Richard Haass
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Counselor, Centerview Partners
Over $70,000New York
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Choose from WSB's roster of high-profile author speakers, including news anchors, Harvard professors, scientists, and more. Delve into the themes behind their books or learn about an author's creative process—the sky is the limit with our experienced author speakers. Available for in-person or virtual events and meetings.Search within Authors
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
Contact WSB for FeesMassachusetts
Arianna Huffington
Founder and CEO of Thrive
Over $70,000New York
Luke Williams
Innovation Keynote Speaker; Management Thinker; Bestselling Author; Creator of Idea Skills™; NYU Stern Professor; Author, Disrupt
Under $25,000Pennsylvania
James Carville
Political Icon
$25K - $40KVirginia
David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2010-2016; Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 2023-2024
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Chris Christie
55th Governor of New Jersey
$40K - $70KNew Jersey
Eugene Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist and Chief Political Analyst, MS NOW and NBC News
Under $25,000Virginia
Liz Murray
Inspirational Speaker and Bestselling Author
Under $25,000New York
Anthony Robles
2011 NCAA Wrestling Champion; Recipient of the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, ESPN ESPY Awards; and Author, Unstoppable
Under $25,000Arizona
Barbara Pierce Bush
Senior Vice President of Social Impact and Inclusion, NBA
Contact WSB for FeesNew York
Robert Gates
Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author
Contact WSB for FeesWashington
Nikki Haley
Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)
Contact WSB for FeesNew York
Nicholas Epley
Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Author
Under $25,000Illinois
Dan Rooney
Motivational Speaker; Fighter Pilot; Patriotic Philanthropist; PGA Professional; Golf Course Developer; Author, A Patriot's Calling: Living Life Between Fear and Faith and Fly Into the Wind
Contact WSB for FeesOklahoma
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera
CEO, MCC Global Enterprises; CNBC Contributor & CNBC’s 1st Latina Anchor
$25K - $40KNew York
Shankar Vedantam
Founder of Hidden Brain Media; Host and Executive Editor of the Hidden Brain podcast and radio show; Former NPR social science correspondent; Former Washington Post correspondent; 2009-2010 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University; Author of The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives.
Contact WSB for FeesDistrict of Columbia
Douglas Brinkley
American Historian and Bestselling Author; Presidential Historian, CNN; Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University
Contact WSB for FeesTexas
Naomi Bagdonas
Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bestselling Author; Executive Advisor
Contact WSB for FeesCalifornia
Sal Giunta
First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War, Author
$25K - $40KTexas
Liz Cheney
Former US Representative (2017-2023)
Contact WSB for FeesVirginia
Lisa Genova
#1 International and New York Times bestselling Author and Neuroscientist
$40K - $70KMassachusetts
Michael McFaul
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Author of McFaul's World on Substack; MS Now Analyst
$25K - $40KCalifornia
Dick Vitale
College Basketball Analyst, ESPN
$40K - $70KFlorida
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