Julie Silard Kantor is an ‘all-in’ roll-up your sleeves leader & serial entrepreneur committed to building mentoring cultures to drive employee engagement and elevating women and Millennials in the STEM workforce. Did you know that 76% of Millennials view mentoring as crucial to their professional success? Julie also believes that the people who mentor at your company are the people who drive retention at your company and that there is a strong business case. Whether in a board room with executives or working with collaborative teams, Julie instills excitement, inspires commitment, & demonstrates an unwavering drive to succeed. Her newest venture is Twomentor, LLC, a management consulting firm focused on corporate mentor strategy, builds on her 24 years in workforce development and building social impact movements. Many people ask Julie about the name of her firm. If you add the word ‘two’ to ‘mentor,’ you get the word ‘women’ and ‘men’ into mentoring. It’s inclusive. Plus, it does take two to mentor!

As a sought after global speaker & connector, Julie is well networked to the national community of top business, academic, non-profit, & government leaders. Rank top 1% in Linkedin most visited profiles. She has worked & consulted w/ clients such as: Cisco, Samsung, Tata (TCS), Intel, Alpha Corp., Sony, Carnival, BP, Stratasys and more.

✔ Honored by President Obama for 20-year career in youth entrepreneurship education, SmartCEO "15 Leaders We Admire," Brava Women’s Leadership Award Winner & AT & T Women Who Inspire Series✔ A proven pioneering leader for building Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and Million Women Mentors. A driving force for STEM Diversity championing 60 non-profit and media partners (reach of 30 million girls & women)✔ Global Professional Speaker incl: Women in Tech Int'l, US Department of Labor, European Union, ISM-NJ, US News & World Report STEM Solutions Summit, The Federal Reserve Bank, Women MBA International. Chair at IIRUSA Women in STEM Conference (Bentley University), Center for Social Leadership Conference (Chennai, India).✔ Featured on: CNN.com, Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Forbes.com, Huffington Post Live, Harvard Case Study✔ Author of "I Said Yes: Youth Entrepreneurship in America’s Schools", "The Mentor Road Trip Action Guide", "Youth Entrepreneurship in America" for The Aspen Institute✔ Contributing author "Women in STEM: Realizing the Potential" with Tata Consultancy Services✔ Business and Tech Blogger since 2012 for Huffington Post, Venture Beat & more. ✔ Accelerated business growth & revenue track record of 23 million+

Contact: Julie Silard KantorCEO, Twomentor LLCJulie@twomentor.comwww.linkedin.com/in/juliekantor@JuliekantorSTEM - @twomentorPlease contact Sophia@twomentor.com to book Julie for a speaking engagement.