Laura Schwartz

Former White House Director of Events, Emcee, Television Commentator, and Author

Topics: Moderator, Host & Emcee, Leadership, Creativity, Corporate Culture, Communication, Customer Experience, Entrepreneur, Entertainment, Philanthropy, Storytelling, TED Speakers, Business, DE&I – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Media, Professional Development, Teamwork

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Biography

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Laura Schwartz’s story is impressive. She started as the youngest female presidential appointee in history, the White House Director of Events for Bill Clinton. She authored a book that has helped people worldwide learn how to Eat, Drink and Succeed. And, thanks to her professional emcee and keynote work, in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, she was named one of “The 100 Most Influential People in the Global Event Industry.” She is seen weekly on screens as the American Contributor to Australia’s number one morning show, “Today.”

Laura has been taking her empowering presentations to stages and virtually through screens worldwide since 2001. She is well known for her dynamic keynotes and as a mistress of ceremonies for multi-day conferences and events. Whether addressing an intimate gathering of 30, a crowd of 30,000, or virtually connecting audiences worldwide, Laura captivates audiences with her positive energy, expertise, and enthusiasm. Laura has received high marks for her work as emcee for many prominent corporations, including Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Hyundai, Uber, Verizon, Mercedes Benz, AT&T, Cathay Pacific, HSBC, BlackRock, MACY’S, Hilton, Hyatt, the Oprah Winfrey Network, NBC Universal, PepsiCo, Realtor.com, Coldwell Banker, Berkshire Hathaway, Asembia Pharmaceutical, Gilead, Regeneron, Raytheon, Boeing, Neilson IQ, and many more.

Laura has been a prominent face on television worldwide since 2001, covering six presidential elections, two royal weddings, and more. She started as a contract contributor for Fox News Channel before moving to CNN and CBS. Today, she is an on-contract, on-air regular contributor on Australia’s #1 Morning Show “Today” and appears on ITV London. In 2021, along with her cast from ITV News, she was awarded the International Drum Award for Podcast of the Year. She is an authoritative source and commentator on various topics, including the American presidency, domestic and foreign affairs, women in business, and philanthropy.

In Eat, Drink & Succeed! Laura shares the secrets to building powerful, effective partnerships where we least expect them—in our companies, communities, and beyond. Drawing from personal anecdotes from people worldwide, as well as her life and White House years, Laura reveals how to harness the networking power of social events. Laura donates 100 percent of proceeds from books sold at engagements to a nonprofit of the client’s choice.

As the White House Director of Events for the Clinton Administration, Laura worked one-on-one with the President, the First Lady, World Heads of State, and international business leaders as she created and executed more than 1,000 White House events, including State arrival ceremonies and dinners, America’s Millennium Celebration, the UN Millennium Summit and NATO’s 50th Anniversary. While producing the President’s events on the world stage, Laura demonstrated the ability to inspire a nation and the world through powerful productions. At 19 years old and the youngest female Presidential Appointee in history, she arrived at the White House without political connections. She began climbing up the ranks as a Staff Assistant, the Midwest Press Secretary, the Director of Television, and ultimately, the White House Director of Events. Following the administration, Laura traveled the world with Former President Clinton for the Global Initiative.

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Eat, Drink & Succeed

Laura’s super-charged signature series is built on being prepared for partnership and turning the optional into opportunity. As she reminds audiences: “You never know when the next conversation will be the one to change your life—or someone else’s.”

Challenging traditional ideas of networking, Laura inspires audiences to ask “What can I do for you?” instead of the self-serving “What can you do for me?” She demonstrates how positive, powerful networking is about mentoring, leading, and building connections both inside and outside the office.

Customized to incorporate your conference programming and year-round engagement, Laura shares practical examples and actionable tips that increase results for every participant. When the event is over, these lessons carry back to the workplace—and into everyday life.

Eat, Drink & Succeed motivates, engages, and drives action. Whether a first-time attendee or seasoned veteran, every participant leaves empowered to transform conversations into opportunities, relationships into partnerships, and ideas into results.

EAT, DRINK & SUCCEED INSPIRES AT:
- Corporate and Association conference kickoffs
- Sales meetings
- Employee engagement and culture-building programs
- Innovation labs and strategy sessions
- Professional development workshops and seminars
- Team-building and professional growth initiatives
- Leadership development programs

Activate Your Superpowers

From her start as a small-town girl with a speech impediment to becoming the youngest female presidential appointee in White House history—and ultimately an international professional speaker and television commentator—Laura shares powerful, relatable stories of challenges and triumphs. Along the way, she reveals the superpowers we all develop throughout our lives.

Audiences will uncover the five universal superpowers within themselves, learn how to activate them, and discover additional powers unique to their own journeys. These tools serve as invaluable assets for building leadership, driving engagement, and sparking growth—at work, at home, and in our communities.

Compelling, motivational, and deeply personal, this program leaves every audience inspired and energized—ready to put on their cape and embrace the Superhero within.

ACTIVATE YOUR SUPERPOWERS IS YOUR CAPE FOR:
- Corporate and Association conferences
- Employee engagement and culture-building programs
- Professional development workshops and seminars
- Team-building and professional growth initiatives
- Innovation labs and strategy sessions
- Women’s empowerment events
- Leadership development programs

Lead First

As any great leader will attest, leading in good times is easy—it’s in moments of turbulence and change that true leadership is revealed.

In this one-of-a-kind program, Laura Schwartz draws on little-known stories from more than 200 years of U.S. Presidents and First Ladies, weaving in her own White House experience to deliver non-partisan lessons that resonate with today’s organizations. She brings history to life with practical insights and powerful examples attendees can put into action immediately.

From the earliest White House inhabitants to defining moments of the Clinton administration, Laura shares stories that inspire and equip audiences with real-world leadership strategies they can apply daily—and carry back to their workplaces, communities, and beyond.

LEAD FIRST INSPIRES LEADERS TO RISE AT:
- Women’s empowerment events
- Corporate and Association conferences
- Professional development workshops and seminars
- Innovation labs and strategy sessions
- Leadership development programs
- Team-building and professional growth initiatives
- Employee engagement and culture-building program

Custom Keynotes

Laura customizes each keynote and can further create original programming and curated plenary's tailored to specific company content and themes.

Laura always customizes her programs to your message and objectives, and she is known for her power of connection to the audience at hand – not simply giving the same speech over and over again.

Laura is eager to work with partners like you to create original programming and to curate a keynote or creative plenary tailored to your goals and objectives. Whether based on conference themes, a rebrand, new partnership or a corporate milestone – you name it – after an hour call with Laura she will transform your message into an incredible personal connection with your audience and deliver it on your stage!

Testimonials

We’re delighted you joined us as the emcee and a keynote! By sharing your own professional experiences on stage, you demonstrated how transformation is being powered across today’s business landscape. This resonated with our teams and helped put us on the right path for the conference itself and the year ahead in AT&T Business.

– Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO, AT&T Global Business

Laura is an outstanding communicator, as I know from her sparkling appearances on Frost Over The World. As she says, ‘Your career isn’t 9-5, it’s 24-7,’ and she’s living proof of just how well that works.

– Sir David Frost

It was not only your message and how you connected directly with our members and our mission, but your delivery was engaging and mesmerizing! You made everyone feel connected.

– Beth Kost, Past President, Junior League