Michele is a keynote speaker at meetings and conferences around the world for businesses, organizations and communities. Her topics include: The Power of Visionary Leadership; Putting Vision & Values to Work (to transform organizations); Diversity – A Rich Reservoir for Creativity and Performance

Her presentations are founded on her belief that people have the capacity to create far better, futures than we have dared to dream. She comes to these beliefs through her personal and professional experiences, and by researching and writing about others who are making their hopes and dreams come true. She published these stories in her book, DreamMakers: Putting Vision & Values to Work.


A Sample of Michele's Speaking Engagements:

The United Nations – Vision for a Better World Global Dialogue

The Aspen Institute – Tomorrows Corporation, The Young Managers Program, Writer’s Lecture Series

The Peter Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management – Annual Conference

The Conference Board – CEO Leadership Conference

Banco Popular – Administrative Committee (top 300 leaders)

Motorola’s Radio Products Group – Top 75 Vice Presidents

IBM – Top 65 leaders

Hewlett Packard – Executive and Professional Women’s Conference (2800 HP women)

SRA, International – Leadership Renewal

Swiss Reinsurance Company – Leadership Conference

The Society for Organizational Learning – Annual Conference

The National Association of Fund Raisers – Annual Conference

NASA – Top Leadership Meeting

US Secretary of Defense – Strategic Human Resource Leadership Forum

The Kellogg Foundation – Fellows Program

The Association of Junior Leagues – President’s Conference

National School Board Association – Administrators Conference

ASTD International Conference – Closing speaker, 10,000. participants

Benedictine Health Systems – Leadership Conference

St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital – Martin Luther King Celebration

The National Park Service – Leadership Conference

The Veterans Administration – Annual Leadership Conference

The US Department of Labor – Leadership Forum

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCNW)

National Council of Black School Administrators – Lifetime Members Conference

Fordham University

The African American 2000 Leadership Conference

Systems Thinking in Action – Annual Conference

Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM) – Annual Conference