In The Shadows with Hostage Negotiator and Author Mickey Bergman

When an American is captured abroad, that’s when private hostage negotiators like Mickey Bergman step in to bring them home.

Mickey Bergman, two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and CEO of Global Reach, has spent the past decade freeing Americans from some of the world's most insulated countries.

He joins us in Stamford and reveal true stories from his work “in the shadows” to rescue Americans held hostage abroad – including Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, Trevor Reed, and more.

What: Conversation with Mickey Bergman followed by book signing
When: Thursday, February 20th | 6:00PM-7:30PM
Where: Ferguson Library | 1 Public Library Plaza, Stamford, CT 06901
Tickets: No charge, registration required

Mickey Bergman
Chief Executive Officer of Global Reach

With over 17 years of experience, Mickey has managed relationships and private diplomacy efforts in North Korea, Cuba, Myanmar, Russia, the Middle East, Venezuela, and Africa.

Nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 and 2023 alongside the late Governor Bill Richardson, Mickey previously led his team at the Richardson Center as its Vice President and Executive Director to facilitate the release of more political prisoners than any other organization.

In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad by Mickey Bergman

Brittney Griner, Danny Fenster, Otto Warmbier, Trevor Reed, Paul Whelan, Kenneth Bae…When an American citizen is unjustly imprisoned overseas, that’s when Mickey Bergman’s phone starts to ring.

This is the heart-pounding story of these urgent negotiations, what it’s like to climb inside the minds of some of the world’s most notorious strongmen, where the clear divisions between good and evil are replaced by a thousand shades of gray.

As Mickey Bergman and Ellis Henican make clear on every page, international diplomacy isn’t just for government officials anymore.

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Global Reach is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing home Americans who are wrongly held abroad—whether by terrorist groups, criminal gangs, or foreign governments.

Global Reach represents and works on behalf of the families of victims, and does not accept money or any form of donation from the victims and families it serves. In the last 10 years, the officers of Global Reach have worked on 124 cases of wrongfully held prisoners worldwide. 78 are now safely home with their families. Learn more at https://reach.global/

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