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Speaker. Author. LEADER.

Speaker. Author. LEADER.Speaker. Author. LEADER.Speaker. Author. LEADER.

Former global sport leader and career non-profit exec forging culture worth caring about.

I Want Mel to Speak at Our Event!

Speaker. Author. LEADER.

Speaker. Author. LEADER.Speaker. Author. LEADER.Speaker. Author. LEADER.

Former global sport leader and career non-profit exec forging culture worth caring about.

I Want Mel to Speak at Our Event!

About Mel

Leading on Sport.

Mel has been speaking to communities of change for over two decades, and is passionate about helping elevate worthy work and helping people achieve their goals. Mel's talks and speeches are designed to inspire, motivate and empower audiences to take action.

Delivering for the Most Vulnerable.

The Food Bank movement.  The United Way movement.  The Y movement.  People in prison.  People without energy to heat their homes.  Mel's career has been to deliver for the most vulnerable in our nation.

Author, for Children and Adults.

Mel is the author (with Grant Jarvie and Tony Hwang) of Sport, Revolution and the Beijing Olympics (Berg), as well the upcoming How the U.S. Can Win the World Cup and the children's book Soccer Is A Verb.

Local to Global Cultural Curation and Leadership.

Mel is the Founder of Permanent Platform, S.A.V.E Sport, and the A5 Conferences.  He has led women and men in: municipal recreation, large city government, high-profile for-profit location-based entertainment, global sport governance, local, state, and regional non-profit movements and across higher education.  Mel's broad, yet deep, experience supports the insights he offers when delivering for your teams and communities.

Watch and Hear Mel

Mel appears on every episode of Netflix' "FIFA Uncovered."

Mel, a former CONCACAF official, became the first high-level football insider to go public with substantial allegations of corruption, nonfeasance, and malfeasance by CONCACAF and FIFA leadership.

Igniting change in sport.

Mel speaking at Ignite Carroll 11, Westminster MD

Delivering change in the way we think about nonprofits.

Mel speaking on behalf of southern Maryland organizations doing worthy work.

Igniting change in community.

Mel speaking at Ignite Baltimore 9, Baltimore MD

Forging community sharing ideas that change lives.

Mel serving as the curator of the first TEDxBaltimore

Mel with President Barack Obama.

Mel Brennan shaking hands with President Barack Obama after a discussion the two had on how to uplift the middle class and a press conference on that issue. 

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