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C-Suite Executive | Mother | Board Member





 

Jade Floyd has elevated women in leadership across Fortune 500 brands, investment firms, professional sports teams and global philanthropies. As Executive Vice President at Global Strategy Group she has secured hundreds of media stories for women in the C-suite in outlets like the New York Times, Fortune, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, Tech Crunch, CNBC and more. She has placed her clients on global stages at gatherings like Fortune Most Powerful Women, the Forbes Women’s Summit, Wall Street Journal Future of Everything and more.


Previously, Jade spent nearly a decade as Vice President of Communications at the Case Foundation and Revolution Venture Capital, where she worked to elevate grantees and portfolio companies who were changing the world. A sought after speaker and moderator she has taken the stage at Next Narrative Summit, Shorty Awards, SXSW, Trending Broadway, the Communications Network, the Cause and Influence Summit, Net Impact, the Millennial Impact Conference and more.


Jade is an adjunct professor at George Washington University where she teaches on Social Impact Communications. She currently, and has previously, served on the board and in advisory roles to Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communication at Shepherd University, the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs National Council, Sitar Arts Center, Spur Local DC, FRESHFARM Markets, the Communications Network, the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association, DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, Black Girl Ventures, Project Create and more.

Jade is a recipient of the PR News People of the Year, the Washington Business Journal s “40 Under 40” and Huffington Post “IGNITEGood Millennial Impact Challenge Award”. Jade is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio and earned her master’s in applied politics from the University of Akron. She lives in Maryland with her husband Charles and their two daughters, Jasper and Georgina.


Her book, The Leadership Labyrinth, debuts March 24, 2026 with Greenleaf Publishing. 

"Break through the discomfort. Step into spaces that challenge you and prove to yourself that you belong before you’re ready."


Jade Floyd in The Leadership Labyrinth

Speaking Roles

  

  • The Gathering hosted by The Riveter  I 2025
  • Advanced Learning Institute  I 2025
  • The Catalyst Summit on Moskito Island  I 2025
  • Next Narrative Summit I 2024 and 2025
  • Dynamo Energy Summit I 2024 and 2025
  • Sitar Salon Series I 2019 - 2024
  • CHIEF I 2022 - 2023 
  • Shorty Awards | 2020
  • The Wing I 2019
  • SXSW I 2018 and 2019
  • Trending Broadway | 2018 
  • Communications Network | 2018 
  • Cause and Influence Summit | 2018 
  • SXSW | 2018
  • Phone 2 Action Smart Cities | 2017 
  • Net Impact | 2017 
  • Washington Women in PR | 2014 and 2016 
  • Millennial Impact Conference | 2016 
  • Black and Brown Founders | 2017 
  • Communications Network | 2015 
  • Millennial Impact Conference | 2015 
  • Washington Women in P.R. │ 2014
  • Head and Heart Philanthropy Conference │ 2014 
  • Halcyon Fellows │ 2014
  • Changing the Face of Philanthropy Summit │ 2014 


Awards and Recognition

 

  • PR News People of the Year  | 2025
  • Washington Life Magazine | Young and the Guest List | 2018 and 2019
  • Washington Business Journal 40 Under 40 | 2017
  • Ceremonial Resolution City Council of the District of Columbia | July 2015 
  • Huffington Post IGNITE Good Millennial Impact Challenge Award │ 2012 


"Dreaming big demands resilience, confidence, and the willingness to step into the unknown."


Jade Floyd in The Leadership Labyrinth

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