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Christine Perkett

Founder. Builder. Advisor. Business leader.

Christine is a student of resilience, reinvention, and what makes people and companies endure. She is a four-time founder, CEO, advisor, and business leader and has spent decades helping people and companies navigate their way through change. Christine is actively engaged in speaking, coaching, writing, and honest conversations about what adversity teaches us about leadership, identity, courage, and reinvention.

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You do not need all the answers. You do need to get honest about what is no longer working.

Maybe a chapter is ending before you are ready. Maybe the career, relationship, team, or future you counted on no longer fits. Maybe everything looks successful from the outside, but inside you know something has to change.

Christine understands that space between what was and what comes next. She has lived it personally, led through it professionally, and spent decades helping people communicate when the truth is complicated.

Her work begins there—not with a polished promise to “bounce back,” but with honest conversation, practical guidance, and the reminder that you still have choices. Change and transformation begin the moment you stop living only by what happened, what others expect, or what you think you should want—and begin choosing again.

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Meet Christine

She knows what it looks like above the water—and what it takes underneath.

Christine is a four-time founder, communications strategist, CEO, lecturer, speaker, and advisor. She has built companies, led teams, shaped narratives, and helped organizations find their footing in high-stakes moments.

She has also had to lead while paddling hard underneath: through lawsuits, divorce, grief, business disruption, uncertainty, and the private work of learning to trust herself again.

That combination is the heart of her work now. Christine brings hard-earned resilience to every room—helping people acknowledge what is hard, take accountability for what is theirs, and move with greater self-trust, courage, and clarity.

The story isn't about “what happened to me.” The story is about what we can learn from what happens to us, and how we can use those lessons to help others.

Ways to Work Together

Different challenges. One honest place to begin.

Christine works with individuals, audiences, leaders, teams, and communities at moments when the old way is no longer working and the next way is not yet clear.

Speaking

Talks that make people feel seen—and ready to move.

Through candid stories, humor, and practical frameworks, Christine helps audiences rethink resilience, lead with greater humanity, trust themselves through uncertainty, and find courage for the next chapter.

Coaching & Advisory

Honest support for the person behind the decision.

Christine coaches people considering a personal or professional pivot and advises leaders navigating difficult decisions, change, communication, or culture. She begins by listening, helps clarify what is true, and turns the conversation into resources, structure, and steps.

Christine's Work

Combining reflection and practical frameworks for actionable direction

Christine helps individuals, leaders, teams, and communities navigate change by creating space for honest reflection, renewed confidence, clear communication, and practical steps toward what comes next.

What people remember is how Christine makes the room feel.

"Christine is a beacon for aspiring entrepreneurs, offering not just guidance but a partnership in building their legacy."

Shelli Johnson, Owner, Epic Life

"Christine is exceptionally well-connected with a fiercely loyal following."

Christine is a thought leader in multiple arenas and is exceptionally well-connected with a fiercely loyal following. She is a risk taker and a quick study, thinking and shifting on her feet as the results demand. She's resilient, cool under pressure, and above all an absolute pleasure to work with.

Rebecca Tarantino, VP Marketing

"She's a thought leader as well as a team builder."

Christine is a leader because she's great at working with teams and managing many group dynamics in a way that motivates everyone and organizes maximum efficiency. She's a thought leader as well as a team builder.

Sarah Austin, Forbes 30 Under 30, Author and Keynote Speaker

"Christine is a well-respected, strong, empathic leader."

Christine is a well-respected, strong, empathic leader. She consistently goes above and beyond whether it is for a client, a fundraiser, a new business venture, her community, family, etc. She is a self-starter and motivated always to exceed expectations.

Jennifer McCormick Vitelli, Executive Director, JBC PANS & PANDAS Foundation

"A wise business operations leader who can elevate your branding and business goals."

Christine is not only a creative brand strategist and marketer, but a wise business operations leader who can elevate your marketing, branding, and business development goals.

Nino Tarantino, GM Insurance, Sfara

"An extremely talented leader and business operator who understands people."

Christine is an extremely talented leader and business operator who understands people and what it takes to succeed in business. She took her dreams of owning her own business and turned that into multiple successful businesses while being a mother, board member, and professor and providing guidance and mentorship to individuals and corporations.

Ken Dilg, Captain, Organizational Development Division, Michigan State Police

"Christine Perkett delivers energy and value. In a sea of sameness, Christine makes people feel seen."

Christine Perkett delivers energy and value. In a sea of sameness, Christine makes people feel seen and understood and gives them the next steps.

Chris Brogan, New York Times Best-selling author of nine books and CEO of Owner Media Group

"Each time she did an outstanding job and the feedback from the audience was great."

I have had the pleasure to have Christine talk to my advertisers and readers on repeat occasions. Each time she did an outstanding job and the feedback from the audience was great. She is very knowledgeable about her subject matter, engages the audience, and always spends time after the sessions talking to the attendees. She was one of 6 keynoters at my November 2011 Business Connect B2B conference and expo and spoke to a packed house.

Bob Viamari, former CEO & Publisher, Cape & Plymouth Business Magazine

"Christine is one of the rare professionals who walks the walk."

For decades, I've respected and admired Christine's work in various capacities. I especially admire her leadership both at an organizational and industry level. Christine is one of the rare professionals who walks the walk: She knows marketing and PR, for sure. But she's also applied it in countless meaningful ways to build her programs and campaigns, to lead and coach others, and to better her community.

Ann Handley, MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer, Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author

"Christine helped us to capture the essence of the Quiet Revolution."

Christine helped us to capture the essence of the Quiet Revolution. Her insightful recommendations on communicating the principles of Quiet Revolution to the world set the stage for spreading our mission.

Susan Cain, Bestselling Author, Speaker and Chief Revolutionary, quietrev.com

"Christine has deep conversations and connections to very influential people."

Matt Kelly, Technical Manager, Analytics and Personalization, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

"Christine is amazing. Talent like this is rare."

Christine is amazing. I received very authentic and relevant advice and support. She is intelligent, engaging, witty, and creative. I felt like she had a grasp of exactly what I needed and we had only just met. I highly recommend her services to anyone needing professional guidance, regardless of what space you are in. Talent like this is rare and when you come across it, soak up their wisdom and expertise as much as possible. You owe it to yourself.

Matthew Johnson, CAA

Frameworks, Guidance, and Personal Stories

Christine helps people start building lives they feel excited about.

Resilience is not pretending you are unbothered. It is recognizing the pain and impact, doing the work, and changing your situation instead of performing that everything is fine.

Christine helps others by exploring what difficult experiences teach us about leadership, relationships, self-trust, accountability, reinvention, and choosing a life that feels more aligned.

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Leaders sometimes have to show up when they do not feel inspired themselves. Resilient workplaces are not built by pretending otherwise. They are built when leaders can acknowledge what people are experiencing, communicate honestly without oversharing, and create enough clarity for others to keep moving.

Christine helps leaders pair vulnerability with strength and humanity with accountability—because people trust a leader who can say, “This is hard for me, too, and I am steady enough to lead us through it.”

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You do not have to take the whole journey today.

Whether you are navigating a change or looking for a more honest way to lead through a difficult chapter, begin with one conversation about what is true and what you want to do next.