Anne is a business leader, motivational teacher, avid real estate investor, serial entrepreneur, leadership coach, 9-year veteran of elected office, blessed cancer survivor, chronic volunteer, Mom, Grandma…and constant storyteller.

With an Economics background, she has spent years studying – and living - leadership and the power of influence in business, politics, and our everyday lives. As we face an epidemic of loneliness and confusion about the definition of leadership, Anne’s work and belief in finding your passion, building your team, and helping others find the ways in which they matter has never been more relevant. The need for leaders who take others with them on the success journey is more pressing now than ever.

Anne Lakusta currently is a Texas real estate broker, sponsoring approximately 3,000 agents and $9 billion in closed real estate sales in 2024. Lakusta is honored to serve as a “Top 50 Largest Firms in the US Director” for the National Association of Realtors.

Her current passion is found in her role as the President of iFinder Offers, an online home bidding site.

Anne is also a best-selling author. Her book on leadership, Pass the Pig: Leadership by Attraction, published in 2021 with the help of her son Jeff Lakusta, is striking a chord across the globe reaching the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists, as well as being a #1 bestseller on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. With strategies that she developed in her own leadership journey, Pass the Pig: Leadership by Attraction is a fun presentation of the challenges most likely to impede our progress – our “pigs” – along with strategies to overcome them.

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