Marianne Williamson Keynote Speaker

A Return to Love: #1 NYT bestseller 35+ weeks (1992)
Founded Project Angel Food (1989); 20M meals delivered
Democratic presidential candidate (2020, 2024); DNC chair bid (2025)

Marianne Williamson's Biography

Marianne Williamson is an internationally recognised author, lecturer and social impact advocate whose work sits at the intersection of spiritual insight and public life. Known for translating big ideas into practical guidance, she helps audiences rethink leadership, resilience and responsibility through a lens of compassion and ethical clarity.

Williamson rose to global prominence with A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles” (1992), which topped The New York Times bestseller list for 35 weeks. She has since written 16 books, with seven New York Times bestsellers and four #1 titles, and continues to shape conversations about meaning, healing and modern culture. Her recent work, The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love (HarperCollins, 2024), extends her signature blend of spiritual depth and accessible storytelling.

Her impact extends far beyond publishing. In Los Angeles, Williamson founded Project Angel Food in 1989 an organisation that has delivered more than 20 million meals to homebound people living with serious illness. In 2004, she co-founded The Peace Alliance, advancing peacebuilding as a civic and policy priority.

Williamson has also brought her convictions into the political arena, seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2020 and 2024. On stage, she combines warmth with intellectual rigour, challenging leaders to build organisations and societies where empathy is operational, purpose is measurable and courage is contagious.

Values-based leadership and moral courage

Compassionate cultures: wellbeing, resilience, repair

Spiritual intelligence at work: purpose and performance

Peacebuilding, social impact and civic renewal

Reinvention at midlife: creating a miraculous next chapter

She has influenced global audiences for four decades as a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 16 books on purpose, resilience and personal transformation.
She translates spiritual and psychological insight into practical guidance that helps leaders build trust, navigate change and lead with clarity.
She brings rare, real-world credibility in social impact, having founded Project Angel Food in 1989, which has delivered more than 20 million meals to homebound people living with serious illness.
She connects values to public leadership through a national lens, having run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and 2024 and co-founded The Peace Alliance in 2004 to advance peacebuilding as policy and practice.