Hoda Kotb

Keynote Speaker | Award-Winning Journalist & Best-Selling Author

HODA KOTB is an award-winning journalist, author, and former co-anchor of TODAY and TODAY with Hoda & Jenna. She also hosts the popular podcast Making Space with Hoda Kotb. Kotb joined TODAY in 2008 and recently departed after 17 years. Since joining NBC News in 1998, she has served as a Dateline NBC correspondent, covering major domestic and international stories, including Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq War, and multiple Olympic Games. A New York Times best-selling author, Kotb has written eight books, including I’ve Loved You Since Forever and Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee. She has received numerous accolades, including an Emmy, multiple Gracie Awards, and induction into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. Before NBC, Kotb worked at WWL-TV in New Orleans and WINK-TV in Florida. She holds a B.A. in broadcast journalism from Virginia Tech. Kotb resides in the New York City suburbs with her two daughters, Haley Joy and Hope Catherine.