Steve Forbes | HWA Exclusive Speaker
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media
Steve Forbes is chairman, CEO, and editor in chief at Forbes Media and an internationally respected authority in the worlds of economics, finance, and corporate leadership. With the economy at the forefront of conversation on a global level, Forbes offers ... More >
Stephen Dubner | HWA Exclusive Speaker
Bestselling Author, Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics; Freakonomics still on The New York Times Bestseller List after 7 years; Host of Freakonomics RADIO; Co-star, Freakonomics Documentary
; Editor-in-Chief, Freakonomics Blog
An award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality, Stephen J. Dubner is the co-author of the International Bestselling Business Books Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics. Originally published in the U.S. in 2005, Freakonomics instantly ... More >
Niall Ferguson
Internationally Acclaimed Author; Named one of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World"
Named by TIME Magazine as one of the '100 Most Influential People in the World,' Niall Ferguson is a public intellectual whose work impacts industry, finance, government, and academia. Controversial, expansive, and eloquent, Mr. Ferguson has been ... More >
Karl Rove | HWA Exclusive Speaker
Iconic Political Strategist; Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush; Bestselling Author, Courage and Consequence
; Fox News Contributor & WSJ Columnist
With over two decades of experience in the political arena, Karl Rove is an iconic political strategist, whose provocative and robust knowledge of the major political issues of the day have made him one of the most sought-after political pundits of our ... More >
Lawrence Kudlow
Host of CNBC’s The Kudlow Report; Host of WABC radio’s The Larry Kudlow Show; Founder and CEO of Kudlow and Company, LLC
Lawrence Kudlow is a familiar face in Washington and on Wall Street -- a renowned free market, supply-side economist armed with knowledge, vision, and integrity acquired over a storied career spanning three decades. He is consistently ranked one of the ... More >
Suze Orman
Foremost Financial Advisor; Host of The Suze Orman Show on CNBC; New York Times Bestselling Author
Suze Orman is a world-renowned motivational speaker who speaks annually to over 100,000 people in the United States, South Africa & Asia. In 2007, Business Week has named Suze the top female motivational Speaker in the U.S.. More >
Ben Stein
Economist; Author; Emmy-Winning Former Host of Win Ben Stein’s Money
Emmy-Winning host of Win Ben Stein’s Money, Ben Stein offers audiences laughter and insight, occasionally moving them to tears with his touching and endearing anecdotes. Armed only with his curmudgeonly persona and his offbeat, dry delivery, he ... More >
Paul Kangas
Co-anchor and financial commentator for public television’s Nightly Business Report
Known for his fast-paced delivery, his sharp wit and encyclopedic knowledge of the financial markets, Paul Kangas uses his extensive contacts on Wall Street to ferret out the hidden reasons behind today’s financial headlines and stock moves. The ... More >
Charles Krauthammer
Pulitzer Prize Winner for Distinguished Commentary; Washington Post columnist; Fox News contributor
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary and named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in America, Charles Krauthammer breathes new life into tired debates, offering clear and compelling arguments that everyone else ... More >
Ron Chernow
Distinguished Historian and Commentator on the History of Business and Politics; Bestselling Author, The House of Morgan, Titan, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington
Called “America’s best business biographer” by Fortune, Ron Chernow brings American history to life with funny and revealing portraits of the Founding Fathers and the businessmen who changed the landscape of the U.S. More >
Cokie Roberts | HWA Exclusive Speaker
Political Analyst for ABC News; NPR Senior News Analyst; Former Co-Anchor, This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts
Long-time ABC Congressional Correspondent and leading political pundit, Cokie Roberts is one of the most esteemed and brilliant broadcast journalists of our time.
OVATION SPOTLIGHT! Cokie spoke to approximately 800 attendees at the 2010 Yakima ... More >
Andrew Busch
Global Currency and Public Policy Strategist, BMO Capital Markets ; Financial Industry Expert
; Author; Contributor, CNBC
As a foreign exchange strategist with over twenty years of financial experience, Andrew Busch knows what it takes to make it in today’s dynamic market. More >
The Murray Twins
Authors, Two for the Money: The Sensible Plan for Making It All Work; AOL Money Coaches; Regular Appearances on NBC's Today Show, CNBC, MSNBC, and Fox News
How will you pay for your life? Let’s face it, we all want certain things - from the frivolous to the necessary - but in this age of economic uncertainty, how can we assure ourselves financial security? Well, look no further than the Murray Twins ... More >
Cheryl Casone
Anchor, Fox Business Network; Business Correspondent, Fox News Channel
With more than ten years experience as a financial journalist Cheryl Casone informs and entertains with her perspective on the role of the business news media. More >
Susan Dentzer
Analyst on Health, PBS NewsHour; Senior Policy Adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A noted journalist, Susan Dentzer brings expert analysis to the state of healthcare today, as well as her extensive experience reporting on every public and private healthcare trend in recent memory to present to audiences a complete and concise picture ... More >
Todd Benjamin
Former Anchor and Financial Editor for CNN
Todd Benjamin is well known to television audiences across the globe. For 26 years he worked as an anchor, correspondent, and financial editor for CNN. During that time he was based in Washington DC, New York, Tokyo, and London.
