Speaker Profile

Joanne Gallagher
The Sole Owner and CEO of SOAR,

Joanne Gallagher , PMP, HCS is the sole owner and CEO of SOAR, one of America’s smartest growing professional service consulting firms. She is a seasoned consultant and group facilitator; she has a proven record of assisting organizations grow through learning and development. As a solution specialist, Joanne is adept at improving and training staff on changing business needs required to support successful delivery once complete. She is an innovative thinker and has won several awards in her career.
One of Joanne’s key strengths is identifying where there are organizational challenges and developing solutions and training curriculum to address the challenges. This skill has proven itself as a critical asset in developing the strong alignment of a vision to the results-oriented outcomes. She has been nominated as a Tallahassee “Woman of Distinction” (2024, Girl Scouts of Florida), won Entrepreneur Award, “Women Who Mean Business” (2023, Tallahassee Woman’s Magazine) and is one of this year’s “25 Women You Need to Know” (2024, Tallahassee Democrat).

Joanne excels at developing plans and delivering complex projects and is passionate about serving the public. She is a Project Management Professional and Human Capital Strategist. Joanne served as the past Vice President of the Project Management Institute (PMI, Tallahassee Chapter) and is the current Board Vice President of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP, Florida Chapter). Joanne holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology/criminology and a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Law, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.