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Amy Hilliard

Founder and CEO of The ComfortCake Company.

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Amy Hilliard Biography

Amy Hilliard, a native Detroiter and honors graduate of both Howard University and the Harvard Business School, is the founder and CEO of The ComfortCake Company®, makers of “poundcake so good it feels like a hug!™” The Company also produces Sugarless Sweetness®, their proprietary sugar substitute for baking, as well as other baked goods and whole grain pizzas. Launched in 2001, ComfortCake® is distributed nationally through foodservice and retail channels and through their website (www.comfortcake.com). Customers have included United Airlines, 7-Eleven, Walgreen's, Jewel-Osco, Dominick's, Rush Medical Center and the Chicago Public Schools. The ComfortCake® Company is also an approved supplier to major QSR chains.

ComfortCake® has been featured on CNN, Fox, The Food Network, AOL, Home Shopping Network, Fortune, Black Enterprise, Essence and other national publications. After just two years in business, ComfortCake® was selected as the Emerging Minority Enterprise of the Year by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Company has since been honored by Jewel-Osco, Safeway and Chartwells-Thompson, a division of Compass Group.

Ms. Hilliard, was named a 2009 Business Leader of Color by Chicago United, was selected by The Clinton Foundation for their Entrepreneurship Mentor Program, and is a graduate of the Chicago Urban League’s nextONE program. Ms. Hilliard, the first African-American elected to the board of the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade, currently sits on the Multi-Cultural Advisory Board of PepsiCo and was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of Howard University.

Amy Hilliard is a former senior marketing executive with leading Fortune 500 corporations and entrepreneurial firms including Bloomingdale’s, Gillette, Pillsbury, L’Oreal and Burrell Communications Group. Additionally, Ms. Hilliard owns The Hilliard Group, a strategic marketing consulting, product development and speaking firm.

A proud mother of two young adults, Ms. Hilliard is an internationally recognized speaker and author of “TAP INTO YOUR JUICE” – Find Your Gifts, Lose Your Fears and Build Your Dreams, which has been endorsed by Michelle Obama.

Speaking Topics
  • The Courage to Know When

    To Make Decisions and to Act

  • Networking

    The Do’s and Don’t You Dares

  • Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Spirit

    In or Out of Corporate America

  • Reinvent Your Business and Yourself

    The Art of the Strategic Pivot

  • Entrepreneurville

    Lessons Learned from the Real Land of Oz

Videos
Books
Pivot for Success

Pivot for Success

Tap Into Your Juice: Principles So Sound, They Stir Up Success

Tap Into Your Juice: Principles So Sound, They Stir Up Success

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  • HOW TO BOOK Amy Hilliard?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Amy Hilliard for both live and virtual events for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Amy Hilliard, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Amy Hilliard or any other celebrity of your choice.
  • HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BOOK Amy Hilliard?

    Speaking fees for Amy Hilliard, or any other keynote speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The amount that Amy Hilliard charges to speak often varies according to the circumstances, including their schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Amy Hilliard, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
  • WHO IS THE AGENT FOR Amy Hilliard?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Amy Hilliard for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Amy Hilliard for your next private or corporate function.
  • WHAT IS A FULL-SERVICE TALENT BOOKING AGENCY?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Amy Hilliard or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Amy Hilliard or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
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Amy Hilliard Biography

Amy Hilliard, a native Detroiter and honors graduate of both Howard University and the Harvard Business School, is the founder and CEO of The ComfortCake Company®, makers of “poundcake so good it feels like a hug!™” The Company also produces Sugarless Sweetness®, their proprietary sugar substitute for baking, as well as other baked goods and whole grain pizzas. Launched in 2001, ComfortCake® is distributed nationally through foodservice and retail channels and through their website (www.comfortcake.com). Customers have included United Airlines, 7-Eleven, Walgreen's, Jewel-Osco, Dominick's, Rush Medical Center and the Chicago Public Schools. The ComfortCake® Company is also an approved supplier to major QSR chains.

ComfortCake® has been featured on CNN, Fox, The Food Network, AOL, Home Shopping Network, Fortune, Black Enterprise, Essence and other national publications. After just two years in business, ComfortCake® was selected as the Emerging Minority Enterprise of the Year by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Company has since been honored by Jewel-Osco, Safeway and Chartwells-Thompson, a division of Compass Group.

