Apr 21, 2026
8 Top Keynote Speakers With Significant Government Experience
Does your organization need public service insight? Do you want someone with government experience who understands how things really work? Get the inside track with top keynote speakers who have worked in the public sector.
At BigSpeak Speakers Bureau, we work with the top professional keynote speakers who have public sector experience. These speakers have worked for various government organizations, such as NASA, the FBI, the Army, the White House, and more.
These experts can provide you with a perspective on how things get done from the inside.
1) Eric O’Neill is a cybersecurity expert whose career in government began in the FBI’s counterintelligence trenches as an undercover operative. His work brought down Robert Hanssen, the most notorious and damaging spy in United States history. Since then, Eric has spent decades as a national security attorney, corporate investigator, and national cybersecurity strategist.
2) Greg Robinson is a leadership expert best-known as the turnaround leader of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb). A 33-year NASA veteran, Greg is credited with transforming a program that was billions over budget and years behind schedule into one of NASA’s greatest achievements of the 21st century.
3) Thomas Kolditz is a leadership speaker and a retired Army Brigadier General with three master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in psychology. Thomas spent more than 30 years at the helm of organizations, directed the Leader Development Program at Yale School of Management, and challenged the Pentagon to take on leadership development, founding the West Point Leadership Center.
4) Michelle K. Lee is an AI expert who served as the presidentially appointed Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, one of the largest intellectual property offices in the world, where she brought AI and data analytics to the agency to enhance operations.
5) Daniel Lubetzky is a business speaker who was a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship in the Obama administration. Daniel is also the founder of Kind snacks and a social entrepreneur whose work spans industries, ideologies, and borders.
6) Nick Tzitzon is a leadership speaker who spent ten years serving in local, state, and federal government agencies, including the programs division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the staffs of two Secretaries of Health and Human Services. Currently, he is the Chief Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer at ServiceNow.
7) Scott Tilema is a communication expert and a nationally recognized FBI-trained hostage negotiator, SWAT crisis negotiator, and senior law enforcement leader with over 20 years of experience in high-stakes communication. He completed negotiation training through Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and holds degrees in behavioral science and forensic psychology.
8) Joey Coleman is a customer service speaker who honed his communications and messaging skills at the White House. In his Wall Street Journal #2 best-selling book, Never Lose a Customer Again, Joey shares strategies and tactics for turning one-time purchasers into lifelong customers—while dramatically increasing profits along the way.
If you would like to book a keynote speaker with public service experience, contact BigSpeak Speakers Bureau today.
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