"When your name doesn't ring a bell, the door of opportunity remains closed."
- Shemeka Brathwaite

Shemeka Brathwaite, MSEd is often referred to as the "Network Cultivator" by her clients because she provides them with strategies and equipped them with practical tactics on how to grow an extraordinary network so they can increase leads and resources for career or business opportunities.

Shemeka uniquely connects diverse and multi-generational groups through transformational keynotes, training programs, webinars and coaching programs. Meeting planners have described her high energy programs as unforgettable and her speaking delivery as stylistical.

Her networking expertise includes several years of organizing networking events, career fairs, panels and banquets which connected thousands of professionals with top employers from Fortune 500 companies, government agencies to nonprofit organizations.

Through her ACED IT strategies for networking success, she is able to bring her strategic networking expertise in a step-by-step system to career professionals globally -- offering valuable insight into how to make networking work for people in any industry, and in any stage of their career.

Shemeka earned a Master's degree in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University. She is a New York University certified coach and practitioner of the world's most trusted personality assessments Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Strong's Interest Inventory.

Shemeka is an active member of the National Speakers Association, Global Speakers Federation, Women's Speakers Association, Association of Talent Development and Toastmasters International.