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Entrepreneur • Author • Keynote Speaker • Advocate for Women & Wealth Equity Italia Tornabene is a powerhouse keynote speaker, award-winning entrepreneur, and best-selling author who has turned real-life adversity into a legacy of empowerment. Once homeless, Italia rebuilt her life to found nine thriving ventures—including a 5x award-winning wine label, a nationally recognized children’s financial literacy series, and a nonprofit that helps single mothers escape poverty through entrepreneurship. She is the creator of Baxter’s Money Adventures, a bilingual, 10-book series and curriculum that makes saving, budgeting, and investing fun and accessible for kids ages 4–8. The series, honored with the Mom’s Choice Award, is being implemented in schools and homes nationwide. Italia’s story is not just inspiring—it’s instructive. Her keynotes blend high-energy storytelling with real-world strategy, teaching audiences how to rewrite their narratives, build financial independence, and create lasting transformation. Whether breaking down wealth-building for everyday women or guiding entrepreneurs to six-figure success, Italia’s message is clear: Success is non-negotiable. She is a sought-after speaker for TEDx stages, women’s empowerment events, financial literacy forums, and entrepreneurial summits. Known for her authenticity, humor, and results-driven insights, Italia leaves every audience with practical tools—and the belief that their past does not define their future. Signature Topics • From Homeless to CEO: Turning Trauma Into Triumph • Financially Free, Fiercely Female: Wealth Without Wall Street • Building a Brand That Breathes: Monetizing Your Story • The EmpowerHer Effect: Uplifting Single Moms Through Business • Mindset Shifts That Change Everything Awards & Highlights ✔ 5x Wine Industry Award Winner (including Double Gold, Bronze, and Women’s Choice) ✔ Moms’ Choice Award – Baxter Learns to Save ✔ Ms. New York 2024 – US Nation Pageant ✔ 500K+ Total Digital Reach Contact 📧 [email protected] | 🌐 www.italiatornabene.com 📸 @italiatornabene | 📞 725-300-5142
$1,501 - $5,000
Hi, I am Emily J McDowell, I know and speak about how a haircut can be More than a routine appointment. It can be a moment of comfort, peace, confidence, personal attention and joy. I created my private haircutting service from a simple belief: everyone deserves to feel comfortable and confident while receiving thoughtful, individualized service. My work is especially meaningful to older adults and individuals who may find a traditional salon environment difficult, tiring, or simply not suited to their needs. I bring the haircut experience to private residences and senior living communities, taking the time to work around each person’s comfort, mobility, seating, and preferences. For me, Tailored Comfort is the value at the heart of my work. It is the standard I want people to feel when they welcome me into their space and settle into their chair, comfortable, respected, and personally attended to from beginning to end. While my specialty is women’s haircuts, I’m also skilled in men’s haircuts upon request within the same family or household. My goal is simple: To Educate, Serve and build trust one relationship, one haircut, and one community at a time.
$251 - $1,500
As President, I am deeply passionate about connecting talented individuals with their dream jobs while assisting companies in building exceptional teams. Based in Canada, my focus is on fostering meaningful relationships between job seekers and employers, ensuring both thrive in a mutually beneficial environment. With years of experience in the industry, I have honed my skills in identifying the perfect fit for both parties, allowing for career growth and organizational success. My drive comes from witnessing the transformative power of a great match between talent and opportunity. I take pride in guiding people toward their career aspirations and supporting businesses in crafting teams that lead to innovation and excellence. Through my work, I aim to create a vibrant workforce and contribute to the success of the Canadian job market.
