Alycia Anderson inspires leaders to unlock performance through inclusion, empowering organizations to scale culture and lead with impact.
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Alycia Anderson - whose story of inclusion, athleticism, and advocacy left us breathless.
Stephanie Puryear Helling
Alycia Anderson is a globally recognized keynote speaker and leadership expert who helps organizations elevate performance and lead at scale through inclusion and human potential. With a distinctive disability-forward lens, she challenges conventional thinking and unlocks innovation in competitive environments. Alycia partners with Fortune 500 companies and global brands, delivering high-impact keynotes for executive teams and international conferences. Through her signature framework, OWN IT: Embrace, Elevate, Empower, she equips leaders to build future-ready cultures where people and performance grow together.
Alycia Anderson is a globally recognized keynote speaker who helps organizations redefine leadership and unlock performance through inclusion. Her work centers on a powerful belief: when people are fully seen, valued, and empowered, performance follows. With a strong presence on international stages, she delivers keynotes that resonate with executive leaders, emerging talent, and global audiences alike.
Organizations across industries turn to Alycia to address one of today’s most critical challenges, how to build cultures that scale, adapt, and perform in a rapidly changing world. Her approach connects inclusion directly to innovation and business outcomes, creating clarity and momentum for leaders at every level.
Booking Alycia Anderson means bringing in a speaker who combines strategic insight with lived experience. As a wheelchair user since birth, she offers a perspective that goes beyond theory. Her message is grounded, real, and immediately applicable.
She has partnered with more than 200 organizations, including Microsoft, Netflix, Etsy, Uber, and the International Paralympic Committee. Her keynotes are designed for corporate all-hands meetings, leadership summits, and global conferences where impact matters.
Audiences can expect:
Her sessions consistently deliver an 88 Net Promoter Score, reflecting both the energy in the room and the lasting value participants take away.
Alycia’s expertise sits at the intersection of leadership, women’s empowerment, and disability inclusion. She works with organizations to move beyond surface-level initiatives and embed inclusion into the core of how they operate.
Her message is direct: inclusion is a growth strategy. When leaders create environments where people can contribute fully, organizations become more agile, creative, and resilient. Alycia equips leaders to make this shift with confidence, offering practical strategies that align culture with business goals.
Her academic background includes a Master’s Degree in Adaptive Physical Activity, adding depth to her work in human performance and accessibility. She also serves on California’s Insurance Diversity Task Force as the inaugural Persons with Disabilities Business Enterprise Representative, contributing to policy and systems that shape inclusion at scale.
At the heart of Alycia’s work is her signature framework: OWN IT – Embrace, Elevate, Empower. This framework provides a clear path for individuals and organizations to take ownership of their impact and create meaningful change.
This framework turns insight into action, helping audiences move from awareness to measurable results. It is designed to be practical, scalable, and adaptable across industries and organizational levels.
Alycia Anderson’s work has been featured by TEDx, NBC, CBS News, and the Los Angeles Times. Her company has been named one of America’s Top 100 Small Businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, reflecting both impact and excellence.
She is known for her ability to connect with audiences in a way that feels authentic and energizing. Her talks are engaging, thought-provoking, and grounded in real-world experience. Leaders leave with new perspectives, clear actions, and a renewed sense of responsibility for the cultures they shape.
In a world where change is constant, organizations need leaders who can navigate complexity and bring people together. Alycia Anderson equips leaders to do exactly that. Her keynotes focus on building cultures where inclusion fuels innovation, and where performance grows through human connection and purpose.
By combining strategy, storytelling, and actionable insight, Alycia delivers more than inspiration. She creates a shift in how people think, lead, and collaborate. The result is a stronger, more inclusive organization ready to meet the demands of the future.
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Alycia Anderson - whose story of inclusion, athleticism, and advocacy left us breathless.
Stephanie Puryear Helling
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I just adore Alycia, always have! We met years ago in the Bay Area through work. I was introduced by Regina, Alycia’s twin, and IMMEDIATELY felt connected to Alycia’s qualities that are beautiful gifts to both she and her sister – heart, hustle, kindness, depth, caring, and fun. Beyond those, Alycia has a bold spirit of love, compassion and truth. I have always been inspired by Alycia’s openness, positive attitude and drive. She is a natural motivator and friend. I am so thrilled to see Alycia’s path evolve beyond typical professional success, to making a difference in people’s lives and behavior. What a blessing to witness this dynamic woman’s open, humble and passionate journey.
Christina Treadaway Executive Vice President, FPI Management
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Alycia’s heartfelt message helped me understand how important and transformative the work we do at Trip Hazard is. While we always use ADA as our North Star, to see the actual impact drives home how important the work we do is! As I have known Alycia for quite a while, the bravery and courage to tell the story behind who she is, is both inspiring and something EVERYONE needs to know! Well done – thanks for making me see with different eyes, how much courage and strength you bring to the world!
