DeLores Pressley

DeLores Pressley is the Founder and Principal of BornSuccessful. She brings an impressive blend of personal and professional experience to her presentations that allow her to connect with her audience, inspiring and energizing them to take their confidence and success to the next level.

Having spent 27 years teaching elementary school students, DeLores knows a thing or two about inspiring others to achieve their potential. During her teaching tenure, she also founded a successful modeling agency for plus-sized women. The experience helped her find the confidence she needed to succeed and served as a foundational experience for BornSuccessful.

DeLores' Achievements include:

Appearances on every major TV network: ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX, including America’s top shows OPRAH and Entertainment Tonight

Profiled and/or quoted in national publications; Glamour, New York Daily News, Ebony, Chicago Tribune, First for Women, Chicago Sun Times, Essence and People

Speaking to more than 100,000 people in over 40 major cities

Presenting for such organizations as Procter and Gamble, First Energy, American Business Woman's Association (ABWA), eWomen Network, Farm Bureau Insurance, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Roche Pharmaceuticals

Author of Clean out the Closets of Your Life and Believe in the Power of You

President of Dimensions Plus Model Agency, representing over 100 models and placing them with companies such as Nordstrom, Lane Bryant, Just My Size, Dillard’s and Liz Claiborne

Founder of the Plus USA Woman Beauty Pageant and Convention, providing an opportunity for hundreds of women to achieve dreams. This event was produced for 16 years in Cleveland, Washington, DC and Chicago

Recipient of many honors, including Top Twenty Business Owners by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) & Key Bank Corporation, Outstanding Community Service Award from the University of Akron (where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree), and ATHENA Finalist sponsored by Inside Business Magazine

Vice-President on the Board of ABCD, Inc. (a non profit transportation and housing development)

Opening Doors to Discover a Better, More Powerful [Leader in] You

The Power of an UP Woman!

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