Felicia Shakespeare

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Felicia Shakespeare is a native Chicagoan who has achieved success in both the business and the education sectors. She is an author, international speaker, educator and entrepreneur. Felicia's career experience spans through years of working for Fortune 500 companies and for the third largest school district in America. Felicia’s mission is to inspire others to be intentional about living a life of faith and purpose. Some of her pivotal business exposure came while working for tech icon IBM Corporation in the areas of Sales, Operations and Account Management in the Global Financing and Global Services Divisions. Felicia redirected her skills as a career changer from the corporate sector to the education sector and has held a number of successful roles at both the school and the central office district level both in tech, teaching and administration. She often says that she is "in the business of educating."

Felicia is the recipient of the WNBA Chicago Sky's Redefine Possible Women's Leadership Award, the Dream Conference Aspiring Entrepreneur Award, and was selected as Author of the Year Finalist in the small business category for her independently published book "You Are Your Brand: Building From the Inside Out!" Felicia in May 2018 founded "mClass: Master Mentor Motivate" a community focused on providing women with a safe space to receive tools and resources of professional development bans personal growth to become the best version of themselves both in business and in their personal lives through online and offline platforms. This year her signature conference “A Purpose Driven Woman” will be held on November 9, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Felicia has spoken for several thriving women and entrepreneurial focused organizations to include; FWD (For Women & Diversity) Collective, Dress For Success Worldwide Success Summit, Top Ladies of Distinction Leadership Conference, The Black Women's Expo, Anita Borg and more. She has recently developed partnerships and facilitated brand development workshops for top organizations such as Penske Corporation, i.c. Stars and the Chicago Public Library.