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Anton Gunn is a leading authority on leadership and culture.

As a best-selling author, internationally-recognized speaker and leadership consultant, a former Senior Advisor to President Barak Obama, and a leading authority on Socially Conscious Leadership, Anton’s insights carry weight. He knows that it takes to be an admired executive and build world class workplace cultures.

Anton has been featured in TIME magazine, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Inc Magazine. He has also appeared on Fox News, ABC's Good Morning America, the CBS Evening News, the BBC News, and The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.

He regularly speaks and shares insights on on leadership, workplace culture, engagement, and healthcare.

Interview Topics

Anton is an expert in the following areas and would love to be your next guest to share his insights.

Executive leadership

Leadership development

Workplace culture

Hospital and health systems

Women in leadership

Succession planning

Diversity and inclusion

The business of healthcare

Politics and public sector leadership

Hip hop music and culture

Official Bio

Anton Gunn is a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama and the world’s leading authority on Socially Conscious Leadership. He has a Masters Degree in Social Work from USC and was a Resident Fellow at Harvard. 


He is the bestselling author of The Presidential Principles and has been featured in TIME magazine, the Wall St Journal, INC Magazine, BBC, NPR and on Good Morning America.


As an international speaker and consultant, he has worked with organizations like Microsoft, Sodexo, KPMG, Verizon Wireless, Aetna, Blue Shield of California, American College of Surgeons, FINRA, and the Boeing Company.


From playing SEC Football and being the first African American in history elected to the South Carolina legislature from his district early in his career, to now working as a C-level executive for an academic health system and serving on multiple boards, he has spent his life helping people build diverse high performing teams and world class leadership culture.

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