Entrepreneur | Innovation Leader | Keynote Speaker

Julie Lenzer Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000

Q: What is Julie Lenzer's speaking fee?

Julie Lenzer speaking fee typically ranges from $10,000 to $20,000. The lower end usually applies to virtual engagements, while the higher end is for in-person events in the US. However, fees may exceed this range for a variety of reasons, like extended activities or international travel. Other factors such as popularity, career stage, and current demand can also influence the final fee. For an accurate and up-to-date quote based on your specific event details, please contact Gotham Artists. We will provide detailed information and assistance to ensure you have the latest fee structure.

Entrepreneur | Innovation Leader | Keynote Speaker

Speaking Fee:

$10,000 to $20,000

Travels From:

BWI - Baltimore, MD

Primary Topic Category:

Business & Entrepreneurship

Secondary Topic Category:

Leadership and Management

Julie Lenzer Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Julie Lenzer is an entrepreneur, innovation strategist, and keynote speaker who challenges audiences to rethink what’s possible when plans fall apart. With experience across startups, economic development, and ecosystem building, she brings a rare blend of real-world insight and bold perspective. Julie’s keynotes focus on resilience, adaptability, and leading through the unexpected—equipping leaders to move from disruption to opportunity. Audiences leave with a renewed mindset, practical tools, and the confidence to act decisively in uncertain times.

Julie Lenzer is a nationally recognized innovation leader, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker who inspires audiences to turn adversity into opportunity and lean into unexpected journeys with courage, resilience, and possibility thinking. Julie is the Co-Founder and CEO of ADY Celebration and the ADY Life Center, initiatives designed to help people celebrate life, rediscover joy, and build meaningful community. Through ADYLife.com, she is creating a platform for experiences, products, and community centered on living fully. The nonprofit ADYLifeCenter.org focuses on building physical and virtual spaces where people can gather, grow, and connect through shared purpose and celebration. Julie’s career spans entrepreneurship, government leadership, academia, and national innovation policy. Most recently, she served as Chief Innovation Officer at the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), part of the Manufacturing USA network, where she built ecosystems supporting companies developing next-generation regenerative medicine and biomanufacturing technologies. Previously, Julie served as Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she helped shape national innovation policy and represented the United States as the innovation lead at the G20. A serial entrepreneur, Julie founded Applied Creative Technologies, an IT firm that developed manufacturing software used by Fortune 100 companies across three continents. Julie’s keynotes blend powerful storytelling, practical insight, and inspiration to help leaders and individuals navigate uncertainty, build resilience, and pursue bold possibilities.

Humans in the Loop: Leading with Purpose When AI Changes Everything

Every organization today is navigating the same uncomfortable truth: artificial intelligence is reshaping roles, workflows, decisions, and entire industries faster than strategy cycles can adapt. Leaders are being asked to inspire confidence in their teams while privately wrestling with questions they don’t yet have answers for, or don’t want to face. In Humans in the Loop, Julie Lenzer reframes the AI conversation entirely. Drawing on her rare combination of deep technical fluency and frontline innovation leadership across the federal government, a major research university, and a DOD-funded manufacturing institute, Julie shows audiences that the most valuable competitive advantage in an AI-driven world is not the algorithm. it’s the human judgment, creativity, and possibility-thinking that directs it. AI is not the distruption. How humans choose to lead through it is.

What If? The power of possibility thinking to drive innovation

In this provocative and energizing keynote, Julie Lenzer challenges leaders to adopt a way of thinking that unlocks innovation, reframes failure and transforms bold ideas into real-world impact. Through stories of real and sometimes unexpected innovations that have changed lives and created industries, audiences discover how failure, rejection and a different way of thinking often lay the foundation for transformative success. Grounded in global definitions of innovation and brought to life through compelling examples, this keynote demonstrates that innovation is sometimes accidental. From accidental discoveries like penicillin to the breakthroughs built on decades of failure, big shifts are always fueled by possibility thinking. This keynote is a call to challenge the status quo, ask better questions and dare to move ideas from imagination to implementation. Audiences will leave energized with a renewed belief in what is possible, gaining practical language and frameworks to foster innovation within their teams and begin to shift into a “what if?” mindset.

