Economy

At The Harry Walker Agency, our economist speakers and keynotes are able to provide invaluable insights into current market trends, economic outlooks and future forecasting, while still keeping audiences engaged and entertained. Hailing from a variety of backgrounds and industries—tech, government, banking and more—our economist speakers are able to speak to the most relevant information for your audience.

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Max Baucus

  • U.S. Ambassador to China; Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Board of Ingram Micro
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Wendy Davis

  • Texas State Senator (2009-2015); Founder of Deeds Not Words, non-profit for women's empowerment
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Ban Ki-moon

  • Secretary-General of the UN; President & Chair of Global Green Growth Institute; & Founder of Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens
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Ehud Barak

  • Fmr. Israeli PM, 2x Minister of Defense; Board Member, CIFC Asset Management
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Jim Messina

  • Renowned Campaign Manager, National Chair of Organizing for Action, and Expert in Blockchain Regulation
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Karen G. Mills

  • U.S. Small Business Administration (2009-2013); Former Member of President's Economic Council, Fintech Expert
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Andrew Young

  • Civil Rights Activist, Former Ambassador to the UN, Congressman, Mayor of Atlanta, and Author of 'An Easy Burden'
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Dambisa Moyo

  • Member of the United Kingdom House of Lords; Executive: Versaca Investments; NYT Bestselling Author: 'Edge of Chaos'
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Steven T. Mnuchin

  • Former Secretary of Treasury, Founder of Dune Capital Management and Liberty Strategic Capital, and Expert in Global Finance Markets
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Jim Yong Kim

  • Former President of World Bank Group, Co-Founder of Partners in Health, and Activist Physician
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Anupam B. Jena

  • Harvard Physician-Economist; Podcast Host: 'Freakonomics, M.D.' Podcast; Author 'Random Acts of Medicine'
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Michael Spence

  • Nobel Laureate, Economic Sciences; Stanford Business School Professor; Hoover Institute Senior Fellow; Author: 'Permacrisis' & More
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John J. Sullivan

  • Former United States Ambassador to Russia (2019-2022) and Former United States Deputy Secretary of State (2017-2019)
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Jean-Claude Trichet

  • Current President of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, President of European Central Bank (2003-2011); Honorary Chairman for Group of 30 (G30)
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Paul Tucker

  • Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (2009-2013); Author of 'Unelected Power', and Chair of the Systemic Risk Council
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Deval Patrick

  • Governor of Massachusetts (2007-2015), Political Contributor to CBS News, and Leader in Social Impact Investing
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Christopher Worsham

  • Harvard Health Policy Researcher; Crit. Care Physician; Co Author: 'Random Acts of Medicine'
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Lael Brainard

  • 14th Director of the National Economic Council (2023-2025), Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board (2022-2023) & Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2014-2023), Former Under Secretary of the Department of the Treasury (2009-2013)
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Steve Forbes

  • Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Expert on Global Economy and Monetary Policy, and Bestselling Author
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Robert Gibbs

  • Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and McDonald's Executive, and MSNBC Commentator
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Olympia Snowe

  • Bipartisan Leader in Congress, Served in the Senate and House, Sr. Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center
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Guido Imbens

  • Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
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Sekou Kaalund

  • U.S. Bank EVP, Leader Behind Advancing Black Pathways, and Expert on Strategic Leadership and Sustainable Impact
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David Plouffe

  • Fmr. Obama White House Senior Advisor; 2x NYT Bestselling Author: 'The Audacity to Win' & 'A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump'
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Marc Lasry

  • Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group; Pioneer and Leading Authority in Distressed Investing
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Dick Cheney

  • Former U.S. Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and White House Chief of Staff; Renowned Statesman and Bestselling Author
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Chris Sununu

  • 82nd Governor of New Hampshire, National Honorary Chair of Balanced Budget Now
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Rahm Emanuel

  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2021-2025), 55th Mayor of Chicago (2011-2019), White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama (2008-2010), U.S. Congressman (D-IL) (2002-2008)
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Vivian Tu

  • Wall Street Trader-Turned-Expert Financial Literacy Educator; NYT Bestselling Author; Founder & CEO of Your Rich BFF
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Gary Cohn

  • Vice Chairman of IBM; Fmr. Director of National Economic Council; Fmr. President & COO of Goldman Sachs
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Joyce Banda

  • Fmr. President of Malawi; Africa's Second Female President; Member of the UN Council of Women Leaders
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Julian Castro

