Keynote Speaking

Newport, Rhode Island
Three-time Olympian; Olympic swim team captain; best-selling author; first woman to swim 20K route from Pt. Judith, Rhode Island to Block Island (September 2021)

Speaking Topics Include: Confidence and composure; how to be a leader; what makes a successful leader

Special Interests/Passions: Ocean conservation, finding/funding a cancer cure and bettering treatment options

Speaking Clients Include: LEAD Sports Summit, USA Swimming Foundation, Women’s Sports Foundation, Dow Chemical

Book: Silver Lining

Block Cancer Video

Media Kit

Los Angeles, California
3-time swimming Olympian; CEO of LEAD, a company for developing leadership skills in teenage girls

Speaking Topics Include: Stay in your lane and play the long game; the power of self-belief; developing a championship mindset

Special Interests/Passions: Empowering girls to become leaders

Speaking Clients Include: Xfinity, Liberty Mutual, Starbucks

Media Kit

Atlanta, Georgia
3-time Paralympic swimming gold medalist; current world record holder; author; disability advocate; law student

Speaking Topics Include: The only disability in life is a bad attitude; shattering expectations and living with intention and ambition; goal setting and focus in pursuit of success

Special Interests/Passions: Bettering the lives of hospitalized children; disability rights and advocacy

Speaking Clients Include: Adidas, LEAD Sports Summit, Greenwich Academy, Loyola University Maryland

Book: Breaking Free

Media Kit

Tallahassee, Florida
2020 Olympic Silver Medalist; 2-time world champion; 4-time NCAA All-American

Speaking Topics Include: The power of mudita: the secret of being a great teammate; Identity crisis: finding yourself after your collegiate career is over; Mastering your craft by owning your routine

Special Interests/Passions: Strength and conditioning, mentoring/supporting/advocating for LBGTQ+ youth

Media Kit

McKinney, Texas
Team USA bobsledder in 2014 Olympics; former NFL and CFL player; author

Speaking Topics Include: Breaking through barriers; think like an Olympian; champion mindset

Special Interests/Passions: Winning at social media; STEM in sports

Speaking Clients Include: AT&T, Chick-fil-A, Cisco, Toyota, American Diabetes Association

Book: Push

Media Kit

Knoxville, Tennessee
Member of International Swim League’s Energy Standard; 2016, 2020 Olympic Trials qualifier; eight-time NCAA All-American; American record holder; mental health advocate

Speaking Topics Include: Mental health awareness; athlete mental health

Media Kit

Upland, California
Qualified for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic cycling team; two-time bronze medalist at 2016 Rio Paralympics; 2017 world champion; two-time ParaPan Am Games gold medalist

Speaking Topics Include: Adaptability – turning one stopped dream into a new one; grit and determinations – how to be better today than you were yesterday and not be held back; creating your tribe – finding the right people for your corner

Special Interests/Passions: Mountain biking, rowing

Media Kit

Hype Video

Berkeley, California
Three-time Olympic track and field gold medalist (long jump 2016; 4x100 relay 2016; 4x100 relay 2012); best-selling author; pusher on U.S. Olympic bobsled team in 2012; social media guru; yoga practitioner and instructor; businesswoman

Speaking Topics Include: Execute control of mind and body to have the advantage; self-care for success; squashing self-doubt

Special Interests/Passions: Writing, holistic living, yoga

Speaking Clients Include: Nike, Proctor & Gamble, University of Oregon, Sigma Gamma Rho

Book: Survive & Advance

Media Kit

Denver, Colorado
First person to complete a four-way crossing of the English Channel; world record-holder for longest continuous swim, unassisted and without a wetsuit in current-neutral conditions (104.6 miles over 67 hours in Vermont’s Lake Champlain); first person to complete a double crossing of Lake Tahoe; breast cancer survivor.

Speaking Topics Include: Personal story of overcoming cancer and completing the English Channel four-way within a year of completing treatment; goal-setting; giving yourself grace

Special Interests/Passions: Camping

Speaking Clients Include: AstraZeneca

Media Kit

Jersey City, New Jersey
Three-time Olympian in women’s sabre; 2016 bronze medalist; started fencing at age 9; was born in Poland and came to the U.S. as a baby; member of the Harvard University coaching staff

Speaking Topics Include: Focusing on “WIN” (What’s Important Now)

Special Interests/Passions: Advocating for positive mind and body in females

Speaking Engagements Include: A fencing workshop for corporate employees

Media Kit

Atlanta, Georgia
Confidence coach focused on helping female athletes reach their goals and perform their best. Has worked with dozens of Olympians and national team members, including seven clients who competed in the Tokyo Games.

