Dr. CherylWood

@CherylEmpowers

Dr. Cheryl Wood is an International Keynote Speaker, 2x TEDx Speaker, 22x Best-Selling Author, and CEO of Global Speakers University, a training and development company that equips women entrepreneurs and leaders with the tools to maximize their impact through the art of effective communication and public speaking. Wood has delivered riveting keynotes for NASA, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the FBI, The United Nations, Verizon, Prudential, Capital One, Federally Employed Women, Blacks In Government, and a host of law firms, corporations, and international conferences including The PowerNetworking Conference hosted by Dr. George Fraser. She has published 22 best-selling books, including four book anthology projects with motivational guru, Les Brown.

Wood’s global empowerment initiatives for girls and women have been featured in print to include Forbes, Huffington Post, Rolling Out, Sheen, Essence, Black Enterprise, The Washington Informer, and The Baltimore Times, and in media including ABC News, Fox 5 News, Fox 45 News, and Good Morning Washington.

She is the recipient of the 2021 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2019 GODSU Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for over a decade of helping women globally to unleash the power of their voice. Wood firmly believes that a woman’s legacy and greatest impact is connected to her voice, and that now is the time for women to speak up, share their stories, and unleash their voice!