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What topics does Sara Minkara speak about?

Sara Minkara is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Civil Rights, Culture, DEI, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Faith & Religion, Faith & Religion, Family & Parenting, Future of Work, Futurism, Government, Health & Wellness, Immigration, Inspirational, Middle Eastern Heritage, Motivational, Muslim, Muslim, Personal Growth, Social Activism, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Justice, Women in Business, Women's Empowerment, Women's History Month, Youth

Who is Sara Minkara's agent?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Sara Minkara for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Sara Minkara for your next private or corporate function.

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Sara Minkara Biography

Sara Minkara’s ability to engage diverse audiences, challenge the status quo, and provide actionable insights makes her an invaluable asset to any organization. Whether you're looking to foster inclusivity, drive policy reform, or challenge traditional narratives, Minkara offers the expertise, experience, and leadership to make it happen.

Minkara is the senior-most expert on disability diplomacy; driving global disability rights policy and advocating forsystemic change. With over 100 keynotes delivered across major international forums, Minkara empowers leaders to break barriers, build inclusivity, and embrace adaptive leadership for sustainable progress.

Minkara was appointed by President Biden in November 2021 as the second-ever US Special Advisor on International Disability Rights. Minkara led U.S. foreign policy on disability rights, championing policies across sectors such as trade, emerging technologies, climate action, and peace. Fluent in Arabic and English, she advocates for inclusive, sustainable solutions through disability diplomacy.

Her work spans 70+ countries, influencing global poli through advocacy at the G7, ASEAN, APEC, and more. As a blind, Muslim, first-generation American, she brin authentic leadership that fosters difficult yet constructive conversations to bridge divides and build global partnerships.

Recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree as well as the Clinton Global Initiative, Vital Voices, and the United Nations, Minkara’s impact is profound. Her methodologies— such as the In the Dark Methodology—challenge societal narratives and offer frameworks for adaptive leadership and inclusive policymaking. Her keynote addresses have impacted global conversations, broken down systemic barriers, explored social entrepreneurship, and led to sustainable change.

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Sara Minkara Speaking Topics

Authentic Leadership as a Growth Strategy: How Curiosity and Connection Drive Performance and Innovation

Your audience will leave with:
- Proven strategies for exercising leadership through curiosity, vulnerability, and authentic connections
- A concrete sense of the connection between authentic leadership, establishing a culture of openness and trust, and the subsequent free flowing of ideas and innovation.
- Practical strategies and playbooks for carrying authentic leadership forward in their daily lives.
How We Helped Change the State Department Creating Transformational Change and Nimble Solutions in Complex Systems

Your audience will leave with:
- A clear lens to distinguish between quick fixes and the hard work of adaptive solutions – and the courage to ask the hard questions about whether a proposed solution is actually addressing the problem or just treating symptoms.
- Concrete strategies for leading adaptive work – how you can work across large, bureaucratic organizations to make space for difficult conversations, create expectations for shared responsibility, and build capacity for taking the real hard work forward.
- Lessons from the inside – based on real work at the U.S. State Department, this session offers tested insights on shifting institutional culture, navigating resistance

Reimagining the Future of Work and Technology: Leveraging the Disability Lens for Innovation

Your audience will leave with:

A compelling vision of how the disability perspective fuels innovation and drives the future of AI, technology, and the workforce at every stage—from design and implementation to evaluation and beyond.
A clear understanding of the concrete economic and societal gains realized when all stakeholders are embedded into every facet of technology and workforce development.
Actionable insights on how prioritizing the disability lens in reskilling and upskilling initiatives leads to stronger, more resilient, and future-ready organizations and societies.
A strategic perspective on building inclusive technologies and policies that inherently enhance outcomes for all, ensuring no perspective is overlooked.

Lessons from a Diplomat: How to Drive Action Around Your Cause When It’s Not on the Agenda

Your audience will leave with:

Practical tools and strategies to build unlikely coalitions, bridge divides and establish common ground to advocate for issues and solutions that aren’t on the radar of your key stakeholders.
Powerful stories from Sara’s lived experience and diplomatic career, including how she got global leaders to prioritize disability inclusion at forums where it had never been discussed before.
An understanding of the value of disability policy and its implications for everyone — not just the world’s largest minority.
Actionable insights on allyship, advocacy, and why the inclusion of people with disabilities strengthens outcomes for everyone.

Why Disability Perspectives Belong in Every Global Conversation

Your audience will leave with:

Actionable frameworks for integrating disability perspectives into policymaking, program design, and international negotiations, ensuring more resilient, innovative, and human-centered solutions across sectors.
Real-world insights from Sara’s groundbreaking work in disability mainstreaming, including how she elevated disability rights in high-level global dialogues on trade, climate, security, and technology – even when it wasn’t on the agenda.
A reimagined understanding of disability policy — not as a niche issue, but as a value-driver that strengthens governance, expands market access, and unlocks new dimensions of innovation.
Tangible ways to be an effective ally and why including disabled voices in all conversations strengthens outcomes for everyone.

Sara Minkara Videos

U.S. Special Advisor SARA MINKARA - 2023 Global Leadership Awards Honoree

Congratulations to Global Leadership Award Honoree U.S. Special Advisor Sara Minkara! Minkara is a pioneering advocate for inclusivity and the rights...
Disrupting The Disability Narrative. Terri-Karelle Speaks With U.S. Special Advisor Sara Minkara

Terri-Karelle sits down with Sarah Minkara who is the Special Advisor on International Disability Rights. She's the highest-ranking officer on the...
Secretary Blinken PUSHES for Inclusive World Diplomacy!

Watch as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers powerful remarks at the "Disability Rights as Foreign Policy" event, where he emphasizes the...

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How do I book Sara Minkara to speak at my event?

Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Sara Minkara for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Sara Minkara, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Sara Minkara or any other speaker of your choice.
What are the speaker fees for Sara Minkara

Speaking fees for Sara Minkara, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Sara Minkara are for live events and for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Sara Minkara, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
What topics does Sara Minkara speak about?

Sara Minkara is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Civil Rights, Culture, DEI, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Faith & Religion, Faith & Religion, Family & Parenting, Future of Work, Futurism, Government, Health & Wellness, Immigration, Inspirational, Middle Eastern Heritage, Motivational, Muslim, Muslim, Personal Growth, Social Activism, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Justice, Women in Business, Women's Empowerment, Women's History Month, Youth.
Where does Sara Minkara travel from?

Sara Minkara generally travels from Washington, DC, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
Who is Sara Minkara’s agent?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Sara Minkara for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Sara Minkara for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Sara Minkara or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Sara Minkara is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Authentic Leadership as a Growth Strategy: How Curiosity and Connection Drive Performance and Innovation, How We Helped Change the State Department Creating Transformational Change and Nimble Solutions in Complex Systems, Reimagining the Future of Work and Technology: Leveraging the Disability Lens for Innovation, Lessons from a Diplomat: How to Drive Action Around Your Cause When It’s Not on the Agenda and Why Disability Perspectives Belong in Every Global Conversation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Sara Minkara for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Sara Minkara generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Shiza Shahid, Dr. Michael Time, Bushra Amiwala, Linda Sarsour and Tiffany Yu. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Sara Minkara for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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