$251 - $1,500
Camille Batiste helps high-performing procurement and supply chain professionals stop being overlooked and start being recognized as leaders ready for the next level. Her clients don’t need to work harder—they need to be seen differently, and that shift leads to promotions, expanded opportunities, and stronger executive presence. She brings C-suite credibility from serving as SVP of Global Procurement and Supply Chain at Archer Daniels Midland, where she led a global transformation and delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in value annually. She has led organizations of over 7,000 people worldwide and managed budgets exceeding $1 billion, shaping how business functions work together to create enterprise impact. Her simple but powerful framework—leading yourself, becoming a leader, and leading others—gives professionals a clear path to visibility and influence. If you’re ready to be recognized for the value you already deliver, connect to explore how to work together. www.camillebatiste.com
$1,501 - $5,000
Founder, SPIRAL With Fredah LLC | Global Self-Leadership Strategist and Decision Architecture Strategist/ Creator of The SPIRAL™ Framework
Texas, United States
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Dr. Fredah Mainah, PhD Businesses don't outperform their human systems. Every business result begins with people. Most organizations focus on improving customer experience, culture, or performance separately. Dr. Fredah Mainah helps leaders strengthen the human system that produces all three. As an international keynote speaker, strategic advisor, and founder of the SPIRAL Institute for Human Development, she works with CEOs, executive teams, and organizations to identify and remove the hidden human-system constraints that limit growth, execution, innovation, employee engagement, customer loyalty, and profitability. Her work is built on a simple but powerful principle: The customer experience can never consistently exceed the employee experience. Through her proprietary **SPIRAL™ Framework**, Dr. Fredah helps organizations design high-performing human systems that enable leaders to make better decisions, build inspired teams, and create sustainable business performance. While many leadership experts focus on individual skills, Dr. Fredah focuses on the system itself—because exceptional organizations are not created by talented individuals alone, but by coherent human systems that enable talented people to perform consistently together. Her research and consulting span leadership, organizational development, decision architecture, human performance, and institutional transformation. As artificial intelligence reshapes the workplace, her work helps leaders strengthen the uniquely human capabilities that technology cannot replace: judgment, coherence, trust, ethical decision-making, and adaptive leadership. Dr. Fredah holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership specializing in Self-Leadership and an Honorary Doctorate in Humanitarianism. She has been recognized at the World Leaders Summit at Oxford University for her work advancing education and women's empowerment, is a Marquis Who's Who Honoree, a Platinum Certified Profit Advisor, and a member of the National Speakers Association. She is the author of multiple books and the founder and CEO of SPIRAL With Fredah LLC and the Rainbow-Ono Sanctuary. Signature Keynotes The Human System Advantage: Why Businesses Don't Outperform Their People The Self-Led Leader in the Age of the Algorithm From the Basement to the Boardroom: How Technology Became Strategy Building Human Systems That Drive Business Performance Based in Texas, Dr. Fredah speaks globally, equipping leaders and organizations to thrive by developing the human systems behind sustainable success. Because every business result begins with people.
More than $10,000
Joe Rivera | The Comeback King | High-Performance Inspirational Speaker | Mental Energy, Leadership & Identity Activation I’m Joe Rivera, the Comeback King. I don’t whisper motivation… I deliver wake-up calls for leaders who’ve gone numb chasing success that doesn’t even move them anymore. I speak to the ones who look like they’re winning, but feel the edge slipping. The execs operating on autopilot. The founders who scaled the mountain but forgot what it felt like to climb. The top producers stuck in silent plateaus, secretly wondering, “Is this it?” My keynotes are built to jolt the high performer awake, not with fluff, not with theory, but with raw, real, battle-tested firepower that breaks through the noise and reignites what they thought they lost. I speak on resilience, clarity, and unshakable execution, forged through collapse, rebuilt with conviction. My story ain’t just inspiring, it’s the blueprint for every leader who's overdue for their second wind. I don’t just help your people perform better. I bring them face to face with the standard they were born to lead with, before fear, pressure, or fake success got in the way. So if you’re looking for “safe”… keep scrolling. But if you’re ready to shake your stage, rattle some cages, and resurrect the fire in your audience then book the Comeback King and watch what happens.
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Eva M Kennedy is an empowerment speaker based in Chicago, Illinois, helping women and organizations reconnect with who they are so they can move forward with clarity, confidence, and intention. Through transformational keynotes and workshops, she guides participants beyond motivation into identity-based alignment, where insight becomes action they can actually live and lead. Her work supports women navigating life and leadership transitions across corporate and nonprofit environments, helping them reclaim their purpose, strengthen self-trust, and make decisions that reflect their values and inner truth. Whether speaking to a leadership team or leading a facilitated session, Eva creates a practical, resonant experience that helps people remember who they are and step into what comes next.
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I am Donley Ferguson, a Human Systems Architect, professional speaker, and creator of the Vortisys Framework — a new way of understanding how people, purpose, and systems move together. For more than three decades, I have studied what happens when people and organizations lose connection with purpose. The result is familiar: disengagement, burnout, turnover, and teams that appear busy but struggle to create meaningful progress. My work helps leaders and organizations understand that purpose is not a slogan, a perk, or a motivational moment. It is a dynamic system that influences decisions, behaviors, culture, and performance. Through the Vortisys Framework, I help organizations identify the patterns that keep people and teams stuck and create the conditions for purposeful motion. By connecting human potential with organizational strategy, I help leaders transform uncertainty into clarity, disengagement into connection, and activity into meaningful progress. My mission is simple: to connect people with purpose and help individuals and organizations reclaim the motion required to reach their potential.
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As the Founder and CEO dedicated to transforming lives, I am Shawn Arrington from the United States. I specialize in guiding purpose-driven professionals to overcome challenges such as burnout, sadness, and overwhelm. Through my innovative Look Up Living® Blueprint, I help individuals ReConnect, Rebuild, and Reignite through change. My mission is to provide practical tools and insights that lead to renewed energy and fulfillment. With 28 years of experience in healthcare and personal development, I am committed to helping others transform their lives by navigating the complexities of modern work and personal pressures. My approach is centered around actionable strategies and empathetic support, ensuring that each client can rediscover their strength and passion. Through tailored guidance and my unique framework, I strive to foster lasting change for those seeking a more balanced and joyful life.
