Sara Ross

When the stakes are highest, the world's top organizations turn to leadership transformation expert, Sara Ross.

Ross has spent nearly two decades studying what it takes to succeed without leaving your humanity at the door. Drawing on data collected from over 10,000 people, her sciencebacked framework, The Lead Full Way™, integrates emotional intelligence and energy intelligence. Together, they help organizations and their leaders adapt faster by multiplying excellence, expanding possibility, and unleashing the energy that makes people come alive.

As the Chief Vitality Officer of the leadership research firm BrainAMPED, a keynote speaker, and the bestselling author of "Dear Work: Something Has to Change," Ross brings real-world business experience, cutting-edge science, and a trademark blend of humor, inspiration, and storytelling to create actionable insights to stages worldwide. This combination is why Ross is recognized as a 2026 Top Impact Speaker by Real Leaders®, ranked among the Top 10 Keynote Speakers by Global Gurus™ for two consecutive years, and named a Woman of Influence by SUCCESS Magazine.

Outside of work, Ross is a coffee-loving, Converse-wearing, self-proclaimed nerd. Her husband says her title should be Chief Eavesdropper-People-Watcher. Ross argues she's simply a street scientist, endlessly curious about what helps people live their fullest and widest life.