State and Local Leadership Forum
Additional Program Information
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Casey Palascak, Senior Manager of Government Relations
(202) 320-1848 | caseypal@stanford.edu
Audrey Tweeton, Government Relations Coordinator
(650) 497-4607 | atweeton@stanford.edu
Lori Becker, Media and Government Relations Program Manager
(650) 766-2281 | lori.becker@stanford.edu
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You will be staying at Sheraton Palo Alto, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA. The hotel is approximately a 20-minute walk from Hoover’s campus. You will need to use your own credit card for incidental charges only.
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Business casual is the recommended attire for the entire program. Temperatures in June average a high of 78 degrees and a low of 52 degrees.
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- Stanford Memorial Church - Stanford Memorial Church stands at the center of the campus and is the University’s architectural crown jewel.The church was dedicated in 1903.
Hours: Monday - Thursday: 9 AM - 4 PM | Friday: 9 AM - 1 PM - Hoover Tower - The 285-foot art deco edifice is arguably Stanford's most recognizable landmark—and certainly its most visible. Commissioned by Herbert Hoover, Class of 1895, construction was overseen by the architect of Coit Tower, Arthur Brown Jr. The structure was dedicated in 1941 for the university's 50th anniversary. Today the HooverInstitution on War, Revolution and Peace complex consists of the tower and three adjacent buildings that house exhibition space and a portion of the institution's archives.
Hours: Monday - Sunday, 10 AM – 4 PM - Rodin Sculpture Garden - Within a single acre landscaped with cypress trees and gravel paths modeled after the Bagatelle Gardens inParis, it comprises twenty monumental bronzes that include many of Rodin’s most famous sculptures including The Walking Man, two heads of theBurghers of Calais, Adam, Eve, and The ThreeShades. Visually anchoring the garden at its eastern end is TheGates of Hell, a massive work cast by the Coubertin Foundry in 1981 using the lost-wax process favored by Rodin.
Hours: Accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Stanford Memorial Church - Stanford Memorial Church stands at the center of the campus and is the University’s architectural crown jewel.The church was dedicated in 1903.