[1] A selection of guests hosted by the Institute include Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain, Antonin Scalia, Orrin Hatch, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Arianna Huffington.

The most high profile of these events is the INFO Roundtables, which have been hosted by prominent leaders including Supreme Court justices, governors, Cabinet secretaries, CIA and FBI directors, Nobel laureates, and professional athletes.

Founder and CEO Kathy Kemper created the Institute for Education in 1991 when her husband, James Valentine, suggested she organize a breakfast to introduce her political contacts with his business colleagues.

IFE established a reputation for diplomacy by facilitating the first-ever regional summit between the Governors of Maryland, Virginia, and the Mayor of DC (Bob Ehrlich, Mark Warner, and Anthony A. Williams respectively.

[8][9][10] In 2015, IFE partnered with the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California to offer a free coding summer camp for underrepresented populations from grades K-12 around the Los Angeles area.