Alyssa Dver
Alyssa’s mission is to bring more real confidence to the world, and she does it with both edge and empathy. As the founder and CEO of the American Confidence Institute and the ERG Leadership Alliance, she’s the go-to expert empowering people to lead stronger, coach better, and pitch smarter. With her signature mix of brain science savvy and real-world insight, her high-energy keynotes and interactive workshops activate audiences—from Amazon to Unilever, The World Bank to Honda—sparking cultural transformation and deep employee engagement across industries and continents. But Alyssa is not just a speaker—she’s a teacher, preacher, big sister and business leader all wrapped into one. She’s the author of 8 books, with her latest two earning International Book Excellence Awards and endorsements from thought leaders at Harvard, Wharton, MIT, Yale, UC Berkeley, and more. She was named one of the Top 10 Pioneering Women Leaders in Business by Chief Navigators and honored as a Thought Leader by the Stevie Awards. She’s an advisor at several entrepreneurial centers and the Confidence Educator for L’Oréal’s IT Cosmetics brand. Catch her in action on her two TED talks or tune into her refreshingly honest podcast, Real Confidence.