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Brea Starmer
Founder & CEO, Lions & Tigers

Keynote speaker, thought leader, and workforce innovator

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Brea Starmer (she/her) is Founder and CEO of Lions & Tigers, a professional staffing & workforce solutions partner that bridges the gap between traditional employment and the independent workforce. Lions & Tigers (L&T) taps into the nearly 50% of professionals choosing independent work to build blended teams of employees and non-employees for enterprise clients.

 

Her 2023 playbook, “Avoiding the All-Or-Nothing Workplace: Enabling People to Operate at their Highest & Best Use,” provides leaders with frameworks to de-risk P&Ls, unlock skills agility, and access diverse talent pools that drive profitability and innovation.

 

Through their proprietary method, L&T creates sustainable work models, 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 management—available through fractional, staff augmentation, advisory, outcome-based consulting, and freelance arrangements. L&T surrounds and supports leaders who want to build the most modern, magnetic talent model on the market.

 

Industry leaders including Microsoft, Google, Alaska Airlines, and Smartsheet partner with Lions & Tigers to deeply entrench specialized talent within their organizations, enabling faster results and greater operational flexibility. 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.

 

Brea’s impact has been recognized through numerous honors, including Microsoft’s “Supplier of the Year-Medium” award (2022), Puget Sound Business Journal’s “40-under-40” (2022), and as a Geekwire “Geek of the Week.” Her insights have been featured in Fast Company, Seattle Business Magazine, Puget Sound Business Journal, and on King5.

 

A passionate advocate for authentic leadership, Brea “parents out loud,” often including her three children under 10 in work settings and encouraging her community to bring their whole selves to work.

 

Brea is an alumna of Washington State University, where she served as the 8th female student body president. She advises Women in Cloud, Women Channel Advisory Network, and advocates for pay equity while residing 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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