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The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau

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

Fellows / MacArthur Fellow

MacArthur Fellow

Every year, the MacArthur Foundation selects “25 Extraordinarily Creative People Who Inspire Us All,” celebrating the creative potential of individuals through no-strings-attached fellowships. Lavin is proud to represent a diverse contingent of MacArthur “Geniuses” speakers, who are changing the world as we know it through social advocacy, journalism, science, art—and so much more.

8 MacArthur Fellow
Speakers

Annette Gordon-Reed

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of On Juneteenth | Harvard professor | MacArthur Genius

The legacy of Juneteenth, the holiday which marks the end of slavery, continues to influence us and our fight for racial justice today.

Titus Kaphar

2018 MacArthur Fellow | Award-Winning Painter and Sculptor

Art isn’t about making pretty pictures. Images should be as challenging as the issues we face.

Vijay Gupta

Founder of Street Symphony | 2018 MacArthur Genius | TED Senior Fellow

Music speaks to people—touches people—in ways words alone cannot.

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.

LaToya Ruby Frazier

Award-winning photographer | Associate professor of photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago | MacArthur Genius

Art is a weapon. Photos can change society—our view of ourselves and our communities.

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.

Bill Strickland | An Extraordinary Business and Community Leader

Bill Strickland

An Extraordinary Business and Community Leader

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

Jared Diamond | Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and Upheaval

Jared Diamond

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and Upheaval

Nations and individuals share the same techniques to survive a crisis—and thrive beyond it.