Meet Lorrena
She made Major as herself.
Retired U.S. Army Major · TEDx Speaker · The Imposter Interrupter™
For 25 years, the Army showed Lorrena Black what a leader was supposed to look like: hard, loud, not soft, not girly. Every time she tried to be someone else, it fell flat. She made Major as herself.
The gap between who you are and who you are performing is where imposter syndrome lives. Lorrena lived it in uniform, under more pressure to conform than any company imposes.
Today she brings that to keynotes, workshops and coaching, with the R.A.L.L.Y.™ Method as a framework, not a pep talk. She still interrupts her own imposter syndrome, and says so. That is the message.
Before any title or stage, she is a woman of faith, a wife and a mother.
From in service to of service
Twenty-five years in uniform. Never in costume.
1997
Enlisted
Human Resources Specialist, U.S. Army. Inducted into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club.
2011
Commissioned
From NCO to officer, partly to find a path that fit who she actually was. Signal Officer.
2016
Observer Coach/Trainer
Team Chief, the role she held to retirement, after years leading soldiers across the United States and overseas.
2022
Retired as a Major
25 years, most of it raising four children as a single mom. She made Major as herself.
2024
She Served LLC
Founder and CEO, after four years as VP of Leadership Development at Inforum.
2025
TEDxDetroit
“The Untold Strength of the Non-Combat Soldier.” Second place at NSA Michigan's Last Story Standing.
Credentials
- Master's in Management and Leadership, Webster University
- B.A.S. in Resource and Technology Management, Troy University
- Co-Active trained coach, International Coaching Federation member
- Certified ESCI practitioner (Emotional and Social Competency Inventory)
- IDI Qualified Administrator (Intercultural Development Inventory)
Because service never stops
- VP of Programming, National Speakers Association Michigan
- Board member, CATCH Charity for Children
- Women's Army Corps, Wolverine Chapter 67
- Donates her time to Veteran Service Organizations
Bring Lorrena to your next event.
Or call the office at (915) 269-2168 · lorrena@lorrenablack.com