Anne Mahlum is a seasoned keynote speaker who masters vulnerability, motivation and empowerment in a way that leaves the audience ready to take action. She has presented at events of all sizes from 20 people to 75,000 people. Anne isn’t one of those professional speakers who is just good at speaking - Anne’s achievements and accomplishments are proof she walks the walk. She will leave your audience fired up about their ability to create whatever life they want for themselves.

“Anne makes you feel like you can do anything. I was so inspired after listening to her speak.”

-Tami, CSC attendee, October 2023.

Love for Anne

There is not a lot of people out there like Anne. She has always chosen to believe in herself over taking the safe route or listening to other people’s doubts, limitations or the constant noise of “what is it doesn’t work out." She has shown on multiple occasions how things can pay off for you when you get your mindset right and how to use what you have to put yourself in a position to win.

She teaches that changing the way we see ourselves and our circumstances is the only way we can begin to move out of our comfort zones and create real and lasting change in our lives. With raw vulnerability, grace and lots of humor, Anne takes audiences on an emotional journey that will leave them feeling motivated, purposeful, and empowered to create real change in their lives.

Anne’s approach at life has resulted in a long list of achievements for her including:

  1. Founding the non-profit Back on My Feet at the age of 26. She raised more than $5M annually and scaled it nationwide in 6.5 years. Anne received numeruos awards for her work at BoMF, including becoming a CNN Hero finalist, ABC World News Person of the Week, 40 under 40 awards from DC and Philadelphia and many more. You can learn about this chapter of Anne’s life by watching one of her Tedx talks.

  2. Completing a marathon on every continent, including Antartica

  3. Starting, growing and ultimately selling [solidcore]. She saved $175,000 by the time she was 33 and used all that money to open her first studio in November of 2013. She grew it to 100 studios in less than 10 years before selling her shares to private equity in April 2023 for $90M. Anne raised more than $210M for [solidcore] while she led the company as CEO.

  4. Raising and donating millions of dollars through her philanthropy work focused on helping those struggling with addiction and those who have been wrongly convicted.

  5. Speaking at more than 120 events in the last 11 years.

“I’ve never seen a more authentic, powerful and convincing speaker than Anne. She has a story like no other and she knows how to tell it.

  • Larry Solomon, EPAM

“Anne will captivate your audience with her humor, passion and conviction about what she believes is possible. She is one of the best speakers I have ever seen.”

  • Kelly King, AT&T

“Wow, just wow. Anne’s energy and ability to inspire left our audience fired up about their own potential. I highly recommend her for any event.“

  • Jim Boyle, former CEO John Hancock

“Anne is so relatable in the way she presents herself and I always get incredible feedback from people who book her. I’ve seen a lot speakers and she understands the craft.

  • Amy Danniger, Speaking Agent.

“Anne presentation was amazing. One of the highest rated speakers we have ever had and we have had every big name speaker out there.”

  • John Dijulius, CEO of the Dijulius Group