Leading Now: A Conversation with Dr. Evelyn Farkas

The School of Politics and Global Studies is hosting Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director of the McCain Institute, for a discussion on her experience running for congress.

Evelyn N. Farkas has three decades of experience working on national security and foreign policy in the U.S. executive, legislative branch, private sector and for international organizations overseas. In 2019-2020 she ran to represent New York’s 17th Congressional District in the House of Representatives. She is currently the executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University. Prior to that, she was president of Farkas Global Strategies and a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Atlantic Council and national security contributor for NBC/MSNBC.