Shanna Adamic

Shanna Adamic brings a rare combination of corporate leadership, personal resilience and heartfelt storytelling to every stage she steps onto. With over twenty years of experience in social impact and healthcare philanthropy, Shanna serves as Executive Director of the Oracle Health Foundation, where she works to remove financial barriers to paediatric healthcare across the globe. Her career has spanned leading change through a major healthcare merger, producing Emmy-winning content, and inspiring diverse audiences with her deeply personal insights. Her optimism was put to the ultimate test following the diagnosis of a rare, life-threatening brain tumour. Now partially deaf, and once given only a four percent chance of regaining facial function, Shanna emerged from her experience more determined than ever. Rather than being defined by adversity, she forged a mindset she now calls ‘audacious optimism’, a choice to meet uncertainty with bold belief and purpose. Shanna’s professional path is rooted in connection. From captaining the Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders and representing them on global military tours to hosting OracleTV and leading multimillion-dollar fundraising initiatives, she has used storytelling as a vehicle to unite and inspire. Her talks draw on this unique blend of corporate, performance and personal transformation, delivered with energy, clarity and warmth. In her memoir, Audacious Optimism, Shanna continues to spark change and challenge assumptions through her voice and leadership. Her story resonates with those facing change, helping them reframe the unknown not as something to fear, but as the gateway to growth.