Harriette Cole is a bestselling author, nationally syndicated advice columnist, leadership and public speaking coach, and media trainer. For more than 30 years, Cole has coached entertainers, corporate executives and students to present their brands effectively.
A former editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine and fashion director of Essence magazine, Cole has engaged the media in various ways. She has produced stories about Barack and Michelle Obama, Prince, Michael Jackson, Queen Latifah, and Beyonce.
In 2016, Cole founded Dreamleapers, an educational platform designed to help people access and activate their dreams. Since then, she has hosted the Dreamleapers podcast, where she interviews people who are manifesting their dreams. Guests on this show, as well as Real Conversations with AARP, which Cole launched in 2020, include Phylicia Rashad, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker, Donna Karan and Ruth E. Carter.
