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Local Keynote Speakers In New York City

Searching for a keynote speaker for your next event in or around New York City? New York City is a popular destination for sales kick-offs, corporate meetings, annual summits, conventions, and special events, and local speakers from the area are likely to have greater flexibility in their schedule and be available at an affordable, local rate. You don't have to go far to find a high-caliber keynote speaker in the New York City area. From best-selling authors and CEOs to financial experts and media personalities, New York City is home to some of the world’s most innovative minds and inspirational figures. 
 

Leading Authorities speakers bureau represents many of the top speakers from the New York City area, on topics ranging from finance and the economy to business and corporate culture and from the media and politics to emerging technologies and entertainment.

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Nicolle Wallace

Nicolle Wallace

Political Analyst, NYT Best-Seller, & Frmr. White House Dir. of Comm

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Nicolle Wallace

Nicolle Wallace is host of Deadline: White House, chief political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, a best-selling author, and the former White House director of communications under President George W. Bush. Her West Wing colleague, presidential political adviser Mark McKinnon, called her a “rare talent in politics.” Funny and charming, she shares insights on the biggest issues of the day paired with stories from her time in the White House and on the campaign trail. Wallace is a master storyteller as she offers audiences the rundown they need to stay in the know.
Topics & Types
Politics Authors Female Speakers Media Moderator Political Analysts
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Lisa Sun

Lisa Sun

Founder & CEO, GRAVITAS, Former McKinsey Associate Principal, National Bestselling Author

Fees
  • Local: £10,001 - £20,000*
  • US East: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • US West: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Europe: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Asia: £35,001 - £55,000*
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Lisa Sun

Lisa Sun, founder and CEO of GRAVITAS, seamlessly blends stories from her data-driven insights from 11 years at McKinsey & Company and from her experience as an entrepreneur launching an innovative retail brand to offer talks that encourage audiences to choose self-confidence, work to harness their “superpower,” and use gravitas to advance personally and professionally. Sun explores why it’s vital to push past your potential, how to transform an idea into a movement, and why you’ve got to bet on yourself every single day. Sun has always had a passion for style, for inclusivity, and for helping people look and feel their best and was named one of Washingtonian Magazine's Best Dressed Women.
Topics & Types
Innovation Inspiration & Motivation Leadership Retail Business Strategy Change Management Consumer Behavior Corporate Culture Customer Experience Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Entrepreneurship Growth Mental Health, Happiness, & Wellness Authors CEOs Diverse Voices Female Business Leaders Female Speakers
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Scott Pelley

Scott Pelley

Award-Winning 60 Minutes Correspondent & Former CBS News Anchor and Managing Editor

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Scott Pelley

Scott Pelley, an award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent, offers rare insights gained from his more than 300 features on the show, having interviewed world leaders and covered major events – from childhood homelessness to genocide in Darfur. Pelley has received myriad high-profile awards, including 51 Emmys, and The Washington Times wrote, “The legacy of Edward R. Murrow lives in the daring investigations of Scott Pelley.” One of the most recognizable faces in journalism, Scott addresses current events and global issues.
Topics & Types
Inspiration & Motivation Politics Media Moderator
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Lisa Sun

Lisa Sun

Founder & CEO, GRAVITAS, Former McKinsey Associate Principal, National Bestselling Author

Fees
  • Local: £10,001 - £20,000*
  • US East: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • US West: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Europe: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Asia: £35,001 - £55,000*
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Lisa Sun

Lisa Sun, founder and CEO of GRAVITAS, seamlessly blends stories from her data-driven insights from 11 years at McKinsey & Company and from her experience as an entrepreneur launching an innovative retail brand to offer talks that encourage audiences to choose self-confidence, work to harness their “superpower,” and use gravitas to advance personally and professionally. Sun explores why it’s vital to push past your potential, how to transform an idea into a movement, and why you’ve got to bet on yourself every single day. Sun has always had a passion for style, for inclusivity, and for helping people look and feel their best and was named one of Washingtonian Magazine's Best Dressed Women.
Topics & Types
Innovation Inspiration & Motivation Leadership Retail Business Strategy Change Management Consumer Behavior Corporate Culture Customer Experience Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Entrepreneurship Growth Mental Health, Happiness, & Wellness Authors CEOs Diverse Voices Female Business Leaders Female Speakers
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Jessica O. Matthews

