Book IWD Speaker: Samantha B Karlin

TEDx speaker; Hosts "The Women's Leadership Challenge; Podcast Host Samanthropolitics

Samantha is a passionate, charismatic and engaging TEDx speaker and leadership expert who empowers women and makes workplaces more equitable every day.  

She teaches the groundbreaking Women’s Leadership Challenge (featured in Washingtonian Magazine), where she trains women to step into their power, shatter glass ceilings, and foster change.

(Http://Www.womensleadershipchallenge.com)

With ERGs, she customizes her keynotes to your industry and demographics, and also offers interactive trainings with actionable tools to engage and delight the audience.

She leads Empower Global, (http://www.empowerglobal.net) which facilitates trainings and designs bespoke leadership and women’s leadership accelerators for Fortune 500 companies, startups, nonprofits, government entities, and universities.
She is the upcoming author of Feminist Leadership: Building a Sustainable Future, and received the prestigious Bellagio Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation.

Education: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Education School, Tufts University, Yale University.

Samantha hosts the show, Samanthropolitics, covering global affairs from a feminist lens.

She has been published in the Washington Post, Conscious Company Magazine and Women2.0, and is a New America expert. She has been quoted in numerous publications and appeared on major news networks, including The Washington Post, Sustainability Magazine, SABC South Africa, Fox5, KLTV, ABC, etc.

Custom Keynote for International Women’s Day, 2026:

Leading the Change: Resilient Women Building a Bold New Future  

This keynote features real stories of global changemakers, who I’m proud to say are alumni or speakers of The Women's Leadership Challenge I teach.

Whether it is running for office, producing award winning documentaries, founding community centric health nonprofits, stopping human trafficking , safeguarding AI applications through revolutionary algorithms, publishing books about ESG investing, lobbying for paid leave on Capitol Hill, training young leaders in Africa, championing environmentally friendly legislation, these women are all taking action to create a better future.
Embedded in their stories are lessons and actions based in change theory that each woman can take to build the future she wants to see for the next generation, no matter where she lives or works. I call it “Start where you stand.”

BOOK SAMANTHA:
Book time on her calendar to discuss your needs! Www.calendly.com/samanthakarlin
or reach out on LinkedIn.
March 8 books out super quickly!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthakarlinspeaker/

Watch Samantha:
TEDx on Women’s Leadership Here: https://www.ted.com/talks/samantha_karlin_the_power_of_the_powerless
Women and AI here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvzywIv0lOk

Just one testimonial of many:
“Samantha led a Women's Empowerment virtual event for our women's initiative called RENEW and the event was a success! She is such a professional and did a great job on the presentation, the conversations, the breakout rooms and was very engaging with everyone the whole time. She customized our workshop to the real estate industry, which was great since our audience is mostly in the real estate space. She takes the time to do the research on specific things that relate to your industry and topic. I would definitely have Samantha host another workshop!” – Aileen Romero, Rentspree

SPEAKING/TRAINING ENGAGEMENTS:

Tech: AWS, Slalom, Monday.com, Verizon, Salsify,  Halcyon, Genesys

Insurance: Hiscox, ResourcePro, Aspida

Utilities: Wintershall Dea

Real Estate: Reaology, Coldwell Bankers, Rentspree

Finance: Fidelity Investments, Barclays, Capital One

Consulting: Deloitte

Government: The US Import Export Bank, US Department of State, US Department of Labor

Nonprofits: Legacy International, CARE International, Uncommon Bridges

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