Candace G. Carson-Smith
Founder & CEO
Candace G. Carson-Smith loves learning and listening to what great professional keynote speakers and consultants have to say while watching their amazing showmanship!
Her initial speakers bureau: Lily of the Valley Speakers, Inc., was later rebranded into The Intelligentsia Agency, Inc., after realizing that providing organizations around the world, with reputable and influential solutions to their various challenges, through professional keynote speakers and consultants, i.e. human capital and thought leadership- was serious business and a serious responsibility. Only the best would do! The opportunity for The Intelligentsia Agency, Inc. to influence the decision making of meeting and event planners while being a trusted source for vetted professional keynote speakers and consultants was apparent. Organizations are only as good as the data, and information that they ingest.
Mrs. Smith is a graduate of the world-renowned Joseph Business School, (www.jbs.edu) in Chicago Illinois, as well as a Kellogg Executive Education program at Northwestern University’s Institute of Sales and is sitting for the CMP certification exam in 2025.
She enjoys vegan dining, aerial yoga, movies, dark roast coffee, music, reading, writing and travel.
Candace is here to serve you! To schedule an appointment to speak with her re your meeting or event, please contact her assistant Micqueala Wilhelm at (410) 919-6157 or email Micqueala at micquealaw@theintelligentsia.co. To reach Mrs. Smith directly, you may email candacec@theintelligentsia.co or call (410) 919-6157.
Bianca K. S. Brown
Speaker Relations Manager
Bianca K.S. Brown graduated Cum Laude from Wesleyan College and has a B.A. degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications as well as a double minor in Business Communications. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, an academic honors fraternity.
A self-described army brat, Bianca happens to be the daughter of a well-respected West Point graduate, who currently serves our country nationally and internationally. Bianca is also the owner of B-Ink Designs, a graphic design company specializing in helping people to communicate their brand message visually. Bianca believes in the ability of ideas to create powerful change, which is one of the reasons why she was drawn to working with and hired to work in the capacity of Speaker Relations Manager at The Intelligentsia Agency, Inc.
As the Speaker Relations Manager, Bianca is the primary point of contact for our professional speakers and consultants in addition to being responsible for establishing and maintaining professional relationships with each.
Her duties include: ensuring the quality and accuracy of speaker/consultant-related marketing material for client and agency usage, maintaining our speaker and consultant records database, and assisting our web developer Mr. Carl Thomas with ensuring that speakers and consultants are properly uploaded onto our agency website. Bianca also serves the Founder and CEO of our agency as it pertains to scouting and assessing talent, according to our original rating system.
Bianca completed a Communications internship at Bread for the World, and Purposeful Hire, Inc. One of her favorite quotes is: “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.” – Nelson Mandela
Bianca is here to serve you. To reach out to Bianca, please call her at (410) 299-9948. To email her, send your email to biancab@theintelligentsia.co
Micqueala Wilhelm
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Executive and Personal Assistant to the CEO: Ms. Micqueala Wilhelm
Hailing from Australia, Micqueala Wilhelm is a superhero! She ensures that our CEO’s schedule stays on track by assisting her with tasks that are of both personal and executive nature.
As a jack of all trades- the support, assistance, and entertainment that she provides to Mrs. Smith is invaluable. Micqueala has done everything from sing at the president’s birthday party to pick people up from the airport. Her business-related tasks list is quite lengthy. She can be absolutely depended on to keep Mrs. Smith ’s schedule on track.
Ms. Wilhelm’s past experience in business includes serving as the main assistant to a startup coffee shop, training barista’s, and assisting a manufacturing manager with all of the equipment and resources.
Hailing all the way from Australia, Micqueala is a member of Passion Church in Washington, D.C., has two older brothers, and absolutely loves fruit and the arts!
Micqueala is here to serve you. To schedule a time to speak with our Founder/CEO Candace G. Carson-Smith please call Micqueala Wilhelm at (410) 299-9948 or send an email to micquealaw@theintelligentsia.co