Programs

PROGRAMS

We host several programs a year featuring keynote presentations by renowned thought leaders. Every other year, we host the award ceremony for the Truman Medal for Economic Policy, which we co-sponsor with the Harry S. Truman Library Institute and the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri—Kansas City.

Truman Medal for Economic Policy

In alternate years, the Club also hosts the award ceremony for the Truman Medal for Economic Policy, co-sponsored with the Harry S. Truman Library Institute and the Henry W. Bloch School of management at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. The Truman medal is awarded to an economist who has made extraordinary contributions to the nation's economic policy.

The 2024 Truman Medal for Economic Policy will be awarded to Thomas Hoenig, former Federal Reserve Chair of Kansas City and Vice Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in a special program on October 10, 2024.

Learn about our partners.

The Truman Library The Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the
University of Missouri—Kansas City

2024 Recipient

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Thomas Hoenig

Former Federal Reserve Chair of Kansas City

Past Recipients
  • 2022
    Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.

    Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board

  • 2019
    Janet L. Yellen

    Former Federal Reserve Chair/ US Secretary of Treasury

  • 2017
    Robert J. Shiller

    Nobel Prize-winning Economist

  • 2015
    John B. Taylor

    Former Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution

  • 2013
    Alice M. Rivlin

    Former Founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office

  • 2011
    Allan H. Meltzer

    Former Fellow of the Hoover Institution

  • 2009
    Paul A. Volcker

    Former Chair, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

  • 2007
    George P. Shultz

    Former US Secretary of State

  • 2005
    Alan Greenspan

    Former Federal Reserve Chair

Past Events

Rob Riggle

Actor / Comedian

2022 May 03

Roger Ferguson, Jr.

Former President and CEO of TIAA; Former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

2022 Jun 10

Esther George

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO

2022 Aug 25

Past Events
mayors
2024 Jan 10

Mayor Quinton Lucas & Mayor Curtis Skoog

The State of the City

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2023 Nov 30

Kate Crawford

Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research & Award Winning AI Author

Mark King
2023 Sep 14

Mark King

CEO of Taco Bell

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2023 Jun 28

Dr. Scott Tinker

Award winning energy scientist and PBS filmmaker

2023 May 05

Jason Whitlock

Sports writer and podcaster

2023 Mar 08

Mike Pompeo

70th US Secretary of State

2023 Jan 13

Esther George

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (2011-2023), FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY

2022 Oct 06

Roger Ferguson

Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, TIAA

2022 Sep 08

Jim Cunha

Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2022 Jun 23

Rob Riggle

Actor / Comedian

2022 May 19

John Sherman

CEO, Kansas City Royals

2022 Apr 13

Mike Van de Ven

President and COO, Southwest Airlines

2022 Jan 06

Esther George

President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City