Emmy Award winner Leeza Gibbons is one of the most well‐known pop‐culture icons on the air. In addition to her impressive background in the field of entertainment and news media, Leeza is an instrumental advocate for healthcare, wellness, and caregiving. She is also a wife, mother, businesswoman, EMMY award winner and a New York Times bestselling author.
The spectrum of Leeza’s career in entertainment and news media is diverse and impressive. Her on‐camera hosting dominance in the entertainment‐news and talk‐show arenas, ranges from the most popular entertainment news show in history, Entertainment Tonight, to her award‐winning daytime talk show, Leeza. Her current roles include hosting the syndicated TV news magazine show America Now alongside Bill Rancic, and the weekly TV news show My Generation on PBS, for which she won the 2013 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
Recognized as a social entrepreneur, Leeza has become one of the leading voices for issues facing family caregivers. When her mother and grandmother were struggling with Alzheimer’s disease, she created what she wished she and her family had and started the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. Her training as a journalist united with her compassion and business savvy when she opened the foundation’s signature programs Leeza’s Place and Leeza’s Care Connection, offering free services for family caregivers encouraging them to call on their courage and summon their strength for the long journey ahead.
Over the years, Leeza has become known as a trusted girlfriend, valued confidante, and source of inspiration and information, empowering women to show up for their lives with confidence and pride. Whether it’s her scrapbook line honoring the value of memories, her jewelry collection to symbolize transformation, or her cosmetic products to reveal inner and outer beauty, Leeza develops programs and products to help women claim their strength and rewrite the story of their lives.
In 2013, Leeza published Take 2, a personal growth guide designed to help people recreate themselves and hit the reset button on their lives. Leeza’s uplifting personality shines through in this New York Times Best Seller. In 2015, Leeza was crowned the winner of NBC’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice’. The Mark Burnett / Donald Trump produced show delivered their highest overall ratings since 2011. The February 16th finale was their highest rated single episode in nearly 5 years. In the end, close to 10 million viewers watched Leeza become only the second woman ever to win as she raised over $700,000 for her foundation.
Recognizability, Relatability and Reputation… that and more is what you get with Leeza’s as she uplifts, empowers and motivates audiences and viewers to get more out of life and business.
There are some lessons at the halfway point that come through when you are up at bat. That’s the way Leeza describes her insights into many of her winning formulas for success. There are some strategies she’s employed along the way that have consistently scored hits and she’ll share them, along with the number one quality successful people must have! Leeza brings her experience as a talk show host, best-selling author, social entrepreneur, and red carpet survivor to men and women who want to hold their head high as they claim the prize.
“The way Leeza was able to intertwine the message of empowerment throughout her own story and then find such common threads that each of the listeners could relate to was masterful. Leeza was humorous and kind and thought provoking all at the same time. I am confident that each attendee walked away with something personal and long lasting from her address.”
“We were thrilled to host Leeza as the celebrity keynote speaker at our Child Care Success Summit event. She inspired the audience as she shared personal triumphs and how she overcame adversities in her life. Leeza Gibbons is a consummate professional who appeals to all audiences. I would recommend her to anyone looking for a dynamic celebrity speaker. She also added a touch of “glam” to our conference!”
“The amazing gift Leeza brings to an event, is her uncanny ability to be both a “star” and “your new best friend”. She never lost the aura of being special… and yet the entire audience related to her as if they had known her their entire lives. She is equally able to engage and impress.”