Massachusetts Speakers

Ronald Heifetz is among the world’s foremost authorities on the practice and teaching of leadership. He advises heads of governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations across the globe. In 2016, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia highlighted Heifetz’s advice in his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture.

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Dara Torres' inspiring story of competing in the Olympics at age 41 shows us all that no matter how big your dreams are, you're never too old to achieve them. Since her first international race at the age of 14, Dara Torres has proven that she is far from your average athlete. She is author of Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life and Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary Five Week Program, both of which made The New York Times best seller list.

Fee Range: $25,000–$32,000
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Regarded by many as the authority on leadership and change, John P. Kotter is a best-selling author, award winning business and management thought leader, business entrepreneur and Harvard Professor. His ideas, books, and company, Kotter, help mobilize people around the world to better lead organizations in an era of increasingly rapid change. Professor Kotter’s MIT and Harvard education laid the foundation for his lifelong passion for educating, motivating and helping people. His award-winning articles in The Harvard Business Review have sold more reprints than any other author’s, and his 2012 article, “Accelerate!” won the McKinsey award for the world’s most practical and groundbreaking thinking in the business/management arena. His books have reached millions, and have been printed in over 150 foreign language editions. His 1996 book, Leading Change, was selected by Time magazine in 2011 as one of the 25 most influential business management books ever written.

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•At the age of eleven, she developed two rare neurological conditions, transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, which left her in a vegetative coma for 4 years and unable to use her legs for nearly a decade •Won a Gold Medal and three Silver Medals in the London Paralympic Games for swimming as well as multiple World, American, and Pan American Records •On-air TV personality for ESPN, reporting for the X-Games, the Invictus Games, and SportsCenter, to name a few •Was a 2017 semi-finalist on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, and has since made many more major media appearances, including on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and in People Magazine, among others

Fee Range: $15,000–$20,000
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Vanessa Van Edwards is the national bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People and Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication which have been translated into over 16 languages. As founder of Science of People, Vanessa’s YouTube videos have been seen by over 50 million people. For over a decade she has worked with top brands, government entities, nonprofits and companies to increase their effectiveness by improving their communication.

Fee Range: $20,000–$60,000
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Nataly Kogan is one of the leading global experts in optimizing your emotional fitness and elevating your leadership. With a compelling life story of emigrating from Russia with her family, teaching herself to speak English by watching “Who’s the Boss” on repeat and holding top positions at McKinsey, Microsoft and 5 startups by the time she was 37, Nataly is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind keynote and TEDx speaker. After years of chasing a non-existent state of nirvana in the corporate world, Nataly was not only unfulfilled, she suffered a debilitating burnout that led her to find a new way. Today, as a best-selling author and the CEO of Happier, Inc., Nataly helps thousands of Awesome Humans cultivate their emotional fitness and leadership skills. Nataly’s unparalleled, positive, and transformative presentations are an amalgam of her science-backed skills, her business acumen, and her unique life experiences.

Fee Range: $20,000–$25,000
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A founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj Sisodia is FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College. He is also the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. Raj has published ten books and over 100 academic articles. His books include Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose and Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business.

Fee: $32,000
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Fee Range: $40,000–$60,000
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Millions of Americans remember Mike Eruzione as the captain of the US Hockey Team that beat the odds to win the Gold Medal at the 1980 Olympics. It was his decisive winning goal that beat the Soviet team and stunned the world. Dubbed the “Miracle on Ice," Walt Disney studios has adapted the story of that Olympic triumph over the Soviets into a feature length film, titled Miracle. Mike and his family founded Winthrop Charities is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization that was founded in 2004. The foundations goals are to make a difference and aid the causes that are important in every community, continuing through the years to make an impact through education, athletics, community endeavors and families.

Fee Range: $18,500–$35,000
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Jay Acunzo is a globally touring keynote speaker and author of the book Break the Wheel. He’s hosted and produced over a dozen original series about creativity at work, built together with brand partners, and he’s the founder of Marketing Showrunners, a media company for creative marketers, with subscribers from Red Bull, Adobe, Salesforce, Shopify, the BBC, Mailchimp, and more.

