AMY S. HILLIARD

"Amy is a most amazing woman who has moved mountains to grow her business. The story of her entrepreneurial venture is not only awe-inspiring but offers incredible lessons of perseverance and intelligence. I previously taught a Women & Entrepreneurship class at Kellogg and Amy spoke in my class many times. Many of the students thought she was one of the best speakers they had heard at Kellogg."

The conference was a success, and we thank you for playing a key role in it! I'm not sure if you were able to see it, but many of our attendees were responding positively to your Master Class presentation in the chat as it was going on. They clearly resonated with your message, and I'm sure they took it with them through the duration of the conference.

"She is motivating, stimulating, moving, profound and informative as well as being a warm and generous person. You are fortunate she is available."

"At one of our major annual summits, it was critical that we share and reinforce one of our most important business strategies. It was imperative for this network of [several hundred] key wholesalers to hear and learn from a subject matter expert. Amy's in-depth knowledge, thought leadership, engaging content and presentation aided in helping our wholesalers embrace these strategies. Amy is not only thorough but also easy to work with and proactively reaches out to understand how she can assist further and provide valuable insights."

"A couple of months ago, I reached out to Amy Hilliard to facilitate a panel discussion of Senior Executives. The panel included high-powered women from Texas Instruments, Johnson & Johnson and Umbrellas Plus. Amy was wonderful on how she was able to bring the panel discuss to 'life,' focused on Leadership Strategies. She kept the panel discussion engaging and she raised several provocative questions that really got to the heart of the discussion. I was impressed and pleased with her performance especially since she only had one week to prepare. I was grateful to have her participate at our first-ever Women of Color conference with almost 200 participants. If I had the chance to do it all over again, I wouldn't hesitate to have Amy take on this leadership role. She is an excellent speaker and she knows how to command the audience and keep them engaged. You will be very pleased."

"It goes without saying that the program was a tremendous success thanks to your contribution. Your presentation was entertaining, thought provoking and most importantly, inspirational."

"I thought you might like to know that in a range from 1 to 4 (4=excellent) you scored an outstanding 3.7, ranking you 3rd out of a possible 33 speakers."

"Your thoughts, discussion, and sense of humor were interesting and informative to our audience. It was our honor to have a speaker with your knowledge, talent and expertise to speak to our advertising community."

"Your presentation received a score of 4.9 which is not only outstanding -but the highest rating of all speakers. A few comments: 'Excellent dynamic speaker. Amy presented great information for multi-cultural marketing. Also gave both the internal sell and the external sell…Her warmth and sincerity captured the audience. Wonderful story--both personal and business'."

"I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for an excellent presentation at the conference in Chicago. I really thought your insights into African-American culture, needs, motivations and aspirations were very well thought out and very clearly presented."

"I want to personally thank you for making National Consumer Finance's Diversity Conference a huge success. The information you shared with the audience underscored the business case for diversity. I think everyone, myself included, left the conference informed and enthused about doing business in diverse markets."

"Thank you for the time you spent…to help us start moving 'from relevance to results'. You offered a useful framework that reinforced the fact that planning targeted efforts should follow a similar strategic thought process as that used for planning general efforts."

"Both the Chicago and NW Indiana [alumni] clubs would like to again extend a grateful THANK YOU for your presentation during our [Howard University] Charter Day event. Your inspiring words and 'Call to Action" were impressive. The positive feedback has been overwhelming!"

"Thank you again for speaking to the Adcraft Club of Detroit's Educational Symposium on 'Multicultural Marketing.' Your expertise and effectiveness were evident, and your comments were insightful. You left a lasting impression on our 500 attendees from every level of the Detroit area advertising and marketing community."