Programs · The New Albany Lecture Series

Past Speakers

	2024 America Ferrera, Award-Winning Actor, Director and Producer
	2024 General Wesley Clark, Retired Four-Star Army General and Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
	2024 Malcom Nance, Former MSNBC Terrorism Analyst and New York Times Bestselling Author
	2024 Misty Copeland, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre; New York Times Bestselling Author
	2024 Jonah Goldberg, Syndicated Political Columnist; Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Dispatch; Former National Review Senior Editor; Author
	2024 Ezra Klein, New York Times Columnist; “Ezra Klein Show” Podcast Host; Bestselling Author
	2023 Laura Linney, Award-Winning Theatre, Film and Television Actress; Cancer Advocate
	2023 General John F. Kelly, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) Secretary of Homeland Security and White House Advisor
	2023 Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) 16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO, Bestselling Author, NBC News Analyst
	2023 Dr. Arthur Laffer, Economist, Medal of Freedom Recipient, Reagan Advisor
	2023 Robert Reich, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Economist and Bestselling Author
	2023 Bret Baier, Fox News Chief Political Anchor and Author
	2023 Maria Ressa, Nobel Prize Winner, 2021
	2022 Deepak Chopra, MD, Pioneer in Integrative Medicine and Personal Transformation, Bestselling Author
	2022 Paul Begala, Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Political Strategist and Bestselling Author
	2022 Karl Rove, Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Political Strategist and Bestselling Author
	2022 H.R. McMaster, National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Retired and Bestselling Author
	2022 Abby Wambach, World Cup Champion, Bestselling Author and Advocate
	2021 Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Bestselling Author
	2021 Margaret Trudeau, Bestselling Author and Mental Health Advocate
	2021 Michael Phelps, Most Decorated Swimmer in History and Mental Health Advocate
	2021 Dan Buettner, Explorer and Writer for National Geographic
	2021 Chris Christie, 55th Governor of the State of New Jersey
	2021 David Axelrod, Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Senior Political Commentator
	2020 Eddie S. Gaude Jr., Distinguished University Professor; Chair, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University
	2020 Ibram X. Kendi, Award-Winning Historian and Leading Antiracist Voice
	2020 Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
	2020 Valerie Jarrett, Former Senior Advisor to President Obama
	2019 Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State (1997-2001)
	2019 General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)
	2019 Dr. Fareed Zakaria, Columnist and Host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS
	2019 Noah Feldman, Harvard law Professor and Bloomberg Columnist Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Senior Analyst and Bestselling Author Michael F. Curtin, Former Editor and Associate Publisher for The Columbus Dispatch
	2019 Glenn Close, Actress and Mental Health Advocate
	2018 Dr. Fareed Zakaria, Columnist and Host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS
	2018 Samantha Power, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
	2018 General Michael Hayden, Former Director of the CIA and the National Security Agency
	2018 Stephen Hadley, Columnist and Host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria
	2018 Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Emmy Award-winning Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN and Neurosurgeon
	2018 Elizabeth Vargas, Award-winning journalist and author
	2018 Chris Matthews, Bestselling author and MSNBC host
	2018 National Security Town Hall moderated by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria with General Michael Hayden, General Stanley McChrystal and General Peter Pace
	2017 Charles Osgood, Emmy Award-winning news anchor and author
	2017 David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army, Retired and former director of the CIA
	2017 Patrick J. Kennedy, Former U.S. Representative and Founder, The Kennedy Forum
	2016 Peggy Noonan, Columnist and best-selling author
	2016 David McCullough, Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Author and Historian
	2016 Jon Meacham, Presidential historian and author
	2016 Michael Sandel, Political philosopher and professor, Harvard University
	2015 Mariel Hemingway, Actress, author, mental health advocate
	2015 John Glenn, Marine, test pilot, astronaut and United States Senator
	2015 Charlie Rose, Host of Charlie Rose and CBS News This Morning, 2014 Peabody and Emmy recipient
	2015 Graham Wyatt, Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, New Albany planner
	2015 Jaque Robertson, Former Dean, School of Architecture at University of Virginia, founding partner, Cooper Robertson, New Albany planner
	2015 Laurie Olin, Landscape architect, teacher, author, founding partner at OLIN, New Albany planner
	2015 Gerald McCue, The John T. Dunlop Professor of Housing Studies, Emeritus, Harvard University Faculty of Design, New Albany planner
	2015 Jack Kessler, Charman, The New Albany Company, New Albany planner
	2015 Les Wexner, Founder, chairman and chief executive officer of L Brands, Inc., New Albany planner
	2015 Michael Pollan, Best-selling author, journalist
	2014 Fareed Zakaria, Global thinker, columnist, CNN host
	2014 Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author & historian
	2014 T. Boone Pickens, Entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist