Keith Edmonds

Keith Edmonds inspires as well as challenges his audiences to fulfill their life’s journey. Keith’s natural charismatic style and casualness in communication make his audience open their hearts to feel what he has to say. As a toddler, Keith was a happy-go-lucky kid living with his mom in Flint, Michigan. Then on November 18, 1978, in a fit of rage, his mother’s boyfriend held Keith’s face against an electric heater, thus producing horrific third-degree burns on over 50 percent of Keith’s little face.

Today, Keith Edmonds, the man, wears that scar on his face the way superheroes wear their capes, symbolizing their heroism and bravery. He continues to travel across the country and inspire at countless elementary schools, middle and high schools, universities, civic groups, and churches, as well as fundraisers for children’s causes. In demand across the country, Keith has also been a keynote speaker for the US Department of Justice, the Mid-Atlantic Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, the South Dakota Unified Judicial System, and the Tennessee Christian Chamber of Commerce, to name a few.

Keith earned his bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University. He later went on to corporate sales and worked for Dell and the Coca-Cola Company. At Dell, he consistently earned top sales awards for exceeding quotas. At Coca-Cola, he was given the toughest route of inner-city Detroit because of his ability to connect to a difficult populous. Coca-Cola rewarded Keith with extra bonuses for his performance.

His ability to be able to penetrate through the toughest critic is truly a sight to behold. The connection he has with at-risk kids became evident when he volunteered at the Map Academy. In 2016, Keith Edmonds created the Keith Edmonds Foundation, a nonprofit for abused and neglected children, as a way of paying it forward and honoring all those children who were mistreated.

Keith is a self-proclaimed minimalist. He enjoys music and attending sporting events with friends.