Stories that stay. Frameworks people use on Monday morning. Khary brings real experience from the field, not the stage.
Firearm suicide accounts for 58% of all gun deaths. Khary lost his mother to firearm suicide at 22 months old. He speaks on prevention, policy, and what the data actually demands.
As an Everytown for Gun Safety Fellow and former Board President of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Khary brings both lived experience and policy depth. He speaks to organizations ready to move past thoughts and prayers.
Learn moreWhat the hardest moments actually teach you. Khary lost his mother before he could walk, built companies from scratch, ran for Congress, and kept going. Resilience without the inspirational poster.
Khary's mother died by firearm suicide when he was 22 months old. He went on to build a $35M company, serve six years on the DNC, and lead teams through crisis. He speaks about adversity with the authority of someone who kept going without pretending it was easy.
Learn moreNearly 30 years in the trades. From installing roofs at 18 to running $35M in annual revenue across five states. What the construction industry teaches you about leading people.
Khary founded Penebaker Enterprises at 24 and grew it to $15M with 50 employees. He later took Roofed Right America from $6M to $35M with 180 team members. He speaks to construction and trades audiences with the credibility of an operator, not a consultant.
Learn moreWhat breaks a team when it grows too fast or inherits bad norms. Frameworks for the gap between stated values and actual behavior, from someone who has navigated it at scale.
Across Penebaker Enterprises, Roofed Right America, and six years on the DNC, Khary has built teams, broken them, and rebuilt them. He delivers concrete frameworks for accountability structures that hold under pressure.
Learn moreA full narrative arc: story, framework, call to action. Designed to be the moment your audience remembers three months later. Khary customizes the content to your industry and your audience's specific challenges, not a canned talk.
Khary translates systemic issues into operational realities that business leaders can act on immediately. No lecture. No guilt. Just frameworks that work.
From annual conferences to leadership summits, Khary delivers a talk that justifies the whole registration fee. Audiences leave with something to use, not just something to feel.
Civic engagement, resilience, and the practical value of showing up. Khary speaks to students and faculty with the directness that young audiences respond to.
Khary translates systemic issues into operational realities that business leaders can act on immediately.
Audiences leave with something to use, not just something to feel.
Civic engagement, resilience, and the practical value of showing up.
Event organizer"We've brought in a lot of speakers over the years. Khary is the one people still talk about at the coffee machine months later."
Conference director"He read the room better than anyone I've seen. Half the audience was in tears, and the other half was ready to go change something."
People leader"Three months later, our team leads are still referencing his frameworks."