Featured Speakers

Learn more about select: 2024-2025 speakers, 2025-2026 speakers, and Mentor Award Honorees (past and present).

Data compiled May 2026. Please let us know if we've made any mistakes.

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  • Marti Estell

    Marti Estell

    Company/Title:
    Retired, US Department of State
  • Holly Evans

    Holly Evans

    Company/Title:
    Policy and Research Analyst, First Five Years Fund
  • Linda Evans

    Linda Evans

    Company/Title:
    Global Lead Tax Incentives & Controversy, IBM Corporation
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  • Alyssa Innis

    Alyssa Innis

    Company/Title:
    Policy Director, Women's Congressional Policy Institute
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  • Lisa Kaenzig

    Lisa Kaenzig

    Company/Title:
    Head of School, Foxcroft School
  • Vasundhara Kamath

    Vasundhara Kamath

    Company/Title:
    Chief Impact Officer, Running Start
  • Amanda Karhuse

    Amanda Karhuse

    Company/Title:
    Assistant Executive Director, Advocacy and Public Policy, National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
  • Hannah Katch

    Hannah Katch

    Company/Title:
    Founder and Principal, Katch Strategies
  • Molly Kellogg

    Molly Kellogg

    Company/Title:
    Founder & Principal, The Governance Group LLC
  • Tammy Key

    Tammy Key

    Company/Title:
    Consultant
  • Senator Amy Klobuchar

    Senator Amy Klobuchar

    Company/Title:
    Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
  • Mackenzie Kuhl

    Mackenzie Kuhl

    Company/Title:
    Communications Specialist, Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program
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  • Savannah Lane

    Savannah Lane

    Company/Title:
    Associate Director, The Aspen Institute
  • Jamila Larson

    Jamila Larson

    Company/Title:
    Founder & Executive Director, Homeless Children's Playtime Project
  • Ashley Lawrence

    Ashley Lawrence

    Company/Title:
    Policy Associate, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • Krystal Leaphart

    Krystal Leaphart

    Company/Title:
    Senior Policy Associate, State Partnerships, Guttmacher Institute
  • Mayor Barbara Lee

    Mayor Barbara Lee

    Company/Title:
    Mayor, City of Oakland
  • Riley Link

    Riley Link

    Company/Title:
    Lead Program Analyst, SNAP
  • Courtney Liss

    Courtney Liss

    Company/Title:
    Associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
  • Jennifer Luray

    Jennifer Luray

    Company/Title:
    Senior Vice President, Research!America
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  • Maheen Naeem

    Maheen Naeem

    Company/Title:
    Deputy Programme Manager & Trade and Global Issues Assistant, British Embassy Washington
  • Alison Nemeth Steger

    Alison Nemeth Steger

    Company/Title:
    Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Verizon
  • Helen Norton

    Helen Norton

    Company/Title:
    Professor and Rothgerber Chair, University of Colorado Law School
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  • Kathie Olsen

    Kathie Olsen

    Company/Title:
    Founder and President, KLO International, LLC
  • Shelby Olson

    Shelby Olson

    Company/Title:
    Principal, CareerLife Directions LLC
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  • Paloma Perez

    Paloma Perez

    Company/Title:
    Director of Public Relations, America's Credit Unions
  • Anita Perez Ferguson

    Anita Perez Ferguson

    Company/Title:
    Author
  • Maritza Perez Medina

    Maritza Perez Medina

    Company/Title:
    Director, Office of Federal Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance
  • Ally Perleoni

    Ally Perleoni

    Company/Title:
    Director, Government Relations, Association of American Medical Colleges
  • Megan Perleoni

    Megan Perleoni

    Company/Title:
    Communications and Digital Content Manager, TechNet
  • LeeAnn Petersen

    LeeAnn Petersen

    Company/Title:
    Owner, ED of BABA, ED of FNS, L Street Partners
  • Vivian Pinn

    Vivian Pinn

    Company/Title:
    Chair, National Medical Association Past Presidents Council
  • Anna Platt

    Anna Platt

    Company/Title:
    Senior Manager of Government Relations, Public Affairs Council
  • Ivy Prater-Seifert

    Ivy Prater-Seifert

    Company/Title:
    Director of Political Engagement and Grassroots, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
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  • Prashanth Rajan

    Prashanth Rajan

    Company/Title:
    VP Government Engagement Head & Chief of Staff, MasterCard
  • Jenny Reeverts

    Jenny Reeverts

    Company/Title:
    Environmental Protection Specialist, Department of Energy and Environment (Washington, DC)
  • Randi Reid

    Randi Reid

    Company/Title:
    Partner, Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid
  • Lisa Rice

    Lisa Rice

    Company/Title:
    Vice Chair, Board of Directors, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
  • Ariana Rodriguez

    Ariana Rodriguez

    Company/Title:
    Youth Advocacy and Community Engagement Manager, Jane's Due Process
  • Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

    Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

    Company/Title:
    Board Chair, Running Start, Senior Advisor, Akin
  • Megan Ruane

    Megan Ruane

    Company/Title:
    Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean
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  • Ambassador Linda Tarr-Whelan

    Ambassador Linda Tarr-Whelan

    Company/Title:
    Distinguished Senior Fellow / Author, Demos
  • Arielle Thomas

    Arielle Thomas

    Company/Title:
    Senior Manager, Government Relations, NEC Corporation of America
  • Peggy Tighe

    Peggy Tighe

    Company/Title:
    Principal, Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC
  • Jessica Trowell

    Jessica Trowell

    Company/Title:
    Executive Assistant to the President, End Citizens United
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  • Nicole Venable

    Nicole Venable

    Company/Title:
    Senior Vice President, Invariant
  • Paulina Vera

    Paulina Vera

    Company/Title:
    Director, Immigration Clinic, The George Washington University Law School
  • Claire Viall

    Claire Viall

    Company/Title:
    VP, Public Policy, Postsecondary Education, Strada Education Foundation
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  • Amy Walter

    Amy Walter

    Company/Title:
    Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, The Cook Political Report
  • Monica Wiley

    Monica Wiley

    Company/Title:
    Racial Equity-Disability Justice Contractor, National League of Cities
  • Elizabeth Wollan

    Elizabeth Wollan

    Company/Title:
    Project Manager, National Foreign Affairs Training Center, US Department of State
  • Emmy Wydman

    Emmy Wydman

    Company/Title:
    Associate, Civil Service Law Center
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