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Khalilah Shakir Lyons is a strategist, storyteller, and founder of Answer the Moment™, a leadership and culture firm redefining how individuals and organizations align purpose with performance. Known for transforming complexity into everyday breakthroughs, she equips leaders to answer critical business moments with clarity, confidence, and humanity.
A Mogul Top 100 DEI Leader and 2024 Corporate Woman of Achievement by NAWBO Chicago, Khalilah has partnered across industries including healthcare, finance, nonprofit, education, and consumer goods. Her frameworks—B_List Living™ and her book Prioritize Your Purpose Every Day™—help leaders move from proving to living and from chaos to clarity.
As a sought-after coach and speaker, Khalilah empowers leaders and organizations to replace exhaustion with purpose and turn awareness into sustainable action. Her message is clear: leadership isn’t a title; it’s a daily practice of remembering who you are before the world told you who to be.
Renee Speaks welcomes Khalilah Shakir Lyons, founder of Answer the Moment™—a leadership and culture firm helping individuals and organizations align purpose with performance.
With a gift for turning complexity into clarity, Khalilah has guided leaders across industries to replace exhaustion with purpose and transform awareness into sustainable action. Recognized as a Mogul Top 100 DEI Leader and 2024 Corporate Woman of Achievement, she brings both credibility and heart to every conversation.
In this episode, we uncover her journey, her frameworks like B_List Living™, and the lessons that help leaders grow with confidence, clarity, and humanity.
You're invited to apply to be a guest on the Renee Speaks Podcast! We feature subject-matter experts who generously share their knowledge and wisdom on business ownership, working women, empowerment, and the resilience needed to thrive in today's fast-paced, tech-driven world.

Sara Orellana is the driving force behind 3Raptor Consulting and Sincerely Sara O. She holds degrees in English Literature (BA, Rutgers University), Social and Community Services (MS, Capella University), and Epidemiology (MPH, Kaplan University).
With over 18 years of experience in grant writing and nonprofit consulting, Sara has helped secure more than $50 million in funding through a data-driven and analytical approach. She also supports small businesses, bringing strategic insights from over three years of teaching with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Small Business Administration (SBA).
A Certified Executive Mentor and Wellness Coach and the inaugural chair of the Oklahoma Healthy Brain Coalition, Sara helps nonprofits and businesses build strong donor relationships, strengthen operations, and turn ambitious ideas into funded, strategic growth.
In this episode of Renee Speaks, we sit down with Sara Orellana, founder of 3Raptor Consulting and Sincerely Sara O, with over 18 years of expertise in grant writing and nonprofit consultancy.
Sara has secured more than $50 million in funding through her data‑driven, analytical approach, while also advising small businesses through her work with the SBDC and SBA. With advanced degrees in English Literature, Social and Community Services, and Epidemiology, she empowers organizations to build clear, impactful donor relationships using science‑backed methodologies and SMART goals.
A leader and mentor, Sara has served as the inaugural chair of the Oklahoma Healthy Brain Coalition and is a Certified Executive Mentor and Wellness Coach. In Funding Futures, Building Impact, she shares how nonprofits and businesses alike can achieve sustainable growth and operational excellence.
You're invited to apply to be a guest on the Renee Speaks Podcast! We feature subject-matter experts who generously share their knowledge and wisdom on business ownership, working women, empowerment, and the resilience needed to thrive in today's fast-paced, tech-driven world.

Prassède Kemp (prah-say-day) is a marketing strategist and coach who helps founders stop being the default marketer in their business and start showing up with clarity, confidence, and sustainable systems. She is the founder of Numinous, where she spent nearly a decade building a multi six-figure agency helping service-based brands stand out with bold, personality-driven content.
Prassède has worked with 300+ entrepreneurs and her work includes directing music videos, supporting national campaigns, scaling YouTube channels, and mentoring CEOs through the mindset and structure that make consistent marketing possible. Her core focus is embodied branding beyond performative “authenticity,” visibility fears and how they shape growth, storytelling as a real business strategy, and creating content rhythms that do not rely on burnout. She also teaches founders how to use AI tools like ChatGPT to post smarter without losing their voice.
In this episode of Renee Speaks, we sit down with Prassède Kemp—marketing strategist, coach, and founder of Numinous, who helps founders stop being the default marketer in their business and start showing up with clarity, confidence, and sustainable systems.
With nearly a decade running a multi six‑figure agency, Prassède has worked with 300+ entrepreneurs, directing music videos, supporting national campaigns, scaling YouTube channels, and mentoring CEOs through the mindset and structure that make consistent marketing possible. Her focus is on embodied branding beyond performative “authenticity,” tackling visibility fears, and building content rhythms that don’t rely on burnout.
In Smart Marketing Systems, Prassède shares how founders can create bold, personality‑driven marketing that scales sustainably—and even leverage AI tools like ChatGPT to post smarter without losing their voice.
You're invited to apply to be a guest on the Renee Speaks Podcast! We feature subject-matter experts who generously share their knowledge and wisdom on business ownership, working women, empowerment, and the resilience needed to thrive in today's fast-paced, tech-driven world.

EA Clarke is the founder of Pivot + Edge, helping leaders hire smarter by turning their company story into a magnet for the right talent. With 30+ years in recruitment, he has built and sold a startup, served as a founding executive, and helped raise nearly $14M while scaling teams.
In this episode of Renee Speaks, we’re joined by EA Clarke, a leader in recruitment strategy and the founder of Pivot + Edge, to talk about how hiring the right people can make or break your growth.
With over 30 years of experience and a background in building and scaling startups—including helping raise nearly $14M—EA shares practical insights on how leaders can move beyond hiring from their immediate networks and start attracting the right talent at scale.
We dive into what it really takes to build a strong team, how to position your company to stand out to top candidates, and why your company story is one of your most powerful hiring tools.
If you’re a founder, executive, or growing team looking to hire smarter and grow faster, this conversation is for you.
You're invited to apply to be a guest on the Renee Speaks Podcast! We feature subject-matter experts who generously share their knowledge and wisdom on business ownership, working women, empowerment, and the resilience needed to thrive in today's fast-paced, tech-driven world.