Montrece McNeill Ransom JD, MPH, ACC

Montrece Ransom, JD, MPH,ACC is on a mission to unleash human potential through the power of empowerment and belonging. With leadership experience spanning healthcare, public health, law, and workforce development (She led public health training efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more almost 20 years), Montrece has a deep understanding of the impact of belonging on our health, confidence, ability to live without shame, and capacity to reach our full potential.

She is an award- winning coach and speaker and has trained and mentored thousands to build authentic lives and careers that are anchored in a sense of purpose, alignment, and belonging--lives and careers they can fall madly in love with over and over again. Montrece's keynotes and trainings are high caliber, energetic, and interactive and based on her groundbreaking S.P.A.R.K. Model for Cultivating Cultures of Belonging. In all she does she aims to remind her audience that anywhere they are called or aspire to be, they belong. She challenges her audiences to recognize that a sense of belonging is something we must create for ourselves, and she inspires and equips them to do just that.

Montrece's signature speech explores the phenomenon of belonging through the lens of health equity and the law. In it, she defines and characterizes belonging, highlights its impact on health disparities, human potential, and the workforce, and closes with tips on practical steps we can take to cultivate cultures of belonging in all our shared spaces.

She is the host of the Empowerment L.A.B., a DEI certified belonging strategist, and an ICF certified executive leadership coach who was named one of Entrepreneur Mogul’s Top 5 Most Influential Coaches of 2021.

But Montrece knows this is not about her. It is about you, your vision, and inspiring your audience. She works directly alongside your meeting planner to craft a presentation, workshop, or speech that aligns with the theme and purpose of your event. Her goal is to deliver a message that offers real-world, actionable, and life changing tools that move the audience from inspiration to motivation, to transformation. The impact will go far beyond closing comments.