Cheryl Wood is an international empowerment speaker, best-selling author, and speaker development coach who equips women globally with the tools to step outside of their comfort zone, take bigger risks, and confidently embrace their personal power to impact the world with their unique talents. Wood energizes, invigorates, and challenges women to live up to their greatest potential and raise the bar on their expectations for career and business success. Furthermore, she specializes in teaching women leaders and influencers how to effectively craft and articulate their public presentations. She has trained more than 1,700 women leaders and influencers on the art of message mastery and platform skills for public pitches, conference presentations, and media appearances.

Wood has been featured on ABC, Radio One, Fox 5 News, Fox 45 News, Good Morning Washington, Forbes Magazine, Ebony Magazine, ESSENCE, Black Enterprise, The Washington Informer, Afro-American Newspaper, and numerous other media outlets. Her clients include a host of individuals and corporations including the United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Agriculture, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), The United Nations, Verizon Wireless, and National Association of Legal Professionals. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her empowerment of women including the 2018 Woman of Power Award by Women Leadership Magazine, 2017 Woman of the Year Award by Zeta Phi Beta, and 2016 Metropolitan Woman of the Year Award by Metropolitan Business Connection.