From global leaders to industry pioneers, this list of top female keynote speakers captivate audiences across all sectors. These thought leaders use their experiences and insights to deliver powerful messages on innovation, leadership, and diversity, inspiring audiences to strive for excellence. Their bold perspectives challenge the status quo and ignite change, making them essential voices in the world of business and beyond. Whether they are sharing their stories on stage or virtually, top female keynote speakers leave a lasting impact on their audiences and shape the way we think about the world.

Top Female Keynote Speakers

Molly Bloom 
Legendary for running the world’s most exclusive high stakes poker game frequented by A-List Hollywood celebrities and sports figures, Molly Bloom is a top female keynote speaker and one  of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women. She shares a life journey of triumph, ruin, and reinvention—from Olympic dreams crushed by a career-ending accident to seeing her multi-million-dollar business threatened by organized crime and shut down by the FBI. Her story of grit, resilience and self-determination has been called a “goosebump experience,” inspiring corporate audiences and winning stellar reviews.

“Molly hit every note. She held the attention of the entire room for the whole hour as our players were in complete silence and full attention.” – Meg P., Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club

Cassandra Worthy 
Cassandra Worthy is a top change and transformation female keynote speaker and Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm® Global, a well-respected Growth Enablement firm serving its 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®.

“I LOVED our keynote speaker Cassandra Worthy! Throughout her presentation, I would say that the overall engagement was through the roof. Personally, I found myself engaged from start to finish because she was able to use energy and humor in order to be relatable.” – Program Manager at Allstate

Robyn Benincasa
Robyn Benincasa is a top leadership and teamwork female keynote speaker, author, and Adventure Racing World Champion. One of the highest-rated, female motivational speakers in the world, she regularly shares the stage with world leaders and business icons, her customers include many Fortune companies like Starbucks, Deloitte, Aflac, Boeing, and more.

“Robyn knocked it out of the ballpark! What an inspiration. Engaging, on target, organized in presentation and fun! She definitely helped us strengthen the core of our leaders and made such a positive impact. We’re grateful for her contribution to our conference.” – Theresa M., Vice President of Training & Development, tastefully simple

Tiffani Bova 
Growth & innovation evangelist Tiffani Bova is a top expert and influencer on sales, customer experience, innovation, digital transformation, and the future of work. She is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestsellers, Growth IQ and The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth (June 2023). Ranked in the Thinkers50 list of the world’s top management thinkers (twice!), Tiffani is a contributor to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Entrepreneur. She is also the host of the 5-Star-rated podcast, What’s Next! With Tiffani Bova.

“When Tiffani Bova speaks, leaders throughout the industry listen. She understands the challenges and opportunities inherent in our industry, identifies masterful strategies to leverage these trends, and helps leaders find the right approach for their business success.” – Janet S., VP Solution and Sales Channels, Verizon Business Market

Vernice “Flygirl” Armour 
FlyGirl is a top female keynote speaker, America’s first African-American female combat pilot, and the author of Zero to Breakthrough. FlyGirl’s fresh, edgy style, high, contagious energy and unique, gutsy essence jump off the stage, page, and screen and moves people to action.

“Flygirl was AMAZING! She grabbed my attention and kept it. I was able to relate to her story and apply her transition to my life!” – Attendee, 2017 NC Chamber Women > A Force in Business!

Nancy Giordano 
Described as endlessly optimistic, Nancy is a strategic futurist, corporate strategist, and bestselling author who has consulted on a portfolio of $60+ billion well-known brands and given more than 100+ global keynotes. With a drive to help enterprise organizations and visionary leaders transform to meet the escalating expectations ahead, she is recognized as one of the world’s top female futurists, and founder of the Femme Futurists Society.  Her expertise and experiences range from A.I., to frozen foods, to reinventing the internet, and all of her projects have a key common denominator: transitioning away from the extractive operating systems and outdated business thinking that no longer holds up… to create the more sustainable, inclusive and dynamic solutions the future demands. Author of the Amazon bestselling book Leadering: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger, Nancy is a frequent panelist at South by Southwest, global keynote speaker, Singularity University guest lecture, and world’s first TEDx licensee. She advises leaders on the organizational structures and new mindsets necessary to effectively harness the significant technology innovations heading our way and ensure a safe and thriving future for us all.

“Thank you for taking the time to speak to our team last week about the important work that you do. It was both eye-opening and inspiring” – Kristen S., Vice President, HBOMax

Janelle Shane 
Janelle Shane’s AI humor blog, AIweirdness.com, looks at the strange side of artificial intelligence. She has been featured on the main TED stage, in the New York Times, The Atlantic, WIRED, Popular Science, All Things Considered, Science Friday, and Marketplace, as well as being Futurist in Residence at the Smithsonian.. Her book, “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How AI Works, Thinks, and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place” uses cartoons and humorous pop-culture experiments to look inside the minds of the algorithms that run our world, making artificial intelligence and machine learning both accessible and entertaining. Shane was named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, and an Adweek Young Influential.

“Janelle was brilliant! She had the audience cracking up with her quirky humour and fresh examples as she cut through the AI hype to deliver her clear-eyed perspective. Our audience had technical backgrounds that varied enormously, and she delivered a talk that worked for them all.” – Jeremy M., Curator, Better By Design CEO Summit 2019

Tan Le 
Recognized as one of the most influential women in technology, top business and innovation speaker Tan Le is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley-based EMOTIV, the leader in EEG-Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology. Her work focuses on non-invasive “brainwear” that allows humans to interface with computers. This technology will transform our work environments, promote mental health and wellbeing, create radically personalized consumer experiences, accelerate how we learn, and transform the lives of people with physical limitations and cognitive differences. A captivating and authoritative speaker on what she calls the “NeuroGeneration,” three-time TED speaker Le takes audiences on a fascinating journey into current and future technologies that will forever transform not only how we live and work, but what it means to be human.

“Tan was AMAZING!  She exceeded our expectations. THANK YOU for listening to what the nuances were of our group, as well as taking the time to understand the personalities of our audience and decision makers. Homerun!” – Collaborative Business Communications

Crystal Washington 
Crystal Washington is a top social media female keynote speaker, author, and works with organizations that want to leverage technology to increase profits and productivity. Crystal is well known for her ability to take complex Web, app, and social media topics, and make them easy to understand and accessible for everyday people and small business owners.

“She recharged the audience, had them laughing, energized and engaged in a topic near and dear to all of us.” – David, Employee Communications, Corning 

Colette Carlson 
Colette Carlson is a top human behavior female keynote speaker and author who inspires individuals to connect and communicate in real and relevant ways. How to create effective connections, and leverage them for greater success, is the thread that is woven into every one of Colette’s presentations.

“Colette was a huge hit at our Leadership Series, and people are still talking about it! We were all so impressed by the way she researched and got to know us. As a result, she nailed it, gained immediate credibility and connected with everyone! Colette was knowledgeable, relatable and down to earth… what more could you ask for.” – Donna S., People Development Mgr, Texas Roadhouse

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