Speakers Hall

Every voice, by year. Start with the headliners below, then add the full lists from the event guides (see Gallery and Media Vault).

Voices that came back again and again

Dr. Sylvia Earle (2017, 2018, 2025, 2026) · Capt. Paul Watson (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) · Rick Perry (2017, 2019, 2023) · Susan Eisenhower (2018, 2019, 2025) · Karenna Gore (2015, 2016) · Ed Begley Jr. (2014, 2026) · Katharine Hayhoe (2017, 2019) · Felipe Calderón (2019, 2026) · the Cousteau family (2019, 2025) · Van Jones (2023, 2024) · Sid Miller (2017, 2021, 2025, 2026) · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (2016, 2024)

Leaders and public officials

Laura Bush · James Baker · Gov. John Kasich · Gov. John Hickenlooper · Sen. Lindsey Graham · Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse · Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick · Gen. Wesley Clark · Gen. David Petraeus · James Woolsey · Dr. Rochelle Walensky · President Felipe Calderón · Lord Fakafanua, Prime Minister of Tonga · Juan Carlos Navarro, Panama’s Environment Minister · Mayor Mattie Parker · Mayor Jim Ross

Scientists and explorers

Dr. Sylvia Earle · Dr. Robert Ballard · Buzz Aldrin · Fabien and Celine Cousteau · Katharine Hayhoe · Dr. Kirk Johnson · Joel Sartore · Dr. Scott Tinker · Dr. John Sterman · Dr. Ved Chirayath · Constance Adams

Business and investors

Howard Schultz · Vicki Hollub · Barbara Smith · Michael Levy · Kurt Ritter · Jay Faison

Rotary and the Xperience stages (from the Legacy Booklet)

  • 2023, The RotaryXperience: Mark Maloney, John Curtis, Dan Ouweleen, Michelle Thatcher, Peter Fiekowsky, Richard Hardiman, Anssi Mikola, Jana Koebel, Henk Rogers, Jon Kaufman, Kelly Hauge, Bill Shireman and others.
  • 2024, Partnerships for the Goals: Rajan Singh, Mike Weaver, Allen McReynolds, Bettina Hausmann, Marko Kärkkäinen, Michael Vesely, Shawn Sahbari, Solomia Bobrovska, Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin and others.
  • 2025, Rotary Xperience and Sea 2 Sky Solutions: Heidi Kuhn, Michele Magee, Harald Frank, H.E. Luis Gilberto Murillo, Dr. Shelby Thomas, Manish Mehta, Dr. Gregory Jaczko, Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, Janne Saarikko, Dr. Svitlana Krakovska and others.
  • 2026, Environmental Xperience: Barry Rassin, Jeff Cohen, Dr. Jim Blackburn, Dr. Curtis J. Richardson, Dr. Rodolfo Lacy, Dr. Marciano Dasai, Serge Dedina, Dr. Jacob Atem, Dr. Ira Helfand, Shivi Kumar, Shreya Kumar, Sophia D’Angelo, Asher Jay and others.
    (Full lists are in the booklet’s “Voices on the stage” and the 2026 speaker spreadsheet, 204 speakers.)