300 – Bernie Swain: Founder & Chairman of the Washington Speakers Bureau

Bernie—founder of the pre-eminent lecture agency in the world, Washington Speakers Bureau—comes from simple, humble, and resilient stock.     His mother, Patricia, grew up in central Virginia with her family who were farmers and lived off the land. She worked on her parents' farm, hunted, fished and yet loved to fly; she befriended Charles Lindbergh and other aviators of her time.  Bernie's ... Read More