Carlos Alvarado Quesada
48th President of the Republic of Costa Rica; Awarded the 2022 Planetary Leadership Award by the National Geographic Society
Lynne Twist
Founder, Soul of Money Institute | Author, The Soul of Money | Global Philanthropy and Values Leadership Expert
Lynne Twist is a global leader in values-based leadership, philanthropy, and conscious relationship with money. Founder of the Soul of Money Institute and author of The Soul of Money, she helps leaders align financial resources with purpose, integrity, and long-term impact. Her work challenges conventional thinking about success and invites organizations to use money as a force for positive, systemic change.
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Lynne Twist biography
As a global social activist, author, and consultant, keynote speaker Lynne Twist bridges financial integrity, human values, and systemic change. For more than four decades, she has dedicated her life to alleviating poverty, ending hunger, empowering women and girls, advancing social justice, and promoting environmental sustainability. Her work spans collaborations with grassroots communities, nonprofit leaders, global philanthropists, and international institutions, giving her a deep understanding of people’s relationship with money and the dynamics that shape societies.
Twist’s perspective is informed by an extraordinary breadth of experience. She has worked alongside humanitarian figures in contexts from Mother Teresa’s efforts in Calcutta to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Amazon rainforest communities confronting environmental threats. This on-the-ground work has shaped her ability to draw meaningful connections between resource allocation, human values, and collective wellbeing.
How Lynne Twist Aligns Money, Values, and Leadership for Lasting Impact
Twist is also the founder of the Soul of Money Institute, a global platform dedicated to helping individuals and organizations align financial resources with their deepest values. Through workshops, retreats, coaching, and keynote presentations, she has worked with over 100,000 people in more than 50 countries on topics such as conscious philanthropy, strategic visioning, fundraising with integrity, and fostering a healthy relationship with money.
Her writing has shaped contemporary thinking on money and purpose. As part of Aurum Speakers Bureau’s best-selling speakers, Lynne Twist is the author of the best-selling, award-winning book The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life, translated into nine languages. Her more recent book, Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself, outlines principles for living a life grounded in commitment and meaningful action.
Bringing clarity to complex conversations about values, money, purpose, and systems change, keynote speaker Lynne Twist ranks #18 in 2023’s World’s Top 50 Keynote Speakers by Real Leaders magazine. In her events, she addresses themes such as reimagining our relationship with resources, leading with integrity in times of uncertainty, building communities that reflect shared values, and cultivating generosity as a force for transformation. Her talks help leaders and teams move beyond transactional thinking to tap into the deeper human motivations that drive sustainable impact.
Lynne Twist Speaking Videos
Freedom from the money culture | Lynne Twist | TEDxBerkeley
Our collective dream: Lynne Twist at TEDxMarin
Lynne Twist Keynote Topics
Based on her best-selling book, this live event by keynote speaker Lynne Twist examines how money culture often limits human potential and constrains aspirations. She explores how deeply held beliefs about money shape personal behavior, organizational practices, and societal systems. The focus is on guiding audiences to reframe their financial story, discover sufficiency within themselves, and align resources with values in ways that expand possibility rather than restrict it.
This unique session invites leaders to consider how commitment to a purpose larger than oneself unlocks strength, clarity, and transformational action. Drawing on decades of global experience, keynote speaker Lynne Twist illustrates how taking a stand, even in small ways, can connect individuals with untapped inner and outer resources. The talk encourages audiences to shift from transactional thinking toward wholehearted engagement that supports sustained impact and fulfillment.
Over more than 40 years, keynote speaker Lynne Twist has engaged with communities worldwide to protect the natural world, defend human dignity, and transform people’s relationships with money and resources. This keynote examines the inner and outer landscape of humanity, exploring how compassion, connection, and reverence for the natural world can inform ethical decision making, strengthen community, and sustain long-term stewardship.
Based on her work with indigenous women in the Amazon and Nobel Women Peace Prize Laureates, speaker Lynne Twist presents a visionary perspective on the 21st century as a turning point for women’s leadership in global systems. This once-in-a-lifetime session explores how empowering women and girls is one of the most effective strategies for ending hunger and advancing equity, and how this shift can foster partnerships that bring the world into greater balance.
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