Learn from leaders in our nation’s capital and meet other interns on the Hill.
The Network of enlightened Women will host the Fall Capitol Hill Intern Summit on Friday, September 18, 2026, at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC.
This biannual event is open to all female interns, students, and young professionals in the Washington, DC, area. Interns can work in the morning and attend over lunch before returning for the last couple of hours of the day. This event is free, but seats are limited. Attendees receive a FREE lunch and the opportunity to have a professional headshot taken.
Registration for the Fall Capitol Hill Intern Summit is now open.
Chelsea Follett is a research fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty & Prosperity, working with HumanProgress.org. She is the author of the books The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past (2026) and Centers of Progress: 40 Cities That Changed the World (2023).
Her writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, Forbes, The Hill, Business Insider, National Review, the Washington Examiner, and Global Policy Journal. She was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for 2018 in the category of Law and Policy.
Follett earned a BA in government and English from the College of William & Mary, as well as an MA in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia, where she focused on international relations and political theory. She is also a visiting fellow at Independent Women.
Karin Lips, Founder and President of NeW
Karin Lips is the Founder and President of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW), author of You’re Not Alone: The Conservative Woman’s Guide to College, and Editor of She’s Conservative: Stories of Trials and Triumphs on America’s College Campuses. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law and practiced law at Wiley Rein LLP. She was a Spring 2016 Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics.
She speaks frequently on conservative public policy solutions, feminism, and equal pay. She is a contributor to the Washington Examiner and has been published in The Washington Post, Time Ideas, Politico, National Review Online, Fox News, The Atlantic, The Boston Herald, and The News & Observer, among other outlets. She has appeared on Fox, CNN, and C-SPAN. In 2019, she testified before the Utah Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on equal pay.
In October 2014, Karin was selected as one of Fortune’s 55 most influential women on Twitter. In August 2013, she was also named to Red Alert Politics 30 under 30 list. In 2012, Karin was selected for the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Law and Policy. In 2010, she was awarded a William F. Buckley Award from the Young Conservatives Coalition for her work in leading NeW.
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