Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally-known expert on impostor syndrome and author of award-winning book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It (Crown Business/Random House), now available in five languages.
Her career-related tips have been cited in these and dozens of other business and popular publications around the world and she’s been interviewed on countless programs including the BBC, Minnesota Public Radio, and Yahoo Finance.
Corporate Clients
A former manager of strategic marketing at a Fortune 200 company herself, Valerie has shared her practical advice to tens of thousands of executives, managers, and professionals major corporations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Bausch & Lomb
Blizzard Entertainment
Boeing
BP
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Centerpoint Energy
Chrysler
Conference Board
EMC
Emerson
Ernst & Young (Canada)
Facebook
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Hendrick Health System
Hotjar
IBM*
Intel*
McKenna Long, & Aldridge, LLP
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Marketo
McDonald's (Europe)
Merck
Methanex (Canada)
Microsoft
Motley Fool
Northwest Mutual Life Insurance
Procter & Gamble*
Raymond James
Regeneron
RSM
Sabic
Smith Executive Education for Women
SV Forum hosted by Apple
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
UBS
Vertex
* Indicates repeat engagement
Association, Non-Profit, Government
Alberta Business Women (Canada)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Society for Mechanical Engineers
American Society for Microbiology
American Women in Radio and Television
Association of Women in Science
Bernardsville, NJ Business Women
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba
Connecticut Bar Association
EON Network European conference
Helena Montana Women’s Leadership Network
Hampshire Country (MA) District Attorneys Office
International Association of Venue Managers
Iowa Women's Conference Keynote
Leadership Alliance
Massachusetts Library Association
MIT Lincoln Labs
Michigan American Council on Education
Michigan Women Psychologists
Montana Association of Female Executives
National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates & Women Engineering Program Advocate Network Joint Conference
National Association of Social Workers
National Lung Cancer Partnership
Pickering OH Chamber of Commerce
Professional Secretaries International
Romance Writers of America keynote national conference
Romance Writers of America Connecticut chapter
Scientista
Sheraton WY VA
Space Telescope Science Institute
Springfield MA Chamber of Commerce
Society of Women Engineers
Utah Women Attorneys
Vancouver Island Women Attorneys
Women’s Enterprise Center, British Columbia
Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan
Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
Women in Jewelry Association
Women in Manufacturing
Women of Vision (Optometrists)
YWCA of North Central Indiana
Zonta International
Higher Education and K-12
Valerie has spoken to tens of thousands of students, faculty, and staff at 90 colleges and universities in the US, Canada, Japan, and the UK. (* Indicates faculty development programs)
Alfred University
Amherst College
Boston University (3x)
Brentwood College School (Canada)
Brown University (2x)
Carnegie Mellon University* (3x)
Cal Tech (2x)
Clarkson University
Colorado School of Mines (2x)
Connecticut College*
Cornell University* (4x)
Colby College**
Columbia University (2x)
Dalton School Parent's Association
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Harvard University (3x)
Johns Hopkins University
Louisiana Tech
Macalester College
MIT (5x)
Meharry Medical College (2x)
Michigan State University
Michigan Technical University
Mount Holyoke College
NYU Medical School
Northern Arizona University
Northwestern University
Oxford University (UK)
Ohio State University (2x)
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University (2x)
Radcliffe College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Scripps Research Institute
Simon Fraser (Canada)
Smith College
Southern New Hampshire University
Stanford University **(5x)
State University of New York
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Texas A&M University
University of British Columbia
University of California Berkeley
University of California Davis
University of California Irvine
University of California SF
University of California Santa Cruz
University of Colorado (2x)
University of Connecticut
University of Hartford
University of Houston
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Kansas (2x)
University of Kentucky
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of New Hampshire
University of North Carolina*
University of North Dakota
University of North Texas
University of Ohio
University of the Pacific*
University of Pennsylvania (4x)
University of Pittsburgh (2x)
University of Texas (3x)
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Wake Forest University
Wayne State**
Western University (Canada)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Wright State University
York University (Canada)**
** Faculty professional development