Denise O’Brien
CEO & Founder, Denise O’Brien International
United States of America

Denise O'Brien, known as “The Queen of Joy” worldwide, is the CEO & Founder of multiple companies in the USA, including California Safari, Wings of Love International, Inc and DOME Consulting, LLC, Denise O'Brien Movies & Entertainment, an award-winning entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Her entertainment company encourages clients on a global stage, providing film-funding opportunities, event production, and innovative communications, marketing, branding, SEO, publishing, and public relations strategies to filmmakers, corporations, film producers, directors, authors, speakers, actors, designers, musicians, dreamers and beyond.

As a successful social entrepreneur, her educational companies headquartered in California, USA, www.GoldenRuleGurus.com and www.californiasafari.com, deliver leadership education in Silicon Valley and Silicon Beach, California, to executives and budding global entrepreneurs, providing valuable connections, resources and networking tools for big thinkers with grand ambitions. Denise works tirelessly to empower women globally, working to gather celebrities, influencers, global VIPs, CEOs and other dynamic speakers to discuss how to make the world a better place. Denise and her companies have supported more than 40 nonprofit and NGO organizations globally as a publicist, media partner, advisor or board member.

Sharing her mantra “Let Your Light Shine,” Denise encourages people to develop their inner and outer beauty and to discover their true mission and passion in life so they can live on purpose and shine brilliantly. Ranked in the top 1% as a Senior Sales Director with Mary Kay Inc for over 30 years, she is renowned for her leadership skills, smooth networking style and proven ability to influence and lead others to live their dreams, from young teens and startup entrepreneurs to CEOs and billionaires.

Denise’s passion includes helping nonprofit NGO organizations to deliver their messages to the public through her expertise in nonprofit management, digital and social media and film. In addition to her nonprofit NGO Wings of Love International (WINGS), she is currently collaborating with the Global Women’s Empowerment Network (GWEN) in Hollywood, and the United Nations in New York, USA, on issues including domestic violence, gender equality, human rights, homelessness and sexual harassment, abuse and sex trafficking. Denise supports the World Federation of United Nations Association (WFUNA) Zimbabwe, Africa, in their efforts towards climate-smart agriculture and water training programs. She has delivered her inspiring and powerful messages from the Hollywood red carpet to prestigious international platforms on the African, Indian, Asian and North American continents and was a featured speaker and debate host at the inaugural Women Economic Forum in Goa, India.

A Producer, Public Relations Expert, Keynote Motivational Speaker, Author and Communication Strategist, Denise is also an award-winning celebrity in Hollywood; she was voted by her peers as Publicist of the Year in Hollywood, honored in Hollywood as Humanitarian of the Year by the Los Angeles Nollywood Film Association (LANFA), esteemed for her efforts in the Entertainment Industry by the Multicultural Motion Picture Association (MMPA) with the Diamond Rose Award, awarded Humanitarian of the Year in Calgary, Canada, by Vigor Awards International, and recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award as an ‘alumna of Loyola Marymount University changing the world,’ honored for her stellar achievements in business and giving back to others globally. Most recently, Denise was honored in Delhi, India, as one of 65 global influencers in the International Coffee Table Book, “Influential Women of The World - Making a Difference.”

Denise is a former Miss Santa Monica & Miss California International, newspaper editor, advertising executive, and TV producer at KNBC-TV, Los Angeles. As a film producer, she generates funds and supports numerous movie projects in Hollywood and beyond, including Star of India, Peace Train: A Love Story, Hidden Valley The Awakening, Showdown in Durango, The Chicken Curry Project, and Breaking Taboo, a film bringing awareness to the issue of suicide prevention and mental health consciousness.

In addition to being a mother of three independent children, Denise motivates the lives of thousands globally and is a sought-after TV host and TV/radio show guest. Her inspirational leadership, unequaled integrity, down-to-earth personality, expert public relations, and proven ability to lead others has been widely respected for nearly four decades. Denise empowers everyone around her to create the life of their dreams, teaching Golden Rule Leadership through the power of authentic communication and mastery of influence.