Certified speaking coaches
184 speaking coaches list a coaching credential or degree, 49% of all speaking coaches. Certified speaking coaches charge $120 to $250 an hour.
Key numbers
- 184 speaking coaches list a credential (49% of speaking coaches).
- 20 hold the ICF's PCC or MCC credential.
- Certified speaking coaches: $120 to $250 an hour.
- Speaking coaches with no credential: $75 to $200 an hour.
Credentials speaking coaches hold
| Credential level | Coaches (n) |
|---|---|
| Other coaching certification | 135 |
| Graduate degree | 29 |
| ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | 16 |
| ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) | 4 |
Most common credentials
| Credential | Coaches (n) |
|---|---|
| Certified EOS Implementer | 10 |
| Certified Life Coach | 8 |
| MBA | 7 |
| ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | 5 |
| CTA Certified Coach | 5 |
| Doctorate (Dr.) | 3 |
| Ordained minister | 3 |
| IECA Professional member | 3 |
| Certified Relationship Coach | 3 |
| Board Certified Coach (BCC) | 3 |
What certified speaking coaches charge
| Group | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|
| Credential listed | $120 to $250 |
| No credential listed | $75 to $200 |
Certified speaking coaches to compare
Alita van Zyl
Alita van Zyl is a communication and couples coach in South Africa. She helps leaders, teams, couples and individuals who keep having the same conversations with no change. She spent more than 30 years in corporate IT and leadership before coaching. She trained at Stellenbosch Business School and is a certified Neethling Brain Indicator practitioner. She runs her practice as AZ Ingenuity and uses the ADKAR change framework.
Ariana Monell
Ariana Monell is a communication and confidence coach in Arizona. She helps business owners, high achievers, professionals, and creators speak with more confidence. She holds the ICF Professional Certified Coach credential and works as both a life coach and an executive coach. Her coaching draws on Ontology, mindfulness, and CBT principles. Her focus areas include public speaking, presence on video, executive communication, and brand storytelling.
Digby Kerr
Digby Kerr is a business and executive coach who helps sales professionals, marketers, founders and executives communicate better. He also teaches Business English. He founded a global logistics company in 2007 and ran it for 15 years. He now serves as a vice president of another company. He has written 15 books and founded Kerr University in 2021. He has mentored professionals on six continents, one hour a week.
Dina Schmid
Dina Schmid is a public speaking and etiquette coach in Ohio. She helps career focused people feel confident when they present at work, from quick team talks to large crowds. She spent years as a chemical engineer at a Fortune 50 company before she became a coach. She has lived overseas and works with non-native English speakers. Her clients include executives, entrepreneurs and STEM professionals. She has coached hundreds of people over the past 5 years.
Gina Clear
Gina Clear is a communication, executive and life coach based in Lyon, France. She helps leaders, managers and young adults think, speak and act with more clarity and confidence. She runs Hearsay, a coaching and training firm for individuals, teams and companies. She coaches in English and French. She has also worked with politicians. Her training includes transactional analysis and NLP, and she holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential.
Hilary Spreiter
Hilary Spreiter is a communication and leadership development coach. She helps people with public speaking, presentation skills, executive presence and nerves. She has over 13 years of experience and has coached more than 1,000 people through group trainings and individual sessions. She has worked with Stanford University, Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Chief and Lighthouse Communications. She is also a Stanford GSB coach, and her clients include people at Netflix, Airbnb and Meta.
Jessika Lynch
Jessika Lynch is a communication and executive coach who helps thought leaders, business leaders and speakers make more impact. She has coached C-level executives, politicians including a head of state, TED speakers and bestselling authors. She founded the agency Revolve for Impact and leads the WomenTalkTech foundation. She has worked as a TED and TEDx speaker coach for over ten years. She coaches in English and Dutch from Amsterdam.
Julia Kraft
Julia Kraft is a public speaking and accent coach who helps professional women get past speaking anxiety. She founded Speak To Inspire in 2014. The company has trained 1000's of entrepreneurs and professionals, plus 100's of companies. Julia works with shy and introverted women who know their field well but freeze when the spotlight turns to them. She built the Fully Expressed program, which teaches speaking without scripts or heavy rehearsal.
