Entrepreneur & Purpose-Driven Leadership Expert; Founder of Back on My Feet & Solidcore; CNN Hero; Motivational Keynote Speaker
Anne Mahlum Biography
Anne Mahlum is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, motivational speaker, and advocate for personal growth and social impact. As a two-time founder and experienced CEO, Mahlum has built both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, demonstrating that purpose-driven leadership can generate meaningful social change and strong business results.
Mahlum's entrepreneurial journey began in Philadelphia, where she started a running club with residents of a homeless shelter. This initiative evolved into the national nonprofit Back on My Feet, which uses running to help people experiencing homelessness transform their lives. The organization expanded to operate in 12 cities and has supported thousands of individuals in reclaiming stability. Mahlum was recognized as an ABC World News Person of the Week and a CNN Hero for her work with Back on My Feet. She also hosted the MTV documentary "The Break" on youth homelessness.
Mahlum later founded Solidcore, a fitness company specializing in full-body strength training classes on custom-built reformer machines. Starting with a single studio in Washington, D.C., she scaled the company to more than 100 locations nationwide, serving hundreds of thousands of clients and employing over 2,000 people. Mahlum led Solidcore through the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining operations while competitors like Flywheel Sports filed for bankruptcy. After raising $210 million in private equity, she exited the company, sharing proceeds from the sale with employees.
Mahlum has been recognized by Washington Business Journal as a Women Who Mean Business winner and named to the 40 Under 40 lists by Philadelphia Business Journal, Washington Business Journal, and Crain's New York. She has completed 11 marathons, one on each continent, including Antarctica. Mahlum invests, advises, writes, plays beach volleyball, and supports addiction recovery and wrongful conviction causes.
As a keynote speaker, Mahlum has addressed audiences at more than 120 events, including the Million Dollar Round Table, TEDx, corporate events, academic institutions, and conferences. She has delivered three TEDx talks on topics such as finding passion, overcoming complacency, and helping others. Mahlum regularly speaks on leadership, entrepreneurship, personal development, and social change. In her keynote, "How to Outsmart the Odds," she shares lessons on belief systems, fear, choice, and self-empowerment, encouraging audiences to take charge of their lives.
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Anne Mahlum Speaking Topics
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The Road to Change
Anne Mahlum’s compelling personal story and work with Back on My Feet is a powerful and inspirational example of how change happens. In this engaging and inspiring program, Anne shows us that we all need the same things in life to grow and succeed... to be noticed, to be appreciated, to be valued and to be cared for. She teaches that changing the way we see ourselves and our circumstances is at the core of change and that only then can we begin to move out of our comfort zones and create real and lasting change in our lives. With raw vulnerability, grace and lots of humor, Anne takes audiences on an emotional journey that will leave them feeling motivated, purposeful, and empowered to both manage and create real change in their lives.
NOTE: Anne’s message is universal and resonates with every kind of audience, organization and industry. However, her presentation can be tailored for your audience according to the specific sub-topics below.
Sub-topics explored in her presentation include:
· Overcoming adversity
· Life transitions
· Risk-taking
· Perseverance
· Eliminating excuses
· Self-worth | self-esteem
· Vulnerability
· Identity and redefining ourselves
· Social change
· Using sport for social change
· Starting and building a nonprofit
· Fundraising
Anne Mahlum Videos
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Anne Mahlum is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Civil Rights, Disruptive Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Executive Leadership, Female Leadership, Finance, Leadership, Overcoming Adversity, Personal Growth, Social Activism, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Justice, Thought Leadership, Women, Women in Business -
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Anne Mahlum is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Road to Change. The estimated speaking fee range to book Anne Mahlum for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Anne Mahlum generally travels from Miami, FL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Shiza Shahid, Zainab Salbi, Erika Gilchrist, Deanna Singh and Allyson Kapin. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Anne Mahlum for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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