Crisis Management Speakers

As a technology and AI entrepreneur, Dilawar Syed brought real-world experiences in building ventures to his Cabinet role at the U.S. Small Business Administration. He is a leading voice on public policies to expand entrepreneurship, drive small business...

Patrick T. Harker, former Federal Reserve Bank President, Wharton Dean, and University of Delaware President, brings deep expertise in economics, leadership, and innovation. He delivers clear, actionable strategies shaped by real-world experience at the highest levels of policy,...

Anne Neuberger is a transformative leader and an internationally recognized expert in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and risk.  In addition to leading policy development at the White House in these areas, Neuberger designed and established a groundbreaking network of...

Audiences can expect an engaging, insightful, and thought-provoking experience from Bill de Blasio, drawing on his leadership as Mayor of New York City. He spearheaded universal pre-K, navigated crises like COVID-19, and championed economic equity. His expertise in...

Widely regarded as an independent and influential voice on the Federal Open Market Committee with a strong commitment to data-driven policy decisions during his 15 years as President of the St. Louis Fed, Jim Bullard offers insights into...

Captain Sandy Yawn shares her unique stories with universal themes that will help anyone at events all over the world from SXSW to corporate events. Handling the threat of pirates to working with some of the world’s richest...

As we face threats like climate change, economic disruption, and polarization, we need our public institutions to work. Jennifer Pahlka shows how government – or any large bureaucracy – can shed its decades-old culture, move into the modern...

General Richard D. Clarke, USA (Ret.) is a four-star Army general, who concluded his career as the head of US Special Operations Command, commanding over 75,000 of our Nation’s most elite forces. Deployed more than ten times in...

Joel Bines is a “lunch pail and hardhat” guy who gets his hands dirty. He is recognized as one of the world’s leading performance improvement experts for consumer businesses and is sought after for his ability to turn complex...

Thomas Kolditz is a top leadership keynote speaker and expert, retired Brigadier General, author, and Executive Director of the Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. Tom has been named a top leadership Thought Leader by the...

Imagine staring down arrest for telling the truth. That's the reality Maria Ressa, a 36-year journalism veteran, faced as co-founder of Rappler, the Philippines' leading digital news site fighting for press freedom. Her relentless pursuit of truth earned...

Veteran Fortune Journalist Geoff Colvin delivers serious insights for serious times. For four decades Geoff has covered the economic, political, technological, and competitive forces disrupting business and how top leaders and companies adapt and transform to win in...

Andy Slavitt has decades of private and public sector leadership in health care. Over his career, Andy has shaped some of the most significant and successful initiatives in health care impacting millions of Americans and the shape of the...

Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University. She is a CNN medical analyst and contributing columnist for The Washington Post, where she writes a weekly column and anchors the new Post newsletter, "The Checkup with Dr. Wen"....

Alex Azar has extensive healthcare experience in the senior-most levels of the U.S. government and the private sector that gives him a unique perspective and background. He has committed his professional career to protecting and enhancing the health of...

Lt. Gen. Scott Kindsvater draws on his senior leadership roles with NATO and ten combat deployments to examine today’s global security environment. With his unique insights on Russia, China, and the war in Ukraine, he explains the evolving...

Debra Searle shares tools of mental resilience and positive psychology learned from her solo row across the Atlantic Ocean.

“The one thing that has made my life turn out differently from what I expected is that I stopped waiting for the perfect moment, the perfect set of conditions, and the perfect answer.” – Col. Martha McSally, USAF...

Jennifer Ashton is the country's leading voice of women's health with an unparalleled medical background.

Dr. Enric Sala is a former university professor who saw himself writing the obituary of ocean life, and quit academia to become a full-time ocean conservationist as a National Geographic Explorer in Residence.

"The increasing prevalence of infectious disease epidemics worldwide constitutes the need for a well-prepared response system. Ebola, SARS, COVID19 are not one off events. We are only as strong as our weakest link." – Syra Madad

Al Comeaux ignites new thinking when he speaks about leadership and change. Because he’s sat in the seat leading organizations during change—plus he’s authored what’s now considered one of the best change management books of all time —he’s...

In SEVEN: Battle-Tested SEAL Team Protocols, Chad Williams equips leaders with repeatable standards for decision-making, communication, and execution when stakes are high. Story-driven. Practical. Immediately applicable. Best for conferences, executive offsites; sales kickoffs, culture resets, and all-hand.

"The truth is in any ER in America on any given day we are always the front line…Yet even now, compassion still shines through most." – Ryan McGarry