Vera Jones is a relatable and often humorous speaker who thrives on empathy and emotional intelligence to connect and inspire. She is also known for her extensive, veteran background in broadcasting, serving over 30 years as a Women’s Basketball Analyst and Reporter for various networks, including ESPN, Fox Sports, Madison Square Garden Network, NBA-TV, and the Big Ten Network. Today Vera can still be seen as the host of the seasonal women’s basketball show, Certifies Unscripted and her motivational podcast, Perseverance Live.
Vera is an MITI Certified Mediator and Trainer in Conflict Resolution and Founder of the Perseverance Speaker’s Academy, providing individual and group coaching under the umbrella of Conflict and Communication. In the space of Diversity, Equity. and Inclusion she serves as the Past President for Colorful Talks. Vera deeply understands the personal trials of life and seeks to use her gifts of service in her faith-based mission to “help people blinded by life’s fouls trust their vision.”
With the emergence of Vera’s signature, platform speech, Trust Your Vision, in a 2017 Goalcast VI video of 47-million views and counting, Vera has commanded global recognition as an inspirational phenom_ Her style is best described as “Inspiring, funny, and relatable” as she passionately moves her audiences towards empathy, significance, service, and purpose. In line with her sports experience and philosophies, she helps individuals and teams “Play Through the Foul” with the power of faith, focus, and fortitude. An accomplished author, Vera’s books also reflect these powerful themes. She earned her master’s degree from the prestigious Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University where she first developed an interest in the psychology of interpersonal communication.
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She also excelled as a scholar-athlete. Laboring several years coaching collegiate basketball with stops at the University of Dayton and Indiana University, the groundwork was set for Vera to develop a sports-principled. communication coaching and training platform.
Additionally, working in the corporate sector for Fortune 500 companies such as Wells Fargo and Procter & Gamble, grounded Vera with empathic understanding for the many fouls that can occur in the workplace. Today, as President of Vera’s VoiceWorks, LLC, she applies her diversified career experiences in leadership training platforms via Play Through the Foul Team Building and Communication Training to help leaders manage seemingly unmanageable workplace conflict. Personal and organizational Conflict and Communication instruction is available via Vera’s “Classes for Clashes” online coaching course as well as in a more intimate, one-on-one coaching format. In 2023, Vera expanded her corporate coaching reach when she joined forces with Randstad RiseSmart as a Work-Life/Career Development Coach.