Helen Broder, one-half of a writing duo with her mother, Nan Marshall, is the founder and president of Speaker Management, LLC, where she represents prominent professional speakers. Her early marketing career began at TBS and led her to become the director of the Olympic Sports and Speakers Bureau divisions at Advantage International (now Octagon). Through her position as director, Broder managed the business careers of many well-known sports figures.
Graduating with several honors from Georgetown University, Broder received a BS in Business Administration and the prestigious Reverend Joseph S. Sebes, S.J., Award. She was also president of both the Academic Council of the McDonough School of Business and the Marketing Society. She studied comparative business at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford and is an alumna of the Protocol School of WashingtonŽ. Broder enjoys photography, traveling, cooking, and SCUBA diving. She is the mother of adult twin sons and lives with her husband in Wilmington, NC.