Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally-known expert on the 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 with Crown Business, a division of 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 and Professional Firms
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 at these and many other companies in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Higher Education
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)
Amherst College
Bentley College
Boston University (3x)*
Brown University (2x)
Cal Tech (2x)
Carnegie Mellon University* (3x)
Case Western University (2x)
Claremont McKenna College
Clarkson University
Colby College*
Colorado School of Mines (2x)
Connecticut College*
Cornell University* (4x)
Columbia University (4x)
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Harvard University (3x)
Indiana University Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Louisiana Tech
MIT (6x)
Meharry Medical College (2x)
Michigan State University (2x)*
Michigan Technical University
Mount Holyoke College
NYU Medical School
Northern Arizona University
North Dakota State University
Northwestern University
Oakland University William Beaumont
Medical School
Ohio State University (2x)
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Oregon State University
Oxford University (UK)
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University (2x)
Radcliffe College
Rensselaer Polytechnic University (2x)*
Scripps Research Institute
Simon Fraser University
Smith College
Southern New Hampshire University
Stanford University* (6x)
State University of New York
Stowers Institute
Syracuse University
Texas A&M University
University of British Columbia
University of California at Irvine, Davis, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, SF
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 Maryland
University of Massachusetts Amherst
(3x) and Lowell
University of Michigan (4x)*
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of New Hampshire
University of North Carolina*
University of Ohio
University of Oklahoma
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 (2x)
Wake Forest University
Wayne State*
Western University
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Non-Profits/Government/Institutes
Valerie’s insight and humor have made her a popular keynote and guest speaker at numerous conferences, association meetings, and entrepreneurial and executive development centers in the US and Canada including:
Alberta Business Women (Entrepreneurs)
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
California Girls State
College of Policing (UK)
Connecticut Bar Association
Helena Women’s Leadership Network
Hampshire Country MA District Attorneys Office
International Association of Venue Managers
Leadership Alliance
Massachusetts Library Association
Men of Color in STEM Symposium, Cornell University
Michigan Women Psychologists
Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society
MIT Lincoln Labs
Montana Association of Female Executives
National Association of Social Workers
National Lung Cancer Partnership
Newfoundland & Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs
Professional Secretaries International
Romance Writers of America
Smith Executive Education for Women
Space Telescope Science Institute
Society of Women Engineers
Silicon Valley Tech Forum
Utah Women Attorneys
Women Engineering Program Advocate Network
Women’s Enterprise Center, British Columbia
Women’s Enterprise Center, Manitoba
Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan
Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
Women in Commercial Real Estate
Women in Trucking
Women in Cable Telecommunications
Women of Vision (Optometrists)
U.S. Consulate, Vancouver
YWCA of North Central Indiana
Zonta International
