Betsy Hamm

Betsy Hamm has spent 25 years on both sides of the table. As CEO, she scaled Duck Donuts from 20 stores to nearly 200 — making the calls on who got the raise, who got the promotion, and who got quietly passed over. She's also been the woman in the room second-guessing herself, holding back, and watching another woman get the credit she earned.
She started Loud & Lifted because the polite version of the women-in-leadership conversation wasn't helping anyone. The hardest part of the climb isn't the men at the top. It's the women who won't lift each other — and the voice in your own head telling you to play smaller. That's the real conversation, and it was happening in DMs and back channels instead of out loud. She decided to put it on a microphone.
She's also doing it for her two teenage daughters — and every young woman about to walk into a workplace that still hasn't figured this out. The goal isn't to warn them. It's to make sure the rules have changed by the time they get there.
Today, Betsy runs Betsy Hamm Lifted Studio, working with executives and emerging businesses on the things that actually move the needle. She's a keynote speaker, a lifelong learner, and done holding back.
The mic isn't for the loudest voice. It's for the realest one.