CHERYL B. MITCHELL
Keynote Speaker, Author & Consultant
Cheryl B. Mitchell
KEYNOTE VIDEOS
KEYNOTE FEE:

$7,501 - $10,000

Keynote fee falls within this range. For exact fee, please contact us.
TRAVELS FROM:

Kentucky
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Agriculture
Change
Generations
Leadership
Mental Health
Wellness

“Cheryl’s deep audience insight and authentic delivery have transformed our leadership program.”

Amy C.

“Her message united the room—from grandparents to grandkids. Cheryl speaks to every generation like she was born into it.”

Brenna N.

“She modeled exactly what we value—being present. That made her keynote more than words—it felt lived.”

Kurt L.
ABOUT CHERYL B. MITCHELL

Mic in hand or strategy in motion – Cheryl Mitchell brings clarity where there’s noise.  From keynote stages to team breakthroughs, she sparks action, sharpens voices, and turns untapped potential into lived leadership. They don’t call her when things are easy-they call her when it’s time to shift the room.

For over 30 years, Cheryl has worked across public and private education, corporate America, nonprofit organizations, agriculture, entrepreneurship, and emerging science and tech—helping people communicate with clarity, lead with confidence, and connect across the gaps that hold teams back.

Cheryl is the one teams call when things get loud, leaders feel stuck, and generations stop speaking the same language. She doesn’t do fluff, and she doesn’t show up to coast—she shows up to shift the room.

From keynote stages to boardroom interventions, Cheryl cuts through the chaos, amplifies rising voices, and helps organizations actually work again. She works with Gen Z professionals, mid-career talent, and senior leaders alike—because clarity doesn’t have an age limit.

Cheryl’s sessions are high-energy, interactive, and built for real results. She brings humor, candor, and a directness that earns trust fast—and keeps people engaged from the first word to the last.

Clients say Cheryl makes people think, laugh, and move… that she challenges without alienating and connects with every seat in the room—whether it’s 10 or 250. And when she leaves, the conversation doesn’t stop.

Cheryl is the author of Farm Legacy or Loss: The Decision is Yours, a guide to navigating high-stakes conversations and generational transitions.

CHERYL B. MITCHELL PROGRAMS & TOPICS

Evolve to Lead: Mastering You

There are very few projects that we work on for an entire lifetime. In fact, you are the only consistent in your life, from birth to death. Family, friends, colleagues, jobs will all come and go, but YOU go with you everywhere. If this is true, then why wouldn’t we want to become the best version of ourselves. How do we do that over time? This presentation provides encouragement and practical application with tools and resources for each person to implement as they become a leader others want to follow.

Mind Over Matter: Strengthening Mental Agility

Our mind is a powerful force, in fact, Cheryl might argue, it’s THE most powerful force we as human beings have. It is our control center. Health has been categorized into several dimensions: physical, intellectual, environmental, vocational, social, emotional and spiritual. Personally, Cheryl considers the overarching umbrella of these dimensions to be our mental fitness. Cheryl compares the health of our mind to the soil of our land. Without proper care, expertise, resources, and intentionality, over time, it will become strained and not properly grow the seeds we plant. You are the most important commodity you have. How will you tend to your mind, intentionally putting the best nutrients into your mind so that you can care for and reap the best for your life?

Thriving Through Change...The True Constant

“No one likes change!” Cheryl believes this is a false statement. If we didn’t like change we would live in the same house, drive the same vehicle, wear the same clothes, talk to the same people, and buy the same foods week after week. What Cheryl believes is that people don’t like the process of change. This is where we get tripped up. It is not a question of change, but of change management. Change is inevitable; the question is how do we manage change so it doesn’t undo us, even if it’s a change we want. Methods, tactics and attitudes to lean into the changes are the focus of this presentation.

Bridging the Generational Divide

For the first time in history, up to five generations find themselves working alongside one another in a typical company or organization. What does that mean? Collisions, frustrations,strange interactions or perhaps it even seems as if each generation is literally speaking a different language. How can we hope to work together when we can’t understand each other? This presentation will provide facts and statistics and strategies for working across the generations. Through humor, personal experience, stories and honesty, the audience will come away hopeful, rather than hopeless.

Your Farm Legacy: How Do You Pass It On?

​Did you know…30% of family farms make it to the 2nd generation; 12% of those make it to the 3rd generation; 3% make it to the 4th generation. As a dairy farmer’s daughter, Cheryl has seen the tragedy when farm families fail to plan the legacy they want to leave for future generations. Families who have the tough conversations and begin the estate planning discussions early have more control over the legacy they leave. What is the vision you have for your operation? Do the people involved want this life or is it someone else’s dream? Where do you start? How do you start? This presentation will provide a starting place for these critical discussions. It takes one generation to build a farm; one generation to grow a farm, and one generation to lose a farm.

