--- title: speakers description: exclusive speakers represented by Engage Your Stage image: https://engageyourstage.com/hubfs/EYS%20icon-2.png --- [![](https://engageyourstage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/enggaee-facebook.png?width=330&height=330&name=enggaee-facebook.png)](https://engageyourstage.com/?hsLang=en) [![](https://engageyourstage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/enggaee-facebook.png?width=330&height=330&name=enggaee-facebook.png)](https://engageyourstage.com/?hsLang=en) [![](https://engageyourstage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/enggaee-facebook.png?width=330&height=330&name=enggaee-facebook.png)](https://engageyourstage.com/?hsLang=en) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. - [Speakers](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers-1) - [About Us](https://engageyourstage.com/about-us) - [Representation](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers) - [Sonic Studio](https://engageyourstage.com/sonicidentitystudio) - [Bureaus](https://engageyourstage.com/bureaus) - [Event Pros](https://engageyourstage.com/event-professionals) - [Contact](https://engageyourstage.com/contact-us) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Meet our Speakers **Overcomers. Outliers. Barrier-breakers. Storytellers. Influencers. Uplifters. Life-learners. Leaders.** **Changing lives...thousands a day!**  The authenticity of these individuals on the stage and in their thought leadership is what sets them apart. See for yourself. ### [Sharlene Provilus Foster Care & Adoption Speaker, Author, Poet and Creative Entrepreneur](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers-1#inline-content-1dnd_area-module-4) ![Sharlene](https://engageyourstage.com/hubfs/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-11-12%20at%209.44.46%20PM.jpeg) ### Sharlene Provilus Foster Care & Adoption Speaker, Author, Poet and Creative Entrepreneur Sharlene Provilus is a TEDx speaker, author, poet, creative entrepreneur, and former foster youth whose work sits at the intersection of foster care, adoption, identity, voice, leadership, and belonging. For nearly two decades, Sharlene has created original programs and leadership frameworks, coached leaders, built strategic partnerships, and designed transformational learning experiences across education, nonprofit, business, and community settings. She has spoken to tens of thousands of people, bringing together lived experience, leadership, strategy, storytelling, and creative practice in ways that move audiences from insight to action. Today, Sharlene brings that depth of experience to stages and organizations seeking to better understand how foster care, adoption, family separation, identity, and belonging shape the lives of young people and the systems that serve them. Her work challenges audiences to think differently about voice, agency, connection, and what it truly means to create environments where young people can thrive. As founder of Write Speak Inspire, Sharlene develops original programs, media, educational resources, and live experiences designed to strengthen voice, identity, leadership, and belonging. Her approach blends compelling storytelling, spoken word poetry, research-informed education, and practical insight. **Her work is grounded in a simple conviction: We use words to change the world.** [SEE FULL PROFILE](https://www.writespeakinspire.com/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharlenealiceprovilus/) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Sharlenealicep/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/sharlenealicep/) ### [Justin Skeesuck & Patrick Gray Adventurers, Authors, Speakers, and Co-Creators of I'll Push You](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers-1#inline-content-2dnd_area-module-4) ![Justin Skeesuck & Patrick Gray](https://engageyourstage.com/hubfs/IllPushYou-Vertical-wChair-Color-1.jpg) ### Justin Skeesuck & Patrick Gray Adventurers, Authors, Speakers, and Co-Creators of I'll Push You I'll Push You Their 500-mile journey on the Camino de Santiago has evolved into one of the most powerful representations of what humanity is capable of accomplishing when we come together in spite of our limitations, fears, or adversity. With humor and heartfelt storytelling, they help people see vulnerability, friendship, servant leadership, and the power of the human collective through a new lens. [SEE FULL PROFILE](https://www.pushinc.us/) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/illpushyou) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/illpushyou/) ### [Lisa Gable Presidential Appointee, former US Ambassador, UN Delegate, and