Free Speakers Indy is a pro bono speakers bureau. Every speaker on this page presents at no cost, with no fees, no honorarium and no mileage. Browse the full roster below, or jump to a category, and request a guest speaker for your next meeting, workshop or community event.
Leadership & Enterprise Transformation Strategist, Kunateh Impact
Abdul Kunateh is a Leadership & Enterprise Transformation Strategist, author, speaker, and founder of Kunateh Impact. With more than a decade of experience spanning enterprise technology, operations, program and portfolio leadership, and organizational transformation, Abdul brings a practical, systems-oriented perspective to the challenges facing leaders, organizations, and emerging professionals. His work explores how people, clarity,
Certified Fraud Examiner, Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examineers
Greg is Certified Fraud Examiner that helps attorneys and CPAs investigate insurance and investment fraud, and a Certified Financial Planner helping Seniors avoid financial fraud. He is a frequent public speaker, a Toastmaster Competent Communicator, and guest lecturer at the Purdue Kranner Graduate School and Ball State Miller Business School. He is President of the
Founder, EYE CAN Coaching
Gerardo "Gerry" Linarducci, known affectionately as Ducci, is a dynamic speaker, coach, and advocate for personal transformation. With a compelling stage presence and a passion for helping others unlock their potential, Gerry has dedicated his career to empowering individuals to break through barriers and achieve lasting success. As the founder of the 'Eye Can' coaching
Business & Motivational Keynote Speaker | Emcee & Facilitator , Strategy Hackers
Troy Sandidge is a global keynote speaker, emcee, author, and workshop facilitator. As a TEDx speaker who delivered the opening talk at Makerere University in Uganda, sharing stages featuring Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama, Daymond John, Russell Brunson, and Gary Vaynerchuk. His sessions fuse growth strategy, leadership, mindset, marketing, and human performance into high-energy experiences.
Founder/CEO, Phronetic Growth Solutions
Matt's career performing in front of crowds is quite diverse and extensive, similar to his life experiences. A life that started in a very small town in Indiana eventually led him to collegiate athletics as not only an athlete, but also a coach. He has also proven to be a top performer in his career
Owner & Founder, Artfully Creative Studio
Brooke LeBeau is the Founder and Owner of Artfully Creative Studio and a creative marketing professional dedicated to helping professionals expand and evolve their careers. Her work centers on equipping fellow professionals with actionable strategies to diversify their skill sets, develop sustainable careers, and unlock new income streams. With more than a decade of experience
Award Winning Author, Speaker
Greg is an award winning author and public speaker. His work focuses on helping people find forgiveness, healing and grace. Over the years Greg has written hundreds of articles and columns for publication and spoken to dozens of groups about topics ranging from Men’s Issues, Family Dysfunction, Abortion Healing, Reconciliation with God and Authentic Masculinity.
Certified Coach and Founder, Coaching for Clarity
Matt Dickerson believes that real success happens when individuals are part of something bigger than themselves. His purpose is simple: to help leaders contribute at their highest level with clarity and confidence. Drawing on over 20 years of experience in sales and management—primarily within the pharmaceutical and vaccine industries—Matt has seen firsthand how complexity can
CEO and Coach, Dumornay Coaching
Born in New York and raised in Haiti, Stanley Dumornay is a leader driven by service and impact. Trained as a mechanical engineer and MBA graduate, he has spent over 25 years in ministry, community development, and nonprofit leadership. From missionary work in Haiti to executive leadership in Indianapolis, his work focuses on empowering people,
President and CEO, Conner Prairie
Norman O. Burns II is president and CEO of Conner Prairie. He has more than 28 years of experience in various leadership capacities at historical institutions, most recently as executive director at Maymont, a 100-acre property in Richmond, Va., that includes historical buildings, gardens and animal experiences, drawing 500,000 visitors annually. Prior to Maymont, he
Founder & Strategist, Cancer Survivor, Patent Owner, Life Enthusiast!, Rocket Profit Group, LLC
Alexandrea founded Rocket Profit Group from the belief that too many small businesses fail, and that with the right implementation strategy, they could succeed! Spending nearly 30 years in the corporate world driving unparalleled success for multiple Fortune 500 brands, Alexandrea pivoted to focusing on Business Strategy and Profit Acceleration. Her passion in supporting the
Owner, Common Ground Communication
Dave has been working with individuals and companies for over 25 years to diagnose and overcome communication issues. His approach is to help people utilize the positive communication skills they already have, but to use them in new and enhanced ways. He emphasizes the importance of people seeking common ground with others and thus "connecting"
Business Broker and Advisor, BPG - Bob Paden Group
Bob Paden is a Business Broker and Advisor where he helps business owners build valuable and sellable businesses. Bob has a B.S. Degree from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering Technology and has worked in and around small, large, local and global companies such a Rolls-Royce, Cummins, Quest-Global and Qantas to name a few, including my
CEO / Chief Pilot, Grace on Wings, Inc
Mr. Blank is an army-trained pilot with over 10,000 flight hours. He flew as a commercial pilot for Eastern, and has had prior AirCharter company. Also Army-trained as an Orthopaedic Physician Assistant and has held both occupations concurrently now wanting to use all his gifts for God’s glory in our ministry.
