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Bruce Mehlman

Based in Washington D.C. USA

Bruce Mehlman is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on policy and political trends, regularly appearing before Boards and executive teams and headlining business conferences and strategic planning sessions. His weekly newsletter and infographic analyses are consistently picked-up by national media … Continued

Bruce Mehlman is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on policy and political trends, regularly appearing before Boards and executive teams and headlining business conferences and strategic planning sessions. His weekly newsletter and infographic analyses are consistently picked-up by national media … Continued

Bruce Mehlman is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on policy and political trends, regularly appearing before Boards and executive teams and headlining business conferences and strategic planning sessions. His weekly newsletter and infographic analyses are consistently picked-up by national media and eagerly consumed by tens of thousands of readers around the world. Axios founder Jim Vande Hei said “Mehlman’s Six-Chart Sunday would be my one Substack on a desert island.” Television networks & leading podcasts often ask Bruce to appear to discuss trends and their implications, and Bruce hosts bestselling authors and business and government leaders on his own YouTube video series.

Bruce previously served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy under President George W. Bush. He also worked as a senior leadership aide in the House of Representatives, general counsel to a national political party committee and policy counsel to Cisco Systems. He received a BA degree from Princeton University and a JD from the University of Virginia Law School where he served on the Virginia Law Review

Bruce’s most frequent keynote topics include:

  • Navigating Trump 2.0 & Washington’s ‘New Normal’ (understanding current policy & political trends and what they mean for the coming months & years)
  • Navigating the Age of Disruption (explaining the broad macro trends powering global populism, what they mean for business and society today and tomorrow, and what leaders need to do to survive and thrive)
  • Effective Advocacy in an Age of Populism (advocacy strategies for overcoming populist distrust of institutions, an atomized and hyper-partisan media landscape and a rapidly-changing technology, geopolitical and cultural landscape)