American Program Bureau is proud to offer you an impressive roster of diverse and renowned global leaders and experts. Covering every corner of the globe, these distinctive speakers address the current, and often controversial issues, from regions such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, Russia, The Middle East, and The European Union. Their differing international points of view provide a unique insight on global issues ranging from Terrorism to Human Rights to Global Economy.
As leaders and experts, our global speakers deliver knowledgeable insight into the issues and events that make up our world while captivating audiences, making your event a remarkable success.
Mike Farrell
Even before becoming popular for his roles on the hit television series M*A*S*H and Providence, Farrell was dedicated to the belief that being a responsible citizen meant working for the ultimate benefit of all citizens. As spokesperson for CONCERN/America, an international aid and development organization, ...
Laura Liswood
Liswood co-founded the Council of Women World Leaders and located it at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The work of the council expands the understanding of leadership, establishes a network of resources for high-level women leaders, and provides a forum for the group to contribute input and shape ...
Greg Palast
Investigative reporter, author, and environmental activist, Palast has written some of the most scathing and alarming exposes. He explores the negative contributions of modern corporate culture and globalization on the way we live and upon the environmental landscape.
Gene Stanaland
Stanaland is applauded by audiences for his ability to make complex subjects understandable and entertaining. His presentation on the economy blends fact, humor and philosophical insight.
Diane Sawyer
From her many years as a co-anchor on "60 Minutes", Sawyer learned that journalism can be a powerful tool for public service. In recent seasons of "PrimeTime Live", she has exposed deadbeat dads, careless pharmacists, telephone con artists who victimize the elderly and outlaws who dump toxic waste in backyards.
John G. Stoessinger
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. . Stoessinger is internationally recognized for his work as a political analyst and as the award-winning author of ten leading books on world politics.
Hussein Hassouna
Having been involved in countless diplomatic negotiations, and contributed to the delegation that led to the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, there are no other speakers available today who can address issues of the Middle East with the same insight, experience, and knowledge as Ambassador Hassouna.
James Carroll
James Carroll was assigned by the Paulist Fathers and Richard Cardinal Cushing to Boston University where he served as Catholic Chaplain from 1969 to 1974. During those years he published numerous books on religious subjects, and a weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter, earning awards from the Catholic Press ...
George Packer
George Packer is a novelist and columnist for the New Yorker . He has written Blood of the Liberals and The Assassins Gate, an in depth look at the war in Iraq through the eyes of ordinary Iraqi citizens. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Harper's and The Nation.
Barry Asmus
As a Senior Economist for the prestigious National Center for Policy Analysis, he does more than just speak on policies, he is actively involved with their implementation. Asmus is the author of nine books, including his latest, Bulls Don’t Blush, Bears Don’t Die.
Carlos Munoz Jr
Dr. Muñoz has been honored as one of 28 1960s civil rights activists "Who accomplished Extraordinary Deeds that changed the face of the Nation and gave birth to the Modern Civil Rights Movement." He was the founding chair of the first Chicano Studies department in the nation in 1968 at the California State University at ...
Richard Dreyfuss
Oscar winner Dreyfuss has taught at Oxford, studied a wide range of subjects from history to politics, and is a driving force in the movement to bring civics back into the classrooms as well as creating a knowledgeable and engaged citizenry in America.
Maria Echaveste
As the former Assistant to President Clinton and Deputy Chief of Staff, Echaveste was the highest-ranking female Hispanic Official at the White House. She previously served as Administrator of the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, and worked extensively on the Department's anti-sweatshop effort.
David Goodman
Goodman is an award-winning journalist and the best-selling author of the critically acclaimed Fault Lines: Journeys into the New South Africa, an account of the country's people trying to overcome a history of apartheid and adjust to a new regime. His latest book, coauthored with sister Amy Goodman, is Standing ...
John Burnham Schwartz
Having penned his first best-selling novel, Bicycle Days, at the age of 24, John Burnham Schwartz has continued to wow readers worldwide with such critically acclaimed novels as Reservation Road, and The Commoner.
Jehane Noujaim
Noujaim's controversial documentary Control Room, about the Arabic-language cable news station Al Jazeera, called into question the prevailing images and positions offered up by the US news media about the war in Iraq. The Los Angeles Times said Control Room gives us a "glimpse of a world where ...
Richard Carmona
As the 17th Surgeon General, Dr. Carmona developed comprehensive knowledge of the environmental influences on healthy living today. He offers a close look at the epidemic of asthma in young children as well as other issues directly related to the state of our environment and how we can work towards not only a healthy body, ...
Milt Bearden
Milt Bearden is a former Senior Officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, and author of "The Black Tulip" regarding United States relations with Afghanistan.
Charles Patrick Garcia
From equestrian Olympian to Air Force Academy graduate to White House Fellow, military analyst, political adviser, author, artist, attorney, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Garcia, a Panamanian American, Garcia is the CEO of Sterling Financial Group.
Rachel Louise Snyder
Exploring the complexities of the world economy and the nature of global trade, Snyder is the author of Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade. A distinguished journalist, Snyder notably covered the war in Afghanistan and the future of Afghan women by camping out ...
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