In the Company of Women

Robyn Benincasa has made an art form of extreme performance by competing and winning at the highest levels of sport and business. She will take us on her journey to overcome life’s challenges and achieve the impossible against all odds. With her unique perspective, Robyn translates the lessons learned and demonstrates how ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things together.

Robyn is an award-winning motivational speaker, 20-plus-year veteran San Diego firefighter, member of the first American all-female fire crew, World Champion Adventure Racer, Guinness World Record Distance Kayaker, New York Times bestselling author, CNN Hero, and founder of Project Athena Foundation, a non-profit helping women with medical and other traumatic setbacks to achieve their adventurous dreams.

Through harrowing, life-affirming experiences in places like the jungles of Borneo and the Himalayan peaks, Robyn has studied the good, the bad, and the not-so-pretty of extreme teamwork. Her multi-faceted accomplishments inspire each of us to recognize our inner strengths and turn our setbacks into comebacks.

Robyn has motivated countless leaders and teams for Fortune 500 companies and was named one of the World’s Top 50 Keynote Speakers in 2020 by Real Leaders Magazine, the #1 Female Speaker for Meetings.net, and one of the Top 10 Speakers featured by Harvard Business Review. Her game-changing keynotes encourage us to grab life with one hand, our teammates with the other, and create that special magic that makes each of us stronger together than we could ever be alone! more