  • Political Analyst, NBC News & MSNBC; Fmr. Mayor of San Antonio; Fmr. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
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Lawrence Summers

  • Fmr. Treasury Secretary; Fmr. White House National Economic Council; OpenAI Board Member
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Howard Dean

  • DNC Chairman (2005-2009), Governor of Vermont (1991-2003), and Leading Democratic Commentator
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Kay Bailey Hutchison

  • Former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to NATO, Advisor on Foreign and Security Policy, Voice for Bipartisan Policy Solutions
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Kevin Warsh

  • Fmr. Member of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Executive Secretary, National Economic Council, & Member of G31
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John Lipsky

  • Former Director of the IMF (2006-2011), Co-Chair of Aspen Institute's Program on the World Economy, and Executive Director of NBER
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Joshua Angrist

  • Nobel Prize-Winning Economist; Co-Founder & Director, MIT's Blueprint Labs; Co-Author of 'Mostly Harmless Economics' & 'Mastering 'Metrics'
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Ambassador Terry Branstad

  • Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Longest-Serving Governor in U.S. History, and President of The World Food Prize Foundation
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Felipe Calderon

  • Fmr. President of Mexico (2006-2012); Founder of The Global Commission on the Economy & Climate
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Gary Gensler

  • Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of Management, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2021-2025)
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Patrick McHenry

  • Congressman (NC-R, 2005-2025), Deputy Republican Whip (2014-2019), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee (2023–205)
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Richard Thaler

  • Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Field-Defining Pioneer of Behavioral Economics, and Bestselling Author
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Michael Nutter

  • Former Mayor of Philadelphia, Senior Fellow with Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Urban Policy Innovation Advocate
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Jack Lew

  • Secretary of the Treasury (2013-2016), White House Chief of Staff (2012-2013), Director Office Management & Budget (2010-2012), Citigroup Senior Executive, COO, New York University & United States Ambassador to Israel (2023-2025)   
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Rick Santorum

  • U.S. Senator and Member of the Armed Services Committee, Republican Presidential Candidate, and Advocate for Conservative Values
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Al Gore

  • Fmr. U.S. Vice President, Founder & Chairman of The Climate Reality Project, and Nobel Laureate
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Vicente Fox

  • Fmr. President of Mexico; Co-President of Centrist Democrat International; Advisory Board Member at Inolife Sciences
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Ed Balls

  • UK Shadow Chancellor and Chief Economic Advisor to the UK Treasury (2010-2015)
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Philipp Hildebrand

  • Former Chairman of Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, Member of G30, and Vice Chairman of Blackrock, Inc.
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Joe Scarborough

  • MSNBC 'Morning Joe' Co-Host; Fmr. U.S. Congressman; NYT Bestselling Author of 'Saving Freedom' & More
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Mohamed El-Erian

  • Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz; President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge; Board Member (Under Armor); Author of Permacrisis
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Mike Murphy

  • Famed Conservative Political Media Consultant, Senior Analyst for NBC News & MSNBC, and Top Campaign Advisor
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Olivier Blanchard

  • Former Chief Economist for IMF; Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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Ron Klain

  • Chief of Staff to President Biden (2021-2023) & Longest Serving First Chief of Staff for Any Democratic President
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Kevin McCarthy

  • 55th Speaker of the House
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Jake Sullivan

  • U.S. National Security Advisor (2021-2024), Director of Policy Planning, US Department of State (2011-2013), Deputy Chief of Staff,  US Department of State (2009-2011)
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Bill Frist

  • U.S. Senator (R-TN) and Senate Majority Leader, Transplant Surgeon & Physician, and Chairman of Nature Conservancy's Global Board
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Tyler Mathisen

  • Moderator; Former Anchor, CNBC's 'Power Lunch,' 'Nightly Business Report,' & more; Former CNBC VP, Events Strategy & Strategic Editorial Initiatives

Jack Perkowski

Jennifer Granholm

  • 47th Governor of Michigan (2002-2011), Secretary of Energy (2021-2025)

Juan Manuel Santos

  • President of Colombia (2010-2018), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2016), and Advocate for ESG Investing & Sustainable Development

Jeremy Rifkin

  • Author, Economic and Social Theorist, Advisor to the European Union and Heads of State, and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends

Steven Eastaugh

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

  • Physician, Epidemiologist, Public Health Expert, Author of 'Medicare for All' and 'Healing Politics', and Commentator at CNN

Betty Liu

  • Former Executive Vice Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange & Award-Winning Journalist