Adrianne Bauer Sales, Trip Hazard
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The inspiring Alycia kicked off by saying this topic is uncomfortable, but there are worse consequences when we don’t talk to the person about their experiences. We must give individuals the chance to be seen.
Rebecca Plumb CEO, StudioPlumb
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Seriously! Such an inspirational session today. Alycia has a true gift at getting her message across with such grace and power!
Christi Dobbins Senior Director of Product Management, Grace Hill
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Absolutely incredible! It’s been over an hour and people are still talking about how moving your presentation was. In the hallways, in their meetings, you nailed it!
Tricia Juanitas Art Director, FleishmanHillard
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SCTEM loved having you speak Alycia, it was the most fantastic way to end our conference with you rounding out and bringing home our thoughts for this topic perfectly! Our attendees left feeling energized to follow up on things they have been wondering how to address! Very impactful and meaningful!
Teresa Athan Executive Director, SCTEM
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Thank you for presenting to our EBRG at Sodexo. Your story and your energy were captivating and has been talked about greatly since! It means the world to me and my team to hear from someone so inspiring. It was a great presentation! And, while I focus on supporting my team and those in our organization, I felt motivated to do more after your talk. Keep being amazing! I know you are changing lives and minds!
David Goergen Director of Point of Purchase, Sodexo
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Thank you Alycia for speaking to Siemens employees across the globe. Thank you for sharing your story and inspiring others to share theirs on the call. Let’s continue to advocate for inclusion of everyone.
Nichelle Grant Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Siemens
Keynote by Alycia Anderson:
A powerful keynote that moves organizations beyond awareness into measurable action equipping leaders and teams to embed inclusion into culture, decision-making, and performance. Through compelling storytelling and real-world insights, Alycia reveals how ableism and exclusion quietly limit engagement, innovation, and business outcomes and what to do about it.
This session reframes inclusion and accessibility as strategic drivers of growth, talent retention, and team performance. Audiences leave with practical tools to strengthen collaboration, lead with intention, and build cultures where people and results thrive.
Keynote by Alycia Anderson:
A high-impact, energizing keynote designed to ignite individuals and teams to step fully into their potential and lead with confidence, authenticity, and purpose. Through powerful storytelling and actionable strategies, Alycia equips audiences to embrace who they are, elevate how they show up, and empower those around them to perform at their highest level.
Grounded in resilience and real-world experience, this keynote motivates teams to shift mindset, break through barriers, and turn challenges into momentum, leaving audiences inspired, aligned, and ready to rise, contribute, and win together.
Keynote by Alycia Anderson:
A perspective-shifting keynote that challenges organizations to understand how identity and intersectionality directly impact leadership, culture, and performance. Through the lens of disability, Alycia explores how overlapping identities shape experiences at work and how organizations can unlock the full value of diverse perspectives.
This keynote equips leaders and teams with the awareness and strategies to build more inclusive, equitable environments where differences are leveraged as strengths. Audiences leave inspired to lead more intentionally, foster belonging, and drive innovation through inclusive thinking.
Workshop by Alycia Anderson:
2–3 Hours | Leadership • Culture • Performance
Disability Inclusive Leadership Training is a high-impact, executive-level experience designed to equip leaders with the mindset, language, and tools to drive inclusion as a lever for performance, innovation, and team effectiveness.
This focused 2–3 hour session is built to respect leadership time while delivering meaningful, actionable outcomes. Through real-world application, guided discussion, and practical frameworks, Alycia works with leaders to embed disability inclusion and accessibility into everyday leadership, culture, and decision-making.
Leaders gain practical strategies to:
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Ideal for: Executive teams, senior leaders, department heads, and ERG leadership
Keynote by Alycia Anderson:
Microlearning Experience | Inclusion • Accessibility • Behavior Change
Disabling Ableism: The Modern Pathway to Inclusion® is a dynamic, high-impact microlearning series designed to build awareness, shift mindset, and drive actionable change around disability inclusion, accessibility, and workplace culture.
Delivered through a sequence of short, engaging video modules, this series equips individuals and teams with the knowledge and tools to recognize and address ableism, understand inclusive language, and embed accessibility into everyday decisions. The curriculum covers key topics including disability, ableism, accessibility, microaggressions, and inclusion providing a comprehensive foundation for modern, inclusive leadership.
Designed for flexibility and scale, the series can be deployed as a self-guided learning experience or paired with a live keynote or facilitated session to reinforce learning and drive long-term adoption—making it ideal for onboarding, leadership development, and organization-wide education.
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Ideal for: Leadership teams, HR and DEI leaders, managers, onboarding programs, educators, and enterprise-wide training initiatives
Watch Alycia Anderson in action!
Watch Alycia Anderson in action!
