Don Mamone’s decade-long career in hospitality culminated with their role as the Director of Events at the prestigious Beverly Hilton. Determined to embrace their creativity and pursue the dream of entrepreneurship, Don and their wife Emily opened a photography studio The Mamones LLC and have exceeded the expectations of their loyal clients from Dallas to Destinations around the world for over fifteen years.

As a keynote speaker and identity coach Don teaches audiences and clients how to reach their maximum potential and impact by discovering and embracing their true identity. Having recently come out as non-binary, Don is a committed advocate for the LGBTQIA2S+ community and consults with companies and organizations dedicated to diversity, inclusivity and representation as well as creating safe spaces that support and encourage unapologetic authenticity.

When they are not traveling the world for creative projects and speeches, Don lives happily outside the gender binary in Dallas with their talented spouse Emily and their creative child Frankie.

This Is My Story

I started sharing my personal journey and the profound impact unapologetic authenticity had on my life just a few short years ago and I noticed a pattern start to develop.  After I shared my story from stage, audience members would share their story with me.  Not just any story though, these stories are deeply personal elements of the journey they’ve been on or, sparked my honesty and vulnerability, the journey they are now fiercely committed to because they want that sweet sweet feeling of freedom, too.  It was then that I realized that Everyone Has a Coming Out Story.  There’s a moment in everyone’s life when they choose to break free of the fear, guilt, shame, doubt and judgment that has held their authentic self hostage. It’s the moment when fear becomes courage, shame becomes pride, doubt becomes certainty and the only judgment that matters is their own.

What’s your story…