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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 The Hemingses of Monticello and On Juneteenth | Harvard Law Professor | MacArthur Genius

The American Revolution and the founding generation continue to influence our present—and our future.

Titus Kaphar

Award-Winning Painter and Sculptor | Writer and Director of Exhibiting Forgiveness | MacArthur "Genius" | Author of Redaction

Art has the power to reframe our history—revealing the past we've lost and the future we're working towards.

Vijay Gupta

Violinist | Artistic Director | Founder, Street Symphony | Author, Restrung

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

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Speaker on Democracy, Civil Rights, and American History | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of The 1619 Project | Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-Winning 1619 Project Hulu Docuseries | MacArthur Genius

Our history can illuminate the future we're fighting for.

LaToya Ruby Frazier

Award-Winning Photographer | Member of the TIME100 | MacArthur Genius

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

Angela Duckworth

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Grit and Situated | Pioneering Researcher on Grit, Perseverance, and the Power of Situation

Grit gets you started, but your situation determines how far you go. Learn to make it work for you.

Bill Strickland

An Extraordinary Business and Community Leader | MacArthur Genius | Founder, Bidwell Training Center | Subject, PBS Documentary Pursuing Light

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 and Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings

Great leaders make history—but the right conditions make great leaders.