Speaking coaches for parents
Compare 23 speaking coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are public speaking, interpersonal communication, presentation skills and executive communication. They most often work with parents, students and women. Most charge $80 to $250 per hour or session.
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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.
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.
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.
Christi Alicea
Christi Alicea is a life coach in Ohio who helps women caring for adult loved ones with mental health or substance use struggles. She has 20 years of experience, including work with NAMI and SMART Recovery. Her clients learn to set healthy boundaries, talk more clearly with their loved one, and make time for self-care. She offers one-on-one sessions and a small group program for women.
Keshawn Hughes
Keshawn Hughes is a neurocoach and NeuroLeadership consultant who coaches leaders on burnout, confidence and influence. She founded NeuroSavvy, a brain-based framework for leadership growth. Keshawn has helped hundreds of leaders reach their goals. She also consults for HR and DEI teams in tech and for government agencies. Her speaking clients include Intuit, Fullscript, Georgia Tech and Purdue University. She holds a Master's degree in Strategic Communication.
Wendy Perlin
Wendy Perlin is an independent educational consultant and communication trainer. She helps high school, college and graduate students, and working professionals. She is president of Perlin Consulting and a speech language pathologist with over 20 years of experience. She spent more than a decade at the Shirley Ryan Abilitylab in Chicago. She also edited and researched the K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences. She is based in Kildeer, Illinois.
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.
Imbert Fung
Imbert Fung is an independent college consultant and education coach who helps teenagers and young adults with university applications, career preparation and presentation skills. Imbert founded Future Reach Education in the Toronto area. Imbert is an MIT and UPenn alumnus and a HECA member. Imbert brings experience from hiring and leading hundreds of employees across industries. Imbert's office is in Downtown Markham, Ontario.
Jane Wolery
Jane Wolery is a life coach and speaker who helps rural teens, young professionals, families, and adults. She works with people facing school stress, career uncertainty, self-doubt, anxiety, and pressure. Jane grew up on a farm and ranch in northern Montana. She has more than 30 years of experience as an educator and is also a certified school counselor and certified life coach. She also gives talks and workshops for rural communities, schools, and organizations.
Brian Swan
Brian Swan is an independent college admissions consultant and the owner of Greatland College Consulting in Anchorage, Alaska. He helps students and parents find a college that fits on academics, social life and cost. He wrote The Savvy Guide to the 4-Year WUE Colleges, a book on the Western Undergraduate Exchange program. He also offers help with Common App essays, transfer students and public speaking.
Mieke Stapelberg
Mieke Stapelberg is a communication and confidence coach in Connecticut. She helps clients with life transitions, self esteem, relationships, career, divorce and parenting. She holds a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling and is a licensed counselor in Connecticut. She began her career as an actor in New York City, with a few small TV parts, before moving into one-on-one coaching. She also teaches meditation and works with clients from their own homes.
Svetlana Banks
Svetlana Banks is a certified life coach and communication coach who also works from a Christian perspective. She helps people build confidence, find authentic relationships and take action toward the life they want. She has over 100 hours of motivational speech experience and has spoken in several countries. She wrote the book "Descent into Heaven." She has worked with students, teachers, women and parents of children with disabilities.
Sadrail Saint-Ulysse
Dr. Sadrail Saint-Ulysse is an independent college consultant in New Jersey who helps students and parents with college admissions. He runs SSU Educational Consulting, LLC. The practice puts college fit and affordability first. It also covers SAT and ACT prep, career counseling, and college transfer. He is a speaker who gives talks on education and civic involvement to schools, churches, community groups and corporations.
Shelley Clifford
Shelley Clifford is an accountability and communication coach in Alabama who helps stressed moms find more joy in motherhood. She comes to coaching as an educator with specialized knowledge of child development. She teaches sensory strategies and the value of play. She also teaches parents how to raise a secure child and build a stronger bond with them. Her work pairs these tools with a self care practice of tuning into your own mind.
Sue Zhong
Sue Zhong is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents with college admissions. She runs Aurorae Young Speech & Debate Academy in Bellevue, Washington. The academy trains middle and high school students in speech and debate, in person and online. Students take part in debate tournaments. She also offers education planning, school and college application help, and one-on-one tutoring or small class learning.
