• Overview
• Highlights from past meetings
• How to RSVP
• How to cancel
• Reserved seating
• Schedule of upcoming meetings
• Sample agenda
• Attire
• Meeting location: Ronald Reagan International Trade Center
  • Address
  • Entrance
  • Security
  • Driving directions
  • Parking
  • Via Metro
  • Shuttle buses to The Heritage Foundation
• Hotel information
  • Address
  • Reservations
  • Driving directions from area airports
• The Heritage Foundation
  • Address
  • Via Metro
  • Via taxicab
  • Driving directions

Overview

The Heritage Foundation’s President’s Club is a group of some of the nation’s most committed conservatives. These individuals share The Heritage Foundation vision: To build an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish, and financially support Heritage with a gift of $1,000 or more annually.

As a member of the President’s Club, you and your guest will be invited to attend a twice yearly event in Washington, DC where you can participate in policy discussions, interact with top conservative leaders, and form lasting friendships with fellow conservatives across America.

This two-day event begins in the afternoon at the Ronald Reagan Center for International Trade with discussions by Heritage’s experts, policymakers, and the media. That evening there is a dinner with a keynote address by a conservative leader. Past speakers have included President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bill Bennett, and Rush Limbaugh.

The next morning, we offer tours of our buildings on Capitol Hill and more opportunities to meet with our policy experts.

If you are not a President’s Club member, click here to join today with a tax-deductible contribution so you can join with thousands of other conservatives who are fighting to defend the principles set forth by our Founding Fathers.

Highlights from past meetings

See photos of past President's Club meetings

How to RSVP

All President’s Club members will receive an invitation in the mail prior to the event. Please complete the form and mail in the enclosed envelope to: Special Events, The Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002 or fax to the Special Events office at 202-675-1753. If you did not receive a reply form, please call the Special Events office at 202-675-1765 or email emily.sankot@heritage.org.

How to cancel

Please call the Special Events office at 202-675-1765.

Bringing your spouse or guest

President’s Club members may bring their spouse OR one guest to all the events. There is no charge for your spouse/guest.

Reserved seating

The Heritage Foundation offers reserved seating at the dinner for Associate members (individuals who contribute $10,000 or more annually.)

• More information on Associate membership

Schedule of upcoming meetings

• Monday and Tuesday, May 7 – 8, 2007
  Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington, DC
• Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12 – 13, 2007
  Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington, DC
• Monday and Tuesday, May 5-6, 2008
  Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington, DC

Sample agenda

Day 1: The Ronald Reagan International Trade Center

• 10:00 a.m. Executive Committee Registration
  
  The Executive Committee of The President’s Club is made up of 500 individuals who support The Heritage Foundation at a level of $2500 or more annually.
  
• 11:15-11:45 a.m. “Ask an Expert” Concurrent Session One with Heritage Experts
• 12:00 p.m. Executive Committee Luncheon
  
• 12:15 p.m. President’s Club Registration
  
  For President’s Club Members who support Heritage at a level of $1,000 or more annually.
• 12:30 p.m. “Ask an Expert” Concurrent Session Two with Heritage Experts
  
• 1:30 p.m. President’s Club Meeting
  
• 5:00 p.m. Adjourn
  
  Shuttle bus available to J.W. Marriott Hotel; the hotel is walking distance from Reagan Center.
  
• 6:00 p.m. Reception
• 7:00 p.m. Dinner
• 9:00 p.m. Buses return to the J.W. Marriott Hotel

Day 2: The Heritage Foundation · 7:30 a.m. Free shuttle buses depart the J.W. Marriott Hotel for The Heritage Foundation

• 8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and tours of The Heritage Foundation
• 8:30 a.m. Heritage Action Briefings
• 10:15 a.m. Shuttle buses return to the J.W. Marriott Hotel

Attire

The attire for the President’s Club Meeting is business.

Meeting location: Ronald Reagan International Trade Center

Printer friendly directions

Address

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

Entrance

Please use the 14th Street entrance to the Reagan Center for all Heritage events. The entrance to the J.W. Marriott is also on 14th Street, so if you are staying at this hotel you’ll just walk down the hill to the Reagan Center entrance.

Security

The Ronald Reagan International Trade Center requires that everyone show a photo ID in order to enter the building. Please remember to bring your driver’s license or other valid government issued photo ID.

Driving directions

Map (www.itcdc.com):

From the north (via I-95)

1. Follow I-95 South toward Washington to I-495 and exit East.
2. Follow I-495 East to Route 50 and exit West.
3. Follow Route 50, which becomes New York Avenue, to L Street and bear right onto L Street.
4. Follow L Street to 7th Street, NW and turn left.
5. Follow 7th Street to Constitution Avenue and turn right.
6. Follow Constitution Avenue to 14th Street and turn right.
7. The Ronald Reagan International Trade Center is the second building on the right, approximately mid-block.
8. Turn right into the parking garage.

From the north (via I-270)

1. Follow I-270 South toward Washington.
2. At the I-270 split bear right and follow signs for I-495, Northern Virginia.
3. Follow I-495 to the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GW Parkway).
4. Follow the GW parkway to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge.
5. Cross the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, staying to the right, and exit onto Constitution Avenue.
6. Follow Constitution Avenue to 15th Street and turn left.
7. Follow 15th Street to Pennsylvania Avenue and turn right.
8. Follow Pennsylvania Avenue to 13½ Street and turn right to enter the parking garage.

