Thursday, March 28th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Anne Curzan. 

Anne Curzan is the Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English, Linguistics, and Education at the University of Michigan, where she also currently serves as the dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Her most recent book, Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words (2024). Anne is an expert on English usage and the history of the English language, including changes we’re seeing and hearing all around us. She describes herself as a fount of fun linguistic information about the English language (e.g., why is colonel spelled that way?), which she enjoys sharing online and on the radio.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Anne Curzan here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Thursday, March 28th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Dany Bahar. 

Dany Bahar is an Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs at Brown University's Watson Institute, a Faculty Affiliate of Brown University Economics Department, and a Senior Fellow of The Growth Lab at Harvard Center for International Development. An Israeli and Venezuelan economist, he also is affiliated to the Brookings Institution, the Center for Global Development, CESifo Group Munich and IZA Institute of Labor Economics. As a policy scholar he has deep expertise on topics related to globalization, technology and economic growth. He has written extensively, too, about the benefits of immigration. He has worked and consulted for multilateral development organizations, such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. In 2019, he participated in a task force of independent experts convened by the secretary general of the Organization of American States to recommend regional actions on the Venezuelan migration and refugee crisis. He also produces and hosts a videocast/podcast "Economists on Zoom Getting Coffee”. Bahar holds a B.A. in systems engineering from Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas, Venezuela), an M.A. in economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an M.P.A. in international development from Harvard Kennedy School, and a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Dany Bahar here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Jim Kozimor. 

Jim is a television/radio sportscaster who has worked on six Olympic Games as a Play-by-Play announcer (Beijing, London, Rio, PyeongChang, Tokyo & Beijing) for The NBC Sports Group. Play-by-Play experience with NBA, MLB, College Football/Basketball, MLS, WNBA & Olympic Sports background. Host/Anchor for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS & U.S. Open events along with Daily Sports Talk program & Nightly News Sports Anchor. Has been Lead Host for Regional Coverage of the Super Bowl, World Series, NHL Final & NBA Finals.  Previous Host of MLS on NBCS. He is a three-time Emmy Award winner.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Jim Kozimor here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Monday, March 25th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Brody Mullins. 

Brody is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took over Big Government (2024, Simon & Schuster). Mullins won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for stories in The Wall Street Journal that exposed thousands of high-ranking government officials who owned stock in companies they regulate. His book is the definitive account of the rise of corporate power and lobbying in Washington. It tells the story of the rise of modern lobbying industry through three dynasties – one Republican, two Democratic – that enabled corporate interests to infiltrate American politics and change public policy.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Brody Mullins here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Alison Taylor. 

Alison Taylor is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and Executive Director of Ethical Systems. She is the author of Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World. Alison has spent the past two decades consulting with multinational companies on risk, anti-corruption, sustainability, human rights, culture and behavior, stakeholder engagement, ESG, and ethics and compliance–including as a senior advisor at sustainability nonprofit BSR, a member of the Board at Venture ESG, and a sustainability adviser at Zai Lab, KKR, and Pictet Group.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Alison Taylor here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Howell Raines. 

Howell Raines is a journalist, editor, and writer. He was executive editor of The New York Times from 2001 to 2003. In 2008, Raines became a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio, writing the magazine's media column. After beginning his journalism career working for Southern newspapers, he joined The Times in 1978, as a national correspondent based in Atlanta. His positions included political correspondent and bureau chief in Atlanta and Washington, DC, before joining the New York City staff in 1993. Raines has also published a novel, two memoirs, and most recently an oral history of the civil rights movement, and a history of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War and were scrubbed from the history books.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Howell Raines here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Friday, January 19th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Hise Gibson. 

Dr. Hise Gibson, a retired Colonel with 25 years of distinguished service in the United States Army and a thriving academic career as a Harvard Business School Professor, is a sought-after expert in strategy development, crisis management, agile implementation, and inclusive leadership. Dr. Gibson's expertise encompasses Technology and Operations Management, Inclusion, Crisis Leadership, and Cybersecurity. His unique blend of academic acumen and deep leadership experience highlights his versatility and commitment to inclusive leadership across diverse domains

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Hise Gibson here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Friday, January 5th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Aminatta Forna. 

Aminatta is an award-winning writer. Her essays have appeared in Freeman’s, Granta, The Guardian, LitHub, The Nation, The New York Review of Books and Vogue. She is the author of several books of fiction and non-fiction, including the essay collection, The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion, Aminatta has been a keynote speaker at the universities of Columbia, New York, Yale, Georgetown, Kennesaw and Vassar and Macalester colleges, as well at literary festival in Stockholm, Vienna, Johannesburg and  The Hague. She  is the Director the Lannan Center at Georgetown University, holds a professorship at Bath Spa University in the UK and previously held the post of Sterling Brown Visiting Professor at Williams College, Massachusetts.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Aminatta Forna here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Jonathan Vigliotti. 

Jonathan Vigliotti is a CBS News national correspondent based in Los Angeles. He previously served as a foreign correspondent for the network's London bureau. His work appears across all CBS News broadcasts and platforms including the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell," "CBS Mornings," "Sunday Morning," "Face The Nation" and "48 Hours." He is the author of the forthcoming book, Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Jonathan Vigliotti here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com 

Thursday, December 7th, 2024

An industry leader,  BrightSight Speakers, represents many of today’s top speakers: Bestselling authors, top experts, motivational speakers, university professors and international consultants. We are pleased and excited to announce our latest exclusive speaker, Darrin Bell. 

Darrin Bell, recipient of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, the 2016 Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning, the 2015 RFK Award for Editorial Cartooning, and UC Berkeley’s 2015 Daily Californian Alumni of the Year Award, began his career in 1995 at the age of twenty. While serving as the Daily Californian’s staff cartoonist, he began freelancing for the Opinion pages of the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Oakland Tribune. In 1997, he cocreated the comic strip Rudy Park and self-syndicated it to technology magazines. Darrin is the author of the acclaimed book The Talk published in 2023.

Entering their 20th year in business, BrightSight Speakers represents many of the world’s foremost authorities and thought leaders. Instrumental in launching the careers of many notable speakers, they continue to seek out and promote today and tomorrow’s best and brightest luminaries. Founders, Tom Neilssen and Les Tuerk, with a combined history in the industry of over eighty years, continue to head a dedicated staff that focus on today’s most important issues.  From healthcare, leadership, politics, the economy and pressing social issues, BrightSight Speakers is the source for top speakers worldwide.

Learn more about Darrin Bell here.

www.brightsightspeakers.com