Fee Range: $10,000–$17,000
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• Arthur C. Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School • Brooks is the author of 12 books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller "From Strength to Strength,” and national bestsellers “Love Your Enemies” (2019) and “The Conservative Heart” (2015) • Named by Fortune Magazine’s “50 World’s Greatest Leaders” and was awarded six honorary doctorates • Served for ten years as president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI), one of the world’s leading think tanks

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Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH has over 25 years’ experience in healthcare information technology, clinical transformation, and business intelligence. Dr. Chaiken is the author of the recently released Navigating the Code: How Technology Transforms the Patient-Physician Journey, a groundbreaking book on healthcare information technology and its potential impact on quality, access, and cost of care. He currently serves as President of DocsNetwork Ltd. and previously worked with the National Institutes of Health, UK National Health Service, McKesson, Infor, and Salesforce/Tableau. He has served as guest lecturer and consultant on topics including patient safety, clinician adoption of information technology, quality improvement, and managed care.

Fee Range: $10,000–$22,000
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Since their inception, Zipcar, GoLoco and Buzzcar have been seen as disruptive and innovative: they used technology and marketing to change the way people own and use cars; they changed the ways cities are lived in and built; they changed prejudices about the incompatibility of environmentalism and capitalism. Innovator Robin Chase helps individuals, companies and government understand where to look for innovation and how to enable it. She explores how rethinking “excess capacity” can be combined with technology and platforms for participation to unlock innovation, new profit centers and ultimately lead us to a sustainable planet. In 2009, Robin was honored by TIME magazine as one of the year's 100 Most Influential People. She has been frequently featured in the major media including Today, The New York Times, National Public Radio, Newsweek and TIME magazines, as well as several books on entrepreneurship.

Fee Range: $18,000–$30,000
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Fee Range: $20,000–$25,000
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Fee Range: $20,000–$32,000
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Professor Daniel Gilbert is one of the world’s leading experts on the science of happiness and decision-making. He is the author of the international bestseller Stumbling on Happiness. He is the host of the award-winning PBS television series, This Emotional Life, and his wildly popular TED talks have been watched more than 20 million times. His groundbreaking research on why people often don’t realize what will make them happy has profound implications for both individuals and their organizations.

Fee Range: $30,000–$50,000
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Fee Range: $15,000–$30,000
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Mike Jaffe is a nationally-recognized inspirational and motivational speaker, seminar leader, business and personal coach, and author of WAKE UP! Your Life is Calling. Why settle for FINE when so much more is possible? A 9/11 survivor who has transformed his life, Mike Jaffe serves as The Human WakeUp Call™ by using his own brush with tragedy as a message of self-discovery and empowerment. September 11, 2001, he was late to catch his normal train to his office in the World Trade Center. Mike avoided the terrible fate that ended many of his colleagues’ lives. Using the power of humor, insightful stories and practical tools, Mike touches the hearts and minds of a wide variety of audiences, rallying participants into empowered action with life-changing results. As a speaker, coach, seminar leader and corporate retreat facilitator, Mike spurs each of us to WakeUp! and redefine the possibilities in our personal and professional lives.

Fee Range: $5,000–$25,000
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Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker turned author and Keynote Speaker, Mark Jeffries, has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world’s largest and most successful organizations. He speaks at and moderates conferences, summits, sales meetings, user forums and conventions all over the world for clients including IBM, Ernst & Young, SAS, HP, Zurich Insurance, Gartner, Microsoft, Royal Bank of Canada, Deltek & Bank of America. With his depth of event experience, many of Mark’s clients now also use him as an an event consultant, working alongside the production team to create an event with audience appeal, a memorable impact and an effective message. Dividing his time between The United States, Canada and Europe, Mark’s ideas, inspiration and guidance are sought across virtually all industries.

Fee Range: $15,000–$23,000
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Fee Range: $30,000–$55,000
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Fee Range: $20,000–$25,000
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An expert on leadership development, Betsy Myers is dedicated to working with organizations to help shape the next generation of leaders. Myers has a proven track record of building, growing and strategically realigning organizations across business, government, politics and academia. In her book —Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You, Myers takes a fresh look at characteristics and traits that enable individuals to motivate, inspire and influence others.

Fee Range: $14,000–$20,000
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