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Speakers Bureau

Speakers Bureau

Welcome to the American Humanist Association’s Speaker’s Bureau!

These humanist and freethought personalities 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 info".

Maggie Ardiente view full info
Maggie Ardiente is the Director of Deveopment and Communications at the American Humanist Association.
Jason Bathon view full info
Jason Bathon is the Founder and President of the Northwest Arkansas Humanist Association.
Rob Boston view full info
Rob Boston joined the Americans United staff in 1987 and currently serves as Senior Policy Analyst.
Ted Cox view full info
Ted Cox is an award winning writer whose work has appeared in Sacramento News & Review, Metro Silicon Valley, and Alternet.
John Compere view full info
John S. Compere, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist who spent the first 15 years of his adulthood as a Southern Baptist minister.
James Croft view full info
James is vice-chair of the Humanist Graduate Community at Harvard University, and a Research and Education Fellow at the Humanist Chaplaincy.
Margaret Downey view full info
Margaret Downey is the founder of the Freethought Society and the Anti-Discrimination Support Network.
Fred Edwords view full info
Fred Edwords currently serves as National Director for the United Coalition of Reason.
Jason Frye view full info
Jason Frye is the coordinator for the LGBT Humanist Council.
Jennifer Kalmanson view full info
Jenny Kalmanson is a Humanist Celebrant and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Humanist Association.
David Niose view full info
David Niose is 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
Andy Norman view full info
Andy Norman teaches philosophy at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University and is the former Director of CMU's Ethics, History and Public Policy program.
Anthony Pinn view full info
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 Think Tank in Washington, DC.
Susan Sackett view full info
Susan Sackett serves on the American Humanist Association Board of Directors and is secretary on the executive committee.
Roy Speckhardt view full info
Roy Speckhardt is executive director of the American Humanist Association where he actively promotes the humanist perspective on progressive political issues.
Nikki Stern view full info
Nikki Stern is a writer, presenter, and the author of two books, most recently Hope in Small Doses.

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