Past Meridian Speakers

  • Tanya Accone

    Senior Advisor on Innovation, UNICEFtion goes here

  • The Honorable Alice Albright

    CEO, Millenium Challenge Corporation

  • His Excellency Luis Almagro

    Secretary General, Organization of American States

  • Jeremy Bash

    Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategiesion goes here

  • The Honorable Ami Bera

    U.S. Representative (CA-6)

  • T.H. Antony Blinken

    U.S. Secretary of State

  • Dr. Albert Bourla

    Chairman & CEO, Pfizer

  • T.H. Pete Buttigieg

    Secretary, U.S. Department of Transporttion

  • Julia Chatterly

    Anchor, CNN International

  • Charles L. Capito Jr.

    Former Managing Director, Wells Fargo Advisors

  • Pablo Chavez

    Founder and Principal, Tech Policy Solutions Inc.

  • Elbridge Colby

    Co-founder and Principal, The Marathon Initiative

  • Joe Daly

    Global Managing Partner of Public Sector Group, Gallup

  • Dominic Delmolino

    Vice President of Field Technology and Engineering, Amazon Web Services

  • Andrew Desiderio

    Senior Congressional Reporter, Punchbowl News

  • The Honorable Jose W. Fernandez

    Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State

  • Jon Finer

    Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, The White House

  • Jane Fraser

    CEO, Citigroup

  • T.H. Patrick Gaspard

    President & CEO, Center for American Progress

  • Eric Gertler

    Executive Chairman and CEO, U.S. News & World Report

  • The Honorable James Glassman

    Chairman, Glassman Enterprises

  • The Honorable Jane Harman

    Chair, U.S. Commission on the National Defense Strategy

  • H.E. Kirsten Hillman

    Ambassador of Canada to the U.S.

  • The Honorable Fred P. Hochberg

    Board Chair, Meridian International Center

  • The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison

    22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO

  • Derrick Johnson

    President & CEO, NAACP

  • H.E. Jeanette Kagame

    First Lady of Rwanda

  • Mahnaz Khan

    Vice President of Policy for Critical Supply Chains, Silverado Policy Accelerator

  • Michael Lore

    Deputy Secretary of State, Maryland

  • T.H. Joe Manchin

    U.S. Senator

  • Brittany Masalosalo

    Chief Public Policy Officer, HP Inc.

  • Bill McDermott

    CEO, ServiceNow

  • Steven Overly

    Host, POLITICO Tech

  • H.E. Dame Karen Pierce

    Ambassador of the U.K. to the U.S.

  • Jim Sciutto

    Chief National Security Analyst and Anchor, CNN Newsroom

  • Hooman Shahidi

    Co-founder and CEO, EVPassport

  • Goli Sheikholeslami

    CEO, POLITICO Media Group

  • John Sitilides

    Principal, Trilogy Advisors LLC

  • Sumi Somaskanda

    Chief Presenter, BBC News

  • Julie Sweet

    Chair and CEO, Accenture

  • Jim Taiclet

    CEO, Lockheed Martin

  • Tuan Tran

    President Imaging, Printing and Solutions, HP Inc.

  • Her Excellency Svanhildur Hólm Valsdóttir

    Ambassador of Iceland

  • Darren Walker

    President, Ford Foundation

  • Natalya Yemchenko

    Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, SCM

  • His Excellency Lui Tuck Yew

    Ambassador of Singapore