Denise Dresser
Renowned Mexican Political Scientist, Writer, and Activist | Professor of Political Science, ITAM | Legion of Honor Recipient | Bestselling Author
Rosie Rios
43rd Treasurer of the U.S. | Chair of America 250 Commission | CEO of Red River Associates | Board Member at Ripple Labs & American Family Insurance
Rosie Rios is the 43rd Treasurer of the U.S. and Chair of America 250, leading the nation's 250th anniversary celebration. Her signature appears on over $1.7 trillion of circulating currency, a world record. As a speaker, she draws on two presidential transitions, $1 billion in Treasury efficiencies, and putting the first woman on U.S. currency to deliver actionable insight on leadership, financial resilience, and legacy for senior audiences.
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Rosie Rios biography
Speaker Rosie Rios is one of the most consequential financial leaders of her generation, the 43rd Treasurer of the United States and now Chair of America 250, the U.S. Congressional Commission tasked with planning the country’s 250th anniversary celebration. Her signature appears on more than $1.7 trillion of U.S. currency in circulation, a world record that mirrors a career defined by historic firsts and outsized impact across the public and private sectors.
Appointed by President Barack Obama during the depths of the financial crisis, Rios served from 2009 to 2016 as the longest-serving Senate-confirmed Treasury official, overseeing the U.S. Mint, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Fort Knox. As CEO of those two bureaus, she led a workforce of nearly 4,000 employees, saved over $1 billion through operational efficiencies, and lifted morale and production to record levels. Her achievements earned her the Hamilton Award, the highest honor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She also led the landmark initiative to feature a woman’s portrait on U.S. currency for the first time in more than a century.
From Treasury to Boardrooms and Beyond
Today, Rios is CEO of Red River Associates, an investment management and consulting firm, and serves on the boards of America 250, Ripple Labs, American Family Insurance, and Fidelity Charitable Trust. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a co-host of Unicorn Hunters, a global series spotlighting pre-IPO investment opportunities. Earlier in her career, she oversaw urban investment activities for a $22 billion real estate investment management firm and directed economic development for multiple U.S. cities.
A Harvard University graduate, Rios is the first Latina in Harvard’s history to have a portrait commissioned in her honor. She founded EMPOWERMENT 2026, an initiative that brings historical American women into classrooms nationwide, and was recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Century. As a speaker, Rosie Rios delivers an authoritative perspective on financial recovery, the future of money, doing more with less, and empowering the next generation of leaders, a message shaped by her front-row seat at two presidential transitions and a lifetime of building institutions that endure. Aurum books Rosie Rios for leadership speaker engagements.
Rosie Rios Speaking Videos
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Rosie Rios - Financial recoveries and lessons learnt
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Rosie Rios served on the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Transition Team during the 2008 financial collapse, then on President Biden's Treasury Transition Team during the pandemic recovery. In this keynote she compares the federal response to two existential crises, the policy levers that worked, the ones that failed, and the lessons that should shape the next recovery. Audiences leave with a clearer view of how monetary policy, fiscal action, and institutional trust interact when the economy is on the line.
As CEO of both the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Rios led a workforce of nearly 4,000 employees through an unprecedented efficiency drive. The result: over $1 billion saved in five years, record production levels, and the highest employee engagement scores both bureaus had ever recorded. This talk unpacks the operational playbook, the union partnerships, and the leadership behaviors that made the turnaround possible.
Rios was the first woman in the U.S. Department of the Treasury to be Senate-confirmed during the Obama administration, and the only Treasury official confirmed in 2009. She led the initiative to place a woman on U.S. currency for the first time in more than a century and founded the Treasury's Women in Finance Symposiums. This keynote distills her work on structural representation, why visibility in history changes outcomes in the present, and how organizations can build their own pipeline of women leaders.
From Teachers Righting History to EMPOWERMENT 2026, Rios has spent the past decade running educational initiatives that engage millions of young Americans. She shares what she has learned about how the next two generations of leaders process risk, loyalty, ambition, and civic responsibility, and what current executives should adjust in how they recruit, retain, and listen.
As Treasurer, Rios chaired the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Steering Committee and led Treasury's Future of Money initiative. She now sits on the board of Ripple Labs. In this keynote she walks audiences through the policy and infrastructure questions that determine how digital currency will work in practice, what it means for traditional finance, and what the path looks like for opening capital markets to populations that have been shut out.
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FAQs on Booking Rosie Rios
Why Rosie Rios?
Few keynote speakers have shaped American financial history at the scale Rosie Rios has. As the 43rd Treasurer of the United States, she put the first woman on U.S. currency in over a century, saved $1 billion as CEO of the U.S. Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and now chairs America 250, the commission planning the country's 250th anniversary. Her signature graces more than $1.7 trillion of currency in circulation, a world record. For senior audiences she offers a rare combination of policy insight from two presidential administrations, operational experience leading thousands of employees, and a clear-eyed message on representation, resilience, and legacy. Book Rosie Rios through Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring this caliber of authority to your next event.
What is Rosie Rios known for from her time as U.S. Treasurer?
Rosie Rios served as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States from 2009 to 2016, the longest-serving Senate-confirmed Treasury official in U.S. history. She is best known for leading the initiative to feature a woman's portrait on U.S. currency for the first time in more than a century, saving over $1 billion through efficiency programs at the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and serving on the Treasury and Federal Reserve Transition Team during the 2008 financial crisis. Her signature appears on roughly $1.7 trillion of U.S. paper currency currently in circulation.
What does Rosie Rios do as Chair of America 250?
As Chair of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, also known as America 250, Rosie Rios leads the bipartisan Congressional commission tasked with planning the United States' 250th anniversary celebration. The role involves coordinating federal, state, and local commemorations, building public-private partnerships, and engaging more than 400 members of Congress through the Congressional America 250 Caucus, the largest bipartisan caucus in congressional history.
What kind of organizations book Rosie Rios for keynotes?
Rosie Rios is regularly booked by financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, central banks, women's leadership conferences, and government bodies that need an authoritative voice on monetary policy, operational leadership, representation, and the future of money. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring Rosie Rios to your next event.
How to book Rosie Rios as a keynote speaker?
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How much is Rosie Rios speaking fee?
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Can I book Rosie Rios for a virtual keynote?
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