Cari Kenzie

Cari Kenzie

AZ, US

Inspire bold action. Empower lasting change.

Cari’s keynotes don’t just motivate—they equip. Audiences walk away recharged, realigned, and ready to lead with clarity, courage, and purpose. Book Cari today to unlock your team’s next level of potential.

Cari Kenzie | Keynote Speaker | Leadership Strategist | Founder of KINZA

Cari Kenzie is a transformational keynote speaker and leadership strategist known for helping high-performing leaders navigate change, burnout, and breakthrough moments with clarity and courage.

As the founder of KINZA, Cari equips executive teams, entrepreneurs, and mission-driven organizations with the tools to lead from alignment—not pressure. Her keynotes offer a unique blend of strategic insight, emotional intelligence, and lived experience that challenges conventional leadership models and inspires meaningful action.

Her signature keynote, Breaking the Barrier at Mile 26.1, delivers a powerful message rooted in resilience, blind courage, and what it means to lead when the path forward is unclear. Drawing from her background as a multi-million dollar business owner, her leadership in scaling organizations, and her experience speaking to audiences navigating high-stakes transitions, Cari helps leaders return to the core of who they are—so they can lead with unshakable presence and purpose.

Meeting planners consistently praise Cari for her ability to connect deeply with audiences while delivering high-value, actionable frameworks they can immediately apply. Her proprietary PACCT™ framework and the KINZA Leadership Model have become go-to resources for companies ready to evolve beyond outdated leadership structures.

Whether speaking to Fortune 100 teams or fast-growing founder communities, Cari’s message lands:

Real leadership doesn’t require a title. It requires truth.


Signature Topics: Resilient Leadership | Culture Transformation | Clarity & Intuition | Innovation Through Vulnerability


Previous Features: Entrepreneur Magazine, Runner’s World, Medium, NAWBO, and more.

Cari Kenzie | Keynote Speaker | Leadership Strategist | Founder of KINZA

Cari Kenzie is a transformational keynote speaker and leadership strategist known for helping high-performing leaders navigate change, burnout, and breakthrough moments with clarity and courage.

As the founder of KINZA, Cari equips executive teams, entrepreneurs, and mission-driven organizations with the tools to lead from alignment—not pressure. Her keynotes offer a unique blend of strategic insight, emotional intelligence, and lived experience that challenges conventional leadership models and inspires meaningful action.

Her signature keynote, Breaking the Barrier at Mile 26.1, delivers a powerful message rooted in resilience, blind courage, and what it means to lead when the path forward is unclear. Drawing from her background as a multi-million dollar business owner, her leadership in scaling organizations, and her experience speaking to audiences navigating high-stakes transitions, Cari helps leaders return to the core of who they are—so they can lead with unshakable presence and purpose.

Meeting planners consistently praise Cari for her ability to connect deeply with audiences while delivering high-value, actionable frameworks they can immediately apply. Her proprietary PACCT™ framework and the KINZA Leadership Model have become go-to resources for companies ready to evolve beyond outdated leadership structures.

Whether speaking to Fortune 100 teams or fast-growing founder communities, Cari’s message lands:

Real leadership doesn’t require a title. It requires truth.


Signature Topics: Resilient Leadership | Culture Transformation | Clarity & Intuition | Innovation Through Vulnerability


Previous Features: Entrepreneur Magazine, Runner’s World, Medium, NAWBO, and more.

Breaking the Barrier at Mile 26.1

How High Performers Can Redefine Resilience at the Edge of Burnout

Format: 20–45 Minute Keynote + Q&A

Optional: Workshops and breakout sessions available

What happens when you hit your limit—physically, mentally, emotionally—and still have to find a way through?

In this transformative keynote, Cari Kenzie takes you to Mile 26.1 of the 2013 Boston Marathon—the moment after everything collapsed. The...

InspirationalLeadershipMotivationMindsetResilienceInspirational / Life-changing

Unlock the Room

Vulnerability as a Catalyst for Collective Genius

Format

20-45 minute keynote + Q&A. Workshops and breakout sessions upon request.

We’ve been told that innovation is about big ideas, bold moves, and fast thinking.

But real innovation? It begins in the spaces we’re most afraid to enter.

In this dynamic keynote, Cari Kenzie invites leaders and teams into a new relationship with vulnerability—not...

InspirationalLeadershipMotivationVision/PurposeMindsetInspirational / Life-changing

The Clarity Catalyst™

How Curiosity Becomes Your Most Strategic Advantage

Format

20-45 minute keynote + Q&A. Workshops and breakout sessions upon request.

In times of uncertainty, most leaders default to control.

But the most powerful leaders?

They turn to curiosity.

In this high-impact keynote, Cari Kenzie introduces The PACCT™ Framework—a five-part model designed to help leaders...

LeadershipMotivationVision/PurposeMindsetInspirational / Life-changing