Emmy Award-winning journalist and best-selling author Lisa Ling has spent more than two decades focused on groundbreaking storytelling. Lisa previously served as a contributor to CBS News and as the host and executive producer of the acclaimed series This is Life on CNN and Take Out on Max. Throughout her career, Lisa has reported from dozens of countries around the world, covering issues and highlighting voices that are too often ignored. Lisa is the co-author of Mother, Sister, Daughter, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood, and Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and The Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home, which she penned with her sister Laura. She is an advisory board member for Fostering Media Connections, The Amani Project, and a Baby2Baby angel.
Lisa Ling
Award-Winning Journalist & Best-Selling Author
Conference History
- 2026 National Keynote Moderator
- 2025 National Keynote Moderator
- 2022 MA Keynote Moderator
- 2022 PA Keynote Moderator
- 2021 MA Keynote Moderator
- 2021 TX Keynote Moderator
- 2020 MA Keynote Moderator
