Leading Authorities

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Leading Authorities, Inc.

Type	Private
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Washington, DC, USA
Area served	United States
Key people	Mark D. French (Founder & President) Don Neal (Executive Vice President)
Services	Speakers Bureau and Event Design Agency
Website	LeadingAuthorities.com

Leading Authorities, Inc. (LAI) is a speakers bureau and marketing firm, based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1990 by President and CEO Mark D. French. LAI represents professional speakers including journalists, authors, former politicians, inspirational speakers, comedians and musical acts. The company also provides event marketing, production and design.

Speakers exclusively represented by LAI include:

Name	Background
Dan Bartlett	Former Counsel to President George W. Bush
Peter Beinart	Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Gordon Bethune	Former Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines
Tony Blankley	EVP for Global Affairs with Edelman
Donna Brazile	Political Commentator
John Breaux	Former Senator of Louisiana
Ron Brownstein	Political Commentator
Nick Burns	Former Under Secretary of State
Leroy Chiao	U.S. Astronaut
Jean Chrétien	Former Prime Minister of Canada
Charles Cook	Political Analyst
Christopher Cox	Former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Jim Donald	Former CEO of Starbucks
Ed Gillespie	Former Counsel to President George W. Bush
Carlos Gutierrez	Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
John Harris	Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Politico
Michael Hayden	Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Amy Holmes	Political Commentator
Trent Lott	Former Senate Majority Leader
Terry McAuliffe	Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Peter Morici	Notable Economist
Dana Perino	Former White House Press Secretary
Stuart Rothenberg	Political Analyst
Jamal Simmons	CNN Correspondent
Jeff Skiles	Co-Pilot of US Airways Flight 1549
Margaret Spellings	Former United States Secretary of Education
John E. Sununu	Former Senator from New Hampshire
Chuck Todd	NBC News Political Director
Jim VandeHei	Political Reporter and Co-founder of the The Politico
Amy Walter	Editor-in-chief of The Hotline

[edit] External links

• Leading Authorities, Inc. company website