Voted as one of the Top Public Speaking Coaches to watch in 2022 by Yahoo Business, Meridith Grundei is an award-winning theatre director, producer, and former Second City improv teacher, who recognized the similarities between performing for audiences on stage every night and presenting to clients/colleagues every day, but the latter didn’t have the right tools to bring their stories to life. So she decided to do something about it and started her business, Grundei Coaching, LLC in November of 2021!

Meridith has been a featured storyteller for Truth Be Told in Boulder, Colorado, Ignite Denver and for Generation Women in NYC. She was a SPEAKer at the inaugural SPEAK: Beginnings event and has since become a SPEAK Channel Partner. She is now producing SPEAK: Shelter in October of 2023 and has become the first triple threat SPEAK participant!