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Kristi Straw, MBA
Kristi Straw, MBA, is an executive strategist and keynote speaker who helps executives and leadership teams make clearer decisions, build trust, and turn expertise into action during growth and change. A former banking executive and founder of Lighthouse Leadership Consultants™, she is the author of UNICORN Leader™ and creator of Authentic Authority™. Her experiential keynotes connect human judgment, trust, communication, and decision-making with the work leaders need to move forward.
Download the short bioKeynote topics
- Executive Confidence + Cohesion™How Leaders Build Trust and Move Decisions Under Pressure
- Authentic Authority™The Trust Code Behind Credible Leadership
- AI Can Change the Work. It Cannot Carry the Decision.Human Judgment, Trust, and Decision Ownership in an AI-Powered Workplace
- Brand-Led Business Development™Why Trust Drives Revenue Before the First Conversation
Recent work
Opening keynote at NC TECH.
Kristi delivered the opening keynote at the September 2026 Summit for Women in Tech, connecting AI with human judgment, trust, and decision-making.
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kstraw@lighthouseleadershipconsultants.com