Political analyst and elections forecaster extraordinaire Dr. Rachel Bitecofer will discuss her innovative election models and the potential outcome of the 2020 elections. A Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center, Bitecofer is Assistant Director of the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University. She is the author of The Unprecedented 2016 Presidential Election (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).

Dr. Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor Emerita of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. She is also a consumer advocate, nutritionist and author of six award-winning books. Nestle’s research examines scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity and food safety, with an emphasis on the role of food marketing. Among her recent honors are the John Dewey Award for Distinguished Public Service from Bard College and the Public Health Hero Award from the University of California School of Public Health at Berkeley.