U.S. Politics & Policy Speakers

National Security Analyst, CBS News; Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (2004-2008)

66th Secretary of State

Founder, Crooked Media, Host of Pod Save America; Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama (2009-2013)

CEO/Editor, The Dispatch; FOX News Contributor and Author

Host, Tucker Carlson Tonight and Founder, The Daily Caller

Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author

Political Analyst, PBS NewsHour and Syndicated Columnist

Secretary of State (1997-2001)

U.S. Ambassador to the UN (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)

Celebrated Conservative Voice and Former Presidential Advisor

Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist, The Washington Post and Political Analyst, MSNBC

Editor in Chief and Co-Founder, Recount Media; Creator and Host, The Circus on Showtime; National Affairs Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC; Co-Author, New York Times Best Sellers Game Change and Double Down

Legendary Anchor, ABC News' Nightline; Senior Contributor, CBS Sunday Morning Show; Contributing Columnist, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

America’s Foremost Political Columnist

Senior Political Commentator, CNN, and Host, The Axe Files; Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama (2009-2011)

National Political Reporter, Axios

Political Icon

Founder, Katie Couric Media

Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2015-2019)

Obama Campaign Manager and White House Senior Advisor, Author, Non-Profit and Tech Executive

Senior Political Analyst, CNN

Renowned Journalist; Former Moderator, NBC's Meet the Press; Political Analyst, CNN

White House Chief of Staff (2001-2006)

Radio Talk Show Host, The Hugh Hewitt Show; Political Analyst and Contributor, NBC News and MSNBC; President, CEO and General Counsel of the Richard Nixon Foundation; Lawyer; Professor; Author

Founder and Director of Defending Democracy Together; Political Analyst and Network Television Commentator

Acclaimed International Journalist, Global Affairs Anchor for ABC News and Host of Amanpour on CNN International

Anchor, Good Morning America, This Week and Chief Political Correspondent, ABC News

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.

Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author

CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior National Security and Intelligence Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC

President, Council on Foreign Relations

Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

U.S. Senator (2007-2018)

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General of the United States (2009-2015), Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Governor of Florida (1999-2007)

Governor of Maryland (2007-2015); Mayor, City of Baltimore (1999-2007)

Co-founder, the Campaign to Fix the Debt; Former Co-chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010) and Respected Republican Leader

Anchor and Reporter ABC News and Best Selling Co-Author

White House Chief of Staff (2017), Republican National Committee Chairman (2011-2017)

Author, The Room Where It Happened; National Security Advisor (2018-2019); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006)

Legendary ABC News' White House Correspondent (1973-2014)

American Historian and Best-Selling Author; Presidential Historian, CNN; Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University

Visionary Conservative Leader

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

EPA Administrator (2001-2003) and Former New Jersey Governor

Governor of Louisiana (2008-2016)

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (2013–2017)

Former U.S. Senator, Olympian, NBA Hall of Famer and Best-Selling Author

U.S. Senator (2011–2017); Attorney General of New Hampshire (2004–2009)

Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers (2010-2011) and Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

U.S. Senator (1981-2011) and Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter

The Honorable James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State

Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2015–2017); Deputy Secretary of Defense (2011–2013)

Secretary of the Treasury (2003-2006)

Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009)

Political Strategist and Analyst, ABC News

White House Press Secretary (2011-2014)

Women's Leadership Expert; Longtime Television News Reporter; and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Counselor to Presidents

Co-founder, the Campaign to Fix the Debt; Former Co-chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010); President Emeritus, University of North Carolina; Former White House Chief of Staff and Former Administrator, Small Business Administration

Anchor and Washington Bureau Chief, CNN (1984-2009) and Director, The George Washington University's School of Media & Public Affairs

First Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Ridge Global

U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Washington Post Columnist; NBC News Analyst

Governor, Federal Reserve Board (2012–2014); Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Senior Political Contributor, CNN; Syndicated Political Talk Show Host, Columnist and Best-Selling Author

Director of National Intelligence (2017– 2019), Ambassador, and Politician

Chairman, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (2011-2015), Host, Something to Think About with Mike Rogers, Westwood One and CNN National Security Commentator

President of Purdue University; Governor of Indiana (2005-2013) and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2001-2003)

U.S. Trade Representative (2006-2009)

Award Winning Journalist & Executive Editor of the Economic Magazine, American Consequences

CNN Political Commentator, Financial Market Expert and Author

Host of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM, Host of CNN's Smerconish and Contributor, Newspaper Columnist and Best-Selling Author

Senior Correspondent, Making America Work; Former Radio Host, Bill Bennett’s Morning In America and Former Secretary of Education

Economist; Longtime Columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Barrons and The New York Times; Speech Writer and Aide for Presidents Nixon and Ford; Emmy-winning Television Gameshow Host; Commentator for CBS News, Fox News and CNN and Award-winning Commentator on Finance

Former White House Press Secretary; President Ari Fleischer Communications; and FOX News Contributor

NBC and MSNBC Legal and Law Enforcement Analyst; Senior FBI Official; United States Attorney; Head of the DEA; Host of the popular podcast, The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist/Author and Associate Editor, The Washington Post

Political Analyst, FOX News; National Political Correspondent, NPR

Former Acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019)

Anchor, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°

Senior Congressional Correspondent, CNN

NBC News and MSNBC National Security Analyst and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and Chief of Staff to the Director of the CIA (2009-2011)

Governor of New Mexico (2011-2018)

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Author

Veteran Democratic Political Strategist; Fox News Contributor; Adjunct Professor; Author; and Syndicated Columnist

Distinguished News Anchor

National Political Reporter, Axios

U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2011); Co-Founder, One Mind for Research and Founder, The Kennedy Forum on Community Mental Health

Award-winning Journalist and Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent

Anchor and Journalist, MSNBC / NBC News

Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company (1999-2005) and Best-Selling Author

Co-Host, NBC's Today and MSNBC's Morning Joe

Counselor to President Donald J. Trump; Senior Advisor to House Speaker John A. Boehner; President and CEO, Data Trust.

President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND Corporation

Partner, Brunswick Group; Political Commentator, CNN

CNBC Anchor at Large

23rd Secretary of the Air Force

Renowned Public Opinion Researcher and Pollster

Former Editor in Chief, TIME Magazine

Fox News Contributor, Best-Selling Author, Former U.S. Congressman (UT)

Congressman (2003-2018); House Financial Services Committee Chairman (2013-2018)

Respected Political Analyst and Best-Selling Author

Democratic Strategist and Communications Expert