Photos from CEO Fellowship 2025

Center for Equal OpportunityKeeping Up with CEO

CEO recently hosted its Fourth Annual Civil Rights Fellowship in Washington, D.C.  CEO Fellows heard from a variety of experts in constitutional and civil rights law and history as well as receiving media training. Our instructors included: 

  • Craig Trainor, Nominee Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Housing and Urban Development  
  • Eric Dreiband, Former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Department of Justice 
  • Kenneth Marcus, Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education 
  • Gail Heriot, Commissioner, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School 
  • Maimon Schwarzschild, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
  • Jason Riley, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal and CEO Board Member
  • Ilya Shapiro, Director of Constitutional Studies, Manhattan Institute 
  • Mike Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation
  • Linda Chavez, Founder & Chairman, CEO
  • Rachel Morrison, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
  • Mark Perry, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, and Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Michigan
  • Stephen Kent, Media Director, Consumer Choice Center
  • Elizabeth Busch, Professor of Politics and Co-Director of Christopher Newport University’s Center for American Studies