Fearless Forward: Reclaiming your personal power

In this candid and energizing keynote, Julie Lenzer shares the real-world lessons behind her journey from student to senior innovation leader, including her roles advising national leaders and driving global entrepreneurship initiatives. Through personal stories, professional pivots and hard-earned insights, she shows that sometimes the scariest options in front of us are the threads we must follow. She shares how you can make a deliberate choice to reclaim your personal power, especially when you’re feeling stuck. Grounded in experience and infused with humility and humor, Fearless Forward challenges audiences to step beyond self-doubt, challenge the status quo and lead with both courage and care.

What is Julie Lenzer's speaking fee?

Julie Lenzer's speaking fee typically ranges from $10,000 to $20,000. The lower end usually applies to virtual engagements, while the higher end is for in-person events in the US. However, fees may exceed this range for a variety of reasons, like extended activities or international travel. Other factors such as popularity, career stage, and current demand can also influence the final fee.

For an accurate and up-to-date quote based on your specific event details, please contact Gotham Artists. We will provide detailed information and assistance to ensure you have the latest fee structure.

Why Book Julie Lenzer with Gotham Artists?

Booking Julie Lenzer with Gotham ensures a seamless and personalized experience for your event. We’re dedicated to connecting audiences with top-tier talent, ensuring each event is not only successful but memorable. Here’s why you should choose Gotham Artists:

Expertise and Experience: With over a decade in the industry, we have the expertise to match the perfect speaker to any event, whether corporate, educational, non-profit, or private.

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Dedicated Support: From initial consultation to event day logistics, we provide comprehensive support, ensuring everything runs smoothly. Our dedicated team ensures that everyone is in the right place at the right time, and their fast response times guarantee you get accurate information quickly.

How Do I Know if Julie Lenzer is the Right Keynote Speaker for My Event?

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How Far in Advance Do I Need To Book Julie Lenzer?

The sooner, the better! In general, it’s best to book your keynote speaker as early as you can. Whether you know Julie Lenzer is your best choice, or are open to other fantastic options, speakers are in high demand and calendars fill up fast. If your event is during a busy season, early booking is especially crucial.

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Julie is welcoming and engaging as soon as she hits the stage. Audiences hang on her every word because she never speaks at them but instead takes them on a journey with her. She brings such a vast understanding of so many topics that she can teach us something we didn't know - while highlighting the things we need to grow. - Pam Ruff, Exec Dir, Maryland Econ Dev Assoc ______________________________________________________________________________________ Julie's speaking style is so relatable, and her content was dynamic and thought-provoking. I had several people approach me after your keynote to ask where we found her! If they weren’t thinking about biomanufacturing before your remarks, I’m positive they’ll be looking into it now. She really opened their eyes. - Bill Herman, VP Assoc for Mfg Tech _______________________________________________________________________________________ Julie's own success provides a very 'grounded' foundation for building a culture based on trust and open dialogue. I was able to experience a few personal and professional break-throughs, all of which positively affected my business' bottom line, due to that environment. - Jennifer Besceglie, CEO, Interos, Inc.

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Julie Lenzer Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000

Travels From:

BWI - Baltimore, MD

Primary Topic Category:

Business & Entrepreneurship

Secondary Topic Category:

Leadership and Management

Julie Lenzer Speaker Profile: At A Glance

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Humans in the Loop: Leading with Purpose When AI Changes Everything

What If? The power of possibility thinking to drive innovation

Fearless Forward: Reclaiming your personal power

What is Julie Lenzer's speaking fee?

Why Book Julie Lenzer with Gotham Artists?

How Do I Know if Julie Lenzer is the Right Keynote Speaker for My Event?

How Far in Advance Do I Need To Book Julie Lenzer?

Julie Lenzer Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000

Travels From: BWI - Baltimore, MD

Primary Topic Category: Business & Entrepreneurship

Secondary Topic Category: Leadership and Management

Julie Lenzer Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Humans in the Loop: Leading with Purpose When AI Changes Everything

What If? The power of possibility thinking to drive innovation

Fearless Forward: Reclaiming your personal power

What is Julie Lenzer's speaking fee?

Why Book Julie Lenzer with Gotham Artists?

How Do I Know if Julie Lenzer is the Right Keynote Speaker for My Event?

How Far in Advance Do I Need To Book Julie Lenzer?

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Travels From:

BWI - Baltimore, MD

Primary Topic Category:

Business & Entrepreneurship

Secondary Topic Category:

Leadership and Management