SPEAKING
Conversations for leaders moving meaningful work forward.
Where leadership, purpose, and impact meet.
I speak to leaders shaping organizations, strengthening communities, and advancing meaningful change.
My work began in youth and community organizing and has since taken me across philanthropy, healthcare, nonprofit leadership, community engagement, and organizational strategy. Across each chapter, I have worked alongside people navigating consequential decisions, complex challenges, and opportunities to create meaningful change.
Whether speaking to a room of executives, emerging leaders, community changemakers, or students, my goal is to create conversations that spark reflection, strengthen connection, and inspire thoughtful action.
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Ideas Worth Exploring
The conversations I bring to audiences are grounded in the questions, experiences, and pivotal moments that have shaped my work and continue to shape my leadership.
Each can be adapted as a keynote, workshop, retreat, fireside conversation, or facilitated experience.
The Moment That Changes Everything
There is always a moment—a decision, a challenge, or an opportunity—that changes how we lead.
This conversation explores how leaders recognize pivotal moments, navigate uncertainty, and respond with courage, clarity, and intention.
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Moving What Matters Forward
Meaningful work does not move forward on vision alone.
It requires clarity, trust, and the ability to bring people together around what matters most.
Together, we will explore what it takes to turn shared purpose into thoughtful action and create lasting momentum in complex environments.
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Leading with Trust
What becomes possible when we begin with trust?
This conversation explores how trust transforms leadership, relationships, and the systems we build—creating environments where people, organizations, and communities can thrive.
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Building Bridges
The challenges that matter most rarely belong to one person, one community, or one organization.
Drawing on a career that began in youth and community organizing and grew to span philanthropy, healthcare, nonprofit leadership, and organizational strategy, this conversation explores what it takes to bridge perspectives, build trust across differences, and move people toward shared action.
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TEDx
What becomes possible when we trust people?
In this TEDx talk, I explore how the systems we create shape dignity, opportunity, and the way people experience support.
At the heart of the conversation is a question that continues to guide my work:
What becomes possible when we begin with trust—in people, in communities, and in one another?
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Selected Engagements
A few of the organizations and spaces where I have had the privilege to speak, teach, facilitate, or lead conversations.
TEDx
TEDx Speaker
Harvard University
Guest Lecturer
Simmons University
Speaker and Leadership Coach
Boston College
Guest Lecturer
Tufts University
Guest Lecturer
American Library Association
Conference Speaker
Point32Health
Leadership and Employee Engagement
LeadBoston
Leadership Program Speaker
Governor’s Latino Empowerment Advisory Council
Council Member and Civic Leader
Trusted By
Trusted by organizations committed to leadership, learning, community, and meaningful impact.
Speaking Formats
Keynotes Leadership Retreats Interactive Workshops Fireside Conversations Panel Discussions Moderation University Programs Employee Resource Groups
About Chrismaldi
Chrismaldi Casado is a strategic advisor, executive coach, facilitator, and speaker who helps mission-driven leaders and organizations create the clarity, capacity, and alignment needed to move meaningful work forward.
Her leadership journey began in youth and community organizing, where she learned firsthand what becomes possible when people come together around a shared purpose. Her work has since spanned philanthropy, healthcare, nonprofit leadership, corporate social impact, and community engagement.
Known for her warmth, strategic perspective, and ability to connect people across experiences and institutions, Chrismaldi creates conversations that stay with audiences long after the event ends.
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Let’s Create Something Meaningful
Whether you are planning a conference, leadership retreat, university event, or community gathering, I would love to partner with you to create an experience that is thoughtful, engaging, and tailored to your audience.
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