Lenora Billings-Harris is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), diversity strategist and author. With more than twenty five years of experience in the public and private sectors, Lenora has developed a unique way of presenting sensitive topics in a fun, thought-provoking and non-judgmental way.
Inspiring Women Speakers
Debra Fine: Art Of Small Talk
Debra Fine is an internationally recognised speaker and trainer. As a member of the National Speakers Association she travels extensively giving lectures and conducting workshops on the topic.
Rachel Hollis : Motivational Speaker
Rachel Hollis was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30” and she is deeply passionate about empowering women in business.
Mel Robbins : 5 Second Rule
Mel Robbins is the host of the new daytime syndicated talk show, The Mel Robbins Show, which airs nationwide.
Lisa Nichols: Motivational Speaker
Lisa Nichols is one of the world’s most-requested motivational speakers, as well as a media personality and corporate CEO whose global platform has reached nearly 80 million people.
Erica Orange : Technology & Metaverse Expert
Erica is Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of The Future Hunters, one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms.
Amy Henry, The Apprentice
Amy Henry is a born-and-bred Texan and a formidable businesswoman who has spent the past 10 years working for leading technology companies across the United States.
Cassandra Worthy : Top Change and Transformation Speaker
Cassandra Worthy is a top innovation keynote speaker and Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm® Global, a well-respected Growth Enablement firm serving it’s client base through keynote speaking, training, and consulting. She is a former Fortune 100 Innovation Leader, highly dynamic speaker & presenter, chemical engineer, but above all else the world’s leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®.
Martina Navratilova : Tennis Legend
Martina defeated all the odds and became one of the greatest tennis stars of all time. She won 59 Grand Slams, including a record 9 Wimbledons.
Colette Carlson : Human Behavior Expert
Colette Carlson is a human behavior expert and CPAE Hall of Fame motivational keynote speaker who inspires organizations and individuals to connect and communicate in real and relevant ways. With wit, humor and sincerity, each of Colette’s presentations weaves together real-life lessons on genuine connection and the tools to leverage those connections for personal and professional success.
Carly Patterson : Olympic Gymnast
Carly Patterson captured the heart of the nation when she won the All-Around Gold Medal in Women’s Gymnastics at the 2004 Olympics. She was the first American woman to win the title in 20 years
Zeynep Ton : The Good Jobs Strategy
Zeynep Ton is an adjunct associate professor in the operations management group at MIT Sloan School of Management and the author of The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs & Boost Profits. Before MIT Sloan, she spent seven years on the faculty at Harvard Business School.
Xenia Tchoumi : Digital Marketing Expert
Xenia Tchoumi is a digital entrepreneur, fashion influencer, and an internet branding sensation based in London.
Xenia’s social media and web magazine now produces daily content that is read by over 7.4 million fans. On Instagram, she is highly paid by some of the world’s leading fashion brands to flaunt their products to her 1.4 million followers.
Marci Rossell : Economic Forecaster
Dr. Marci Rossell electrifies audiences nationwide, speaking on the nexus of economics, politics, culture, and the media. Her animated style was honed when she served as the popular, lively Chief Economist for CNBC in the months immediately following September 11th. She takes complex economic issues, often dull in the button-down business press, and makes them relevant to people’s lives, families and careers.
Margaret Brennan : Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Margaret Brennan has reported on politics, international affairs, and global markets for nearly two decades. Currently the moderator of CBS News’ Face the Nation and the network’s senior foreign affairs correspondent, she is one of the most visible faces in political news today and only the second-ever female host of the 63-year-old program. Brennan focuses on offering a fact-based review of the day’s biggest ongoing news as well as breaking stories, and draws on her extensive global experience to provide an unbiased, big-picture look at the issues that matter now. She skillfully connects waves passing through Washington to larger global tides turning and remaking culture, politics, the global economy, and more.
Janine Shepherd : Aerobatics Pilot and Former Skier
Janine Shepherd’s story reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. An Australian national champion skier in training for the upcoming Olympics, she was hit by a truck on a bike ride, suffering multiple life-threatening injuries.
Gwynne Shotwell : President & COO of SpaceX
Gwynne Shotwell joined SpaceX in 2002 as vice president of business development and built the Falcon vehicle family manifest to more than 70 launches, representing more than $10 billion in business. Shotwell is a member of the SpaceX Board of Directors.
Tiffany Shlain : Filmmaker & Founder of the Webby Awards
Named one of Newsweek’s “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” and selected by the Albert Einstein Foundation for their new book: Genius: 100 Visions for the Future, Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and dynamic speaker known for her visually stimulating, big picture, provocative, inspiring, and engaging keynotes.
Nancy Snyderman : Former Chief Medical Editor, NBC News
Dr. Nancy Snyderman is a renowned surgeon, Stanford University professor, and corporate director. Her career includes fifteen years working on innovative medical programs and products for General Electric and Johnson & Johnson, and more than thirty years as a Senior Medical Editor at NBC News and ABC News.
Joan Lunden : Former Host of Good Morning America
Joan Lunden is an American journalist, author, and television host. She was co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America from 1980 through 1997 and is the author of 12 books.