Bonnie knows a lot about achieving success against incredible odds.

Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, she became the first African-American to win medals in Winter Olympic competition, taking home a silver and two bronze medals at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. In recognition of this historic achievement, Bonnie was quoted on millions of Starbucks coffee cups and was honored by President George W. Bush at a White House celebration of Black History Month. 

Bonnie graduated with honors from Harvard, won a Rhodes Scholarship, earned numerous sales awards at IBM, and was appointed by President Bill Clinton as a director of the White House National Economic Council. President Obama named her to represent the US in delegations to both the Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver and the Summer Paralympics in Rio. She also holds several honorary doctorate degrees and was recently lauded with her portrait in the main hall of Trinity College, Oxford as a distinguished alumna.

Bonnie’s dynamic messages guide audiences to find their individual paths to higher performance, greater productivity, and overall success. 

Her extensive experience in a variety of industries including energy, healthcare, finance, insurance, food and beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, education, government, aerospace, and communications, allows Bonnie to customize each presentation with specific, effective tools for positive action along with focused plans for contributing to organization-wide growth and development. Participants leave Bonnie’s spirited presentations with the ultimate competitive advantage: the confidence to challenge their comfort zones…and win.