As part of our “Women on Wednesdays” series, please join the Women & Politics Institute for a virtual conversation with WPI Executive Director Betsy Fischer Martin and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller, With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace, “a revealing, dramatic, deeply personal book about the most significant events of our time.”

Nikki Haley’s long career in public service has taken her from the state legislature, to the governor’s mansion to floor of the United Nations. She’s governed in times of crisis, represented America’s interests, and successfully navigated tough political campaigns.

In this conversation on women in leadership, Haley will discuss holding her own in the world of domestic and international power politics, the importance of taking a principled stand even when it is unpopular, and her perspective on bringing Americans together even in a divisive political climate.

Nikki Haley is the former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She also served as a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet and the National Security Council. Prior to becoming the twenty-ninth U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Haley was elected in 2010 as the first female and first minority Governor of South Carolina. Reelected in 2014, she served as Governor until confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations in January of 2017. Her career in public service began in 2004 when she was first elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives at the age of 32.

Betsy Fischer Martin is an Emmy-winning journalist and former TV news executive. Currently, she is the Executive Director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University and a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs, where she teaches courses on campaigns and elections. During her earlier career in television news, she spent 23 years at NBC News serving as the longtime Executive Producer of Meet the Press with Tim Russert and as the Managing Editor of NBC News Political Programming.

A native of New Orleans, Fischer Martin did her undergraduate and graduate work at American University in Washington, DC. She is a cum laude graduate of their School of Public Affairs and earned a master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the AU School of Communication.

"Women on Wednesdays": Amb. Nikki Haley - "With All Due Respect," in conversation with Betsy Fischer Martin