Marcia shares her amazing story of survival and business success as a first-generation immigrant. At the early age of six, she survived an earthquake and at age thirteen a civil war in her native country of Nicaragua. Her family fled to the Dominican Republic where she survived yet another natural disaster when the hurricane of the century, David, leveled the Caribbean island in August, 1979. She moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1986 where she began her career in banking as a teller and rose to the level of Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and later as Chief Risk Officer of a bank she helped start in 2005. In 2014, Marcia founded Malzahn Strategic, a community bank consultancy focused on strategic planning, enterprise risk management, and talent management to help community banks strengthen their infrastructure.

Marcia is available for both onsite, in person, bookings or remote video conferences if you have decided to make your conference virtual this year. Her studios are equipped with high quality video and audio production equipment, gigabit Internet connectivity and can accommodate your remote production needs.

Malzahn is a published author of four books, and an international motivational bilingual (English and Spanish) speaker. She speaks frequently at leadership conferences and association conferences in the Community Banking, Credit Union, Financial Services, and Insurance industries.

Her mission as a speaker is to inspire and educate. If you are looking for someone to inspire your attendees and encourage them to be the best they can be, Inspirational Keynote Marcia Malzahn is your speaker!