Featured Speaker Dr. Cindy McGovern

Dr. Cindy McGovern, known as the First Lady of Sales^®, is an internationally acclaimed speaker, sales strategist and bestselling author whose work redefines the way people think about selling, communication and personal branding and influence. With a doctorate in organizational communication, she began her career as a college professor before trading the classroom for the real world, where she discovered a bigger mission.

Today, Dr. Cindy helps individuals and organizations understand that sales isn’t a business skill –it’s a life skill. Her work empowers individuals to advocate for themselves, communicate with confidence, and stop waiting for permission to go after what they want, at work and in life.

As founder and CEO of Orange Leaf Consulting and Academy, Dr. Cindy and her team partner with companies, team and leaders to create ethical, effective sales and communication strategies built on trust and real human connection. Her approach helps people learn how to sell themselves, their ideas and the value, without the “ick” factor, proving that everyone sells every day, whether they realize it or not.

Dr. Cindy is the author of Every Job is a Sales Job: How to Use the Art of Selling to Win at Work and Sell Yourself: How to Create, Live and Sell a Powerful Personal Brand. Sell Yourself earned both the 2024 Book Excellence Award and the New York Big Book Award. Her writing blends research, straight talk and practical tools that help readers discover what they’re capable of and IN powers them to go after it.

A highly sought-after keynote speaker and workshop leader, Dr. Cindy delivers engaging, highly interactive presentations on sales, leadership, communication and personal branding. Her sessions are known for equal parts insight, humor and real talk. Through her work she inspires others – especially women – to stop waiting for permission and start leading their lives on their own terms.

At NS3 she will present, Build your Game Plan for Growth, she will reveal how top producers continue to grow and protect their volume no matter the environment. She will challenge you to go after the business you want, identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities and grow your market share because the reality is, opportunities still exist for those bold enough to ask for them.

As competition intensifies, standing apart has never been more critical. She will show you how to reposition your approach, shifting from transactional selling to a more modern consultative, relationship-driven model that makes you indispensable to clients and patterns alike, all while staying compliant. Gain the clarity and strategy you need to move forward with confidence.

When she’s not helping people to rethink sales and self-advocacy, Dr. Cindy lives in San Francisco with her husband and their dog, Biscuit. She loves to travel, thrives on laughter and great conversations, enjoys dinner with friends—and has a slight dark chocolate addiction. If there’s food and fun on the menu, count her in.