Doris Kearns Goodwin
Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
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Historian Speakers
Winston Churchill once said, "Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Historians offer a much-needed window into our past so that we can forge a brighter future.Read More
WSB's historian speakers include best-selling authors, university professors, presidential historians, and filmmakers. Share riveting stories of courage, leadership, patriotism, and equality with WSB's qualified historians at your next event. Available for in-person or virtual events and meetings.Search within historian
Walter Isaacson
Bestselling Author; Acclaimed Historian and Journalist; Professor of History, Tulane University
Over $70,000Louisiana
Douglas Brinkley
American Historian and Bestselling Author; Presidential Historian, CNN; Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University
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Bret Baier
FOX News Chief Political Anchor and Anchor and Executive Editor, Special Report with Bret Baier
$40K - $70KDistrict of Columbia
Ann Compton
Legendary ABC News White House Correspondent (1973-2014)
Under $25,000District of Columbia
Nancy Koehn
Harvard Historian, Author, Leadership Coach
$25K - $40KMassachusetts
Brad Meltzer
#1 Bestselling Author and Historian, Host of the History Channel’s Decoded and Lost History
$25K - $40KFlorida
Arthur Herman
Historian, New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist
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Michael Beschloss
Presidential Historian, NBC News and PBS NewsHour, New York Times Columnist and #1 Best-Selling Author
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Mark Updegrove
Historian and author; ABC News' Presidential Historian; Host of PBS' "Live from the LBJ Library;" President and CEO of the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation
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Nina Easton
Sellers|Easton Media Co-CEO
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Jeffrey Engel
Founding Director, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University; Prize-winning author or editor of thirteen books on American diplomacy and politics; Podcast Host, "The Past, the Promise, The Presidency"
Under $25,000Texas
Mark Jeffries
Expert, Influencing Using "Soft" Communication Skills
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Jonathan Eig
Journalist and Biographer
Under $25,000Illinois
Hitendra Wadhwa
Author, Inner Mastery, Outer Impact ; Professor, Columbia Business School; Founder, Mentora Institute and Mentora Foundation
$40K - $70KNew York
Andrea Colli
Historian; Author, Globalization: A Key Idea for Business and Society
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Jason P. Chambers
Expert on Entrepreneurship; Diversity Leadership; African American Consumer Market; Change Agent; Author
Under $25,000Illinois
Lauren Young
Political Scientist; Expert on Authoritarian Threats to Democracy; Author, Hitler's Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WW2
Under $25,000New York
Richard Hurowitz
CEO, Octavian and Company; Publisher, The Octavian Report; Best-Selling Author, In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust
Under $25,000New York
Scott Reich
Acclaimed Author; Activist; Lawyer; Presidential Historian; Self-Taught Scientist; CEO, Believe in A Cure; Op-ed Contributor
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