Top 30 Highest Attended Clinton School Lectures. One of the most asked questions I receive about the speaker series is “Who is my favorite speaker?” That is like asking a parent to name their favorite child. With such a diverse spectrum of topics, it is hard to narrow it down to just one.
What really matters is what the public wants to hear. I can have a favorite speaker but if nobody shows up, it does us no good. With that in mind, here is a list of the Top 30 speakers based on the number of attendees:
1. Political strategists James Carville and Mary Matalin
2. The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward
3. Attorney General Eric Holder
4. Dr. Phil McGraw
5. Congressman Vic Snyder
6. Secretary Madeleine Albright
7. West Memphis Three Panel
8. ABC’s Bob Woodruff
9. Secretary Arne Duncan
10. Scientist Richard Dawkins
11. Secretary Janet Napolitano
12. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
13. Actor Geena Davis
14. Actor John Lithgow
15. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam
16. Actor George Takei
17. Political strategist Karl Rove
18. Justice Stephen Breyer
19. Former CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs
20. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos
21. Man v. Food host Adam Richman
22. Justice John Paul Stevens
23. Rev. Jesse Jackson
24. 2010 Halter v. Lincoln senate debate
25. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
26. NPR’s Diane Rehm
27. Delta Regional Authority Chairman Chris Masingill
28. Kevin Johnson and Michelle Rhee
29. Author Mitch Albom
30. Journalists Laura and Lisa Ling
*This post was written by Clinton School Speaker Series director Nikolai DiPippa.