World peace may be a far-off dream, but diplomacy lays the foundation for the promise of peace. Invite WSB’s diplomacy speakers such as former Secretaries of State, Prime Ministers, White House officials, and CIA Directors to your next event to discuss the importance of diplomacy in the modern world—as well as its challenges. Available for in-person or virtual events and meetings.
Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Best-selling Author
World-Renowned, Award-Winning Photographer; Founder, The People's Portfolio
16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Partner and Vice Chair, Global Affairs of The Carlyle Group; New York Times Bestselling Author
CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior Intelligence and National Security Analyst at NBC and MSNBC
Director, CIA (2011-2012); Commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces-Afghanistan (2010-2011); Partner, KKR
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Counselor, Centerview Partners
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2007-2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)
Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author
President and Chief Executive Officer, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) (2008-2021); Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve System (1999-2006)
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Washington Post Columnist; NBC News Analyst
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.
Author, The Room Where It Happened; National Security Advisor (2018-2019); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006)
U.S. Secretary of Energy (2009-2013), Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist and Professor, Stanford University
Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009)
Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group
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