Jessica O. Matthews

CEO of Uncharted, Innovator and Social Entrepreneur, Trailblazing Energy Advocate

Fees
  • Local: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • US East: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • US West: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • Europe: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • Asia: £55,001 - £75,000*
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Jessica O. Matthews

Jessica O. Matthews is the Founder & CEO of Uncharted, an award-winning energy and data technology company that develops infrastructure solutions for communities, facilities, and Internet of Things. The company was founded by Jessica when she was only 22 years old. Jessica’s research and career centers around the intersection of disruptive technology, renewable energy, human behavior, and the psychology of self-actualization. A dual citizen of Nigeria & the U.S., Jessica has a degree in Psychology and Economics from Harvard University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and is listed on over 10 patents and patents pending—including her first invention of the SOCCKET, an energy generating soccer ball, at the age of 19.
Topics & Types
Innovation Inspiration & Motivation Leadership Robotics & Drones Technology AI, Machine Learning, & Big Data Change Management ESG & Corporate Social Responsibility Disruption & Digital Transformation Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Energy Entrepreneurship Growth African American Speakers CEOs Diverse Voices Female Business Leaders Female Speakers
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Sarah Robb O'Hagan

Sarah Robb O'Hagan

Renowned Business Leader, Former CEO of EXOS the Performance Coaching Company, Former President of Equinox, Former Global President of Gatorade, Former Marketing Director at Nike and the Virgin Group

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Sarah Robb O'Hagan

Described by the media as everything from “Superwoman undercover” to “The Pied Piper of potential,” Sarah Robb O’Hagan is an executive, activist, entrepreneur, and founder of Extreme Living — a content platform designed to help individuals, teams, and organizations play to their highest potential. As the former CEO of EXOS, the leading human performance coaching company serving 30 percent of the Fortune 100, Sarah and her team worked with clients ranging from C-suite leaders to pro athletes to enhance their performance in work and life. Drawing on her decades experience at some of the world's most influential brands, she shares practical takeaways including how to make failure your fuel, discover your most competitive playing field, get out of line rather than always following conventional wisdom, and bring out the “extreme" in others.
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Peak Performance Inspiration & Motivation Leadership Marketing Retail Risk-Takers Teamwork & Collaboration Turnaround Branding Change Management Corporate Culture Creativity Crisis Management Disruption & Digital Transformation Entrepreneurship Growth Mental Health, Happiness, & Wellness Athletes, Coaches, & Commentators Authors Business Leaders From Major Brands CEOs College & University Speakers Female Business Leaders Female Speakers
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Tarika Barrett

Tarika Barrett

CEO, Girls Who Code

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  • Local: £10,001 - £20,000*
  • US East: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • US West: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Europe: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • Asia: £35,001 - £55,000*
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Tarika Barrett

With a career dedicated to addressing inequities in education and helping young women of all backgrounds succeed, Dr. Tarika Barrett is at the forefront of expanding the pipeline of women entering tech and removing the obstacles that stand in the way of them reaching their full potential. As the CEO of Girls Who Code, an international non-profit organization disrupting the tech industry and transforming perceptions of what a programmer can look like, she spearheads initiatives aimed at closing the gender gap in technology by inspiring, educating, and equipping young women with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities.
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Innovation Inspiration & Motivation Leadership Resilience & Overcoming Adversity Technology Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion African American Speakers CEOs Diverse Voices Female Business Leaders Female Speakers
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Nikkia Reveillac

Nikkia Reveillac

Former Executive at Netflix, Twitter & Colgate-Palmolive, Leader of Transformation, Storyteller & Innovator

