Shanita Akintonde

ShaniTaDa! is a walking anomaly. This German-born, South-Side of Chicago-raised, Harvard-educated professor, TEDx speaker, former advertising and PR executive, and entrepreneur spins all her lived experiences into marketing, communication, and leadership time-tested tips. She sits at the helm of several professional boards and is also an author, newspaper columnist, and podcast host with a penchant for laughing (primarily at herself). If her fail-proof speaker game doesn’t floor you, her amazing, warmth, sharp wit, and uncanny ability to help businesses and brands tell better stories will definitely do the trick. Simply put, she puts the TaDa! in everything she touches!