Marcia Steele, CSP is one of only 2 African American women to achieve the highest earned designation of the National Speakers Association (Certified Speaking Professional) a status achieved by fewer than 7% of professional speakers.

Born on the tiny island of Jamaica, Marcia is now one of the top growth strategy and management consultants in the United States. Before founding Strategic Realities, a Management Consulting firm, she held various positions in sales, marketing, and distribution, keeping materials moving along the supply chain.

Her work on leadership and strategy helps industry leaders like General Electric, CISCO, and Mercury International, as well as food industry organizations like Minute Maid, Concessions International, and Central Park USA, improve their people, profits, and market share.

Her keynote speeches, seminars and workshops on leadership, change, and strategy will not only inspire you to raising the bar, but will also show you how to become a contender in the marketplace of the future.

In her book Making It In America, Marcia says, “America is where ambition meets the free enterprise system,” and shows that with dreams, beliefs and actions, anything is possible”.

Marcia is an active member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), and serves on the board of the NSA-Georgia. She was educated internationally as well as at Hunter College and Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.