$1,501 - $5,000
My name is Chris, and no one is more surprised you're reading this than I am. Why? Because I thought I’d spend my career telling cool stories on TV. But one day, an impressive leader at a huge business asked me to create a story about their strategy. And then another leader asked me to do it. And another. And then those leaders asked me to teach them how to tell stories like I do. Until one day, it dawned on me: the same principles that hook audiences also move clients, attract investors, align teams, and shift cultures. I’m a professional storyteller who helps business people tell stories like a professional. And I can do the same thing for you.
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Trauma-Informed Leadership Speaker for Organizations in High-Stress Industries
Los Angeles, California
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Lita Abella, JD, BCC, ACC, helps legal teams and other organizations in high-stress industries reduce burnout risk, improve retention, and protect client-service quality under pressure. She brings a rare combination of legal, investigative, leadership, coaching, mediation, and public-safety experience to the stage. Lita is an international speaker, executive coach, and consultant specializing in the mental health, resilience, and sustainability of high-stress professionals. Since 2018, she has delivered 400+ presentations on substance use disorders, mental health, wellness strategies, leadership, resilience, and trauma-informed practices to more than 5,000 professionals. Her background includes service with the Los Angeles Police Department, over a decade with the State Bar of California, experience investigating attorney misconduct, 26 years as a licensed California private investigator/entrepreneur, mediation for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office Dispute Resolution Program, and a professor of business law. Her signature framework, The ABELLA Model, gives high-performing teams a practical six-step system for leading, working, and serving under pressure. Lita’s presentations are practical, engaging, and trauma-informed—grounded in evidence, real-world experience, and empathy. She translates complex psychological and organizational challenges into actionable strategies that leaders and professionals can apply immediately. She is the author of The ABELLA Model: Leading High-Stress Professionals with Trauma-Informed Practices, Resilient Lawyering: A Practicable Guide to Sustainable Well-Being in Law, and Resilient Professional: A Practicable Guide to Lead, Work, and Thrive in High-Stress Environments. Having personally navigated the impact of high-stress careers, Lita brings both credibility and authenticity to every stage. Book Lita for keynotes, MCLE/CLE programs, professional development, leadership training, and trauma-informed workplace programs.
$5,001 - $10,000
Michael Hingson, blind since birth, was born in Chicago to sighted parents who believed in raising their son with a can-do attitude. Michael’s family relocated to Palmdale California when he was five years old. He received his first guide dog at the age of 14. He later went to college receiving a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Physics along with a secondary teaching credential from the University of California at Irvine. Michael then enjoyed a nearly-30-year career working for high tech companies spending most of his time in management roles. Michael Hingson’s life changed dramatically on September 11, 2001 when he and his guide dog, Roselle, escaped from the 78th floor of Tower One in the World Trade Center. Soon after, Michael and Roselle were thrust into the international limelight where Michael began to share his unique survival story and 9-11 lessons of trust, courage, heroism, and teamwork. Mike has served as The National Public Affairs Director for one of the largest Nonprofit organizations in the nation: Guide Dogs for the Blind; He has served as the vice president of the National Association of Guide Dog Users; Michael has held seats on several boards. Until October 2019 he worked as the CEO of the Do More Foundation, the non-profit arm of Aira Tech Corp, a manufacturer of assistive technology which makes a revolutionary visual interpreter for blind people. In January 2021 Mike joined accessiBe as its Chief Vision Officer to help advance the company goal of making the entire internet fully inclusive. He is the author of the #1 New York Times Best Seller: “Thunder dog –The True Story of a Blind Man, a Guide Dog & the Triumph of Trust” – selling over 2.5 million copies Worldwide. In 2014 Mr. Hingson published his 2nd book “Running with Roselle”- A story for our youth. His third book, “Live Like A Guide Dog”, was released on August 20, 2024. This book shows readers how they can learn to control fear and not, as Mike would say, “become blinded by fear in the face of crisis”. Mr. Hingson has traveled the Globe speaking to some of the world’s most elite: from former President, George W. Bush to Larry King, to Fortune 500 companies and colleges and Universities Nationwide. After sharing his story of survival on hundreds of TV and Radio programs, Michael is now an Expert hired by many of today’s major corporations and organizations. Speaking and consulting on the importance of Teamwork and Trust, Moving from Diversity to Inclusion, as well as offering Adaptive Technology Training – spearheading innovation for ALL! In June, 2024 Mike was inducted as an alumni member into the honors Fraternity Phi Beta Kappa. Currently Michael lives in Victorville, California with Alamo, Michael’s eighth guide dog and his rescue feline, Stitch. More information on Mr. Hingson is available on his website. Here also is a link to Mr. Hingson’s press kit, https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/q8uxu9u7pap4puj5de7rg/h?rlkey=22bziy0wmghf8111kad73685y&dl=0
More than $10,000