 | Zbigniew Brzezinski, Ph.D -- Washington D.C. USA, 30.0k to 50.0k  Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security advisor to President Carter, was born in Poland and spent part of his youth in France and Germany before moving to Canada. His father, a man of aristocratic descent, served as the Polish consul-general in Montreal during the Second World War and helped Jewish refugees flee Nazi and Soviet persecution. When the communists seized control of the Polish government in 1945, his father retired and remained with his family in Canada. During the 1960s Brzezinski acted as an advisor to Kennedy and Johnson administration officials. Generally taking a hard line on policy toward the Soviet Union, he was also an influential force behind the Johnson administration's "bridge-building" ideas regarding Eastern Europe. During the final years of the Johnson administration, he was a foreign policy advisor to Vice President Hubert Humphrey and his presidential campaign.
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 | Robert Charles -- Maryland USA, 5.0k to 10.0k Having worked in President Reagan’s and President Bush 41’s White Houses, as counsel to US House Speaker Dennis Hastert for several years, and most recently, as President George W. Bush’s Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement from 2003-2005 for Colin Powell, Robert Charles offers a unique opportunity to hear how government can work for you – whether in procurement, appropriations, legislation, or regulation.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | E.J. Dionne, Ph.D -- District of Columbia USA, 15.0k to 20.0k  E.J. Dionne Jr. employs his passions for people and politics and his keen intellect to deliver reasoned analysis that is followed by a wide circle of policy-makers nationwide - on the left, right and center. Dionne demonstrates that he "knows the present with the keen sense of a beat reporter and the past with the perspective of a scholarly historian." His 2008 book, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith & Politics After the Religious Right was praised as "deeply personal and searchingly intelligent" by The New York Times Book Review and as "an insightful look into the intersection between religion and politics" by The Wichita Eagle.
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 | Anil Gupta, Ph.D -- Maryland USA, 15.0k to 20.0k  Dr. Anil K. Gupta is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and globalization. Dr. Gupta is the Michael Dingman Chair in Global Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. He received a doctorate from Harvard Business School, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology. Anil K. Gupta also serves as chief advisor to The China India Institute, a Washington DC-based research and consulting organization.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Amy Myers Jaffe -- Texas USA, 30.0k to 50.0k  Amy Myers Jaffe is a leading expert on the geopolitics of oil, energy, security and risk. Associate Director of the Energy Program at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, she is a frequent keynote speaker at major energy industry and investment conferences. A contributor to Foreign Policy magazine's "21 Solutions to Save the World" and recipient of the Award for Excellence by the International Association for Energy Economics, Jaffe was among the 2004 "Key Women in Energy-Americas" honorees and was named to Esquire's annual 100 Best and Brightest. She is the co-author of Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Walter Mondale -- Minnesota USA, 50.0k to 75.0k  U.S. Senator, Vice President of the United States, Presidential Candidate and Ambassador to Japan, Walter Mondale has commanded a seat on the world’s center stage since 1964 when he assumed Hubert H. Humphrey’s senate seat.
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 | Andres Oppenheimer -- Florida USA, Contact for fee schedule Andres Oppenheimer is the Latin American editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with The Miami Herald. His column, The Oppenheimer Report, appears twice a week in The Miami Herald and more than 60 U.S. and foreign newspapers. He is the author of Saving the Americas (Random House, 2007) and four other best-selling books, is a regular political analyst with CNN en Espanol, and anchors his own Spanish-language television show, Oppenheimer Presenta, which airs in the United States and 19 countries.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Clark T. Randt, Jr. -- Washington D.C. USA, Contact for fee schedule  Clark T. Randt, Jr., is the longest serving United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. Mr. Randt was confirmed by the Senate on July 11, 2001, arrived in Beijing on July 23, 2001, and served in his post until January 20, 2009. He is a member of the New York and Hong Kong bars and is a recognized expert on Chinese law.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
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 | Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa, MD, MA, Ph.D -- Washington D.C. USA, Under 2.5k  Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa is Rwandan who has lived as a refugee most of his life and currently lives in the United States. A medical doctor by profession and former diplomat, he has served in senior leadership positions in Rwanda, including as Ambassador to the United States. He is currently President, CEO and Founder of Haradali, a social enterprise whose mission is to promote the health, livelihoods, and wellness of women and children, promoting small and medium enterprises, and developing the leadership and managerial capacity in Africa. His experience spans work with governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, and business.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | David L. Smith -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k  Economist, futurist and market strategist David L. Smith, an internationally known speaker and author offers penetrating insight, accurate forecasts and profitable advice regarding: U.S. and world economies, financial and investment markets, international trade, energy markets, U.S. monetary and fiscal policy , and specific industries and companies.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Daniel Yergin, Ph.D., B.S.E.E -- District of Columbia USA, 50.0k to 75.0k  Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. Dr. Yergin is a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the United States Energy Award for “lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding.” He is both a world-recognized author and a business leader, as chairman of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA), one of the world’s leading consulting and research firms in its field. He is also executive vice president of IHS, the parent company of IHS CERA.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
 | Marvin Zonis, Ph.D -- Illinois USA, 15.0k to 20.0k  Marvin Zonis is a Professor at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. He also heads Marvin Zonis + Associates, a political risk consulting firm in Chicago, and is a co-founder and Chairman of DSD, a software company based in Moscow and Chicago. Zonis in an expert on the intersection of digital technologies and globalization, emerging markets, Middle Eastern politics, the oil industry, Russia, and U.S. foreign policy.
Phone: 760-673-7700 ---
E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com |
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