Speaker News

Leading Authorities is proud to welcome new exclusive speaker Dana Milbank to our growing roster of the most prolific and respected pundits in the country. Part muck-raker, all journalist, Milbank never simply regurgitates the facts. The Washington Post staff writer and author of the thrice-weekly "Washington Sketch" column has carved a niche for himself among his peers and for political writing of a different stripe.

Leading Authorities hosted the 5th annual Women on the World symposium at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on April 2.

In this month's issue of Best Life Magazine, the editors singled out the top 10 political pundits to pay attention to this election year. Three of them are Leading Authorities' exclusive speakers for booking.

At Leading Authorities, we understand the importance of nonpartisan analysis and unbiased scrutiny. With their fingers on the pulse of the 2008 election, our media personalities and former political operatives are the saviest handicappers and analysts on the scene. During the lead up to one of America's most exciting elections, book a prominent media figure or political analyst to bring candid analysis on the candidates and how the election outcomes could impact your organization's future.

When director Lucy Walker's film Blindsight premiered last April at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., it warmed the hearts of those fortunate to secure a ticket. A year and several screenings across the world later, the documentary about Leading Authorities speaker Erik Weihenmayer's historic climb to the summit of Mount Everest with a group of blind children has also earned acclaim from the nation's top critics. Opening night in Chicago will be April 11, 2008 at the Music Box Theatre. For more information on this event, please contact Catherine at 202-721-2361 or Catherine@lauthorities.com.

Arguably the most important female marketer in sports, Dawn Hudson served as the keeper of keys to a deep marketing arsenal. Hudson was responsible for all functions of the organization's operations, including securing sponsorships with the NFL and Major League Baseball. That know-how has led her to speak with electricity about the power of marketing and the influence of product branding on an industry.

At age 35, John Wood left an executive career track at Microsoft Corporation to form Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that "combines the heart of Mother Theresa with the scalability of  Starbucks" to help over one million children across the developing world break the cycle of poverty through the power of education. Razor-sharp business acumen honed at Microsoft, combined with a passion to change the world makes Wood a unique, inspiring and popular speaker with universal appeal.

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is the youngest life-tenured superior court judge in the history of the state of New Jersey. He tried more than 150 jury trials, and he sat in all trial parts of the superior court; criminal, civil, equity, and family. He has handled thousands of sentencings, motions, hearings, and divorces. For eleven years, he was adjunct professor of law at Seton Hall Law School where he taught constitutional law and jurisprudence and was voted most outstanding professor in three different academic years. Napolitano returned to private law practice and began television broadcasting in 1995, and has been the senior judicial analyst for the Fox News Channel since 1998.

Ronald Brownstein is the political director for Atlantic Media Company.  His oversight includes coordinating all political coverage at its publications, from Atlantic Monthly and National Journal, to The Hotline and Congress Daily. He writes a weekly column on politics and policy which appears simultaneously in National Journal and the Los Angeles Times, as well as articles in National Journal and The Atlantic. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities, Brownstein is a doyen of political analysis and introspection.

Andrea Koppel is an award-winning, internationally renowned journalist with more than two decades of experience covering many of the biggest stories and events in the U.S. and across the globe. For the last 14 years she worked as a correspondent for CNN reporting from diverse posts, from Africa to China, covering three secretaries of state and two presidents. Koppel brings her experience in the field, and her journalistic prowess, to shed light on American policies and domestic issues, as well as on issues that impact the world at large.