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Adrienne Bankert

Adrienne Bankert

ABC News Correspondent, Speaker, Mentor and Connector

A seasoned journalist with broadcast experience as a television news anchor, interviewer & host, Adrienne Bankert is currently a national news correspondent with ABC News and the Good Morning America Weekend POP news anchor. She can be seen on all of ABC News’ platforms including Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and Nightline. Before her move to New York, she worked at KABC in Los Angeles as a reporter/fill-in anchor, covering breaking news in the field and in-studio, including special reports on the stock market, mudslides, and the Special Olympics. Prior to LA, Adrienne worked at CBS 11 KTVT in Dallas where she co-...

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A seasoned journalist with broadcast experience as a television news anchor, interviewer & host, Adrienne Bankert is currently a national news correspondent with ABC News and the Good Morning America Weekend POP news anchor. She can be seen on all of ABC News’ platforms including Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and Nightline.

Before her move to New York, she worked at KABC in Los Angeles as a reporter/fill-in anchor, covering breaking news in the field and in-studio, including special reports on the stock market, mudslides, and the Special Olympics. Prior to LA, Adrienne worked at CBS 11 KTVT in Dallas where she co-anchored CBS 11 News This Morning and CBS 11 News at 11.

She began her news career as a traffic reporter at NBC station KCRA-TV rising through the ranks as a reporter and host to news anchor. She was on the scene of major stories including California wildfires, anchored wall to wall coverage of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011, Governor Jerry Brown’s 2010 run for office and the discovery of missing child Jaycee Dugard.

Raised in the Sacramento, California area, Adrienne is a University of Southern California graduate. Her passion for impacting and helping others realize their dreams led her to founding an NGO, Loving Individuals Giving Help Together (LIGHT).

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Adrienne is an absolute natural when it comes to commanding a large audience.She is able to provide an added asset to your event by her mere presence

Four Seasons Dallas, Las Colinas

She can hold a room together. Part humor. Part grace. All professional. Adrienne Bankert is one of the best

Dallas Film Society & The Dallas International Film Festival

Topics

Topics

Equality: The Key to Never Getting Hurt

Preventing conflict & simply connecting

Paradigm Shift: It’s different not difficult

Doing what’s necessary for breakthrough

Smile You’re On Candid Camera

A life & career without compromise

In a Perfect World: Your story is already written”

How to plan & attain unrealistic goals

Going through security: WORK”

Finding purpose, altruism and loving what you do”

Hard Work ≠

Why Hard Work Doesn’t Equal Success: The Final Answer”

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Videos


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TESTIMONIALS

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The American Psychological Association was thrilled to have Dr. Antonia Novello as our speaker for the 2024 APA Convention. Dr. Novello was fantastic, and her presentation was a tremendous success. Thank you, Peter, for all your hard work in making this event such a resounding success.

American Psychological Association

For our annual Native American Heritage Month celebration, PDA Group arranged for John Echohawk to join us for a virtual moderated discussion. The program was thoughtful, engaging, and highly impactful for our audience of lawyers and professional staff. We are grateful for their partnership and look forward to working with them again.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

We have partnered with PDA Group on multiple successful events, including our charity luncheon with Lisa Edelstein and our Women’s Philanthropy Kickoff Event featuring Allegra Goodman. Their professionalism, expertise, and commitment to excellence make them an outstanding partner. Thank you for your exceptional work and continued support.

UJA-Federation

We have received so much fantastic feedback following our virtual event. It was an absolute success, and Sylvia Fowles was excellent. Thank you again to Sylvia and the entire team for your partnership!”

U.S. Bank

Kurt Warner was spectacular—he completely wowed the audience and solidified major leadership points. He was an amazing partner, and we will be talking about this experience for years to come. We will definitely leverage the PDA team for all of our speaking needs!”

Sysco Corporation

The events over the past two years went very well — everyone had a great time with Dr. Mark Esper in 2025, and Sam Hinkie led a very engaging Q&A with our Principal, Jean Reynolds, in 2024. Thank you for working with us these last two years; your support has been instrumental to the success of our programs!

Investcorp Strategic Capital Group

It was an absolute privilege to have Dr. Sanjay Gupta as our keynote speaker for the 2026 GME Leadership Conference. He delivered an outstanding address that resonated deeply and left a lasting impression on everyone in the room. The entire planning process was seamless and collaborative. It was a pleasure working together, brainstorming suggestions, and ultimately selecting the perfect fit for our event. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

HCA Healthcare

We had a fantastic day with Inge! She was very engaging with all those that attended. Her personal stories about the holocaust were very special and we were moved that she was willing to share them with everyone. Thank you again, PDA for all your hard work and dedication to make this program such a success!

Salt Lake Community College

It was a great pleasure to work with PDA Group! The communication was always prompt, friendly and helpful. We loved the speakers and events we booked through Mr. Peter Walker (PDA Group).

Western Michigan University

On behalf of myself and my organization Entertainment Unlimited the Campus Programming Board of Ferris State University, we thank you PDA and Dan for a successful event!! Dan was magnificent! Students really enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. Can’t wait to bring in more programs with PDA Group.

Ferris State University

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