Jesse Harink
Keynote Speaker | Vancouver, British Columbia
Amazing Race Canada Winner & Event Host
Joy, Authenticity, Partnership & Workplace Culture Expert
Jesse Harink's Expertise: Workplace Culture, Storytelling, LGBTQ2S+, Presentation Skills, Trust Relationships, Business Leadership, Employee Engagement, Human Connection, Employee Retention, Teamwork, Resilience & Change and Happiness & Positivity.
About Speaker Jesse Harink
Jesse Harink is an event host, master of ceremonies, and the co winner of Amazing Race Canada Season Eleven. Based in Vancouver, Jesse Harink leads employee engagement at one of Canada's fastest growing technology companies and has spent nine years hosting the main stage at its flagship annual conference, where he has introduced keynote guests including Mel Robbins, Priya Parker, Esther Perel, James Clear, Seth Godin, Arianna Huffington, and Bryan Stevenson. Jesse Harink keynotes both solo and in partnership with his racing partner Jonathon Braun, blending storytelling, humour, and vulnerability to help organizations build cultures rooted in joy, authentic connection, and experiential design. Jesse Harink also serves on the board of the Health Initiative for Men in Vancouver.
Jesse Harink Biography
Jesse Harink is a keynote speaker, event host, and master of ceremonies. He keynotes both solo and alongside his racing partner Jonathon Braun, with whom he won Amazing Race Canada Season Eleven. Raised in Lacombe, Alberta, Jesse Harink grew up in a small town and came out at the age of thirteen. That decision shaped how he has approached every room since. In one of his first job interviews, a hiring manager looked at Jesse Harink and said the words: I do not hire gays. He walked out and decided his identity would never again be the thing he hid to land a role. Years later Jesse Harink listed drag queen on a cover letter and was offered the position. Authenticity, for him, became a daily practice rather than a slogan on a wall.
Jesse Harink performed internationally as the drag artist Gluttony until 2020 and hosted a weekly Vancouver show during those years. The stage taught him how to read a room in real time and bring an audience along with him. After four years at Apple, Jesse Harink moved into the legal technology world and has spent the past nine years building employee experience and engagement programs at one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. The work spans culture, recognition, internal events, and the kind of programming that makes a large organization feel small.
For nine consecutive years Jesse Harink has served as master of ceremonies at his company’s flagship annual conference, which now draws more than five thousand attendees each year. In that role he has shared the main stage with keynote guests including Mel Robbins, Priya Parker, Esther Perel, James Clear, Seth Godin, Arianna Huffington, and Bryan Stevenson. Jesse Harink hosted a live fireside conversation with author Priya Parker on the art of gathering, a format the conference has since used for its highest profile guests. The conversation reflected what he does best: making a guest feel at home on stage while drawing out what an audience came to hear.
In 2018 Jesse Harink lost his father, who left behind a letter that has become the emotional anchor of his keynote work. The line at the centre of it speaks to the beauty of dependency and the strength found in leaning on the people around you. Jesse Harink applied to Amazing Race Canada with his close friend Jonathon Braun, carrying that letter with him through the entire season. The two of them ran the race for their fathers, for each other, and for the joy they refused to put down.
Jesse Harink and Jonathon Braun became the first British Columbia team to win Amazing Race Canada, taking the Season Eleven title with four leg wins. The prize package included two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash, two new vehicles, and a trip around the world. Outside the keynote stage, Jesse Harink serves on the board of the Health Initiative for Men in Vancouver, where he channels his energy into community programming and mental wellness for men across British Columbia. Today Jesse Harink keynotes on joy as strategy, partnership under pressure, and designing experiences that people actually remember, available both solo and as a duo with Jonathon Braun.
Jesse Harink Topic Presentations
Jesse Harink From Vancouver, British Columbia, 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.
Have Fun and the Wins Will Come: Joy as the Engine, Not the Reward
Life is Enjoyable in How You Share It with People: The Beauty of Dependency
Bring Your Whole Self, for Real This Time: Authenticity as a Daily Decision
Designing Experiences People Actually Remember: Building Around Energy, Not Agendas
From the Stage to the Boardroom: Hosting Craft and Reading a Room in Real Time
Partnership Under Pressure: What Twenty One Days on a Race Taught About Teams That Last
On the Microphone: The Craft of Hosting Live Events
Jesse Harink Speaking Testimonials
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