An award-winning, international motivational speaker, communications coach and trainer, Jenni Prisk founded Prisk Communication in 1990. Her mission is to provide comprehensive and outstanding training in public speaking and communication skills that will remove the associated risk and fears in order to engender confidence, effectiveness and positive results.

Jenni works with companies and individuals in diverse aspects of communication. A native of New Zealand, she holds a Diploma in Adult Teaching and is qualified as a Human Relations and Communications Instructor for the New Zealand Marriage Guidance Council. She received a Diploma in Speech and Drama from Trinity College of London, England.

Jenni has served as both opening speaker and keynote for several national business conferences. Jenni was the opening speaker at a women’s conference for former Governor of Texas, Ann Richards. In collaboration with P.R.I.D.E. Inc. in San Diego, Jenni developed a public speaking and communications course for developmentally disabled adults.

Her diverse background includes working in the newspaper industry where she received four writing awards, two from the San Diego Press Club. She wrote and produced 70+ commentaries and interviews for KPBS Radio, several of which received awards. In 1994, she received the San Diego Business Journal’s Award for Women Who Mean Business. In 1995, Jenni was a finalist in Bank of America’s first Enterprise Award Program, as well as an honoree in the Women Together Awards. In 1999, she was honored as a regional finalist in Working Woman magazine’s first Entrepreneurial Excellence Award Program.

In May, 2006, Jenni received a Living Legacy Award from the Women’s International Center (WIC). In March, 2008, Jenni received a Community Leader Award from the UCSD Student-Run Free Dental Clinic Project. In September 2009, Jenni was nominated as a finalist in San Diego Magazine’s Women of Worth Awards. Also in September 2009, she received a STAR Award for her volunteer services to theatre.

Jenni Prisk is a co-author of ASTD’s Trainer’s Workshop Series Communication Skills Training, published December, 2004. She is a contributing author to Living a Life of Value, published 2006. She is a columnist for San Diego Network News (www.sdnn.com) where she writes about women’s issues.

Jenni is chair of the board of the Actors Alliance of San Diego; Advisor to the San Diego Shakespeare Society; a Faculty Professor of USD’s M.A. in NonProfit Leadership & Management Program. She serves on the board of the Global Village Foundation, founded by Le Ly Hayslip (central character of Oliver Stone’s movie Heaven & Earth, 1993.) Jenni is a member of Rotary Club 33 in San Diego.

An avid volunteer, Jenni has given time and energy to many local charities including Mama’s Kitchen, the YWCA, the Old Globe Theatre, and Nonprofit Management Solutions. She frequently anchored KPBS TV San Diego fundraisers, and has interviewed numerous guests who include Dr. Ken Blanchard, Sarah Brightman, Paul Anka, JohnTesh, Patti LuPone and Dr. Wayne Dyer.

Jenni writes a weekly column, Behind the Scenes for www.sdtheatrescene.com. For 10 years, she has been reading weekly to first graders at Cadman Elementary School in San Diego.

Jenni conceived and co-produced Artists for Asia where she and a fellow actor assembled a band of theater professionals who performed a benefit performance at the Lyceum Theatre for victims of the 2004 Tsunami.

Following the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, Jenni founded Voices of Women (VOW), an international forum for non-military solutions, to foster global peace, justice and equality around the world. For more information, please visit www.voicesofwomen.org.