Retired Admiral for the US Navy and Spokesperson for the US Department of State
April 13, 2017 - 7:30am
A conversation with John Kirby and Kyle Gibson, award-winning journalist and Founding Executive Producer and Managing Editor of the Women in the World Summit
SSS, room 114
1 Prospect St.
Kyle Gibson is an award-winning journalist, writer, producer, and Emmy award winner. She was also a longtime producer for ABC News, where she covered stories from around the world during the final decade of the Cold War.
April 13, 2017 - 12:00pm
Lunch conversation with John Kirby and Kyle Gibson
Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications
2 Whitney Ave., suite 330
About the Speaker
John F. Kirby is a retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy who served as the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2015 to 2017. Kirby was the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for media operations and spokesman serving under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. He served as one of two Pentagon press secretaries during that time, the other being George E. Little. In 2017, Kirby became a military and diplomatic analyst for CNN.