Joanna Lohman

Joanna Lohman is a global keynote speaker, former professional soccer player, and performance coach who lives to ignite the human behind high performance and unleash authentic excellence. She does this as a global keynote speaker, performance ignitor and leadership coach. As a former professional soccer player and member of the United States Women’s National Team, she gained elite insights into leadership and team building. She also built a platform for social impact and became the first player in Washington Spirit history to have her jersey retired. During her 16-year professional career, she set herself apart through her ability to sustain excellence, connect with the fan base and grow the game.  

She is the author of "Raising Tomorrow's Champions", an extraordinary parenting and life lessons book as told through the eyes of the greatest women's soccer players of all-time. Joanna is also a human rights activist and a Sport Diplomat with the U.S. Department of State. She travels the world running programs in less developed nations utilizing sport to battle sex trafficking, promote conflict resolution, empower women and leaders, and develop our youth. 

For the last 20 years, Joanna has infused the lessons of elite level sports into the business world, building high performing teams and individuals who thrive under challenge, change and chaos. She has ignited companies to optimize their human potential through transformational leadership and inspire sustained excellence. Joanna drills down to the essence of greatness with emphasis on processes, systems and routines, and deeply connects with the audience through personal stories of injury, adversity and struggle. With a powerful combination of both lived experience and cutting edge science and data, Joanna is a compelling and captivating speaker. 

As a performance coach, professional speaker, and courageous leader, she has impacted organizations all over the world, including: The Minnesota Vikings, The Human Rights Campaign, Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Qualcomm, Lifetime Television, American Staffing Association, Amgen, Sanofi, and McDonald’s. She has been featured on national television and radio across the globe including CNN, Fox 5 DC, and Sirius XM as a leading voice in sports performance, equality, change management, and leadership.

Joanna grew up in Silver Spring, MD and went on to attend Pennsylvania State University on a full athletic scholarship. She became one of the most decorated players in Penn State history as a four-time Academic All American, Big Ten Player of the Year, captain of the Women's Soccer Team, and graduated with a 3.98 GPA. She is a member of both the Springbrook High School and Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame. She is an active and well known community member in Silver Spring, MD with a social media presence that invites each individual to use their platform for impact.

With her trademark blonde mohawk, multi-hyphenated existence, and profound identity evolution, Joanna is a model for authentic leadership and resilience.

She now takes on her greatest adventure yet as wife to Melodie and parent to Luna and dog, Dewey.