Gallup Education Speakers

Gallup's award-winning authors, consultants, and educators can visit your school or district to educate and motivate any audience.

Whether you are looking for a motivating speech, an interactive workshop, or meaningful activities for staff development, these experts can customize their presentations to meet your audience's needs.

Gary L. Gordon, Ed.D.
Gary Gordon is the author of Building Engaged Schools: Getting the Most from America's Classrooms. Before joining Gallup, Gary's career spanned 25 years in public education as a teacher, assistant principal, high school principal, personnel director, and assistant superintendent. Gary consults with school districts and businesses on human resources, leadership, and workplace management. His insights have appeared in the State Education Standard and Phi Delta Kappan.

Rosanne Liesveld
Rosanne Liesveld is coauthor of Teach With Your Strengths: How Great Teachers Inspire Their Students. She began her career three decades ago as a music teacher, and she has spent the last 20 years consulting with leaders in America's schools. Rosanne played a key role in developing TeacherInsight, Gallup's online talent assessment for educators.

Tom Rath
Tom Rath has written three bestselling business books in the last decade. His first book, How Full Is Your Bucket?, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and a #1 BusinessWeek bestseller. Rath's 2007 book, StrengthsFinder 2.0, is a long-running #1 Wall Street Journal and was listed by USA Today as the top-selling business book of 2008. Rath's latest book, Strengths Based Leadership, encompasses decades of research on the topic of leadership. Published in January 2009, the book immediately became a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. In total, Rath's books have made more than 100 appearances on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list.