Political Perspective Speakers

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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

Fee: $35,000
Travels From: NY

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

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

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

Former Congressman Jason Chaffetz is a Fox News Channel contributor and a former Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Chaffetz was elected to Congress in 2008 and served until 2017. He was selected by his peers to be a Chairman of the powerful Oversight & Government Reform Committee, where he led investigations into the United States Secret Service, the Department of Education I.T. vulnerabilities, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Benghazi terrorist attack, Fast & Furious and the IRS scandal. Prior to Congress, he was Chief of Staff to the Governor of Utah. A former placekicker on the Brigham Young University Football Team, he earned his BA in Communications in 1989 and then joined the local business community for 16 years before entering the public sector.

Fee Range: $10,000–$18,000
Travels From: UT

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist who specializes in global energy, demographic and security. He analyzes the realities of geography and populations to deepen the understanding of how global politics impact markets and economic trends. Zeihan’s worldview marries the realities of geography and populations to a deep understanding of how global politics impact markets and economic trends, helping industry leaders navigate today’s complex mix of geopolitical risks and opportunities. With a keen eye toward what will drive tomorrow’s headlines, his irreverent approach transforms topics that are normally dense and heavy into accessible.

Fee Range: $40,000–$80,000
Travels From: CO

Fee Range: $30,000–$50,000
Travels From: NY

Fee Range: $10,000–$20,000
Travels From: NY

Fee Range: $26,000–$61,000
Travels From: DC

Van Jones is the Founder of Dream Corps. He is a social entrepreneur, a CNN political commentator, Emmy Award-winning producer, and a three-time New York Times best-selling author. Jones was the main advocate for the Green Jobs Act. Signed into law by George W. Bush in 2007, the Green Jobs Act was the first piece of federal legislation to codify the term "green jobs." A Yale-educated attorney, Jones has won numerous awards, including the World Economic Forum’s “Young Global Leader” designation, Rolling Stone’s 2012 “12 Leaders Who Get Things Done”, TIME’s 2009 “100 Most Influential People in The World”, the 2010 NAACP Image Award, a 2017 WEBBY Special Achievement Award, a 2019 Lumiere Award and a 2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program.

Fee Range: $43,000–$63,000
Travels From: CA

•Hoda Kotb is co-anchor of NBC News' TODAY joining Savannah Guthrie. •She is also the co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s TODAY alongside Kathie Lee Gifford. •In her latest book, This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live By Every Day, Hoda shares a collection of quotes to offer inspiration, wisdom, and hope 365 days a year. •Since the duo teamed up in 2008, the Gifford-Kotb hour has been hailed as “appointment television” by Entertainment Weekly, “uproarious and irresistible” by People, and “TODAY’s happy hour” by USA Today. •Hoda has covered the war in Iraq, the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and the War on Terror in Afghanistan. •She is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer and Kathie Lee, I Really Needed This Today, and I've Loved You Since Forever. •Hoda is a four-time Emmy nominee and winner of the Peabody Award, the Gracie Award and the Edward R. Murrow Award. •Breast Cancer Survivor

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Travels From: NY

Laura Ingraham is the most listened-to woman in political talk radio in the United States. "The Laura Ingraham Show" is heard on hundreds of stations nationwide and has been addicting legions of listeners since its launch in 2001. Ingraham is also the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the political news site LifeZette, which launched in 2015. Always smart and entertaining, Ingraham is a regular FOX News contributor and the principal substitute host on The O'Reilly Factor. She is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of five books: The Hillary Trap, Shut Up & Sing, Power to the People, The Obama Diaries, and new smash hit Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots. A former litigator and Supreme Court law clerk, Ingraham is a graduate of University of Virginia School of Law and Dartmouth College. She is also an avid supporter of our troops and a variety of military organizations. Ingraham lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her three children.

Fee Range: $35,000–$45,000
Travels From: DC

Fee Range: $37,000–$57,000
Travels From: CA

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Travels From: NV

Melody Barnes is co-director for policy and public affairs for the Democracy Initiative, an interdisciplinary teaching, research, and engagement effort led by the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia. She is the Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor and a professor of practice at the Miller Center and is also a distinguished fellow at the UVA School of Law. A co-founder of the domestic strategy firm MB2 Solutions LLC, Barnes has spent more than 25 years crafting public policy on a wide range of domestic issues.

Fee Range: $15,000–$20,000
Travels From: VA

• Maria Bartiromo is the Global Markets Editor of FOX Business Network. • She anchors Mornings with Maria, Wall Street Week and Sunday Morning Futures, the most watched Sunday morning program on cable. • When Bartiromo moderated FOX’s 2015-2016 Republican presidential primary debates, they became the highest rated programs in network history. • She has covered business and the economy for more than 25 years and was one of the building blocks of business cable network CNBC. • Bartiromo has received numerous prestigious awards, including two Emmy's and a Gracie Award. • The Financial Times named her one of the “50 Faces That Shaped the Decade,” and she was the first female journalist to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame.

Fee Range: $62,000–$125,000
Travels From: NY

Donna Brazile is an ABC News Contributor, veteran political strategist, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and the King Endowed Chair in Public Policy at Howard University. She previously served as interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. She managed the Gore campaign in 2000 and has lectured at more than 225 colleges and universities on race, diversity, women, leadership and restoring civility in politics. Brazile is the author of several books, including the New York Times’ bestseller Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House.

Fee Range: $12,000–$25,000
Travels From: DC

Shannon Bream is the anchor of Fox News @ Night and Chief Legal Correspondent for the Fox News Channel. In that role, she has covered numerous political campaigns, landmark Supreme Court decisions and Washington scandals. Shannon is also the author of three bestselling books, Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters and The Women of The Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today, which spent four weeks at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list, and her most recent book, The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak. Prior to landing at Fox News, Shannon worked at local affiliates WFTS (ABC) in Tampa, FL, WBTV (CBS) in Charlotte, NC and WRC-TV (NBC) in Washington, DC.

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

Fee Range: $75,000–$125,000
Travels From: NY

• 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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Travels From: MA

Fee: $125,000
Travels From: Intl