Lisa Flynn
Lisa Flynn is a communication and leadership coach who helps introverted professionals build deeper connections and speak with confidence. She uses somatic practices and a program called the Authentic Connection Method. Her main offer is a 4-month private program with 12 weekly video sessions. She has more than 10 years in communication, emotional intelligence and leadership coaching. She once led retreats for 50 people while still feeling anxious at dinner parties, and that shapes her work.
Michele Moreno
Michele Moreno is a communication and public speaking coach who helps leaders speak with clarity and confidence. She has run 870+ coaching sessions and given 120+ trainings and talks since 2015. Before coaching, she wrote for Tom Peters and Guy Kawasaki, acted on TV shows like The Shield and Boston Legal, and worked 10 years as a multimedia producer. She holds two ICF certifications and coaches through role-play and simple frameworks.
Stephanie Melodia
Stephanie Melodia is a public speaking and communication coach. She helps people with message clarity, script writing, delivery and nerves. She has worked with more than 60 coaching clients. She founded an award-winning marketing consultancy and was named a Top 20 Female Founder. She now works as an international keynote speaker. Soho House, WeTransfer and NOI TechPark have brought her in to speak to their teams. She also hosts a UK business podcast for entrepreneurs.
Tod Brown
Tod Brown is a communication and confidence coach who works with individuals and couples. Tod helps clients speak clearly, handle conflict, and feel steadier in hard conversations. Tod has over 20 years of experience in teaching, public speaking and coaching. Tod also has a psychology and counseling degree and a mediation and arbitration credential. Sessions end with a clear plan the client can use right away.
JJ van de Vyver
JJ van de Vyver coaches people on communication, public speaking and career direction. JJ also works with clients on larger life transitions. JJ qualified as a Chartered Accountant at a Big 4 firm and earned an MBA with distinction from Oxford. JJ helped grow an Oxford systems thinking consultancy from 9 to over 20 staff and led its consulting team of 11. JJ also built a practice in a new country.
Olivia Conti
Olivia Conti is a communication and public speaking coach and the founder of Conti Trust Strategies. She also advises tech companies on online safety. She spent nearly a decade in trust and safety, including product roles at Twitch and Twitter. She holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture and has taught public speaking at the university level. Her advisory work centers on risk assessment, product strategy, and safety priorities for social platforms and AI.
Renea Skelton
Renea Skelton is a communication and life coach who helps women, and people of all ages, know what to say in hard conversations. She holds a PhD in Leadership and Emotional Intelligence. She speaks at conferences and to teams, and she is an author. Every Sunday she sends a newsletter that breaks down one real communication problem and gives the exact words to use. More than 1K people read it. She coaches online.
Rionach Aiken
Rionach Aiken is a communication and visibility coach in the Netherlands. She helps business owners and creatives become seen, known and valued. She is a former non-profit CEO who led a team of 100 and worked toward a million in revenue. She spent decades struggling with shyness before she became a poet and speaker. She now uses poetry and energy work in her coaching and runs workshops in the Netherlands and Denmark.
Illens Dort
Illens Dort is a communication, public speaking and facilitation coach in Provo, Utah. He helps professionals become confident and engaging speakers. His clients include speakers, educators, business trainers and workshop facilitators. He teaches a six-session coaching program built around the Four Areas of Connection and the Four Ps of Great Communication. He holds an MBA and is certified through The John Maxwell Team.
Michele Trent
Michele Trent is a public speaking confidence coach who helps high-achieving introverts speak with ease. Her clients are business owners and professionals who want to grow a business, get promoted, or take on leadership roles. She holds a certification as a speaking skills and mindset coach. She spent years in Toastmasters. She is an introvert herself. Her work follows three steps: Mindset, speaking skills, and practice.
Cristóbal Colón
Cristóbal Colón is a communication coach and public speaking mentor based in Puerto Rico. Cristóbal also mentors podcasters. Cristóbal works in both Spanish and English. Cristóbal created The K.E.Y. Method, which helps clients find their inner fire, shape a unique message and share it in person and online. Cristóbal is a Distinguished Toastmaster. Cristóbal's podcast won the Self Improvement category at the Latin Podcast Awards in 2020 and 2021.
