National Affairs
Military & Defense
CEO & Founder, Mach 2 Consulting
Anthony "AB" Bourke is a former fighter pilot as well as the founder and former CEO of Afterburner, Inc. He speaks on leadership, team building & communications. |
Former Head of All US Army Installations
With 34 years in the US Army at his heel, corporate speaker Rick Lynch has distinguished himself as an exceptional leader & strategist. |
Military Correspondent, The Washington Post
Seasoned by reporting on global military conflict for decades, Washington Post Pentagon Correspondent Ricks spent five tours of duty in Iraq to get to the nitty gritty in his New York Times bestseller ... |
National Security Advisor & Musician
A Grammy-winning guitarist with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Jeffrey Baxter now advises Congress, the defense industry and the military. He speaks on challenging assumptions and adapting to change. |
Social Entrepreneur & Veteran
The founder of an NGO and a former Marine, Rye Barcott has the distinction of being both a warrior and a peacemaker, a juxtaposition he explores in the memoir It Happened on the... |
Correspondent & Military Author
An expert on national security and geopolitical issues, speaker Bing West is a media correspondent and was Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration. |
International Relations Expert
A successful negotiator, speaker Javier Solana is known for his role in developing international relations for over two decades. He is a former NATO and EU Secretary General. |
Historian / Biographer / Teacher
Grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, David is an esteemed political scientist and historian with great insight into American history and the leaders who have shaped it. He is also author of "Eisenhower: At... |
Political Activist, Entrepreneur & Public Servant
George P. Bush is the son of former Florida governor Jeb Bush, the grandson of President George H.W. Bush, and the nephew of President George W. Bush. He is a political activist, proponent of public service, and... |
Columnist / Author
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... |
Best-Selling Author & Atlantic Monthly Correspondent
Robert D. Kaplan is a senior fellow at the Center for New American Security in Washington, DC, and a national correspondent for The Atlantic. In 2011, he was recognized on Foreign Policy magazine's Top... |
Director of The Legacy Project
As founder of The Legacy Project, speaker Andrew Carroll encourages Americans to preserve wartime correspondences as a testament to the power of the written word. |
First African American Woman POW
The first African American POW, Johnson was held hostage for 22 days in Iraq, and survived her captivity despite enduring bullet wounds in both of her ankles. Her heroic story is chronicled with vivid honesty in her... |
US Marine Officer & Author of Thieves of Baghdad
A homicide prosecutor, boxer and scholar, US Marine Colonel Matthew Bogdanos made it his mission to recover stolen treasures of the Iraq National Museum. His best-selling memoir is Thieves of Baghdad. |
Award-Winning Journalist
Speaker Josh Rushing has gone from US Marine Corps Captain to military correspondent and analyst for Al Jazeera English to author of Mission Al Jazeera. |
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Speaker Peter Singer is director of the 21st-Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution and the youngest senior fellow in the organization's 90-year history. |
Highest Ranking African American Female in the US Navy
Retiring as the highest-ranking African American female in the US Navy, Captain Harris' success tools are in demand everywhere. Having earned her stripes in the pressure-cooker of the intelligence community, her... |
Best-Selling Author of Forrest Gump
Groom took the publishing world by storm when his 1986 novel Forrest Gump flew to the top of The New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for 21 weeks. It has sold over 2.5 million copies in the... |
Entrepreneur
Charles P. Garcia is the bestselling author of A Message from Garcia. His personal story is as dynamic and inspiring as his books. Whether he’s serving as a key advisor to some of the world’s most important... |
Author / Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps
During his last tour of duty in Iraq, international bestselling author Lt. Col. Jay Kopelman of the US Marines adopted an abandoned puppy left behind during the battle for Fallujah. Upon his return to the US, he... |