Ms. Hilliard, was named a 2009 Business Leader of Color by Chicago United, was selected by The Clinton Foundation for their Entrepreneurship Mentor Program, and is a graduate of the Chicago Urban League’s nextONE program. Ms. Hilliard, the first African-American elected to the board of the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade, currently sits on the Multi-Cultural Advisory Board of PepsiCo and was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of Howard University.

Amy Hilliard is a former senior marketing executive with leading Fortune 500 corporations and entrepreneurial firms including Bloomingdale’s, Gillette, Pillsbury, L’Oreal and Burrell Communications Group. Additionally, Ms. Hilliard owns The Hilliard Group, a strategic marketing consulting, product development and speaking firm.

A proud mother of two young adults, Ms. Hilliard is an internationally recognized speaker and author of “TAP INTO YOUR JUICE” – Find Your Gifts, Lose Your Fears and Build Your Dreams, which has been endorsed by Michelle Obama.

Amy Hilliard Speaking Topics

  • The Courage to Know When

    To Make Decisions and to Act

  • Networking

    The Do’s and Don’t You Dares

  • Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Spirit

    In or Out of Corporate America

  • Reinvent Your Business and Yourself

    The Art of the Strategic Pivot

  • Entrepreneurville

    Lessons Learned from the Real Land of Oz

Amy Hilliard Videos

  • Amy Hilliard's Pivot for Success. Understand Purpose, Passion ...
    Join the School of Management graduate program orientation speaker, Amy Hilliard, for a discussion of her book Pivot for Success.
  • Pivot for Success with Marketing Maven Amy S. Hilliard ...
    An international speaker, she is also the author of “TAP INTO YOUR JUICE -- Find Your Gifts, Lose Your Fears and Build Your Dreams” –...
  • U.S. Small Business Story: The ComfortCake Company
    Inspired by the legacy of her grandfather, an executive chef, Amy Hilliard founded the ComfortCake company in Chicago in 2001 to make "pound cake so...

Amy Hilliard Books

FAQs on booking Amy Hilliard

  • How to book Amy Hilliard?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Amy Hilliard for both live and virtual events for over 20 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Amy Hilliard, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Amy Hilliard or any other celebrity of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book Amy Hilliard?

    Speaking fees for Amy Hilliard, or any other keynote speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The amount that Amy Hilliard charges to speak often varies according to the circumstances, including their schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Amy Hilliard, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
  • Who is the agent for Amy Hilliard?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Amy Hilliard for clients worldwide for more than 20 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Amy Hilliard for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service talent booking agency?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Amy Hilliard or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Amy Hilliard or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.

Amy Hilliard is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Courage to Know When, Networking, Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Spirit, Reinvent Your Business and Yourself and Entrepreneurville. The estimated speaking fee range to book Amy Hilliard for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Amy Hilliard generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erika Gilchrist, Nicole Lynn, Angel Rich, Christine C. McHugh and Jess Connolly. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Amy Hilliard for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Amy Hilliard Speaking Topics

  • The Courage to Know When

    To Make Decisions and to Act

  • Networking

    The Do’s and Don’t You Dares

  • Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Spirit

    In or Out of Corporate America

  • Reinvent Your Business and Yourself

    The Art of the Strategic Pivot

  • Entrepreneurville

    Lessons Learned from the Real Land of Oz

Amy Hilliard Speaker Videos

  • Amy Hilliard's Pivot for Success. Understand Purpose, Passion ...
    Join the School of Management graduate program orientation speaker, Amy Hilliard, for a discussion of her book Pivot for Success.
    Pivot for Success with Marketing Maven Amy S. Hilliard ...
    An international speaker, she is also the author of “TAP INTO YOUR JUICE -- Find Your Gifts, Lose Your Fears and Build Your Dreams” – endorsed ...
  • U.S. Small Business Story: The ComfortCake Company
    Inspired by the legacy of her grandfather, an executive chef, Amy Hilliard founded the ComfortCake company in Chicago in 2001 to make "pound cake so good it feels like a hug." The brand was quickly...

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

If you are the talent and wish to request a profile update or removal from our online directory, please submit a profile request form.

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