Speaking Topics Include: Giving yourself credit for your own hard work; what to do in those pressure-to-perform moments; identifying your truths, as “real confidence always revolves around truth.”

Speaking Clients Include: Universities, swim teams, Humana, USA Swimming, WNBA’s Atlanta Dream

Book: 30 Days To Confident

30 Days To Confident – Bulk Orders & Speaking Fees

Orange, California
Three-time Olympian; one of only two women to have three Olympic gold medals in water polo; three-time World Champion; NCAA champion with Stanford; all-time leading scorer for the Cardinal

Speaking Topics Include: Leadership and teamwork, body image

Speaking Clients Include: Intuit

Media Kit

Boulder, Colorado
Adventure swimmer and communications strategist. An ambassador for water; holds three world records for adventure swimming; featured subject of two documentary films, Dancing in the Water and Silent River.

Speaking Topics Include: Water conservation; adventure and open-water swimming; lessons from the water to the boardroom; communications strategy and crisis management; justice issues

Speaking Clients Include: Google, Ignite Boulder, 5 Gyres Voices for Oceans

Books: Soul is Waterproof (coming in 2022); Ignition – Superior Communication Strategies for Creating Stronger Connections; Dear Dr. Thompson – Felony Murder, Hunter S. Thompson and the Last Gonzo Campaign

Jamestown, Ohio
Two-time Paralympian in the sports of triathlon and track and field; three-time Paralympic medalist. Her proudest moment was when, at 18, she won gold at the Rio Games in paratriathlon, when the sport made its Paralympic debut. Norman was born with a congenital condition that resulted in the amputation of her left leg and right big toe. She graduated from nursing school in 2020.

Speaking Topics Include: “The pursuit of common goals,” touching on the purpose and power of sport to challenge, achieve, express, and connect a global community of athletes of all abilities; the importance of collegiate athletics for women; and opportunities for women in the professional field.

Speaking Clients Include: The Air Force Marathon, Endurance Exchange Conference, Cedarville University, Challenged Athletes Foundation

Colorado Springs, Colorado
Olympic silver medalist in the triathlon mixed relay at the Tokyo Olympic Games, where he turned in the best performance in history by an American man (6th); was an elite junior racer before being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 19; six months later, after completing chemotherapy, he made is his senior-level World Cup debut. Has been cancer-free for more than 10 years and actively supports pediatric cancer research.

Speaking Topics Include: “Success is not a moment,” covering the keys to success in sport and life; the power to drive change by assessing what you can control; setting and achieving relevant long-term goals and short-term tasks; identifying and developing weaknesses; and building a trusted team.

Speaking Clients Include: Prudential, Pelotonia, Cal’s Angels

Video: 10 Years Removed from Cancer Diagnosis, McDowell Achieves Olympic Dream

Ocean City, New Jersey
Ocean advocate and endurance waterman committed to moving others from awareness to action benefitting our oceans and coastal communities; globally recognized expert in ocean and aquatic safety; host of Wave Safe ocean safety education series with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; competes in ultra-distance and professional surf and lifesaving events. Founder of 501c3 Ocean Positive, recipient of the 2022 Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation grant. Accomplishments include a record-setting no-wetsuit swim in Alaska and a historic swim between the islands of American Samoa.

Speaking Topics Include: “Passion to purpose,” empowering positive ocean connections and open water/beach safety through education; inclusiveness in and on the water; ocean science and conservation – building water-responsible and water-respectful communities; drowning prevention

Speaking Clients Include: Surf Life Saving Australia, American Meteorological Society, Monterey Bay Aquarium, USA Triathlon, IRONMAN, American Samoa Department of Marine Wildlife, schools and universities

Video: Open Water Swimming Speaking Reel

Video: Wave Safe for Ocean Athletes

Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Carla Albano is a retired lawyer and business owner. She is a lifelong swimmer who got her start in Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s, where she enjoyed a modest level of success competing in the pool and open-water venues. In 1976, Carla was the first woman ocean lifeguard in Long Beach, Calif. That year, she became a breaststroker for California State University Long Beach women’s varsity swim team. She swam for CSULB for two years. Nearly 40 years later, she joined Swim Fort Lauderdale Masters swim team in Florida and decided to swim the legendary 12.5-mile race around Key West.

Speaking Topics Include: Nick's Story (a motivational story about all of the factors needed to become a champion); Becoming the 1st woman beach Lifeguard in Long Beach, CA; Open water tales/techniques

Special Interests/Passions: Swimming, writing, cooking, and ocean turtle rescue

Speaking Clients Include: Schools (middle and high school), civic organizations, swim teams, and library foundations

Book: Soul of a Swimmer