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DC Media and Politicos Welcome Back Jill Hazelbaker

September 14, 2016 By WHC Insider

Uber execs Todd Bowers, Megan Capiak, Crysten Glawe, Dave Barmore with the milkshake man from Captain Cookie and the Milkman Photo Courtesy of Haddad Media

Uber execs Todd Bowers, Megan Capiak, Crysten Glawe, Dave Barmore with the milkshake man from Captain Cookie and the Milkman, one of UberEATS’ most popular delivery places, Photo Courtesy of Haddad Media

Friends and colleagues gathered Tuesday night, September 13, to welcome Jill Hazelbaker, one of their own, back to Washington DC. Hazelbaker is currently Senior VP of Public Policy and Communications at Uber after longtime executive positions at SnapChat and Google. Hazelbaker had previously served as an aide to Sen. John McCain. Politicos, media, and techies gathered in the backyard of Tammy Haddad, the former site at the White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch, to catch up with Jill and enjoy food from UberEATS vendors.

Jill Hazelbaker, Michelle Lee, Niki Christoff, Cecilia Kang

Jill Hazelbaker, Michelle Lee, Niki Christoff, Cecilia Kang at Uber EATS Dinner

Among the guests were Greta Van Susteren, recently departed from FOX, and her husband John Coale. Guests like Facebook’s Erin Egan were talking about the 4 million viewers Susteren had from her most recent Facebook post. The link to Greta’s post is here.

Guests from the White House included Shailagh Murray, Deesha Dyer and Kirby Bumpus. Marty Baron, Editor of Washington Post was seen talking to former employee Cecilia Kang, now with the New York Times. Her colleague Jeremy Peters, Rick Klein, Betsy Fischer Martin, Robin Sproul, Kevin Cirilli and Craig Gordon rounded out the political journalists.  Hill favorites Heather Podesta, Juleanna Glover, Kimberley Fritts and Ron Bonjean were on hand.  Four Seasons Women Breakfast Club members Carol Melton, DeDe Lea were also in attendance.

Food for the gathering was provided by a variety of UberEATS vendors such as Mason Dixie Biscuit Co., Captain Cookie and the Milkman, Zombie Donuts, Ghibellina, Chaia, Hill Country BBQ, Buredo,  and The Chickery.

 

Filed Under: Washington Events Tagged With: Greta Van Susteren, Jill Hazelbaker, Niki Christoff, Uber, UberEATS

Mark Halperin Moderates The Main Event: Nicolle Wallace vs. David Plouffe at Uber RNC Lunch

July 24, 2016 By WHC Insider

RNC Bloomberg Politics and Uber host Lunch with Nicolle Wallace and David Plouffe

The campaign veterans debated and discussed the phenomenal success of Donald Trump’s candidacy and the challenges ahead. Niki Christoff, Uber’s head of federal affairs introduced the breakfast which also included an appearance by Mark McKinnon, producer and host of Showtime’s The Circus.

Guests included Mason Harrison and Steve Hilton of CrowdPac, fresh off his Brexit victory, pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Bloomberg Masters in Politics podcast co-host Betsy Fischer Martin, journalist Dave Wiegel, and media mavens Kevin Madden, Steve Clemons, Zeke Miller, Megan Murphy, Robin Sproul of ABC News, Ted Johnson of Variety, Polson Kanneth and Craig Gordon.

Tech was well represented by Erin Egan of Facebook, Susan Molinari of Google, Amber Cottle and Becky Tallent from Drop Box.

Filed Under: News Media Tagged With: Crowdpac, David Plouffe, Eric Egan, Nicolle Wallace, Niki Christoff, Susan Molinari

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