KT McFarland | Keppler Speakers

Acclaimed foreign policy expert KT McFarland helps business leaders understand how shifting trade, security, and energy dynamics are transforming markets, supply chains, and investment decisions.A key architect of conservative national security strategy, KT McFarland was President Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor in his first term, where she played a pivotal role in shaping the "America First" and "Peace through Strength" doctrines.KT has been a media commentator for decades, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business News, Newsmax, and other national and international news programs. She appears frequently on podcasts, documentaries and radio. A bestselling author, her book Revolution: Trump, Washington, and We the People offers profound insights into the Trump presidency, U.S.- China and Russia relations, and American exceptionalism.KT’s career spans five decades, beginning as a White House aide to Dr. Henry Kissinger in the Nixon and Ford Administrations and culminating at the National Security Council with President Trump. She served in the Pentagon as a senior speechwriter, press spokesperson, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration. Her notable achievements include drafting the Weinberger Doctrine and contributing to President Reagan’s iconic "Star Wars" speech. For her service, she received the Defense Department's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Service Award.In 2006, she ran for U.S. Senate in New York, and in 2015, she was named Woman of the Year by the Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women. She has long served on the board of the American Conservative Union Foundation (CPAC).KT holds a B.A. in Chinese Studies from George Washington University, an M.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford, and completed Ph.D. coursework at MIT, focusing on nuclear weapons, China, and the Soviet Union. She and her husband, Alan McFarland, have been married for 40 years, with five children and ten grandchildren.