Speakers & Personal Appearances

Empire is a leading source of speakers for meetings, conferences, forums, spokesperson roles, endorsement projects, industrial videos and other applications. Empire offers a vast selection of international speakers and speakers who are not represented by existing speaker bureaus. Our extensive database and video library of speakers includes thousands of speakers from every walk of life including business, politics, academia, sports, the arts, literature, exploration, adventure, technology, science, popular culture, charitable causes, the media and more. Empire helps client's secure the best speaker for any given situation. The selection, booking, and logistics of every speaking engagement are backed by Empire's commitment to world-class service. Following are some of the speakers that Empire has booked and / or produced on behalf of its clients:

Abigail Trafford
Akebono
Anderson Cooper
Andre Agassi
Apolo Anton Ohno
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Barack Obama
Barbara Bush
Barbara Walters
Beck Weathers
Ben Stein
Bettina Gregory
Bill Gates
Bill Richardson
Bill Walton
Bob Costas
Bob Woodward
Bono
Brian Tracy
Bruce Pfau
Bud Greenspan
Cal Ripkin, Jr.
Candace Carpenter
Captain Christopher
Cassie Siefert
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Charles Plumb
Chris Berman
Chris Geczy
Chuck McVinney
Chuck Norris
Clive Davis
Clyde Fessler
Cousin Brucie (Bruce Morrow)
Dallas Salisbury
Danny DeVito
Darryl Conner
David Breashears
David Clark Cause
Deepak Chopra
Don Trone
Dr. Bob Rotella
Dr. James Canton
Dr. John Sullivan
Dr. Ken Dychtwald
Dr. Mehmet Oz
Dr. Paul Farmer
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Dr. Tom Connellan
Durwood Fincher
Emory Austin
Eric Schlosser
Eric Tyson
Esther Dyson
Fran Drescher
Fran Solomon
Franchek
Gayle King
Gene Kranz
General Barry MacCaffrey
General Norman Schwarzkopf
General Tommy Franks
George F. Will
George Lucas
George Tenet
Harrison Ford
Henry Kissinger
Herman Cain
His Holiness XIV Dalai Lama
Honorable Rudy Giuliani
Iman
James Baker III
James Carville
James Earl Jones
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeff Greenfield
Jeffrey Sachs
Jim Belasco
Jim Lovell
Joan Lunden
John Chambers
John Cleese
John Naisbitt
John Sununu
John Weiss
Joseph R. Biden
Julia Roberts
Karen Hughes
Kelly Clark
Ken Porter
Kevin Frieberg
Krishna Ramaswamy
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Larry Winget
Lars Ulrich
Les Brown
Linda Ellerbee
Lisa Ling
Lou Dobbs
Maddy Dychtwald
Madeleine Albright
Magic Johnson
Malcolm Gladwell
Mario Cuomo
Mark Burnett
Mark Sanborn
Mary Alice Williams
Mary Matalin
Matt Weinstein
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Douglas
Michael Eisner
Michael Eruzione
Michael J. Wolf
Michael Lewis
Michael Malone
Michelle Obama
Mike Henkel
Mike Singletary
Morgan Freeman
Moshe Milevsky
Muhammad Yunus
Neil Howe & William Strauss
Nely Galan
Oprah Winfrey
Pat Croce
Pat Riley
Paul Michael Glaser
Paul Volcker
Peggy Fleming
Peter deLisser
Peter Vidmar
President George H. W. Bush
President William Jefferson Clinton
Quentin Tarantino
Quincy Jones
Reed Hundt
Richard Clarke
Richard Holbrook
Rick Pitino
Robert Herz
Robert Redford
Robert Swan
Robert Urich
Roger Dow
Roger Ebert
Ron Chernow
Ron Howard
Roy Firestone
Russell Simmons
Sarah Palin
Sean Parker
Senator John Glenn
Sharon Wood
Sidney Poitier
Sir Ben Kingsley
Sir Richard Branson
Steve Kandarian
Steve Squyres
Steven Spielberg
Terry Anderson
Terry Bradshaw
The Honorable Al Gore
The Honorable Ed Koch
The Honorable Rudy Giuliani
The late Peter Jennings
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Leary
Thomas Morris
Tim Russert
Timothy 'Speed' Levitch
Todd Skinner
Tom Brokaw
Tom Colicchio
Tom Hanks
Tom Seaver
Tom Sullivan
Tom Wolfe
Tommy Lasorda
Tony Blair
Tony Robbins
Tristan Gale
Walter Cronkite
Walter Mossberg
Wangari Matthai
William Cohen
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center Chaplin Award Tribute Gala, Honoring Barbra Streisand and featuring Liza Minnelli, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis and More

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
April 2013

For the fifth consecutive year Empire Entertainment was chosen to produce the Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual Chaplin Award Tribute. This year's Gala, the 40th annual,...

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's Inaugural Global Champions of a Mother's Fight

Mandarin Oriental, New York, NY
February 2013

To help bring about the end of the AIDS pandemic, Empire Entertainment partnered with The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation to serve as producer of their inaugural...

Empire Produces Vibe Media’s Inaugural Vibe Impact Awards honoring Mary J. Blige

Sunset Tower Hotel, Los Angeles CA
February 2013

Vibe Media has been the go-to source reporting on urban contemporary culture since 1993. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Vibe launched the Vibe Impact Awards, setting out to...

Empire Japan Helps Produce a Thought Leadership Event for the Japanese Prime Minister at the World Economic Forum, Davos

Davos, Switzerland
January 2013

In January 2013 Empire Entertainment’s Tokyo-based Asia Division was honored to serve as a producer of a series of keynote speaker sessions hosted by the Japanese Prime...

Empire Produces an Innovative Live Webcast from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Promote STEM Education

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
November 2012

Non-profit organization, Change the Equation, launched their new online game iON FUTURE live from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The event, which...

Empire Produces the Inaugural EBONY Power 100 Featuring Fela, The Roots and More

Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
November 2012

On November 2, 2012 EBONY Magazine presented the Inaugural EBONY Power 100 Gala, honoring the nation’s most influential African-Americans. The invitation-only affair took...

Empire Delivers Charlie Rose to Host a Conversation with Two of the Internet Industry's Biggest Figures

Crowne Plaza Hotel, New York, NY
October 2012

The IAB MIXX Conference & Expo, the Official Interactive Event of Advertising Week, is a key program for marketing and agency professionals—and the publishers...