Politics & Current Issues
Highly regarded for their opinions on topics currently facing our world, our Politics & Current Issues speakers include seasoned journalists, celebrated legal experts, respected politicians, and former servicemen who can weigh in on some of the most pressing topics of our time. Their expertise is frequently called upon at major university summits and specialty conferences.
Global Issues
Robert Baer
Portrayed by George Clooney in the Academy Award-winning Film Syriana, One of the Most Authoritative Voices on American Intelligence and the War on Terror
Wade Davis
Ethnographer, Anthropologist, Field Scientist, Biologist, Author, Filmmaker and "The Voodoo Guy"
David Gottfried
World-renowned speaker, author, founder of the green building movement, visionary & Greentech entrepreneur.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Noted historian and international bestselling author of Jerusalem and Young Stalin
Carl Safina
World-renowned oceanographer, Hailed as One of the Top 100 Conservationists of the Twentieth Century
Richard Wolffe
Veteran political journalist, New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC contributor and analyst.
Lawrence Wright
Author of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning The Looming Tower, Screenwriter and New Yorker Journalist