CEO](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers-1#inline-content-3dnd_area-module-4) ![Lisa Gable](https://engageyourstage.com/hubfs/Headshot2.jpg) ### Lisa Gable Presidential Appointee, former US Ambassador, UN Delegate, and CEO Author, Speaker, and Masterclass Coach Award-Winning CEO, Presidential Appointee, former US Ambassador and UN Delegate, Wall Street Journal & USA Today Best-selling Author of Turnaround – How to Change Course When Things Are Going South. She teaches future leaders how to solve the worlds biggest problems. [SEE FULL PROFILE](https://www.lisagable.com/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisagable/) ### [Michelle Anne Johnson Speaker, Coach, Consultant, and Hollywood Actress](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers-1#inline-content-4dnd_area-module-4) ![Michelle-Johnson-Brand-Story-40 (1)](https://engageyourstage.com/hubfs/Michelle-Johnson-Brand-Story-40%20(1).jpg) ### Michelle Anne Johnson Speaker, Coach, Consultant, and Hollywood Actress Accomplished actress, corporate executive, coach and consultant, Michelle has starred in over 30 of the top television shows of the last 20 years, including *Friends*, *CSI* and *CSI: Miami*, *24*, *NCIS*, *Bones*, *Castle*, and *Modern Family*. She has a BA in Psychology from UCLA and an MBA from UNC, and has worked internationally with Fortune 500 companies like American Express, Cisco, Deloitte, Genentech, PepsiCo, and Sony to teach teams how to communicate with presence. Combining her acting and executive consulting, today, Michelle speaks on cultivating authentic, confident, and purposeful leaders. Her keynotes help leaders build personal power. Using authenticity, confidence, and purpose as the foundation, she shows them how to do the **work within** to do your **work in the world**.  [SEE FULL PROFILE](https://www.michelleannejohnson.com/speaking) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-anne-johnson-speechqueen/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/michelleannejohnson/) ### [Jamie Cohen Business Resilience Speaker](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers-1#inline-content-5dnd_area-module-4) ![Jamie Cohen_headshot-1](https://engageyourstage.com/hubfs/Jamie%20Cohen_headshot-1.jpeg) ### Jamie Cohen Business Resilience Speaker Leadership Coach, Handwriting Expert, & Creator of Signature Leadership This former Saturday Night Live staffer inspires leaders to unlock their own growth potential by looking inward at their Signature Leadership strengths, challenges, and purpose to lead well through big change - with knowledge unlocked through analysis of their own handwritten signature. It's interactive, fascinating, fun, and transformative. Jamie completed 3 years of research to determine how much money companies lose due to unresolved conflict in the workplace and provides tailored workshops to help clients get them resolved quickly! [SEE FULL PROFILE](https://jamiemasoncohen.com/keynotes-and-workshops/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiemasoncohen/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jamiemasoncohen/) ### [Andi-Nichole Myles Speaker, Consultant, Coach, and Resilience Advocate](https://engageyourstage.com/speakers-1#inline-content-6dnd_area-module-4) ![Nichole-Myles](https://engageyourstage.com/hubfs/Nichole-Myles.jpg) ### Andi-Nichole Myles Speaker, Consultant, Coach, and Resilience Advocate MylestoGo Speaking and Consulting Andi-Nichole Myles, the visionary founder of MylestoGo Speaking and Consulting, brings over 20 years of experience in education, nonprofits, and leadership to empower individuals and organizations through storytelling, resilience, and transformative growth. As a survivor of domestic abuse who rebuilt her life while raising three children, Myles embodies the resilience and post-traumatic growth she champions. With a Master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and certifications in trauma, resilience, and behavioral health, she integrates personal experience with professional expertise to foster ‘Radical Wellness’. Her work spans speaking, consulting, and coaching, targeting trauma transformation and resilience building. Myles is a published author and illustrator, preparing to release a children’s book on mindfulness. Her TED talk on overcoming adversity has reached nearly 90,000 views, showcasing her wide influence and inspirational message. Through MylestoGo, she offers unique frameworks and methodologies for turning trauma into growth, advocating for a journey from **‘survivorship’** to **‘thrivorship’** and achieving Radical Wellness. [SEE FULL PROFILE](https://www.mylestogo.net/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholemyles) ## Ready to up-level your event? 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