U.S. Politics & Policy Speakers

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)

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

Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author

Political Analyst, PBS NewsHour and Syndicated Columnist

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

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

Celebrated Conservative Voice and Former Presidential Advisor

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

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

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

Emmy Award Winning Journalist; National Political Reporter, Axios

Political Icon

America’s Foremost Political Columnist

Senior Political Analyst, CNN

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

Founder, Katie Couric Media

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

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

Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

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

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