Nordic AmChams Live: U.S. Midterm Elections Debrief with Jon Decker
Join us and our fellow American Chambers of Commerce in Denmark, Finland, and Norway for Nordic AmChams Live: U.S. Midterm Elections Debrief with Jon Decker.
Why join: In one hour, gain a clearer understanding of how the election results could shape U.S. policy, transatlantic trade, and investment, and what Nordic businesses should watch next.
The conversation will focus on:
- What changes in Washington: What the new congressional makeup means for the policy agenda.
- Bottom Line for Business: Potential implications for transatlantic trade and investment.
- Looking Ahead: Which priorities could advance, where uncertainty remains, and what deserves your attention.
Few perspectives combine Jon Decker’s depth of Washington experience with such familiarity with our member community. A member of the White House Press Corps since 1995, Jon brings decades of reporting, along with a background as a lawyer and U.S. Senate staffer. He understands the institutions, the political dynamics, and how policy takes shape.
Jon also knows the Nordics. Through repeated visits to the region for programs with our members, he brings an understanding of the business priorities and transatlantic relationships that matter to our community.
Jon Decker
Jon Decker is the award-winning and Emmy-nominated White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television, America’s second-largest television broadcaster with 117 television stations. He has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995. He is also the White House Correspondent for iHeart Radio, owner of 860 radio stations in 126 markets and host of the popular iHeart podcast, “The White House Briefing Room with Jon Decker.” In 2015, he was elected by his colleagues to the Board of the White House Correspondents' Association. Jon serves on the faculty of Georgetown University and GW Law where he is an Adjunct Professor. He also serves as a Media Fellow at the McCain Institute. Jon, a member of the Washington, DC Bar and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, is the only lawyer in the White House Press Corps.
Previously, Jon served as the White House correspondent for Fox News Radio, Reuters Television and SiriusXM Radio; Washington correspondent for PBS Television’s “Nightly Business Report”; the host of PBS Television’s “This Week in Business”; business reporter for the NBC affiliate in Washington (WRC); and field producer for NBC in Miami. He has served as a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and was also an aide to the late U.S. Senator John Heinz. Jon, who was born in Washington, DC, received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees with Honors from the University of Pennsylvania and received a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School (recipient of the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Fellowship). He also studied international law at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Jon has covered the Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump1, Biden and Trump2 Administrations, as well as 30 State of the Union Addresses, 8 Presidential elections and the Impeachments of both President Clinton and President Trump. He has been in the Supreme Court to cover some of the most important cases of the past two decades - including Bush v. Gore, NFIB v. Sebelius - which challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, and Windsor v. United States - the landmark civil rights case concerning same-sex marriage.
Jon has also covered all four tennis Grand Slams and has served as a Commentator on the Tennis Channel. He also serves as a Board Member of the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation and on the Board of Governors of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
In the past two decades, Jon has reported from Athens, Amsterdam, Ankara, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, Geneva, The Hague, Stockholm, Warsaw, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the West Bank, Luxembourg, Madrid, Rome, Puglia, Milan, Montreal, Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, Hiroshima, Bali, Singapore, Seoul, the DMZ, Sydney, Melbourne, Mexico City, Panama, Buenos Aires, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Havana and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Columbia Journalism Review has called Jon "refreshingly self-aware-for-a-reporter." In his spare time, Jon enjoys playing tennis, traveling, and spending time with his wife, Caroline.
(Invitations have been distributed to AmCham members shortly)