Dec 21, 2022
Our 20 Most Booked Female Keynote Speakers of the Year
There’s a decent chance you’re sick of all the end of year roundups going around, but this is one we must insist you don’t skip. Our top female keynote speakers are coaches, and consultants, athletes and industry titans with expertises as deep and wide as the sea. We are proud to have partnered with these amazing women and brought them to global audiences, and are already looking forward to our collaborations in 2023.
Without further ado, BigSpeak’s top booked female keynote speakers:
Starting off our list of top female keynote speakers is Amelia Rose Earhart, boundary-pushing pilot and president of the Fly with Amelia Foundation. She has worked with a number of Fortune 500 clients and the United States Air Force Academy.
Anne-Marie Imafidon is a top technology keynote speaker and one of Forbes Top 50 Global Women in Tech. A prodigy and thought-leader, she is a co-founder of Stemettes, a social enterprise inspiring the next generation of females into STEM roles that has reached over 40,000 girls so far.
Change enthusiast and top female keynote speaker Cassandra Worthy is the founder and CEO of Change Enthusiasm® Global, a growth enablement firm that arms its clients to harness the power of emotions to accelerate transformational journeys.
Chaunté Lowe is a resilience speaker and 4x Olympian with a story of perseverance and strength. A breast cancer survivor, her speaking has been in high demand since her decision to continue her Olympic career while undergoing chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.
Social media and technology expert Crystal Washington is one of our top female keynote speakers. Working with organizations that want to leverage tech to increase profits and productivity, her clients include Fortune 500 companies, and she is one of Forbes’ 50 Leading Futurists.
Heather McGowan is a bestselling author, innovation consultant, and top female keynote speaker specializing in helping organizations prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Her clients include Biogen, Citi, JP Morgan Chase and Microsoft, and she serves on the faculty of Swinburne University.
Recognized as one of the Top 30 Best Minds on Leadership, Jackie Freiberg has been helping leaders create innovative, adaptive cultures for over 3 decades. She is consistently one of our top booked female keynote speakers, and is broadly considered one of the most in-demand female business speakers in North America.
Rockstar concert pianist and motivational powerhouse Jade Simmons captivates audiences around the world with her genre-bending performances. With impact spanning multiple industries and broad appeal, her presentations on leadership and creativity create boundless inspiration.
Award-winning author and change management expert Lisa Bodell ranks among the Top 50 Speakers Worldwide and is a regular contributor to Forbes. She is frequently the highest-rated presenter at conferences, and has worked with audiences from Cisco, Citi, and Google to create immediate and effective change.
Marita Cheng is a tech entrepreneur, roboticist, and top female keynote speaker named one of Forbes Worlds Top 50 Women in Tech. An infectious bundle of energy, she has given over 350 presentations to audiences in 15 different countries.
Molly Bloom is our top booked female keynote speaker and one of our top booked speakers overall (we worked with her over 50 times this calendar year)! A bestselling author and entrepreneur, her story of running the most exclusive underground poker game in the world has been adapted into the Oscar-nominated film Molly’s Game.
Strategic futurist Nancy Giordano is an AI speaker and bestselling author with boundless optimism and a strong drive to help visionary leaders transform their businesses. As an advisor and curator, she has worked with some of the world’s top companies and is the creator of the First Career Fair For the Future event for college and high school students.
Natalie Nixon is an award-winning author and global authority on applied creativity for exponential business growth ranked by Real Leaders as 1 of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World. A magnetic presenter, she is sought after globallyfor her ability to achieve transformative business results.
Adventure racing world champion and inspirational speaker Robyn Benincasa is one of the highest-rated female keynote speakers in the world. A CNN Hero, bestselling author and full-time firefighter, she has more moxie than most, and is booked more than 100 times a year across all industries.
Shannon Miller is a top female keynote speaker, cancer survivor, and 7x Olympic medalist. She continues to be involved with the Olympics as an analyst and commentator and is the only female athlete to be inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame twice.
Tan Le is an award-winning inventor and author who consistently makes it into our lists of top booked keynote speakers. A pioneer in the emerging field of brain-computer interface, she is the CEO of EMOTIV, a neuroinformatics company devoted to improving understanding of the human brain.
Global growth evangelist and top female keynote speaker Tiffani Bova is a bestselling author and one of Top Sales World Magazine’s Top 50 Sales and Marketing Influencers.A top management thinker, she is a frequent guest publisher in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Entrepreneur.
Tsedal Neeley is a top keynote speaker of globalization and digital transformation. A thought leader, Harvard professor and Top Voice on remote work, her work focuses on helping leaders scale their organizations and develop global strategies to face the coming virtual work revolution.
Trailblazing pilot and entrepreneur Vernice “Flygirl” Armour is an engaging inspirational speaker and consultant who has been featured on CNN, The View, the Oprah Winfrey Show and MSNBC. The first ever Black female combat pilot, she helps businesses get gutsy and create breakthrough results.
Although a newer addition to our roster, Wema Hoover is one of our most booked keynote speakers of 2022. A DE&I coach, culture curator and former Google executive, she has led efforts for global companies in creating systemic organizational change.
Eager to book one of these amazing women? Reach out to us at info@bigspeak.com to start the process.