Have Gigi speak on your next virtual or in-person event!
Dr. Gigi Burke is a Wellbeing Strategist. Soul-Aligned Leader. Speaker. Space Dreamer.
She supports Black and Brown visionary women to lead from their wonderful wholeness. Through a wellbeing rooted leadership approach, she blends soul-aligned strategy, compassionate coaching, and grounded mentorship to help them lead and live in a way that feels true, whole, and sustainable.
She also partners with mission-driven organizations ready to cultivate cultures of trust, care, and resilience, where high performance and meaningful impact can genuinely thrive. Her wildest dream? To help design environments where people can someday flourish on the Moon, Mars, or wherever else we go.
As an award-winning speaker, Gigi inspires and equips Black and Brown women to lead from a place of wholeness, advocating for their needs, honoring their desires, and navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship and leadership with more joy, care, clarity, and courage. Known for her depth, warmth, and subtle humor, Gigi creates transformative spaces, both on stage and online, where emotion becomes a tool for connection, creativity, and sustainable leadership.
One of her superpowers is weaving together ideas that might seem disconnected or even dry, and making them feel practical, engaging, and deeply human. With her relatable presence and storytelling style, Gigi offers audiences more than just insight; she delivers an experience that’s both nourishing and memorable.
Having worked behind the scenes of conferences, job fairs, executive trainings, and retreats, Gigi knows what it takes to create meaningful, high-impact events. She’s committed to collaboration, ease, and excellence, and will show up as a true partner in making your gathering one your audience won’t forget.
Here's Her Signature Talks
From Self-Silencing to Self-Advocacy: Rewriting the Rules of Leadership for Black and Brown Women
Leadership has too often asked Black and Brown women to perform strength, suppress emotion, and shrink parts of themselves to be accepted. This powerful talk explores what it means to unlearn self-silencing, the survival strategy so many of us have internalized, and rise into a leadership path rooted in wholeness, truth, and self-advocacy.
Through storytelling, reflection, and actionable insight, this session invites women to shift how they show up in leadership, not by whitewashing or gaslighting their experiences, but by rewriting the rules on their own terms. When we lead from a place of rooted wellbeing, emotional honesty, and full self-expression, we don’t just protect our power, we amplify it.
Feeling Forward: How Emotion Fuels Wellbeing and Meaningful Work
In too many workplaces, emotion is treated as a barrier to professionalism or a risk to productivity. But in reality, emotion is how people make meaning, build trust, and stay connected to their purpose. Especially in mission-driven organizations, where the work is personal and the stakes are high, emotional wellness isn't optional. It's essential for wellbeing.
Gigi’s talk invites teams and leaders to feel forward, not just to acknowledge emotion, but to engage with feeling as deeper awareness and guidance. When people feel safe to feel, they also feel safe to contribute, to collaborate, and to lead in a way that’s grounded, honest, and aligned with who they really are.
Gigi offers customized talks to meet your specific requirements. Contact her for further information.
What Organizers and Attendees are Saying
"Dr. Burke, thank you so much for your insights and excellent presentation! We learned a great deal from you about why we need to take care of ourselves."
"Thank you for presenting and sharing your insights. You were great!"
"THANK YOU for acting as a guest speaker at the EWB-Atlanta Chapter meeting. I greatly enjoyed your presentation and teaching style."
"I was most struck by the biological and physiological intelligence and explanations in your presentation. I was fascinated by how much you knew and communicated. The reality of the information you presented is helpful to me as I try and help others be more emotionally intelligent too many people that grew up thinking that emotions have no place in the working world."
Past Speaking Appearances
Bold Voices Podcast: How to Overcome Fear With Business and New Opportunities
First Annual EQ With A Difference International Conference
The Brilliance Interview Series with Li-Min Huang
Mastering
The Sales Game Podcast with Susan McVea
Spark Your Vision Experience with Adele Wang
Life Lessons Over Lunch Career Networking Group
Society of Emotional Intelligence Annual Conference
The Dr. Hank Show On Blog Talk Radio Podcast
Engineers Without Boarders- Atlanta Professional Chapter
Southeast Regional Engineers Without Boarders Conference
Association for Talent Development-Atlanta Chapter, Career Development Special Interest Group