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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.

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Keynote topics

There’s No App for That!Turn AI output into sound decisions and clear ownership.
Authentic Authority™Explain your value and communicate with trust under pressure.
From Banker to Market MakerTurn expertise and relationships into a commercial opportunity.

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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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