Greg Langford / Speaker kit
For meeting planners Speaker kit.
Everything you need to get Greg approved, introduced and promoted. Copy what you like, download the photos, and reach out with anything else.
Quick facts
Based in
Atlanta, Georgia. Travels nationwide; virtual available.
Topics
Resilience & adversity, reinvention, workplace mental health & suicide prevention, burnout.
Formats
Keynotes of 30–90 minutes, workshops, fireside chats, emcee, keynote + clean comedy set.
Audiences
Corporate, HR & wellness, conferences, schools & universities, healthcare, faith & community.
Credentials
43 years in banking · Certified Peer Specialist · sober since 1999 · author · stand-up comedian.
Booking
Pick the length you need.
Short bio · 50 words
Greg Langford is a keynote speaker, author and stand-up comedian who helps organizations get through hard times. A 43-year banking veteran and suicide-loss survivor, sober since 1999, he took up stand-up comedy at 57 and has played the Apollo. He is the author of Heroically Well Adjusted.
Medium bio · 110 words
Greg Langford is an Atlanta-based keynote speaker, author and comedian whose talks on resilience, reinvention and workplace mental health leave audiences laughing, leaning in and changed. Raised in Winder, Georgia, Greg lost two brothers, a cousin and his best friend to suicide, battled addiction, and got sober on February 3, 1999. He spent 43 years in banking, real estate and business before stepping onto a comedy stage for the first time at 57. Since then he has played the Apollo Theater, Caroline's on Broadway and the Hollywood Improv, and performed in 27 states. He is a Certified Peer Specialist and the author of Heroically Well Adjusted.
Full bio · 200 words
Greg Langford knows what it takes to get through the worst life can throw at you, because he has done it. Raised the fourth of five children in Winder, Georgia, in a family where mental illness and addiction went unspoken, Greg lost two brothers, a cousin and his best friend to suicide: seven deaths in five years, only one from natural causes. He fought his own battle with alcohol and got sober on February 3, 1999.
Through it all he built a 43-year career in banking, real estate and business. Then, at 57 and with no experience, he took up stand-up comedy to learn how to tell his story. He went on to play the Apollo Theater, Caroline's on Broadway, the Hollywood Improv, the Laugh Factory, the MGM Grand and Kevin Hart Studios, performing in 27 states.
Today Greg is a keynote speaker, Certified Peer Specialist and author of Heroically Well Adjusted: Confronting the Evolution of Insanity, the story of breaking a family cycle of addiction, mental illness and suicide. His signature framework, E=MC² (Endurance = Misery × Comedy²), helps audiences in companies, conferences and schools endure hard seasons and come out stronger.
Introduction script.
About 45 seconds read aloud. Pause where marked; the laugh is built in.
Read this to introduce Greg
Our next speaker spent 43 years in banking. Then, at 57, he decided to try stand-up comedy, which tells you he has either tremendous courage or terrible judgment. [pause] It turned out to be courage.
He has played the Apollo Theater, Caroline's on Broadway and stages in 27 states. But the reason he's here today is what he survived before any of that, and what it taught him about getting through anything.
He's the author of Heroically Well Adjusted and the creator of a formula Einstein never thought of. Please welcome Greg Langford.
Event blurb.
Drop it into your agenda, email or event page and fill in the brackets.
Promotional description
Join us for [event name] with keynote speaker Greg Langford. After losing two brothers to suicide, beating addiction and spending 43 years in banking, Greg walked onto a comedy stage for the first time at 57. He went on to play the Apollo and stages in 27 states. His keynote is funny, honest and unforgettable, with practical tools for getting through hard times. [Date · Time · Location]
For your agenda & approvals.
- i.E=MC²: The Formula for Enduring Anything. Resilience and getting through hard times.
- ii.Repurposed, Not Retired: It's Never Too Late to Start. Reinvention and second acts.
- iii.Breaking the Silence: Mental Health & Suicide Prevention at Work. Workplace mental health.
- iv.From Burnout to Breakthrough: Thriving Under Pressure. Stress and performance.
- v.Be the One Who Notices. For students, educators and parents.
Logistics
Tech needs are simple: a wireless microphone (headset or lavalier preferred) and water on stage. Slides are optional. Greg confirms the details, timing and any sensitivities on a planning call before every event.
Approved photos.
High-resolution JPGs for programs, websites and social posts.