Joseph Stiglitz

  • Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics

Josh Linkner

  • Serial Entrepreneur, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Venture Capital Investor

George Papandreou

  • Prime Minister of Greece (2009-2011)

Peter R. Orszag

  • Member of President Obama’s Cabinet and Director, Office of Management and Budget (2009-2010)

Alexis Abramson

  • Emmy and Gracie Award-Winning Journalist and Generational Innovation Expert

Ben Harris

  • Vice President, Brookings Institution; Former Chief Economist of the Treasury Department & Advisor to President Biden; Author

Ron Insana

  • CNBC Senior Analyst and Commentator, Trailblazing Financial Journalist, Bestselling Author, and CEO of iFi AI

Fred Hochberg

  • Longest-serving Chairman in Export-Import Bank history; High-ranking business leader in the Obama Administration

Geoff Colvin

  • Senior Editor-at-Large at Fortune, and Bestselling Author Arming Leaders to Confront Disruptive Change and Win

Pippa Malmgren

  • Former Presidential Economic Advisor and Bestselling Author

Katica Roy

  • CEO and Founder of Pipeline, Award-Winning Gender Economist, Programmer and Data Scientist

Henry Waxman

  • Leading Legislator in Congress on Issues of Health, Energy & Environment

Ian Morrison

Sallie Krawcheck

Minxin Pei

  • Expert in China, Taiwan, East Asia and Democracy; Author of 'From Reform to Revolution'

Michael Steele

Erika Karp

  • CIO at Pathstone and Expert on ESG Investing, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, LGBTQ Inclusion in Finance

Susan Dentzer

  • President and CEO, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation

Jason Ma

  • Founder, CEO and Chief Mentor of ThreeEQ; Leading Member of The B20 for The G20

John Hope Bryant

  • Founder, Chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE

Daniel Yergin

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Stuart Eizenstat

Mike Schmidt

  • Inaugural Director of the CHIPS Program Office (CPO) at the U.S. Department of Commerce

Peter Salgo

Laura Tyson

  • First Female Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors (1993-1995); Director of the National Economic Council (1995-1996)

April Rinne

  • Global Authority on New Economies, Innovation, and Future of Work, and Author of the Business Bestseller 'Flux'

Anthony Scaramucci

  • Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

David Daokui Li

  • Director, Center for China in the World Economy

Mark Zandi

Raghuram Rajan

  • 23rd Governor of The Reserve Bank of India

Leo Tilman

Agnia Grigas

  • Energy and Political Risk Expert

Elizabeth Cohen

  • Senior medical correspondent for CNN's Health, Medical, and Wellness Unit; Author of the book and digital column, The Empowered Patient

Joe McCannon

Ted Seides

Daniel Burrus

  • Global Technology Futurist, Business Strategist, Bestselling Author, and Disruptive Innovation Expert

Gina Sanchez

  • Market Strategist, Economist & Television Commentator

Dean Ornish

Nancy Snyderman

  • Former Chief Medical Editor for NBC News

Patrick Kennedy

  • U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2011); Co-Founder, One Mind for Research and Founder, The Kennedy Forum on Community Mental Health

David Paterson

Kaihan Krippendorff

  • Top Business Strategist; Founder, Outthinker, Growth Consulting Firm

Jamie Metzl

  • Expert on Asian Economics and Politics, Genetics Revolution

Timothy Geithner & David Miliband

Majid Fotuhi

Nouriel Roubini

  • Professor of Economics & International Business, Stern School of Business, New York University

Jeremy Siegel

Allen Sinai

Muhammad Yunus

  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Economist and Author

Andrew Busch

  • Economic Futurist; 1st Chief Market Intelligence Officer, US Government

Anil Gupta

Jerry Michalski

  • Futurist & Thought Leader on Transformative Business Models

Todd Buchholz

Moises Naim

Roy Neel

Joseph Califano, Jr.

Ian Bremmer

  • President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

Jason Schenker

  • President of Prestige Economics, Top Forecaster by Bloomberg in 47 Categories, Bestselling Author of 15 Books on Future Trends, Forbes Contributor and LinkedIn Top Voice

Leonard Frank McCarthy

Norm Champ

Anthony Gardner

Michael Leavitt

  • Expert on Healthcare and Environmental Policy

John Mack

  • Former CEO and Chairman of Morgan Stanley, Author of 'Up Close and All In: Life Lessons from a Wall Street Warrior'

Ghida Fakhry

Rostin Behnam & Patrick McHenry