Cheryl Bernard
Keynote Speaker | Calgary, Alberta
Olympic Speaker
Resilience | Business and Preparation & Excellence Expert
Cheryl Bernard Expertise Business & Corporate, Business Management, Business Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Employee Management, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Health & Wellness and Personal Leadership.
About Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard is a four-time Provincial Champion, two-time Olympian and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame CEO who started an insurance brokerage. Cheryl Bernard is in high demand as a dynamic keynote speaker who draws from her business, non-profit, and sporting success to inspire audiences to achieve their maximum potential.
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CHERYL BERNARD BIOGRAPHY
Olympic Silver Medalist, Cheryl Bernard is a dynamic and powerful keynote speaker. She draws from her business, non-profit, and sporting success to inspire audiences to achieve their maximum potential. She is an expert speaker in high demand as a presenter across Canada. Born in Grande Prairie, Cheryl moved to Calgary as a young child and was raised at the curling rink, calling the former Northwest Curling Club in Crescent Heights her “babysitter.”
In her 20’s, Cheryl Bernard was the founder, owner, and president of a successful Calgary-based insurance agency for over a decade before focusing her attention on building an elite curling team. Cheryl learned early on that creating a dynamic workplace culture that empowers the team helps business results flourish. She and her staff propelled the agency to 6 Million in sales in 11 years. At that time, Cheryl decided it was time to re-focus on curling, writing, and fundraising. So she sold her agency to Western Union Insurance to focus on her passions and dreams.
Cheryl Bernard has a long list of curling accomplishments and awards. She was 43 when she won the silver medal as skip at the 2010 Vancouver Games. She is a four-time Alberta women’s champion, Canadian Runner-up, TSN Skins finalist and has maintained a top 5 status on the World Curling Tour for many years. Cheryl Bernard is now the president and chief executive officer of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, where she looks forward to bringing the work ethic and leadership skills she learned in sport to her new position at Winsports Canada Olympic Park.
Cheryl Bernard’s life changed when her father was given 6 months to live after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Cheryl was lucky to be able to devote most of her time to caring for her father and trying to find a cure. Sadly he passed away 2 years later. However, her father’s illness was the catalyst for her to create the annual “Curl for a Cure” in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Curl for a Cure helped raise over 1.3 million dollars in support of the CBCF.
Cheryl Bernard has been an ambassador for the Alberta Children’s Hospital, the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Children’s Miracle Network, Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day, Goodwill Industries of Alberta, and World Vision Canada. She has also been the official spokesperson for the 2010 “Terry Fox Run”. Cheryl Bernard also co-authored Between the Sheets -Creating Curling Champions, which describes the mental side of the game of curling. She just recently published the second edition of the book entitled The Silver Lining.
Cheryl Bernard’s experience in business and sport has led her to work as a corporate keynote speaker, sports ambassador, and TSN broadcast analyst. As a result of her career accomplishments, charity work, and her experiences, Cheryl brings a unique perspective to every event so that she can inspire and change individuals and organizations through her presentations. She delivers practical solutions and insights from her career throughout her presentation. As an Olympic Silver Medalist, she will tell her story of determination and dealing with high-pressure situations.
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Cheryl Bernard Calgary, Alberta, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.
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Does Cheryl Bernard deliver keynote presentations, workshops, training sessions, breakout sessions, fireside chats, or panel discussions?
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