Past Speakers
For 45 years, the Forum Club has hosted a variety of thought leaders whose words and actions affect the world in which we live. Our impressive lineup includes past Presidents of the United States, a majority of the sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justices, an array of four-star generals, Presidential historians, and national media personalities, among others. The following are just a few examples of the caliber of speakers the Forum Club has attracted over its remarkable history.
President Jimmy Carter
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton
U.S Senator Rick Scott
U.S Senator Mitt Romney
U.S Senator Marco Rubio
U.S Senator Chuck Schumer
U.S Senator Amy Klobuchar
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner
Admiral James Stavridis
Admiral William H. McRaven
General David Petraeus
Governor John Kasich
CIA Director John O. Brennan
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee
David Rubenstein, Co-Founder, The Carlyle Group
Dr. Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC
Leslie Stahl, 60 Minutes
Hoda Kotb, Co-Anchor, Today
Chuck Todd, Meet the Press
Laura Ingraham, Host of The Ingraham Angle, Fox News Channel
Meghan McCain
Tim Russert
Bret Baier, Chief Political Anchor, Fox News Channel
Brian Kilmeade, Co-Host, Fox & Friends
Chris Matthews
Frank Abagnale
Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, Co-Founders of Axios
Michael Morrell
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, Co-Hosts, Morning Joe