Kentucky Chamber announces annual dinner keynote speakers

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the keynote speakers of its 2008 Economic Summit and Annual Meeting, sponsored by Greenebaum Doll and McDonald. On Tuesday, July 29, Donna Brazile and Tucker Carlson will participate in a spirited analysis of the 2008 presidential election.

Both speakers have distinguished backgrounds in journalism and have been commentators on CNN.

Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN’s Inside Politics and American Morning. In addition, she is a columnist for Roll Call Newspaper and a contributing writer for Ms. Magazine. Brazile is also founder and managing director of Brazile and Associates and a veteran of numerous national and statewide campaigns.

Carlson is now a senior campaign correspondent for MSNBC.  Until March 2008, he was the host of MSNBC's Tucker, a fast paced, no-holds-barred conversation about the day's developments in news, politics, world issues and pop culture.His first book, Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News, was published in the Fall of 2003. In 2006, he competed on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

The Chamber’s Economic Summit and Annual Meeting will be held July 28-29 at the Marriott Downtown Louisville. Please check back here in the upcoming weeks for more information about other speakers and events to be held in conjunction with this event.