The Franchise Speakers Team | Franchise Speakers

Meet The Franchise Speakers Team

Our team is a dedicated group of professionals, each bringing a wealth of experience, passion, and expertise to create an exceptional event that inspires and empowers attendees.

Katrina Mitchell

Founder | Chief Match Maker

Katrina Mitchell

Katrina’s background in business-to-business sales and marketing began during her years in print advertising sales. From 2003-2007, Katrina was the owner of the Boulder, Colorado location of a global franchise, Bark Busters Home Dog Training, an award-winning, in-home, dog training approach. As a franchisee, Katrina learned first-hand the challenges and rewards of owning an effectively run franchise operation and the fundamental value of healthy franchisee/franchisor relationships and supportive system cultures. Katrina founded Franchise Speakers in 2008 with a mission to help franchisees grow their businesses by providing systems with franchise-savvy thought leaders, subject matter experts, tactical business growth trainers, and jaw-dropping motivational speakers. Being a natural “connector”, Katrina has been happily hunting down perfect matches for Franchise Speakers’ many clients ever since. When not busy match-making, Katrina loves to hike with her blind Australian Shepherd, Cecil Roy on the many trails around Boulder. She also loves to ski, dance, bike, and take long road trips in her Airstream. Other passions include singing, knitting, painting, and reading.

Honey De Los Reyes

Client Success Manager and Your Friendly Detail Ninja

Honey De Los Reyes

Honey is a Client Success Manager at Franchise Speakers, bringing over 8 years of experience in executive administration and operations management across a variety of industries. She seamlessly blends speaker logistics, client support, and project coordination—striving to deliver a superior customer service experience that feels simple, seamless, and stress-free.

Known for her sharp attention to detail and calm efficiency, Honey builds strong relationships with both clients and speakers, always focused on creating smooth, memorable event experiences.

Outside of work, you’ll find her chasing slow mornings, watching sunrises and sunsets in the mountains, and enjoying peaceful moments with family away from the city. She’s also the kind of person who curates the perfect playlist—from ‘80s hits to indie gems and timeless classics.

Gari Timkang

Conversation Catalyst & Momentum Builder

Gari Timkang

Gari drives the marketing engine at Franchise Speakers. He handles content strategy, keeps our speaker assets fresh, and ensures our brand shows up consistently across platforms. With a sharp eye for detail and a gift for systems, he keeps our visibility high and our momentum steady—so our speakers stay booked and busy. When not creating engaging conversation and building momentum, Gari loves riding his motorcycle, exploring new places, and making unforgettable memories with his family. He brings the same sense of adventure and purpose to his work—focused, hands-on, and always full throttle.

Olivia Mazal

Bookkeeper Extraordinaire

Olivia Mazal

Olivia Mazal is the owner of Bliss Bookkeeping. With over 17 years of experience in the business world, all the while successfully managing finances, Olivia is a wizard at keeping Franchise Speakers’ books running like clockwork. Her keen insights and ability to create simple and effective systems make her a huge asset to the Franchise Speakers team. Olivia is based in Boulder, CO with her husband and son where they enjoy Boulder’s sustainable and health-minded lifestyle. The Mazal family enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, and cruising the isles of the local farmer’s market. Olivia has an MA in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA in Anthropology/Journalism from University of California, Santa Cruz.

What Our Clients Say

See how we’ve helped other franchise brands create impactful events.

Franchise Speakers helps us find the perfect speakers every year for our Faegre Drinker Franchise Summit. The Franchise Speakers Team takes the time to really understand our attendees and makes their recommendations based on the event culture and our learning objectives. Franchise Speakers consistently knocks it out of the park for us. Every year I say, “Katrina, how are you going to beat this next year!?” Overall an outstanding experience.If you are a franchisor looking for franchise-savvy outside talent to support your franchisees, Franchise Speakers should be your first call.

Brian Schnell, Partner
Faegre Drinker

Franchise Speakers has helps us find a variety of talented speakers who truly understand franchising and deliver relevant, actionable content for our various events. The options Franchise Speakers brought us to review have been perfect for each event’s learning objectives and goals.In addition, each of the speakers we selected through Franchise Speakers have been great to work with from start to finish and each delivered highly customized content with an authentic and inspiring stage presence. Franchise Speakers makes finding great speakers remarkably easy! We recommend them to any franchise system in the market for great, relevant talent.

Rob Goggins, President
Great Clips

Working with Franchise Speakers was, in a word – PERFECT! The process was organized, simple and clean. The speakers they provided were exactly the kind of professionals we were looking for and had the credibility we needed to connect with our franchisees. They listened and brought exactly what we wanted to this conference. I never worried for a moment about the impact and success of these breakout sessions.

Alicia Cowell, Director of Learning & Development

I contacted Franchise Speakers to help us find the right speaker for a gathering of our field support team. We wanted a speaker who understood franchising and could really help our Business Consultants work more effectively with their Broker Owners. Katrina listened carefully, asked the right questions and ultimately recommended the perfect speaker. She and her team made the entire process easy from beginning to end. We had a great experience working with Franchise Speakers and will be utilizing their great service for future events!

Paula Young, VP Operations

Franchise Speakers earned a “6” on a scale of 1 -5! These guys are incredibly responsive and were always one step ahead of me in keeping the process absolutely stress free. Start to finish – from finding the perfect franchise convention speaker through managing the logistical details – it could not have been easier. What a treat this experience was. I am a forever loyal fan of the Franchise Speakers Team!

Suzanne Odisho, Marketing Manager