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Brea Starmer
Founder & CEO, Lions & Tigers

Keynote speaker, thought leader, and workforce innovator

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When Brea Starmer was laid off during her pregnancy, she resolved to find a solution to the all-or-nothing career model – for herself and others like her. She set out to create a new set of conditions in which individuals could thrive on their terms and alongside a community.

 

In 2018, she founded Lions & Tigers, a company that enables enterprises and public sector organizations to tap into the nearly 50% of highly-skilled professionals choosing independent work. L&T builds blended workforces that integrate fractional and freelance experts with client teams, helping leaders scale with agility, access top-tier talent, and achieve their goals.

 

Under Brea’s leadership, L&T has created $34M+ in economic opportunity for 250+ consultants, with a team comprising 87% women and 33% People of the Global Majority.

 

Through their proprietary method, L&T creates sustainable work models for companies including Microsoft, SAP, Alaska Airlines, and the Washington State government, who want to build the most modern, magnetic talent model on the market through inclusive talent pools and higher-performing organizational cultures. Their network of 3,200+ consultants specializes in marketing, communications, operations, project and program management, culture and change enablement —available through fractional, staff augmentation, advisory, outcome-based consulting, and freelance arrangements.

 

A passionate advocate for authentic leadership, Brea “parents out loud,” often including her three children under 10 years old in work settings and encouraging her community to bring their whole selves to work. An alumna of Washington State University, where she served as student body president, Brea now advises several gender and pay equity organizations. She resides in Woodinville, WA with her college sweetheart, Andrew, and their kids.

 

Speaking topics include:

  • Operating at Your Highest & Best Use™
  • The Business Case for Blended Teams
  • Human Strategy for AI Transformation
  • The Future of Work is Flexible: Retaining Women in the Workforce

 

Brea is available for:

  • Keynote presentations
  • Panel discussions
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Strategic consulting on workforce transformation
  • Board advisory roles

 

Operating at Your Highest and Best Use™

Transform how you and your team think about productivity, boundaries, and impact. Brea shares her framework for identifying each person’s unique strengths and creating systems that allow everyone to focus on what they do best. This isn’t about working harder – it’s about working in alignment with your natural abilities and current life season.

 

The Business Case for Blended Teams

Brea presents the data-driven case for blended teams that combine employees with fractional experts, freelancers, and consultants. Brea brings fresh data to the conversation to encourage enterprise business to embrace the independent workforce and build agile and effective teams that are maximized for sustainability.

 

The Human Strategy for AI Transformation

As AI transforms the workplace, the most successful organizations will be those that center human potential alongside technological advancement. Brea explores how to prepare your workforce for an AI-augmented future while preserving what makes us uniquely human.

 

The Future of Work is Flexible: Retaining Women in the Workforce

Brea presents solutions for creating workplace cultures that retain talent while honoring the reality of modern life – especially for women and caregivers who face the motherhood penalty.

 

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