Brian Palmer

Who is Brian Palmer?

Brian Palmer is an American Speakers Bureau Executive and the president of National Speakers Bureau in Libertyville, Illinois. Palmer joined National Speakers Bureau as a sales person in 1980 and was made president in 1996, succeeding his father, John Palmer. He has held numerous leadership positions in the industry's associations. footsteps, and has been recognized as an industry leader. Palmer recently celebrated his 30th anniversary with National Speakers Bureau.

Palmer has authored articles for Source Magazine of the Florida Society of Association Executives, Speaker Magazine, and The Meeting Professional. He has also contributed and been quoted in many other publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Herald Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business, the Orlando Sentinel, Speaker Magazine, and The Meeting Professional. Palmer is a contributing author of the 5th Edition of Professional Meeting Management.

An active member of several meeting industry organizations, Palmer has served on the boards of Meeting Professionals International and the International Association of Speakers Bureaus. For several years he chaired the National Speakers Association/International Association of Speakers Bureaus Joint Task Force, charged with developing the relationship between professional speakers and speakers bureaus.