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Khary Penebaker, keynote speaker on leadership, resilience, and gun violence prevention
Khary Penebaker
2x DNC Speaker
$35M+ Revenue Built
TIME Contributor

From the Ground Up

Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Resilience & Gun Violence Prevention

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Featured Work

Where Khary Has Spoken

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DNC

DNC Convention

Two-time speaker on gun violence prevention and his mother Joyce on the national stage.

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TIME

TIME Magazine

Personal essay on losing his mother to gun violence and breaking 36 years of silence.

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CBS

CBS News

Interview on election integrity as a Wisconsin Electoral College voter.

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CORP

Corporate Keynotes

Leadership and team culture for organizations that need more than a motivational speech.

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BLM

Bloomberg / March for Our Lives

Gun violence prevention reaching 100M+ viewers nationwide.

$35M+
Revenue Built
180+
Employees Led
88+
Media Features
82K+
Followers

Trusted by conference planners and event organizers who want their audience to leave with more than inspiration. Nearly 30 years building companies from $1.5M to $35M. Featured in TIME Magazine. Two-time DNC convention speaker. The kind of keynote your audience will remember.

Speaking Topics

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Leadership Under Pressure

Building a $35M operation from scratch. The leadership decisions that never make the highlight reel. Hiring when stakes are high, building culture in construction.

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Gun Violence, Resilience, Real Talk

My mother died by suicide with a gun when I was 20 months old. For 36 years I didn't talk about it. Carrying grief while showing up. Authentic vulnerability without scripts.

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Building Teams That Deliver

Turning broken operations around. Team transformation that sticks. Practical implementation over theory. Culture, accountability, and trust from someone who built it.

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One of the most compelling speakers I've seen. Khary connects with any audience because he leads with honesty and doesn't hide behind a script. Standing ovations, not polite applause.
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