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The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau

A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.

Education

15 Education
Speakers

Angela Duckworth

Author of Grit, the #1 New York Times bestseller | Pioneering researcher on grit, perseverance, and the science of success

Grit, more than talent, IQ, looks, or wealth, is a powerful indicator of success.

Emily Bazelon

New York Times bestselling author of Charged | New York Times Magazine staff writer | Political Gabfest co-host

Justice in America is at a crossroads. We have the opportunity to forge a better, fairer future.

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School | Co-Host of Some of My Best Friends Are | Author of The Condemnation of Blackness

There is a gap between our aspiration for racial equity and our actualization of it.

Paul Tough

New York Times bestselling author of The Inequality Machine

The power of higher education to change a student's life is strongly linked to their socioeconomic status.

Bill Strickland

An Extraordinary Business and Community Leader

Give people the tools they need, treat them with respect, and they will perform miraculous deeds.

Elizabeth Green

Author of New York Times Bestseller Building a Better Teacher

Teaching isn’t an innate quality—it’s a skill that can be taught and nurtured.

Karl Subban

Leadership Speaker, Educator, and Father of NHL Star P.K. Subban | Author of How We Did It

Dreaming big won’t help you if you don’t have the values, dedication, and hard work to back it up.

David Yeager

Expert in the psychology of persistence | Assistant professor of developmental psychology at University of Texas, Austin

We can foster the motivation needed to be lifelong learners, at school, at work, and in life.

Salman Khan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Khan Academy

All children deserve access to a free, world-class education.

Jordan Ellenberg

New York Times bestselling author of Shape and How Not to Be Wrong

Math is the science of not being wrong. It touches everything we do.

Jennifer Gardy

Deputy Director of Surveillance, Data & Epidemiology for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Guest host of The Nature of Things

It’s important to instill a love of science—while showing what it is and what it isn’t—in people.

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of The 1619 Project | Executive Producer of The 1619 Project Hulu Docuseries | MacArthur Genius

There isn’t a beat you can cover in America—education, housing—where race is not a factor.

Daniel Lerner

Positive psychologist | Instructor of NYU’S “The Science of Happiness”

Want to thrive in your career? Create your own definition of success—based on happiness.

John Maeda

Microsoft VP of Design and Artificial Intelligence | Author of How to Speak Machine

Information is expanding—if we want to use it correctly, we need to represent it visually.