Barbara Roche 

Managing Partner

Barbara Roche is the Founder and Managing Partner of Barbara Roche & Associates and SpeakWell Partners where she splits her time between executive coaching/leadership development and designing and facilitating workplace learning programs. She is the co-founder of SheSpeaks: Business is Better When Women Speak.

Barbara is best known for blending her theatrical experience, Irish Catholic humor, and hard-won leadership skills to help professionals advance and succeed. She is the author of Commit to Confidence: 30 Strategies to Help Women Step Up and Stand Out.

Prior to the pandemic, Barbara taught leadership communication at The Wharton School of Business. She is a certified facilitator with the NeuroLeadership Institute in New York. She holds a Master’s in psychology from Northeastern University and is a proud member of Red Sox Nation.

Karen Laos

CEO & Communication Expert

Karen Laos is a keynote speaker and leadership coach specializing in communication. She equips women in business to speak with clarity and stand out with unshakable confidence.

Her mission is to eradicate self-doubt so women can be free to step into the best version of themselves.

One of the ways she does this is through her podcast: Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos. Some of Karen's clients include Facebook, Google, Netflix, Sephora, and NASA. After 20+ years in training and development, she left her corporate job last July to pursue her entrepreneurial dream - and hasn’t looked back.

Nicole Carter 

The Ultimate J.O.Y. Leader

NICOLE CARTER, The Ultimate J.O.Y. Leader, is known as the thermostat that changes the climate of any room. Her contagious smile illustrates the vision that God wants for everyone – true JOY.

Nicole is an award-winning speaker and a middle school career and technical education teacher with an extensive business, education, and presentation background. She spent 20 years as a leader at a Fortune 200 corporation while teaching as an adjunct professor at local community colleges. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Master's of Business Administration.

She is an author of a unique series of fictional books, an educator of educators, and a life-changing speaker.

Her upbeat storytelling presentations will leave a long-lasting impression on YOU and will invoke immediate change.

Meet Your Host: Kit Pang

In 2016, I've started this monthly panel series in order to build a community where speakers and leaders could come together to get motivated, network, and discover new insights. 

As the founder of BostonSpeaks and a Harvard Business School public speaking coach, I help individuals become exceptional public speakers and presenters.  I've had the great honor to work with speakers ranging from Fortune 500 CEOs and TEDx Speakers to NFL Players and Three-Star Michelin Chefs.

When you attend the BostonSpeaksSeries - ask the questions you want to ask, virtually network with others, and get the most out of it. I want you to leave there feeling motivated and inspired. Let's crush it together!

I'm always looking to make this event better, please email me at [email protected] with any suggestions or thoughts.

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