Holly Tate

Holly Tate is a growth strategist, entrepreneur, speaker, and member of the Forbes Communication Council. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Growth at Leadr, a people development software that helps organizations engage and grow their teams. Holly was a marketing and business development executive at Vanderbloemen, a global executive search firm for 8.5 years, most recently as the Vice President of Business Development & Marketing, where she led partnerships, brand growth, demand and lead generation, sales and marketing alignment and new industry initiatives for the company since 2012. Holly is an international speaker on marketing, communications, brand growth, leadership development, and workplace culture. She has spoken at conferences including Pushpay Summit, Texas Ministry Conference, Engage, Northwest Ministry Conference, That Church Conference, and ICMA (India). As a Senior Digital Strategist for Media Impact International, Holly consults with ministries around the world on digital media best practices. Her work with MII has taken her around the globe facilitating digital media workshops.She is also the co-founder of Statesman Beverage Co, a cocktail mixer company with a mission to make classic cocktails simple for the at-home bartender. Statesman was a 2019 HEB Quest for Texas Best finalist, ranking in the top 20 of 800+ Texas brands. You can find Statesman on Amazon and in retailers in 33 states around the country. As a member of the Forbes Communications Council, Holly contributes thought leadership on marketing and communications to Forbes online where her advice has been featured in 40+ articles. She was named on ThomRainer.com's Young Influencer List in February 2016 as a leader under 40 who is making a Kingdom difference. Holly holds a bachelor's degree in Business Management from The King's College of New York City where she currently serves as the President of the Executive Alumni Committee. In her spare time, Holly loves spending time with her husband Elliott and their dog Scraps in their Houston Heights bungalow.