About Us
SpeakersOffice, Inc. is the premier management company exclusively devoted to managing some of the most sought-after business speakers and best-selling authors. Founded in 2000 by our President, Holli Catchpole, with four decades of expertise in nurturing and elevating industry luminaries, our commitment to excellence is unwavering.
Serving as the management firm for our distinguished roster of esteemed speakers, our wide-reaching partnerships with meeting professionals throughout the nation have firmly established us as the epitome of service, integrity, and professionalism in our industry. Our tenured team of dynamic, experienced professionals share a deep passion for doing great work and making the world a better place. We play nicely with others, we have fun and are incredibly grateful to serve in an industry that profoundly influences so many lives.
Holli’s journey in the speaking industry began in 1984 when she started as a part-time shipping clerk/office assistant for Dr. Tony Alessandra while attending college. This was a time when landline telephones, snail mail, audio demo tapes, and the Official Airline Guide (OAG) were the primary tools for communicating with meeting professionals and managing a speaker’s busy schedule. Holli effectively used these now-archaic resources to keep a highly successful speaker on the move from one event to the next.
Holli’s dedication led her to become the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Alessandra & Associates. After seventeen years of working with Tony and overseeing his speaking business, Holli took the bold step of founding SpeakersOffice and Tony became the first speaker on our roster. Although Tony retired from the speaking circuit in 2020, he and Holli remain close friends who enjoy revisiting the past, sharing stories, and marveling at how technology has revolutionized the speaking profession.
Holli remains an active figure in the speaking industry. She served on the NSA/IASB Council for two decades, was a former board member, and held the role of IASB President from 2012 to 2013. She has also been a guest presenter and panel member at numerous NSA and IASB events. Holli is a contributing author to “PAID to SPEAK – Best Practices for Building a Successful Speaking Practice” and has received multiple IASB awards, including the prestigious John Palmer Award in recognition of her exemplary service to the association and the industry.
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