Michele L. Shelton is an international speaker, certified executive coach, Master Trainer, author, and spiritual leader. With over 25 years of experience guiding leaders across business, government, nonprofit, and faith-based sectors, Michele has established herself as an authority in faith-centered, holistic leadership.

Michele founded The PEACE in Power Platform™ as a transformative framework for executives navigating the intersection of their personal, professional, and spiritual identities. Her mission is to help leaders amplify their contributions, in the workplace and beyond, by empowering them to elevate, integrate, and activate faith as a leadership strength and strategy. Through this work, she enhances executives’ capacity to navigate their own challenges, do no harm to others, and maximize the impact they were called and created to make.

Drawing from her extensive leadership experience and her own journey navigating and surviving toxic leaders, Michele is deeply committed to supporting those who seek to build—not break—the spirit of their teams. She is well known by her clients for creating safe, engaging environments where audiences are compassionately challenged and inspired to pursue meaningful personal and organizational change.

As a powerful, relatable, and insightful speaker, Michele breaks down complex concepts into simple, actionable steps that prompt deep self-reflection and drive lasting impact. She delivers keynotes, executive coaching, and immersion experiences helping leaders build safe, healthy, high-performing legacies rooted in clarity, integrity, and purpose. Her engaging, organic style consistently leaves audiences describing her talks as “eye-opening,” “informative,” and “life- changing.”

Based in the USA, Michele has been recognized as a Top 100 Diversity Trailblazer and named among the Top 15 Coaches in Louisville, KY by Influence Digest Media, Top 100 Most Powerful Black Women, and Alumni Fellow by the University of Louisville. Her diverse clientele spans industries including education, finance, government, healthcare, nonprofit, technology, and tourism, with notable organizations such as the American Red Cross, Kosair for Kids, and the US Travel Association among those she has served.