An award winning journalist, ... More >
John Bogle
Founder, The Vanguard Group, Inc.; President, Bogle Financial Markets Research Center
Named by Fortune as one of the investment industry’s four giants of the 20th century, John Bogle is a titan of the investment world and a hero to independent investors.
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Kelvin Boston
Host,
Moneywise with Kelvin Boston; Bestselling Author
Kelvin Boston is a sought-after
public speaker, distinguished financial journalist and best-selling
author who believes that financial education is the key that unlocks
the doors to financial success.
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Todd Buchholz
Economist; Bestselling Author, Market Shock
Todd Buchholz “lights up economics with a wickedly sparkling wit,” says the Associated Press. He recently jousted with James Carville and Ben Stein, and Successful Meetings Magazine named him one of the “21 Top Speakers for the 21st ... More >
Geoffrey Colvin
Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune Magazine ; Author, Talent is Overrated & The Upside of the Downturn; Host and panel moderator at Fortune’s premier conferences worldwide
Geoff Colvin’s regular column and frequent cover stories for Fortune magazine, as well as his broadcasts on the CBS Radio Network, have garnered him millions of eyes and ears who count on and respect his insights on the issues driving change in ... More >
Jim Cramer
TV Host, Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer,/i> & Co-Anchor CNBC’s Squawk on the Street
Jim Cramer is one of the most visible—and infamous—stock market commentators and entrepreneurs in history and the host of Mad Money, seen daily on CNBC. He’s also a co-founder and regular commentator for The Street.com—an Internet ... More >
Charles Ellis
Author of 17 books; Founder, Greenwich Associates
Charles Ellis has dedicated his career to investment management, education and research. He led Greenwich Associates to global leadership in strategy consulting to financial service organizations. He has served on the faculty at Harvard Business School, ... More >
Benjamin Friedman
Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University; Former Chairman, Department of Economics at Harvard University; Renowned Economic Author
Benjamin Friedman has written extensively on economic policy, and in particular on the role of the financial markets in shaping how monetary and fiscal policies affect overall economic activity. He is the author and/or editor of eleven books aimed ... More >
Arthur Levitt
25th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Throughout his tenure as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commission, Arthur Levitt has worked to educate, empower, and protect America's investors – now more than 50 million strong. More >
Peter Lynch
Vice Chairman, Fidelity
In his speeches, the Wall Street guru says that the secret to his success is his ability to "think like an amateur." He offers a common-sense approach to stock picking: Know "everything about a company before buying a stock, then follow ... More >
James Miller
Chairman of The CapAnalysis Group; Chairman, Board of Governors, United States Postal Service; Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Reagan Administration; Chairman Federal Trade Commission
James Miller is a commentator on government, economic and public issues, appearing frequently on Meet the Press, This Week and Wall Street Week. Jim has also published articles in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times and is the author of Monopoly ... More >
Neal Peirce
Founder, National Journal; Columnist, Washington Post Writers Group
Neal Peirce is a pulse-taker of change in how America governs itself. His column has repeatedly broken fresh ground in identifying vital new trends state and local governments and the dynamics of federal/state/local relations. TIME magazine called ... More >
Allen Sinai
President and Chief Global Economist, Decision Economics, Inc.
Time magazine said, "Anyone who thinks that economists practice a dismal science has never been treated to the vivid commentaries of Allen Sinai." Dr. Sinai is frequently called on by economic leaders and the media to provide commentary on ... More >
Joseph Stiglitz
Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics; Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President, The World Bank, 1997-2000; Chairman, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, 1995-1996; Professor, Columbia University and Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought; Author of the New York Times Bestseller, Globalization and Its Discontents
Stiglitz helped create a new branch of economics, "The Economics of Information," exploring the consequences of information asymmetries and pioneering such pivotal concepts as adverse selection and moral hazard, which have now become standard ... More >
Stephen Weiss
Markets Expert; CNBC Contributor; Author, The Billion Dollar Mistake and The Big Win; Active Investor
After more than 25 years of experience in senior positions at the industry’s most prestigious asset management and investment banking firms, Stephen L. Weiss has an enormous reserve of information from which to draw, as well as anecdotes that are ... More >
Brian Wesbury
Chief Economist, First Trust Advisors L.P.; “#1 U.S. Economic Forecaster” – Wall Street Journal
Brian Wesbury is Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P., a financial services firm based in Wheaton, Illinois. The Wall Street Journal ranked Mr. Wesbury the nation’s #1 U.S. economic forecaster in 2001, USA Today ranked him as one of the ... More >
