Rena Cook

Rena Cook, Professor Emerita at the University of Oklahoma, is a TEDx speaker, author, voice, speech, confidence, and presentation coach. She is the founder of Vocal Authority, a training consultancy serving attorneys who want to use their voice in more commanding and authentic ways. She is the author of Empower your Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life and Voice and the Young Actor, used throughout the US and the UK. A popular CLE speaker, Rena has an MA in Voice Studies from London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an MFA in Directing from the University of Oklahoma, and an MA in Guidance & Counseling from the University of Tulsa. Her guilty pleasure is voicing animation and video game characters. www.myvocalauthority.com