The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
March is Women’s History Month, a time for celebration of the amazing progress in women’s rights over the years and the work being done today. The theme for Women’s History Month 2024 is Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our women’s history month speakers share their stories of women who lead, innovate, and fight for social justice and equity, and who work every day to make gender equality even more of a global reality.
Author of New York Times Bestseller The Sum of Us
Racism has a cost for everyone—but there are ways we can prosper together.
Civil Rights Legend who Helped Desegregate Public Schools | Member of the Little Rock Nine
When we challenge what we know to be morally wrong, we grow as a society.
Two-time Booker Prize-Winning Author of over 50 Books, Including The Handmaid’s Tale and its Recordbreaking Sequel,The Testaments
Literature can show us our future—if we look.
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.
The first Latina in space | Former NASA Director
Astronaut, inventor, and NASA director, inspiring young people from every background to aim for the stars.
Award-Winning Black Transgender Activist | Author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom | Co-Founder of the Transgender Week of Visibility and Action
Outdated ideas of gender are holding us all back. When we abandon them and fight for Black transgender liberation, we all flourish.
Author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself | Co-founder of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
Self-compassion isn’t just hearts and flowers—it’s an empirically proven practice.
Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University | Faculty Director of Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative | Author of Edge
Are you looking for an edge to help you succeed? Guess what—you've already got one.
Editor of The Black Agenda | Harvard Researcher on Inequality, Education, and Work
When we both identify and disrupt patterns of discrimination, we create a better world for our most marginalized communities—and for everyone else.
Author of Hidden Figures: the #1 New York Times bestseller and hit film
A greater diversity of voices in science, in the STEM fields, is key to the future of American innovation.
Author of The End of Bias | Award-winning science and culture journalist
Bias has a real cost for your organization. Fighting it is your greatest superpower.
Author of Juliet Takes a Breath and the Marvel comic series America
Living a revolutionary life starts with joy.
Most Widely Read Spanish-Language Author Ever | Author of The House of the Spirits and The Wind Knows My Name | Winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Write what should not be forgotten.
Anti-Ageism Activist | Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ageism is prejudice against our future selves. What if we were free of it?
Instant New York Times Bestselling Author of The Story of Art Without Men | 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 Europe | Guardian Columnist | Art Historian and Curator
The story of art has always excluded women. But we can write a new, more equitable story for the future of art, and beyond.
Founding Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman School of Management | Author of The 360° Corporation
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our greatest innovation challenges—risky, transformative, and ultimately worthwhile.
Founder and CEO of Hedley & Bennett | Author of Dream First, Details Later
Overthinking kills innovation. You need to dream first, and worry about the details later.
Founder of the 10th largest brewery in the world | Co-star of CBC’s Dragons’ Den
It’s time to demolish outdated stereotypes in business—one boardroom, or brewery, at a time.
CEO of Mansueto Ventures | Former Editor-in-Chief of Fast Company
Any company can become a Fast Company by pushing their creative boundaries.
Psychotherapist | New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Revealing the truth of who we are is the glue that binds us together.
Bestselling Author Of Animal Madness and What Looks Like Bravery | Director Of Writing and Storytelling At The Stanford School of Medicine
Telling our own stories has the power to combat burnout and bring us together in community.
Author of The Boldly Inclusive Leader | Co-Author of The Psychological Safety Playbook | Former VP of Engineering Practice, Autodesk
If you want to create a culture where diverse teams flourish, you need boldly inclusive leaders.
Author of Shoot Like a Girl | Leadership Speaker | Foreign Policy 100 Leading Global Thinker
If they’re telling you it can’t be done, prove them wrong.