From the south (via I-95/I-395)

1. Follow I-95 North toward Washington.
2. I-95 becomes I-395 when you cross I-495. Continue North on I-395.
3. Follow I-395 across the bridge using either of the two left lanes.
4. After crossing the bridge, exit US-1 North/14th Street.
5. Follow US-1/14th Street to Constitution Avenue.
6. Cross Constitution Avenue and the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is the second building on the right, approximately mid-block.
7. Turn right into the parking garage.

From the east (via Route 50 and New York Avenue)

1. Follow Route 50 West, which becomes New York Avenue, to L Street and bear right onto L Street.
2. Follow L Street to 7th Street NW and turn left.
3. Follow 7th Street to Constitution Avenue and turn right.
4. Follow Constitution Avenue to 14th Street and turn right.
5. The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is the second building on the right, approximately mid-block.
6. Turn right into the parking garage.

From the west (via I-66)

1. Follow I-66 across the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, staying to the right, and exit onto Constitution Avenue.
2. Follow Constitution Avenue to 15th Street and turn left.
3. Follow 15th Street to Pennsylvania Avenue and turn right.
4. Follow Pennsylvania Avenue to 13½ Street and turn right to enter the parking garage.

Parking

Daily parking is available in the Reagan Center’s underground parking garage. Access is available via 13 ½ Street (off Pennsylvania Avenue) and via two entrances on 14th Street from 5:00 am to 2:00 am. Guests and attendees should allow extra time for parking, as all guests and vehicles are screened upon entry. There is no overnight parking for guests.
The current parking rates (as of June 8, 2005) are as follows:

• 1 hour or less—$7.00
• 2 hours or less—$11.00
• 3 hours or less—$15.00
• Over 3 hours to 10 hours—$17.00
• Over 10 hours to close—$18.00

Via Metro

The Federal Triangle metro stop (orange/blue lines) is connected to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center by a covered passageway. The Metro Center metro stop (red line) is two blocks away, and the Smithsonian metro stop (orange/blue lines) is within walking distance.

Shuttle buses to The Heritage Foundation

On the first day of the President’s Club Meeting, shuttle buses will run between the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center and the J.W. Marriott beginning around 5 p.m. after the daytime session. They will return guests to the Reagan Center in time for the reception and dinner. On day two of the President’s Club Meeting, shuttle buses will be available to take guests from the J.W. Marriott to The Heritage Foundation in the morning, and will return the guests to the hotel after the meeting is over at 11:30 a.m.

Hotel information

The Heritage Foundation has secured a block of rooms at a special rate for our President’s Club Meeting at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, which is a five-minute walk to the Reagan Center. Please call (202) 393-2000 before Friday, April 13, 2007, to reserve your room.

Address

J.W. Marriott Hotel
1311 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004

Reservations

Please call (202) 393-2000. Please be sure to mention Heritage for a discounted rate.

Map

www.downtownmap.com/dc/html/main.html

Directions to J.W. Marriott Hotel from area airports

Reagan National Airport (DCA):

Total distance: 4 miles
Estimated cab fare: $14 (one way)

1. Follow the signs to Washington D.C. (George Washington Parkway)
2. Take the I-395/Route 1 North exit (which is at the 14th Street bridge)
3. Merge into the far left lane and follow the signs for 14th Street
4. The hotel is eight blocks up 14th Street on the right side at the corner of 14th and Pennsylvania

Dulles International Airport (IAD)

Total distance: 27 miles
Estimated cab fare: $45 (one way)

1. Follow the signs to Interstate 66 east to Washington
2. Follow I-66 to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (US Route 50)
3. Once you cross the bridge, I-66 becomes Constitution Ave
4. Continue on Constitution Ave, NW, for approximately 14 blocks to 12th Street NW
5. Turn left onto 12th Street and drive 6 blocks to E Street NW
6. Make a left onto E Street and drive two blocks to 14th Street and turn right
7. The hotel is on the right corner of 14th and E Street

Baltimore–Washington International (BWI)

Total distance: 40 miles
Estimated cab fare: $60 (one way)

1. Take the Baltimore–Washington Parkway South (MD 295) to US 50 West (New York Ave)
2. Take New York Ave. to North Capitol St.
3. Cross N. Capitol St., get into the right lanes and when the large green sign appear for I-395
4. DO NOT TURN LEFT, stay in the right lanes until the road splits then bear right onto L St. NW
5. Take L St. NW to 9th St. NW and turn left
6. Take 9th St. to E. St. NW and turn right
7. Drive 5 blocks to 14th St. NW and turn right
8. Make a hard right into the hotel driveway

The Heritage Foundation

Address

214 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20002

Map

Via Metro

The Heritage Foundation is located 2 blocks east of Union Station.

1. Take the red line to Union Station
2. Take the south exit out of the station
3. Walk along the front colonnade of Union Station until you come to the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary building
4. Walk to your right around the Judiciary building and follow a sidewalk which will take you to the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and 2nd Sts. NE
5. Cross 2nd St
6. The Heritage Foundation is about 100 feet on the left

Via taxicab

Taxicabs are available in front of the J.W. Marriott Hotel. A one-way cab fare from the Marriott to The Heritage Foundation is approximately $10.

Driving directions from the J.W. Marriott Hotel

1. Start at 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
2. Turn right onto 14th Street NW
3. Turn right onto New York Avenue NW
4. Bear right on H Street. NW
5. Bear right on Massachusetts Avenue
6. Follow Massachusetts Avenue around Columbus Circle, passing Union Station
7. Continue straight on Massachusetts Ave. The Heritage Foundation will be on your left