Sherry Pike
Sherry Pike is a public speaking and communication coach who works with adults 18 and older. She spent 25 years as a licensed speech language pathologist, working with children and adults who had speech, language and developmental challenges. She also has 25 years of experience teaching ballroom, Latin and swing dance. Sherry now brings speech, dance, theatre and teaching skills together to help clients build the skills and confidence to speak on any platform.
Aikyna Finch
Dr. Aikyna Finch is a life and social media coach who also trains coaches. She helps people reach their goals and use technology to grow their business. She holds the ICF PCC credential and serves as Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for the International Coaching Federation. She has worked as a professor and dean in higher education. She gave a TEDx talk in 2022 and has written or co-written 12 books. She works from Nashville, Tennessee.
Alex Keedy
Alex Keedy is a cybersecurity career coach who helps people get hired and move up in the cyber field. She is a cyber threat intelligence expert with over 8 years of experience leading global cybersecurity sales and operational teams. She has worked at ZeroFox, Intel 471, Deloitte, and Booz Allen Hamilton. She managed $32 million ARR for large clients and has briefed C-suite executives. She has worked with more than 10 cybersecurity clients.
Alicia Gaspar
Alicia Gaspar is a business and career coach based in Spain. She helps managers, business owners and global teams with communication, work-life balance and leadership. Before coaching, she spent more than fifteen years in film and TV production, working with teams from around the world. She has lived in many countries and coaches on global mobility and company moves. She holds an ACC credential from the International Coaching Federation.
Alison Verge
Alison Verge is a relationship and dating coach who helps busy professionals over 40 find lasting love. She runs Path2Love Coaching. She is a certified sexologist and co-author of "Radical Self Love." She also coaches couples who face a sudden shock, such as illness or disability, a challenge she knows from her own life. Her clients can meet a partner with or without dating apps.
Anna Chin
Anna Chin is a life, career and communication coach. She helps ambitious people find clarity, build confidence and move forward in their careers. She has 15 years of coaching experience and an MBA. She has lived and traveled in 15 countries, including the United States, Spain, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. She speaks 6 languages and understands how hard it is to thrive in a foreign place. She also holds CBT and NLP practitioner certifications.
Anne Cullen
Anne Cullen is a communication and conflict advisor in New Zealand. She helps couples and families who run a business together. Her work covers how partners talk, decide and handle pressure, both at work and at home. She created the PEACE Method, a five-step framework for responding instead of reacting. She has 30 years of experience with human behaviour, family systems and business dynamics. She works online worldwide and in person in New Plymouth.
Aude-Marie Godfrey
Aude-Marie Godfrey is a leadership and communication coach for professionals. She helps clients speak with more confidence, build clear leadership presence and work well in international settings. Before coaching, she spent 15+ years in leadership roles at Google and Salesforce, with teams across Europe, Asia and the US. She has lived and worked in Paris, London, Dublin and Singapore. She coaches in English and French.
Brandon Mack
Brandon Mack is an independent college admissions consultant in Houston, Texas. He helps students, parents, and organizations through the admissions process. He worked in admissions for 13 years, including as Associate Director of Admission and Coordinator of Transfer Admission at Rice University. He later served as Interim Director of Operations at the International Association for College Admission Counseling. He also offers equity, inclusion, and diversity consulting and meeting facilitation through B. Mack Strategies.
Brian Branagan
Brian Branagan is a communication and leadership coach for busy leaders and high-potential employees. He teaches people to speak up, be heard, and get results. Before coaching, he spent more than 25 years as a technology manager at Adobe, Getty Images, RealNetworks and F5 Networks. He is a certified Conversational Intelligence coach and an ECHO Listening Intelligence practitioner. He also works with global teams to close communication gaps caused by virtual distance.
Chris Lawson
Chris Lawson is a business coach who helps independent automotive and diesel repair shop owners build their own hiring system. The goal is a steady flow of good applications for any open job. Chris is a digital marketing strategist and a Certified Profit First Professional. He also runs Profit First workshops for repair shops and has given over 100 talks on recruiting technicians.
Common questions
How many speaking coaches are certified?
49% of speaking coaches list a coaching credential or degree.
Do certified speaking coaches charge more?
Certified speaking coaches charge $120 to $250 an hour, compared with $75 to $200 for speaking coaches with no credential.
What is the top speaking coach credential?
The International Coaching Federation's MCC is the highest coaching credential, followed by the PCC and ACC.
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Last updated September 2026.