Jonathan Martin Headlines 2024 Election Preview Breakfast for Washington Women Technology Network
On Tuesday, the Washington Women Technology Network (WWTN) brought together two dozen stakeholders from government, media, and policy for a 2024 election preview with POLITICO’s senior political columnist Jonathan Martin. Jessica Nigro, Lucid Motors’ vice president of external affairs, and WWTN and Washington AI Network founder Tammy Haddad co-hosted the breakfast at the House at 1229.
Martin writes in his most recent column that—in the 2024 election cycle—”cold, unchanging math is the determinative factor, not the old standbys.” This theme coursed through the breakfast as Martin shared observations from the campaign trail and South Carolina’s GOP primary, where Donald Trump beat the state’s former governor Nikki Haley by 20 points.
Following the discussion, guests were treated to ride-and-drives around Dupont Circle in a pair of Lucid Motors’ award-winning EV—the Lucid Air—which can travel over 500 miles on a single charge.
Guests included Senator Mark Warner’s chief of staff, Elizabeth Falcone, British Embassy political director Senay Bulbul, YouTube’s Alexandra Veitch, Maryam Mujica from Booking Holdings, political strategiest Adrienne Elrod, president of Hook & Fasten Consulting and former White House social secretary Deesha Dyer, Michelle Obama’s communications director Crystal Carson, GlobalWIN founder Helen Milby, Washington Post chief communications office Kathy Baird; BBC Washington presenter Sumi Somaskanda; Washington Post Live executive producer Kathy O’Hearn, Shaniqua McClendon from Crooked Media, Invariant’s Kris Coratti, Nkechi Nneji from Meta, Jessica Sarhan of Bloomberg News, Lyft’s Heather Foster , Aspen Strategy Group director Niamh King, and Amanda Anderson from Block.
