A Veterans Day keynote speaker in Michiganwho served 25 years.

Lorrena Black is a Veterans Day keynote speaker in Michigan for veteran service organizations, military family programs and the companies that honor the veterans on their teams.

Speaker kit (PDF)

Her keynotesImposter syndrome keynoteResilience keynote

Stages that say so

  • Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency
  • Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans Services
  • Veteran 1st
  • Behind The Mission (PsychArmor)
  • Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency “I Am a Veteran”
25 years in uniform
Enlisted as an HR specialist in 1997, commissioned in 2011, retired a Major in 2022.
A woman veteran’s stage
Veteran 1st’s women veterans conference, the featured speaker at the Massachusetts Women Veterans Recognition Luncheon, and the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency’s “I Am a Veteran” campaign.
Military family, lived
She raised four children as a single mom through most of her years in uniform, so a family program hears its own story.

When these rooms book

November
Veterans Day programs, built in September.
March
Women veterans recognition events, around Women’s History Month.
May
Military Spouse Appreciation Day and Memorial Day programs.
Year-round
Transition cohorts and veteran employment programs.

How she is booked

  • Veterans Day keynote
  • Luncheon or recognition talk
  • R.A.L.L.Y.™ workshop for a transition cohort
  • Veteran transition coaching

Questions Veteran and military family program directors ask

What does she bring to a Veterans Day program?

Her own 25 years, enlisted to Major, and R.A.L.L.Y.™ to Rise: five steps for leading through change that the room works live.

Is she a fit for a women veterans’ event?

Yes. She has spoken at Veteran 1st’s women veterans conference and was the featured speaker at the Massachusetts Women Veterans Recognition Luncheon.

And military spouse or family programs?

Yes. She raised four children as a single mom through most of her years in uniform, and brings that story to family programs.

Can a company’s veterans group book her?

Yes. Veterans ERGs and BRGs book the same keynote for their November program.

Hold the date for your event.

Or call the office at (915) 269-2168 · lorrena@lorrenablack.com