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Nikkia Reveillac

Nikkia Reveillac is a trailblazing executive insights and innovation leader, business consultant, podcast host, and speaker. She has overcome significant obstacles throughout her career to deliver exceptional results at some of the world’s most influential tech, entertainment, and consumer packaged goods companies. She has drawn upon her creative background as a professional dancer, her unique multicultural perspective as a Caribbean woman, her entrepreneurial instincts, two decades of experience building global industry-leading teams, and her distinctly humane way of framing all manner of questions to bring meaningful transformation everywhere she has been. Reveillac was instrumental in helping Netflix define its first-ever brand promise, created a safer organizational culture at Twitter during the tumultuous pandemic years and 2020 U.S. election cycle, helped develop innovative oral care solutions for consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa at Colgate, grew high-performing and emotionally intelligent teams at all of her companies, and was the first to launch an online marketplace for Trinidad Carnival costumes. Today, she advises businesses of all sizes to leverage research, data, and insights for disruptive innovation and brand building, and she mentors junior and senior talent for career growth.
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Peak Performance Innovation Inspiration & Motivation Leadership Resilience & Overcoming Adversity Teamwork & Collaboration Business Strategy Consumer Behavior Corporate Culture Customer Experience Disruption & Digital Transformation Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion African American Speakers Diverse Voices Female Speakers
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Chris Tarbell

Chris Tarbell

Renowned Former FBI Cyber Security Special Agent; Founding Partner, NAXO; Co-Host of the “Hacker and the Fed” Podcast

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  • Local: £10,001 - £20,000*
  • US East: £10,001 - £20,000*
  • US West: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Europe: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • Asia: £35,001 - £55,000*
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Chris Tarbell

Former FBI special agent Christopher Tarbell was heavily involved in the tracking and arrest of two of the most infamous figures in cyberspace – Sabu, of the hacktivist collective Anonymous (and at one point the most influential hacker in the world), and Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind the deep web’s infamous Silk Road—“the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet.” Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Tarbell has extensive expertise in cyber security and computer forensics. A former member of the FBI’s preeminent cyber crime squad, he is the man about whom even the most notorious cyber criminals have nightmares.
Topics & Types
Cyber Security
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Dawn Hudson

Dawn Hudson

Former CMO of the NFL & Former CEO of Pepsi Cola North America

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  • Local: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • US East: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • US West: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • Europe: £55,001 - £75,000*
  • Asia: £75,001 and up*
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Dawn Hudson

Dawn Hudson is the former chief marketing officer of the NFL and the former president and CEO of Pepsi-Cola North America. A veteran marketing and advertising executive, she has more than 20 years of strategic brand-building experience behind some of the world’s best-known brands. Listed as one of Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business,” Hudson speaks with electricity about marketing for 21st century business needs, innovation, leadership, branding, and more.
Topics & Types
Innovation Leadership Marketing Sales Branding Consumer Behavior Corporate Culture Crisis Management Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Business Leaders From Major Brands CEOs Female Business Leaders Female Speakers
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Sam Jordan

Sam Jordan

Futurist, the Future Today Institute

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  • Local: £10,001 - £20,000*
  • US East: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • US West: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Europe: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Asia: £35,001 - £55,000*
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Sam Jordan

Sam Jordan is a futurist on a mission to spread “plausible optimism” about the possibilities of emerging technologies. As a leader with the Future Today Institute (FTI), a foresight and strategy firm founded by world-renowned futurist Amy Webb, Jordan helps organizations dissect the complexities of upcoming opportunities, while also factoring the inherent risks. Her analysis of the data and trends in the ever-changing tech landscape gets organizations unstuck and ready to develop and implement their own customized, future-focused strategies for evolving their businesses.
Topics & Types
Future of Work Innovation AI, Machine Learning, & Big Data Disruption & Digital Transformation Future Trends Female Speakers
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Maurice Ashley

Maurice Ashley

First African-American Chess Grandmaster, Analyst, Commentator and Emcee

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  • Local: £10,001 - £20,000*
  • US East: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • US West: £35,001 - £55,000*
  • Europe: £20,001 - £35,000*
  • Asia: £35,001 - £55,000*
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Maurice Ashley

Maurice Ashley made history in 1999 when he became the first African-American chess grandmaster. He is a three-time national championship coach, author of Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens, ESPN commentator, iPhone app designer, puzzle inventor, and motivational speaker. Maurice is well known for providing dynamic live tournament coverage of world-class chess competitions and matches.
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Decision Making Business Strategy Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion African American Speakers College & University Speakers Diverse Voices Emcee & Master of Ceremonies Entertainment Acts Something Different
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