About

What can I say? I am a born speaker coach, teacher and cheerleader.

Two of my greatest passions are Transformation and Empowerment – on the stage and in life!

I am an American executive speaker coach, Senior TEDx coach, published author, professional speaker/trainer and passionate entrepreneur. For over 30 years, I have lived and worked in The Netherlands and had a career as a highly successful sales manager and trainer in the medical publishing industry.

I started Successful Speaker Now in September 2011 to help businesspeople to move from Boring to Brilliant speakers.

One of my proudest experiences over the years has been to be a TEDx Coach. I have helped more than 100 speakers for TEDx Amsterdam, TEDx Amsterdam Women, TEDx Binnenhof and more than 10 other TEDx events over the years. I love being a part of this movement! Check out the TEDx Legacy page

Some other proud moments:

• Exclusive speaker coach for the TEDx Amsterdam Women Startup Award finalists 2015-2019.
• Exclusive speaker coach for TEDx Binnenhof 2014 and 2016. 
• European Commission assigned speaker coach for the Ideas from Europe 2016 event with 24 nations present and coached speakers for the 2018 event. 
• Coached 36 speakers for an IT Summit for Merck, who also bought 800 of my books for all the attendees of the conference
• Exclusive speaker coach for TEDx Amsterdam Youth and coached 12 young visionaries from age 9 to 19.
• Coached the CEO of Microsoft Nederland, Managing Director of Deloitte Nederland, Co-Founder of TomTom and the Prime Minister of Aruba, among many others.

I stepped away from my company for a few months as I was feeling burned out and took a job in a corporate environment for a few months. It didnt work out, but it made me realize how much I missed running my own business that I am an expert in and lifting people up with confidence to tell their stories with confidence.  On October 1st, I relaunch the company with renewed enthusiasm and ideas to help people like YOU to become a brilliant speaker!