Janine Stange

Janine Stange

Janine Stange is a motivational speaker, singer, and on-air personality. She is best known for her historic journey to sing the Star-Spangled Banner in all 50 states – a mission she embarked on to honor our brave. Her story is the subject of “National Anthem Girl” a documentary on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

Janine has been featured on every major television network, and appeared on national news networks including: NBC, FOX, HLN, USA TODAY, and more. She can be heard every Thursday morning on Sirius XM’s ’60s Gold with Phlash Phelps.

Stange has spoken to groups across the country ranging from Fortune 500 companies to inner-city public schools. She connects to all ages and backgrounds providing a sense of citizenship, duty, and what service-over-self really means. She works closely with non-profits that empower and give back to our military and their families. In 2015, Janine also became the first person to sing the national anthem every hour, 24 hours straight as part of an effort to raise funds for a military charity.

Janine takes audiences along on her journey. Through stories that are both comical and moving, Stange identifies the pitfalls to goals – and shares five life lessons that helped her navigate through and realize her 50-state goal. Ultimately Janine Stange helps others "Choose to Rise", and uncover their own unique life mission and activates them to do what they can, with what they have, where they are.

Most Requested Programs

CHOOSE TO RISE: 5 KEYS TO MAINTAIN BALANCE + IGNITE MOMENTUM
[Signature Keynote: 45-60 minutes]

Disruption isn’t going away any time soon. To thrive in constant change, we must foster resilience, purpose and agility to rise to every challenge.
In this high-impact 45-60 minute keynote, Janine shares her proven 5-step “Momentum Mindset” framework for staying focused and empowered during turbulence.

Attendees will discover how to:
• Reconnect with their unique talents and unshakeable purpose
• Make courageous choices aligned with strategic priorities
• Remove obstacles and accelerate growth
• Rally their teams around an inspiring vision of the future
• Transform adversity into their advantage

Janine’s keynote culminates in an interactive “Mountain Toss” exercise where attendees commit to bold action on their top goals. They'll leave empowered by their "Momentum Mindset" and equipped to achieve repeatable wins, even in chaos.
Through powerful storytelling and actionable takeaways, Janine inspires leaders to embrace change courageously, find clarity in disruption, and lead their teams to new heights of performance and purpose.
Ideal for annual meetings, sales kickoffs, and leadership retreats. Your team will leave inspired to "Rise Up" and maintain momentum no matter what challenges lie ahead.

+Workshop / Breakout to accompany is available.

FEMALES WHO FLOURISH: 5 HABITS TO LEAD WITH PURPOSE
[Women Empowerment Keynote: 45-60 minutes]

Janine’s historic journey was rooted in five life-lessons instilled by Stange’s strong-willed Italian mother who had strict rules about efficiency, organization and living an honest life.

Some take-aways from her keynote:
• If you compromise your values you will ultimately lose. Why should we focus on our why? Other women are depending on us to embrace and pursue our purpose. Pave the way for them, help them see what is possible.
• If you’ve got time to ‘lean’ you’ve got time to ‘clean’. Finding calm before the storm. Build a foundation of systems that will support balance during storms, challenges that inevitably will come.
• Never let ’em see you sweat. There’s a time and a place to sweat – and that is among peers. But “Go-Time” is the least ideal time to be struggling with / or running from fears and doubts. Janine gives practical exercises to face internal and external adversity.
• Check your blindspots. Is a ‘side-show’ blurring our message? Janine illustrates the importance of finding an accountability partner, and the responsibility of being an accountability partner.
• Don’t just say you care, show you care. The core of it all. What good is any accomplishment if the platform it creates is not used to help and lift others.

Each member of the audience receives a postcard sized handout with the quote “Do What You Can With What You’ve Got, Where You Are.” It is used in a group activation at the end of her talk called the “Mountain Toss”.

+Workshop / Breakout to accompany is available.

DISCOVER YOUR MISSION: 5 LESSONS FROM A 50-STATE JOURNEY
[Success / Overcoming Obstacles: 45-60 minutes]

Through stories that are both comical and moving, Janine takes audiences across the nation along her historic journey. A journey rooted in five life lessons instilled by Stange’s strong-willed Italian mother who had strict rules about efficiency, organization and living an honest life. Using her own story as the example, Stange makes the argument that the time for self-examination is now. Her mission took both a shift in thinking and habits in order to abandon the comfort zones that Janine occupied for over a decade.

Using her signature wit and wisdom, Janine motivates people to not only identify ways to make personal change, but to give back along the way. Attendees will have the opportunity to examine their professional and personal goals/values – and walk away inspired to think big, increase their performance, and overcome any obstacles in the way of their mission. Though everyone’s path to success is different, we all can "Start small, and start today".

In a unique interactive activity at the conclusion called, The Mountain Toss, Janine activates each attendee to “do what they can, with what they have, where they are”.

+Workshop / Breakout to accompany is available.

HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL: A DAUGHTER'S PERSPECTIVE
[Healthcare: 45-60 minutes]

Like most of us, Janine promised to give back, eventually. But as a talented singer, first she wanted to win a Grammy and go on world tour. After her mother’s sudden passing, Stange was devastated, with no anchor. But it was this tragedy that shook her out of her comfort zones. Fueled by the heart-ache and as an homage to her mom, Janine embarked on a mission to sing the National Anthem in all fifty states to raise awareness for the troops.

Janine communicates her own personal patient experience story, as she talks about spending every day with her mom who had stage IV breast cancer. From the chemo-treatments, to hospital and rehab stays, to in-home hospice care, she personally got to witness the importance of every person that took care of her Mom. Attendees will walk away realizing how vigilance and attentiveness is both noticed and appreciated – along with feeling valued, respected, and honored for their own mission in healthcare.

+Workshop / Breakout to accompany is available.

5 KEYS TO MAINTAIN BALANCE DURING DISRUPTION
[Change + Resilience Keynote: 45-60 minutes]

As the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, said: “change is the only constant.” Well, Heraclitus would have been amazed if he were able to look around today. In this session, Janine delivers a powerful, clear, and concise talk with an interactive activation at the conclusion designed to help your employees and/or members not only spark resilience, but maintain a path of positive growth during disruptive change. Participants will leave inspired to move in spite of fear and shift their focus to doing "what they can, with what they have, right where they are" in both their personal and professional lives.

Key participant takeaways:

If you compromise your values, you will ultimately lose
If you've got time to 'lean' you've got time to 'clean'
Never let 'em see you sweat
Check your blind spots
Don't just say you care, show you care

+Workshop / Breakout to accompany is available.

====
Not sure where you can list these - but just so you have it -- these are the 2 most popular workshops that can accompany any of my keynotes:
1. D.R.O.P.P. Procrastination: A Roadmap to Productivity. (60 minute interactive workshop)

Are you constantly battling procrastination? Join us for an interactive workshop where you'll learn and apply the D.R.O.P.P. Method. Discover how to untangle constraints linked to fears and empower yourself to take action. Come prepared with something you're procrastinating on, big or small – and leave with the tools to tackle it head-on!

2. Finding IKIGAI in 2025: Build a Foundation for Focus, Fulfillment, and Fortitude (60 minute interactive workshop)

Originating from Okinawa, Japan, the term ikigai embodies one's 'reason for being.' Join our transformative workshop to discover or rediscover your "reason for being" in your industry. Goals often falter without core value alignment. Through engaging exercises, identify five high-value words, craft your 'Guide for 2025,' and pursue ikigai in 2025…and beyond.

Testimonials

“Janine Stange is a star to work with from start to finish. Early on in the planning process she took a valued interest in my organization, the attendees and nature of the event. It was clear that she used this information to curate engagement with my guests. The day of our event she took the opportunity to meet with VIPs and created personal connections with them, this went a long way with our group. Furthermore, on stage, Janine eludes confidence and relatability, seamlessly flowing between her personal journeys to those that our guests could relate to. Lastly, she has a stellar voice with a humble humorous personality. She is a great asset to any event” - Associated General Contractors of America

Over the years we’ve had lots and lots of speakers present to our group. Some are good, some are average and some are exceptional. Janine checks the “exceptional” box on every level. Exceptional at engaging and reading the audience while delivering relevant, action items that can be applied in all aspects of life from business to personal to family – which is so important these days. She’s funny and topical but best of all she kept it moving with no “dead spots” during her time on stage and we all know dead spots can make or break a speaker with an audience especially in today’s attention challenged world. If you’re looking to have an absolute rockstar speaker on your stage, I would recommend you consider booking Janine for you’ll be glad you did. Plus, her voice when performing the National Anthem (which I recommend you have her sing at the end of her talk) will bring chills to your skin and tears to your audience’s eyes. She is truly exceptional. - Coldwell Banker Colorado

I have had the pleasure of seeing Janine deliver the keynote at two state conferences for school business officials. Janine is a high energy speaker who reminds us that we all have our talents to share with others just as she has done across America and beyond. Her real life stories combined with her humor make Janine a great choice for an inspirational speaker. – ASBO

We are so happy that Janine Stange was able to present to our organization for our conference! She was energetic and engaging with a message that was relatable and well backed with examples and stories. I highly recommend having Janine present at your next event. – IASA

Janine’s performance and discussion was the perfect way to kick off our Convention. Her delivery was high-quality. - American Bankers Association

Janine is a living demonstration of taking your talent and crafting it to not just be self-serving, but selfless serving. Janine has grit, and a real way to connect with anyone in the audience no matter what their background is. I laughed, I cried, I walked away inspired. I didn't get to just "hear" the inspiration, she even made us "do" an exercise that is truly life changing. Grateful for her courage to be authentic and vulnerable, only to help others do the same. - Michigan REALTOR