record of public service and more recently has worked as an esteemed political journalist, commentator, and editor.

Gergen is a professor of public service and founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, positions he has held for over a decade. Twice he has been a member of election coverage teams that won Peabody awards, and he has contributed to two Emmy award-winning political analysis teams.

This event is free and open to the public. The presentation is part of UW-La Crosse Political Science and Public Administration's "Civility in a Partisan Era" lecture series.

The event is fully funded by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.