Joan Burge

Joan Burge is a pioneering entrepreneur, business leader, nine-time author, and dynamic professional speaker with more than 50 years of workplace, business, and life experience. As Founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International, established in 1990, she pioneered an industry dedicated to the professional development of administrative professionals.

For more than 35 years, Joan has guided her company through economic downturns, technological disruption, and changing workplace expectations. Her journey reflects courageous leadership, proactive resilience, adaptability, and reinvention.

Joan delivers high-energy, substantive keynotes and interactive presentations for corporations, professional associations, business leaders, and women's organizations. Her expertise includes leadership, change, resilience, communication, professional excellence, future-focused thinking, and the human advantage in an AI-driven world.

Joan is also the creator of Red Lipstick ON!, a lifestyle philosophy inspiring women to embrace confidence, courage, self-reliance, and intentional living. Drawing on her business and personal experiences, she challenges women to pursue new possibilities at every stage of life.

She has developed hundreds of educational programs, created multiple professional certifications, and worked with Walt Disney World, Cisco, Procter & Gamble, Nationwide Insurance, and Humana.

Her honors include Walt Disney World's Partners in Excellence Award, the Jeannette Castellano Lifetime Achievement Award, recognition among Nevada's Top 50 Women Leaders, and the 2025 VEGAS INC C-Suite Honors.

Known for her electrifying stage presence, authentic storytelling, and practical insights, Joan equips audiences to navigate change, elevate performance, and create meaningful results.