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Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations is a speaking event with a lineup of 53 speakers, including Walter Isaacson, Gina Raimondo, and Vijay Vaitheeswaran.

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53 speakers across all editions

Ajay Banga
Professional Speaker
Amy McAuliffe
Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs at University of Notre Dame
Andrew Giuliani
Executive Director at White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026
Brad W. Setser
Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations
Brian Greene
Theoretical Physicist | Explaining the Mysteries of the Universe · Columbia University
Darin LaHood
U.S. Representative from Illinois (R); Cochair of the Congressional Soccer Caucus
Douglas Rediker
Managing Partner at International Capital Strategies
Elisa Catalano Ewers
Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at Council on Foreign Relations
Ella R. Gudwin
Chief Executive Officer at VisionSpring
Esther Dyson
Tech Pioneer Investing in Health Innovation and Transformative Technologies
Farah Pandith
First US Special Representative to Muslim Communities | Counterterrorism Pioneer
Florizelle B. Liser
President and Chief Executive Officer at The Corporate Council on Africa
Gina Raimondo
U.S. Secretary of Commerce | Leadership & Economic Transformation
Haley Carter
President of Soccer Operations at Washington Spirit
Heidi E. Crebo-Rediker
Senior Fellow, Center for Geoeconomic Studies at Council on Foreign Relations
Irina A. Faskianos
Vice President for National Program and Outreach; CFR Member at Council on Foreign Relations
Jack N.T. Shanahan
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program at Center for a New American Security
Jamie Dimon
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at JPMorganChase
Jan Hatzius
Chief Economist and Head of Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Jane Fraser
CEO at Citigroup
Janti Soeripto
President and Chief Executive Officer at Save the Children USA
Javier Vega
National Correspondent at Noticias Telemundo
Jeremy Gordon
County Commissioner at Polk County, Oregon
Jim Sciutto
Anchor and Chief National Security Analyst at CNN
Joseph L. Votel
Distinguished Chair, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point; Former Commander, U.S. Central Command (2016–2019) at West Point
Julio Vega
Telemundo
Karen E. Young
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University
Kathy Castor
U.S. Representative from Florida (D); Cochair of the Congressional Soccer Caucus
Linda Robinson
Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy; Author at Council on Foreign Relations
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2021–25); Member, Board of Directors at Council on Foreign Relations
Mary Robinson
Professional Speaker
Matthias Matthijs
Senior Fellow for Europe at Council on Foreign Relations
Mayor Stone
Mayor at Warren, Michigan
Michael Froman
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael T. Osterholm
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at University of Minnesota
Michelle Nunn
President and Chief Executive Officer at CARE
Mike Dunleavy
Governor at State of Alaska
Missy Ryan
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Natasha Sarin
Professor of Law and Cofounder, Budget Lab at Yale Law School
Raphael Liser
Rebecca Patterson
Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations
Reuben E. Brigety II
President at Busara Advisors
Robert Mogielnicki
Nonresident Fellow at Arab Gulf States Institute
Rudy Giuliani
Sebastian Mallaby
Senior Fellow at Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Stephanie Psaki
Senior Fellow for Global Health at Council on Foreign Relations
Steven Feldstein
Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Tjada D'Oyen McKenna
Chief Executive Officer at Mercy Corps
Tjada McKenna
Mercy Corps
Vera Songwe
Professional Speaker
Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Senior Editor at The Economist | Global Innovation and China Strategy Expert
Walter Isaacson
Bestselling Author | Acclaimed Historian and Journalist · Tulane University
Yinka Adegoke
Editor at Semafor Africa