Founder, Greater Than Eight, Inc
Renee Harlor is the co-founder of Misty Eyes Animal Center, a non-profit organization located in Hendricks County and serving Central Indiana. Since 2011 she has been responsible for the business portion and outreach programs of the organization. They have raised over $900,000, with plans for significant growth in 2020. In addition to her interest in
Social and Emotional Expert
Eric Jones Jr. is a certified professional speaker, Social and Emotional Expert, Teacher, Mentor, Basketball Coach, Podcast Host, and Author. Eric is also a Father of a wonderful son and a beautiful daughter. Eric has over 6 years of experience in professional speaking, mentoring, and coaching basketball. Eric is one of the most sought-after motivational
Strategic-Partner, Schooley Mitchell
Rodney Wead is a Strategic-Partner with Schooley Mitchell. Schooley Mitchell is the largest independent cost reduction firm in North America. Since 1998 Schooley Mitchell has helped 25,000 clients save an average of 28% on their vendor expenses in areas such as telecom, credit cards, shipping, waste, electronic logging devices, e-signatures, utilities and fuel. With a
Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Specialist, Beautifully Biro
Carla is a current resident Indianapolis transplanting from Goshen Indiana; a small town increasing in diversity, and surrounded by Amish country. She was born and raised in inner-city Chicago, became a mom of her first born at the age of 16, completed high school with honors, and began college in the back roads of Mississippi
Director of Sales, Nakela Speaks, LLC
Nakela Sutton is a dynamic corporate leader, transformational speaker, and emotional intelligence strategist whose message transcends motivation—it’s a call to live, lead, and earn with clarity and joy. Her signature speech, *EQ in Real Life*, equips professionals with emotionally intelligent tools to make smarter decisions, build stronger relationships, and thrive without burnout. Drawing from her
Sudden Cardiac Arrest and AED Advocate, Be like Bill, LLC
In June of 2017, I survived Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) while out for a run in my neighborhood. I was extremely fortunate that Bill Schlies, at the time an unknown neighbor, saw me lifeless on the ground, stopped and called 911, performed CPR for 4 minutes until a local police officer stopped and effectively used
CEO, RoboSource
Jason Beutler is the owner of RoboSource, a 10-year-old, Indianapolis-based process automation company. RoboSource believes in restoring humanity to the work place by automating monotonous processes, leaving the humans available to strategize and solve problems. With more than 20 years of professional programming experience, you might expect Jason to spend his free time reading fantasy
Owner and Creative Director, InGe, Inc.
I am the writer, producer and executive producer for Holiday Baggage starring Barry Bostwick & Cheryl Ladd. It has been featured every holiday season on Lifetime and Hallmark networks since 2011. I also provide writing, editing, commercial/film and screen writing services and consulting. I also help small businesses design and implement their digital marketing strategy.
Partner, Bothsides Consulting, LLC
Jerry Land is business consultant with forty years of experience in Human Resources and Labor Relations. Throughout his career in the utility industry and as an adjunct faculty member at Indiana University–Indianapolis, Land has helped organizations navigate cultural change and strengthen leadership capabilities. He is the author of It's All About People, a book that
Business Coach, Inspire Results Business Coaching
Brad Justus is an Inspire Results Business Coach, coaching small-mid-size business owners in several industries. Brad takes his firsthand experience in executive level positions, understanding a business’ day-to-day struggles, and applies it to helping business owners improve their business’ daily struggles. Working for companies ranging from $6 million to $50 Million in revenue, with employee
Business Coach and Sales Expert, Inspire Results Business Coaching
Natalie Menke, Inspire Results Business Coach & Sales Expert, was born into a medium-sized, family-owned manufacturing business, eventually becoming President. Natalie has lived firsthand the struggles and successes companies face. This leadership experience combined with award-winning sales and sales management cultivated Natalie’s passion, and unique ability, for guiding business leaders to unparalleled success while living
Sales Professional, Author and Mindset Trainer, The Mindset Mission
Jeff Bennington is the bestselling author of Becoming Your Greater Purpose: Mindset training to get what you want & reach your full potential. Jeff has been teaching and developing mindset courses since 2021. He's written a combined 14 works of fiction and non-fiction, and has sold over 500,000 books. Jeff has grown from shoe-shine boy,
Certified Health Coach, Storm Chiropractic Clinic
Marie Storm grew up on the southside of Indianapolis & graduated from Purdue University with her bachelors in Nursing. She worked on a neurology unit in the hospital in St. Louis for 3.5 years taking care of post of spinal surgeries, migraines, seizures, and strokes. This is the fuel for her passion about chiropractic care
Owner & Instructor, Circle City Safety
Clint Cloys has been active in the martial arts and self-defense since 1999. His martial art instructor was an Army Ranger and Army Special forces veteran that focused his training on the practical application of techniques and the importance of avoiding, escaping and surviving violent encounters. Clint also worked as a bouncer while putting himself
Author and Founder, Should I...? Ministries, LLC
In her debut book, "Should I…?," author Latissha Williams, a former native of Chicago uses her real life experiences to share her day-to-day decisions in trusting God. When Latissha speaks, she influences her audience with the challenge that doing something out of their comfort zone to glorify God can be terrifying, but ultimately rewarding, and
Holocaust Education Program Director, Bureau of Jewish Education
Currently an adjunct faculty member at IUPUI’s Department of Communication Studies, Dina David grew up in Israel, where she took a bachelor’s degree in English from Tel Aviv University. She moved to Indianapolis more than two decades ago to teach Hebrew for the Bureau of Jewish Education. In 1989 she received her M.S. in Telecommunication
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