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About Denise Brodey,
ADVOCATE +SPEAKER
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENT

DENISE BRODEY is a Forbes senior contributor and the founder of the Boston-based boutique consulting firm, Rebel Talent, now simply titled Elephants Everywhere. She is the author of The Elephant in the Playroom and is working on her second book, game, life, everything. It's going to be awesome because YOU are a big part of it. Your voice matters. 

 

HIRE DENISE TO:

• speak to ERG and corporate leadership teams. (For a preview of interview style, watch her acceptance of the Difference Makers Award on YouTube.)

create content that speaks clearly to how your business can use the strengths of neurodivergent employees. 

• help managers understand all kinds of minds and work inclusively

• coach individuals who need help finding community--and the best environment in which to work and succeed. 

 

Past corporate clients and partners include Landmark College, The Valuable 500, Salesforce, Barclay’s, Getty Images and Joshin and more.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HER AWARD WINNING WORK:

Brodey began speaking publicly about her lived experience with anxiety and ADHD after 20 years in the national media, as a deputy editor at Glamour Magazine and general manager at USA TODAY.

 

  • Her first book, The Elephant in the Playroom (Penguin), includes the stories of 41 families raising and caring for children with invisible illness and was named a Library Journal Best Book.

  • She received the 2023 Harrison Sylvester Awardee by the Learning Disabilities Association of America’s (LDAA).

  • Broad Futures, which connects neurodivergent adults to corporate internships, awarded her their 2021 Champions’ Award. 

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