U.S. Politics & Policy Speakers

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

Secretary of State (1997-2001)

66th Secretary of State

Secretary of State (2001-2005)

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

Secretary of the Treasury (2003-2006)

Host, Tucker Carlson Tonight and Founder, The Daily Caller

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

America’s Foremost Political Columnist

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

Celebrated Conservative Voice and Former Presidential Advisor

Political Analyst, PBS NewsHour and Syndicated Columnist

Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author

White House Chief of Staff (2001-2006)

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

President, Council on Foreign Relations

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

Political Icon

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Political Analyst, CNN

National Political Reporter, Axios

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

Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

Anchor and Reporter ABC News and Best Selling Co-Author

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

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

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

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

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

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

Founder, Katie Couric Media

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

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

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

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

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

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

Visionary Conservative Leader

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

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

Political Strategist and Analyst, ABC News

Governor of Florida (1999-2007)

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

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

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

U.S. Senator (2007-2018)

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

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

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

Governor of Louisiana (2008-2016)

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

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

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

Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

White House Press Secretary (2011-2014)

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

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

Counselor to Presidents

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

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

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (2013–2017)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anchor, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°

CNN Political Commentator, Financial Market Expert and Author

Governor of New Mexico (2011-2018)

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

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

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

Senior Congressional Correspondent, CNN

Former Editor in Chief, TIME Magazine

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

Anchor and Journalist, MSNBC / NBC News

Award-winning Journalist and Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent

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)

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

President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND Corporation

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

Partner, Brunswick Group; Political Commentator, CNN

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Author

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

National Political Reporter, Axios

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

Political Analyst, FOX News; National Political Correspondent, NPR

Distinguished News Anchor

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

Renowned Public Opinion Researcher and Pollster

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

Respected Political Analyst and Best-Selling Author

23rd Secretary of the Air Force

Democratic Strategist and Communications Expert