Full Name
Joan Michelson
Job Title
Host, Keynote Speaker, Journalist, ESG Consultant
Company
Electric Ladies Podcast, Green Connections Media
Speaker Bio
Joan Bryna Michelson, MBA is a highly accomplished business leader and award- winning, strategic, social impact, communications and ESG – environment, social, governance – leader and a dynamic public speaker who has addressed many events and conferences as an emcee, keynote speaker, moderator and panelist.
Her specialties include leveraging ESG solutions and partnerships strategically for maximum benefit, helping organizations recruit innovative, diverse women, and helping these women thrive in their careers. She is based in the Washington D.C. area.
Venues Joan has spoken at include (some repeatedly): United Nations General Assembly Climate Week 2024; Export Import Bank 2023; SXSW (Eco), ChangeNow 2023 Summit (Paris, France), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (U.S. Defense Department), UN COP26 (Scotland), Sun Valley Forum, The Newseum, U.S. Naval Academy, GLG, Women Automotive Summit, National Institutes of Health, 92nd Street Y, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, MOVE America: Mobility Reimagined; Clean Tech Open (SE), Small Business Administration, Greenbiz VERGE, Global Council for Science and the Environment, National Association of Women Business Owners, Executive Women in Government, Women Impacting Public Policy, and various other professional conferences, galas, award programs, chambers of commerce, corporate and university events. Joan is in various professional speakers’ bureaus, including with the U.S. State Dept.
Joan drove breakthrough results at Chrysler (in EVs), American Express and Deloitte in marketing communications leadership roles, and in other businesses, nonprofits and government agencies, as a consultant or interim executive. She is an instructor on ESG issues and communications, including to board members through Competent Boards programs.
A highly-accomplished journalist, Joan has worked with top media organizations and hosts and produces the acclaimed Electric Ladies podcast (formerly known as Green Connections Radio), with over 460 episodes on innovation, leadership and ESG-related issues (including energy, climate and sustainability), and career advice, featuring women experts. USA Today chose her show as one of the top six podcasts for business travelers. She has been writing regularly on these issues for many years in Forbes and has also been published in: Harvard Business Review, New Thinking magazine; HuffPost, The New Economy magazine (distributed at the World Economic Forum), TheAtlantic.com, Greenbiz, WTOP.com, regional business journal columns; and in various other media. She coproduced segments with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” ABC News, and “The Crusaders,” and television specials on NBC.
Her specialties include leveraging ESG solutions and partnerships strategically for maximum benefit, helping organizations recruit innovative, diverse women, and helping these women thrive in their careers. She is based in the Washington D.C. area.
Venues Joan has spoken at include (some repeatedly): United Nations General Assembly Climate Week 2024; Export Import Bank 2023; SXSW (Eco), ChangeNow 2023 Summit (Paris, France), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (U.S. Defense Department), UN COP26 (Scotland), Sun Valley Forum, The Newseum, U.S. Naval Academy, GLG, Women Automotive Summit, National Institutes of Health, 92nd Street Y, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, MOVE America: Mobility Reimagined; Clean Tech Open (SE), Small Business Administration, Greenbiz VERGE, Global Council for Science and the Environment, National Association of Women Business Owners, Executive Women in Government, Women Impacting Public Policy, and various other professional conferences, galas, award programs, chambers of commerce, corporate and university events. Joan is in various professional speakers’ bureaus, including with the U.S. State Dept.
Joan drove breakthrough results at Chrysler (in EVs), American Express and Deloitte in marketing communications leadership roles, and in other businesses, nonprofits and government agencies, as a consultant or interim executive. She is an instructor on ESG issues and communications, including to board members through Competent Boards programs.
A highly-accomplished journalist, Joan has worked with top media organizations and hosts and produces the acclaimed Electric Ladies podcast (formerly known as Green Connections Radio), with over 460 episodes on innovation, leadership and ESG-related issues (including energy, climate and sustainability), and career advice, featuring women experts. USA Today chose her show as one of the top six podcasts for business travelers. She has been writing regularly on these issues for many years in Forbes and has also been published in: Harvard Business Review, New Thinking magazine; HuffPost, The New Economy magazine (distributed at the World Economic Forum), TheAtlantic.com, Greenbiz, WTOP.com, regional business journal columns; and in various other media. She coproduced segments with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” ABC News, and “The Crusaders,” and television specials on NBC.
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