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CHERYL B. MITCHELL BOOKS
Farm Legacy or Loss: The Decision is Yours
Farm Legacy or Loss: The Decision is Yours
CHERYL B. MITCHELL
Keynote Speaker, Author & Consultant
Cheryl B. Mitchell
TRAVELS FROM:

Kentucky
KEYNOTE FEE:

$7,501 - $10,000

Keynote fee falls within this range. For exact fee, please contact us.
KEYNOTE VIDEOS
“Cheryl’s deep audience insight and authentic delivery have transformed our leadership program.”
Amy C.

“Her message united the room—from grandparents to grandkids. Cheryl speaks to every generation like she was born into it.”
Brenna N.

“She modeled exactly what we value—being present. That made her keynote more than words—it felt lived.”
Kurt L.

ABOUT CHERYL B. MITCHELL

Mic in hand or strategy in motion – Cheryl Mitchell brings clarity where there’s noise.  From keynote stages to team breakthroughs, she sparks action, sharpens voices, and turns untapped potential into lived leadership. They don’t call her when things are easy-they call her when it’s time to shift the room.

For over 30 years, Cheryl has worked across public and private education, corporate America, nonprofit organizations, agriculture, entrepreneurship, and emerging science and tech—helping people communicate with clarity, lead with confidence, and connect across the gaps that hold teams back.

Cheryl is the one teams call when things get loud, leaders feel stuck, and generations stop speaking the same language. She doesn’t do fluff, and she doesn’t show up to coast—she shows up to shift the room.

From keynote stages to boardroom interventions, Cheryl cuts through the chaos, amplifies rising voices, and helps organizations actually work again. She works with Gen Z professionals, mid-career talent, and senior leaders alike—because clarity doesn’t have an age limit.

Cheryl’s sessions are high-energy, interactive, and built for real results. She brings humor, candor, and a directness that earns trust fast—and keeps people engaged from the first word to the last.

Clients say Cheryl makes people think, laugh, and move… that she challenges without alienating and connects with every seat in the room—whether it’s 10 or 250. And when she leaves, the conversation doesn’t stop.

Cheryl is the author of Farm Legacy or Loss: The Decision is Yours, a guide to navigating high-stakes conversations and generational transitions.

CHERYL B. MITCHELL PROGRAMS & TOPICS
Evolve to Lead: Mastering You
There are very few projects that we work on for an entire lifetime. In fact, you are the only consistent in your life, from birth to death. Family, friends, colleagues, jobs will all come and go, but YOU go with you everywhere. If this is true, then why wouldn’t we want to become the best version of ourselves. How do we do that over time? This presentation provides encouragement and practical application with tools and resources for each person to implement as they become a leader others want to follow.
Mind Over Matter: Strengthening Mental Agility
Our mind is a powerful force, in fact, Cheryl might argue, it’s THE most powerful force we as human beings have. It is our control center. Health has been categorized into several dimensions: physical, intellectual, environmental, vocational, social, emotional and spiritual. Personally, Cheryl considers the overarching umbrella of these dimensions to be our mental fitness. Cheryl compares the health of our mind to the soil of our land. Without proper care, expertise, resources, and intentionality, over time, it will become strained and not properly grow the seeds we plant. You are the most important commodity you have. How will you tend to your mind, intentionally putting the best nutrients into your mind so that you can care for and reap the best for your life?
Thriving Through Change...The True Constant
“No one likes change!” Cheryl believes this is a false statement. If we didn’t like change we would live in the same house, drive the same vehicle, wear the same clothes, talk to the same people, and buy the same foods week after week. What Cheryl believes is that people don’t like the process of change. This is where we get tripped up. It is not a question of change, but of change management. Change is inevitable; the question is how do we manage change so it doesn’t undo us, even if it’s a change we want. Methods, tactics and attitudes to lean into the changes are the focus of this presentation.
Bridging the Generational Divide
For the first time in history, up to five generations find themselves working alongside one another in a typical company or organization. What does that mean? Collisions, frustrations,strange interactions or perhaps it even seems as if each generation is literally speaking a different language. How can we hope to work together when we can’t understand each other? This presentation will provide facts and statistics and strategies for working across the generations. Through humor, personal experience, stories and honesty, the audience will come away hopeful, rather than hopeless.
Your Farm Legacy: How Do You Pass It On?

​Did you know…30% of family farms make it to the 2nd generation; 12% of those make it to the 3rd generation; 3% make it to the 4th generation. As a dairy farmer’s daughter, Cheryl has seen the tragedy when farm families fail to plan the legacy they want to leave for future generations. Families who have the tough conversations and begin the estate planning discussions early have more control over the legacy they leave. What is the vision you have for your operation? Do the people involved want this life or is it someone else’s dream? Where do you start? How do you start? This presentation will provide a starting place for these critical discussions. It takes one generation to build a farm; one generation to grow a farm, and one generation to lose a farm.

CHECK AVAILABILITY
CHERYL B. MITCHELL BOOKS
Farm Legacy or Loss: The Decision is Yours
Farm Legacy or Loss: The Decision is Yours