The AHA Speakers Bureau

The American Humanist Association's Speakers Bureau features humanist and freethought personalities who are available to speak at your local meetings and events. Each speaking request is taken on a case by case basis and subject to the schedule availability of the speaker.
Biographical and contact information is listed when you click on "view full bio & contact info".
| Maggie Ardiente | ||
| Maggie Ardiente is the Director of Development and Communications at the American Humanist Association. | ||
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| Jason Bathon | ||
| Jason Bathon is the Founder and President of the Northwest Arkansas Humanist Association. | ||
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| Rob Boston | ||
| Rob Boston joined the Americans United staff in 1987 and currently serves as Senior Policy Analyst. | ||
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| John Compere |
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| John S. Compere, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who spent the first 15 years of his adulthood as a Southern Baptist minister. | ||
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| Ted Cox | ||
| Ted Cox is an award winning writer whose work has appeared in the Sacramento News & Review, Metro Silicon Valley, and Alternet. | ||
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| James Croft | ||
| James is vice-chair of the Humanist Graduate Community at Harvard University, and a Research and Education Fellow at the Humanist Chaplaincy. | ||
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| Margaret Downey | ||
| Margaret Downey is the founder of the Freethought Society and the Anti-Discrimination Support Network. | ||
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| Fred Edwords | ||
| Fred Edwords currently serves as National Director for the United Coalition of Reason. | ||
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| Jason Frye | ||
| Jason Frye is the coordinator for the LGBT Humanist Council and a longtime LGBT & Humanist activist. | ||
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| Jennifer Kalmanson | ||
| Jenny Kalmanson is a Humanist Celebrant and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Humanist Association. | ||
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| David Niose | ||
| David Niose is the immediate past-president of the American Humanist Association, a founding member of Greater Worcester Humanists, and has also served as an officer and board member of Greater Boston Humanists. | ||
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| Andy Norman | ||
| Andy Norman teaches philosophy at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University and is the former Director of CMU's Ethics, History and Public Policy program. | ||
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| Anthony Pinn | ||
| Anthony Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University and is also Director of Research for the Institute for Humanist Studies, a think tank in Washington, DC. | ||
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| Susan Sackett | ||
| Susan Sackett serves on the American Humanist Association Board of Directors and is secretary on the executive committee. | ||
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| Roy Speckhardt | ||
| Roy Speckhardt is executive director of the American Humanist Association where he actively promotes the humanist perspective on progressive political issues. | ||
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| Nikki Stern | ||
| Nikki Stern is a writer, presenter, and the author of two books, most recently Hope in Small Doses. | ||
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| Mandisa Thomas | ||
| Mandisa Thomas, a native of New York City, is a founder and current President of Black Nonbelievers, Inc. working to encourage more Blacks to come out and stand strong with their nonbelief in the face of such strong religious overtones. | ||
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