Meet Blake

Blake Mitchell (they/he) is a keynote speaker and corporate consultant whose talks on authenticity and leadership have reached audiences at Precision Medicine Group, Chemours, Cornerstone Building Brands, the Human Rights Campaign and the Out & Equal Conference.

Blake spent over eight years at Google and YouTube leading global HR and DEIB initiatives, managing teams across the US, Europe and Asia, and leading Google's LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group in San Francisco. Today, as Founder of Blake Mitchell Consulting and a Partner at BE Labs, Blake advises organizations on people and culture strategy, leadership development, people-first AI adoption and inclusive organizational design.

As founder of Brave Trails Southeast, Blake leads leadership and summer camp programs for LGBTQ+ youth and families across the Southeastern US. Blake also performs as drag queen Mary Lou Pearl and sees drag as a tool to educate and uplift others.

Blake began their career in film at Participant Media, an LA-based film production company focused on socially-conscious media. They previously led field operations on Stacey Abrams’s campaign for Governor of Georgia.

Blake holds bachelor's degrees in International Business, Finance, and Entertainment & Media Studies from the University of Georgia.