Keynote speaker, Liz Ferro, founder of “Girls with Sole”

BIOGRAPHY

Liz Ferro is an author whose works include Finish Line Feeling, Girls With Sole: A Girl Power Guide To Unleashing Your Inner Superhero, and Chameleon Girl.

As a child, Ferro experienced foster care and sexual abuse, but found solace in sports and fitness.

The empowerment gained from sports led her to find the non-profit organization Girls With Sole, which has received extensive national attention for its innovative and award-winning program curriculum.

She has been featured on the NBC TODAY Show, in SELF, Runner's World, and Family Circle Magazine. 

To date, Liz has completed 77 marathons, two 50K ultras, five Ironman triathlons, and countless road races and triathlons. She has completed a 26.2 Marathon in all 50 States, as well as on the Great Wall Of China.

Ferro graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a BA in Speech Communications and a concentration in Public Relations.

She lives in the Cleveland, Ohio area with her three rescue dogs, two rescue cats, two children, and her husband.