From headliners at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts to more intimate settings, the OCC Foundation invites intellectuals, entertainers, scientists, authors, and artists alike to participate in our Signature Blauvelt Speaker Series.

The Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation.

This year’s additional sponsors for 2025-2026 include The Law Firm of Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle, Gutman & Petro, LLC, Arlene and Frank Dupignac, Jr., Leone & Daughters Realty Management Corp., Kean Ocean, Stella and Marshall Kern, The Matus Law Group, New Jersey Natural Gas, Novins, York, Jacobus & Dooley, P.A., Ocean County Vocational Technical School, and Rotem Dental Care.

Past Speakers

  • John Meacham

    Jon Meacham

  • Chrissy Metz

    Chrissy Metz

  • Erin Brockovich

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith

  • Jeh Johnson

    Jeh Johnson

  • Thomas Friedman

    Thomas Friedman

  • David Ignatius

    David Ignatius

  • Eric ONiell

    Eric O’Neill

  • Temple Grandin

    Temple Grandin

  • Alton Fitzgerald White

    Alton Fitzgerald White

  • Arthur Brooks

    Arthur Brooks

  • Misty Copeland

    Misty Copeland

  • Mike Veny

    Mike Veny

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta

    Dr. Sanjay Gupta

  • Davey Alba

    Davey Alba

  • JoAnn Nocera

    JoAnn Nocera

  • Captain Sandy

    Captain Sandy

  • Jeffrey Morton

  • Kyle Carpenter

  • Lidia Bastianich

  • Reginal Dwayne Betts

  • Robert Pondiscio

  • Stacy Schiff

  • Dan Buettner

  • David Hogg

  • Emiliana Simon-Thomas

  • Stephanie Ramos

  • Viet Thanh Nguyen

  • Ice-T

  • Jamaica Kincaid

  • Mia Hamm

  • Michael Beschloss

  • Tiki Barber

    Tiki Barber

  • Maureen Dowd headshot

    Maureen Dowd

  • Margaret Atwood headshot

    Margaret Atwood

  • Basil Camu headshot

    Basil Camu

  • Admiral James G Stavridis headshot

    Admiral James G Stavridis