Speaking & Professional Development
April Liles is a leadership speaker who brings practical experience in nutrition, team development, and coaching to keynotes and workshops. Sessions are customized for your audience and available virtually or in person.
What April offers
Speaking & Learning Experiences
Find the format that fits your event, organization, or team.
Conferences & Events
- Conference breakout sessions
Organizations & Teams
- Leadership development
- K-12 foodservice professional development.
- Customized presentations
Athletes, Parents & Coaches
- Team nutrition presentations
- Parent education
- Coach workshops
- Nutrition & performance
Available virtually and in person. Sessions can be customized around your audience, goals, and challenges.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Practical Topics. Real-World Experience.
Sessions tailored to your audience, drawing on April’s experience in leadership, nutrition, and coaching.
Leadership & Team Performance
Building high-performing teams, strengthening culture, and applying lessons from coaching and leadership.
Nutrition & Performance
Practical nutrition education for athletes, teams, parents, and coaches.
Innovation in K-12 Foodservice
Exploring fresh ideas for school nutrition programs, operations, and student engagement.
Turning Ideas Into Action
Translating strategy into execution with practical steps that move ideas forward.
EXPERIENCE & RECOGNITION
Experience Behind the Conversation
Explore the leadership, innovation, and real-world experience April brings to her presentations.
Leadership, Culture & Innovation
General Mills highlights April’s approach to building a supportive team culture, encouraging innovation, and bringing fresh ideas to school nutrition.
Leading Through Change
A 2021 feature exploring how April adapted her leadership during COVID-19, empowered her team, and maintained a shared commitment to feeding students.
An Experienced Industry Voice
The Chef Ann Foundation introduces April as an advisory board member, highlighting her leadership experience, nutrition expertise, and commitment to improving school food.
April’s speaking experience includes presentations at national and state School Nutrition Association conferences.
Get to know April’s background, experience, and approach. More About April
Speaking & Professional Development
Frequently Asked Questions
I am available for keynotes, conference breakout sessions, workshops, panels, leadership meetings, professional development programs and customized organizational training.
Topics can include leadership, high-performing teams, organizational culture, innovation, K-12 foodservice, performance nutrition, professional growth and turning ideas into action. Presentations can be customized for the audience and event.
Yes. I work to understand your audience, goals, and challenges before finalizing a presentation so the content is relevant and useful.
Yes. Interactive workshops and professional development sessions can be designed around a specific challenge, skill or organizational goal and can include discussion, exercises and actionable takeaways.
Use the contact form to share a little about your organization, audience, desired topic, location and date. I'll follow up to discuss the opportunity and recommend an approach based on your needs.
Yes. Speaking, training, and educational sessions can be delivered virtually or in person depending on the needs of your organization.
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What Would You Like Your Audience to Take Away?
Tell April about your organization, audience, event, and what you hope attendees will walk away with. She’ll work with you to explore a session tailored to your goals.
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