Media & Politics Keynote Speakers

All change goes against the rules. Polly LaBarre arms leaders with a Maverick Manual to hack the status quo and ramp up originality, invention and game-changing disruption. The true work of leadership, she says, is inspiring, unleashing, and amplifying human creativity, passion, and resourcefulness - creating a cultural DNA where the response to change happens almost as fast as change itself.

Fee Range: $15,500–$25,000
Travels From: CT

Peter Diamandis, MD is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and launching large incentive prizes to drive radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Diamandis is also an international leader in the commercial space arena, having founded and run many of the leading entrepreneurial companies in this sector. In his keynote presentations, Diamandis focuses on the importance of innovation and he looks to the future in explaining how exponentially advancing technologies will transform our companies, our industries, our governments and our lives over the next 5 to 10 years. Dr. Diamandis is the co-Author of the NYTimes #1 best-seller LIFE FORCE.

Fee Range: $60,000–$95,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: Inquire
Travels From: DC

More media outlets have turned to Dr. Frank Luntz for focus groups and consulting than to any other political pollster, making him one of the most honored political and communication professionals in America today. In addition to having worked with the media, U.S. News, World Report and The Wall Street Journal, Luntz has written and supervised more than 400 surveys for political and corporate clients. Luntz understands that there’s no better way to get employees on board than letting them hear directly from their customers. Using focus-group techniques, Luntz can bring your customers to you─live. Using cutting edge technology, Luntz shows the audience, exactly how customers react. Luntz's best-selling book, Words That Work, offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the tactical use of words and phrases affects what we buy, who we vote for, and even what we believe in. He is also the author of What Americans Really Want . . . Really: The Truth About Our Hopes, Dreams and Fears (2009) and Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary (2011).

Fee Range: $14,500–$44,000
Travels From: DC

Katty Kay is the lead anchor of BBC World News America. Kay had served as the Washington Correspondent for BBC since 2002. Kay’s career with the BBC began in Zimbabwe in 1990 where she started filing radio reports for BBC World Service radio. From there she also covered the end of apartheid in South Africa.Kay then went on to work as a BBC correspondent in London, and later Tokyo, reporting on stories including the Kobe earthquake and the Japanese economic recession. Kay is a frequent guest commentator on "NBC’s Meet the Press", "The Chris Matthews Show", "MSNBC’s Morning Joe" and others. She is the co-author, along with Claire Shipman, of two New York Times bestsellers - The Confidence Code: The Art and Science of Self-Assurance—and What Women Need to Know (2014) and Womenomics: Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better (2009). Kay is married to Tom Carver, a strategic risk consultant. They live in Washington, DC with their four children.

Fee Range: $25,500–$38,000
Travels From: DC

A master in teaching the art of manifestation, this former Sports Attorney, Miss America Finalist and Donald Trump Apprentice, left her full-time job as a stuffy big-firm lawyer and turned her passion for people into a multimillion-dollar enterprise just a few years ago. She helps emerging & established women influencers of faith to Believe Bigger, Live Bigger and Profit Bigger so that they can ultimately Give Bigger.

Fee Range: $20,000–$40,000
Travels From: GA

Award-winning journalist, Lisa Ling is the host of This is Life with Lisa Ling on CNN. Ling was formerly the executive producer and host of Our America on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). In the first two seasons, she embedded in a Midwest town ravaged by an onslaught of heroin and got exclusive access inside an anti-gay religious movement. She also witnessed the manifestation of PTSD in returning veterans or war and went undercover to investigate the under-age sex trafficking of minors in the nation's capital.

Fee Range: Inquire
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $15,000–$30,000
Travels From: TX

Fee: $35,000
Travels From: NY

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Travels From: NY

•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
Travels From: MA

Trent S. Shelton is a retired NFL player, top motivational speaker, author, and podcast host that had dreams of traveling the world to help others “Respect Their Greatness”. His audience believes that it is deeper than motivation and Trent comes equipped with the tools and strategies to help change your life.Trent is known for being “The Most Impactful Speaker” and is ranked one of the “Top Influencers in the Personal Development Space.” Recently, you might have seen him on the cover of Success Magazine as a Thought Leader.

Fee Range: $50,000–$44,000
Travels From: TX

Fee Range: $37,000–$70,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $15,000–$25,000
Travels From: TX

For nearly twenty years, Joey has helped organizations retain their best customers and turn them into raving fans via his entertaining and actionable keynotes, workshops, and consulting projects. His First 100 Days® methodology helps fuel the successful customer experiences his clients deliver around the world. In his Wall Street Journal #2 best-selling book, Never Lose a Customer Again, Joey shares strategies and tactics for turning one-time purchasers into lifelong customers – while dramatically increasing profits along the way.

Fee Range: $15,000–$32,000
Travels From: IA

Fee Range: $95,000–$100,000

Fee Range: $13,000–$25,000
Travels From: FL

Trevor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the former host of the Emmy® Award-winning “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. Under Trevor, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” broke free from the restraints of a 30-minute linear show, producing engaging social content, award-winning digital series, podcasts and more for its global audience.  Last year, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” landed a record number of seven Emmy Award nominations.

Fee Range: $250,000–$300,000
Travels From: NY

Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, which recovers a forgotten history of how federal, state, and local policy explicitly segregated metropolitan areas nationwide, creating racially homogenous neighborhoods in patterns that violate the Constitution and require remediation. He is also the author of many other articles and books on race and education. Previous influential books include Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap and Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right.

Fee Range: $5,000–$14,000
Travels From: DC

Fee Range: $25,000–$44,000
Travels From: NY

• Elaine Welteroth is the former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, making her the second African-American in Condé Nast's 107-year history to hold such a title • Welteroth was tapped to become a judge on Bravo's hit series, Project Runway • Her book, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say), became an instant New York Times bestseller • Her promotion to editor at age 29 made her the youngest in Condé Nast history to become editor • When she became beauty director of Teen Vogue in 2012, Welteroth was the first African-American to serve in the role • She is credited for the notable increase of Teen Vogue coverage of politics and social justice, encouraging readers to become civically engaged, specifically during the 2016 U.S. presidential election •Elaine released her own MasterClass, on designing a dream career by harnessing one’s values, skills, and passions.

Fee Range: $32,000–$60,000
Travels From: NY

Fee Range: $10,000–$12,000
Travels From: CA

Mike Rowe is a TV host, writer, narrator, producer, actor and spokesman. Mike is best known as the host of the ground breaking television hit Dirty Jobs, in which each week he took on the tasks and responsibilities of difficult, strange, and often messy jobs such as sheep breeder, garbage collector, and coal miner. Outside his work on the show, Mike has become one of the nation’s leading advocates on the need and honor of blue-collar work.

Fee Range: $200,000–$300,000
Travels From: CA

Born in Brooklyn in the back of a taxi, Iyanla Vanzant was given to her grandmother at age 2 after her mother died. Teen pregnancy, abusive marriages, and welfare followed a troubled and abusive childhood. But it is from this less than inspiring background that Vanzant has built the foundation for transformation. Vanzant earned a BS degree from Medgar Evers College and a JD degree from Queens College Law School. She became an attorney, serving four years as a public defender in Philadelphia. She is the author of Tapping The Power Within: A Path to Empowerment for Black Women. She has established the Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance Center, where she regularly conducts personal growth classes and weekend workshops for both men and women. She makes regular appearances on radio and national television.

Fee Range: $60,000–$120,000
Travels From: MD