Marti Macgibbon

Marti MacGibbon, CADC-II, ACRPS, CAPMS, is a humorous inspirational speaker, a nationally award-winning author, certified addiction specialist, standup comic, and award-winning recovery advocate. Few speakers have a personal comeback story as powerful and inspirational as Marti's. A popular keynote speaker who inspires, entertains, and empowers listeners, she's been interviewed in Glamour, Investor's Business Daily and Entrepreneur, on ABC-TV, CBS-TV, FOX-TV and numerous radio stations. As a...See more

Marti MacGibbon, CADC-II, ACRPS, CAPMS, is a humorous inspirational speaker, a nationally award-winning author, certified addiction specialist, standup comic, and award-winning recovery advocate. Few speakers have a personal comeback story as powerful and inspirational as Marti's. A popular keynote speaker who inspires, entertains, and empowers listeners, she's been interviewed in Glamour, Investor's Business Daily and Entrepreneur, on ABC-TV, CBS-TV, FOX-TV and numerous radio stations. As a national advocate for human trafficking victims and survivors, Ms. MacGibbon has shared her expertise at the White House and the State Department. She is recipient of the IAIC Lifetime Recovery Advocate Award, for outstanding accomplishments in support of recovery and reducing the stigma surrounding addiction, mental illness, homelessness and human trafficking. She has performed at the world-famous Comedy Store and Improv in Hollywood, and has traveled the U.S. as a professional standup comic. Marti is founder, producer, and emcee of Laff-Aholics Standup Comedy Benefit for Recovery, an annual charity fundraiser in Indianapolis that features nationally headlining comedians. One hundred percent of the profits from the show go to transitional housing facilities that provide access to addiction treatment and mental health services for the recovery community's most vulnerable. Marti married her true love, Chris Fitzhugh, and lives with him in California. See less