Vanessa Valenti

Biography

Vanessa Valenti is CEO and co-founder of FRESH Speakers, a next generation speakers bureau and training institute focused on creating more inclusion and equity in thought leadership. She is also co-founder of the award-winning blog Feministing.com.

Over the last decade, Vanessa has worked with a range of social change institutions across the globe, including the Aspen Institute, TED, UN Women, the Clinton Foundation, Planned Parenthood and more, producing content development and curation, and delivering speaker coaching and storytelling.

She has won several awards for her activist work and Feministing, including the Hillman Prize for Exemplary Reporting that Fosters Social and Economic Justice. She was also the recipient of the TED Residency, where she explored solutions to inspire minds to redesign thought leadership.