Terry Friedrichs
Dr. Terry Friedrichs runs Friedrichs Education in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Terry is an independent educational consultant and tutor who helps students and parents with test prep, school subjects and school selection. Terry prepares students for the PSAT, SAT, SAT II, ACT and GRE. Terry is a teacher who grew up in Mendota Heights and also presents around the world on testing and gifted education. Terry also offers senior services.
Will Peters
Will Peters is a college admissions counselor who also coaches career growth and communication. He worked in college admissions as a Territory Manager and managed the cycle for 2,000+ applicants across Nevada and Contra Costa County. He is a former middle school English teacher. Today he is a Program Manager at UC Davis, where he builds career development programs and trains groups of 6 to 100+ people.
Nicole Ellis
Nicole Ellis is a life coach in Utah who works with dads. She helps men who do well at work but feel stuck at home. She built the "STOP the FIGHT!" Coaching Program just for dads. It is customized for each client. She teaches 4 Foundational Principles and adds her own tools. Dads learn parenting strategies for their child, reconnect with their spouse, and take control of their own emotions and priorities.
Erika Smith
Erika Smith is an independent educational consultant in Lexington, Kentucky. She helps students and parents plan for college and get through the admissions process. She has worked in college admissions since 1998. She has been an admissions professional and a school counselor and college planner at a private high school. She also offers workshops, support for school counselors and teachers, and speaking events.
Maryan Kang
Maryan Kang runs Vision to Reality, a tutoring and academic consulting group in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The practice helps students and parents with college admissions. Kang has worked with over 500 students and helped them get into top 100 colleges. Students get help with essays, resumes, interviews, test plans and financial aid forms. The practice does not cap the number of sessions. Students have been accepted to schools such as MIT, Columbia and Princeton Theological Seminary.
Sarah Girolami
Sarah Girolami is an independent educational consultant with The Carnahan Group in New Orleans, Louisiana. She helps students and parents with college and boarding school admissions. The firm is the longest continuously running educational consultancy in Louisiana. Its team has 80+ years of combined admissions experience since the early 1990s. The group has worked with 1000+ students and serves families in person and online, with satellite offices that reach students around the world.
Kim Callaway
Kim Callaway is a relationship and life coach in Missouri who also coaches parents of young children. Kim is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience working with individuals and families. Kim's relationship work centers on attachment patterns, unresolved shame, and conflict and repair. Kim also helps adults with low self-worth and anxiety. Kim runs Rooted Earth Counseling.
Martha Sandven
Martha Sandven is an independent educational consultant in West Fork, Arkansas. She helps students and parents with college admissions, and she is a member of the IECA. She is also a National Board Certified teacher with degrees in speech, theatre and film, and secondary English. Her teaching work includes a course that is now required for future secondary teachers at the University of Arkansas. She also runs arts programs for youth in Northwest Arkansas.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Renea Skelton | Interpersonal communication and Presentation skills | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Alicia Gaspar | Interpersonal communication | $145 to $275 an hour |
| Brandon Mack | Public speaking | $130 to $300 an hour |
| Christi Alicea | Life coach for women caring for adult loved ones in Ohio | $100 to $150 an hour |
| Keshawn Hughes | Executive communication | $145 to $275 an hour |
| Wendy Perlin | Executive communication and Interpersonal communication | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Anne Cullen | Interpersonal communication | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Imbert Fung | Presentation skills | $80 to $220 an hour |
| Jane Wolery | Life coach and speaker for rural youth and adults in Montana | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Brian Swan | Public speaking | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Mieke Stapelberg | Life and confidence coach in Connecticut, also a meditation teacher | $130 to $190 an hour |
| Svetlana Banks | Christian life coach and communication coach | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Sadrail Saint-Ulysse | Public speaking | $150 to $225 an hour |
| Shelley Clifford | Accountability and communication coach for stressed moms in Alabama | $90 to $140 an hour |
| Sue Zhong | Public speaking | $150 to $225 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a speaking coach cost?
Most speaking coaches charge $80 to $250 per hour or session.
What else do these speaking coaches help with?
Common focus areas include public speaking, interpersonal communication, presentation skills and executive communication.
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Last updated September 2026.