I speak about what happens when you stop talking about change and start living it — and design your life around passion, profession and purpose.
Big Ideas
Four talk concepts designed for audiences that want to leave with their worldview shifted.
I learned to swim at 30. Six years later I was a professional technical diver exploring the most remote waters on earth. This talk traces the arc from corporate comfort to the edges of the world -- and argues that the most important innovations, conservation breakthroughs, and human stories happen at the margins, not the center.
Audience takes away: A framework for finding breakthrough ideas by going where others won't, and the courage to pursue your own edge.
The dominant conservation narrative is built on fear. It's burning people out faster than it's building support. This talk introduces positive deviance -- finding the communities who succeed against all odds -- and shares the seaweed farmers, coral gardeners, and grassroots collectives who are rewriting the rules of environmental action.
Audience takes away: A new lens for approaching impossible problems, and proof that solutions already exist in the places most people have never looked.
Anyone with a hard-earned skill set has a responsibility to ask how it can serve something larger than their own ambition. This talk challenges professionals to examine what their skills are actually for -- and shares the practical blueprint for redirecting expertise toward purpose without sacrificing your livelihood.
Audience takes away: A concrete model for building purpose into an existing career, with honest guardrails about what works and what doesn't.
The world is moving faster than most people doing important work can keep up with. I've watched brilliant conservationists, founders, and experts stay invisible online while noise outperforms substance, simply because no one taught them that visibility is now part of the work, not separate from it. This talk is about why waiting to build an online presence is no longer an option -- and the practical playbook for building real currency online without compromising the depth of what you do.
Audience takes away: A clear-eyed framework for building online visibility as fast as the modern world demands it, without sacrificing substance for noise.
Speaking Topics
Click any topic to read more — these are my core themes, and I'm always open to developing custom presentations.
The real story of leaving New York to live fully remote, and build a life around my trade expertise as a strategist, as well as exploration, diving, and conservation. This is the story about becoming an expert, following your gut, not quitting your day job, while also living your dream. Why the skills I built in business turned out to be exactly what the conservation world needed.
Best for: Corporate leadership, career transitions, women in leadership, entrepreneurship events
The idea that businesses must choose between profit and sustainability is outdated. In the coming decade, the companies that survive will be those that understand these goals are inseparable. Drawing from real-world consulting work and global expeditions, this talk explores how organizations can align profitability with planetary health. Read the purpose-driven marketing guide for the written framework.
Best for: Entrepreneurs, executives, brand teams, impact investors
Adventure travel is booming, but exploration has a long history of extraction. This talk asks a critical question: how do we explore the world without taking from it? From expedition ethics to community partnerships, Andi shares a framework for exploration that prioritizes stewardship over conquest.
Best for: Travel industry events, expedition companies, tourism boards
Exploration has historically been dominated by men, but that narrative is changing. Drawing from years of remote expeditions and technical diving, Andi shares how women are redefining leadership in exploration, conservation, and extreme environments — and what still needs to change.
Best for: Women in leadership events, exploration organizations, universities
The next generation of explorers must balance curiosity with responsibility. Exploration is shifting from conquest to conservation, requiring humility, partnership with local communities, and long-term stewardship of the places we visit.
Best for: Geographic societies, universities, environmental organizations
What does it actually mean to live and work in the world's most remote places? This talk takes audiences inside the realities of expedition life — team dynamics, resilience under pressure, and the moments when there is no backup plan.
Best for: Adventure conferences, leadership events, universities
The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, yet most people will never see beneath its surface. Through stories from technical diving and ocean exploration, this talk reveals how diving transforms perspective — offering a direct window into the ecosystems that sustain life on Earth.
Best for: Ocean conferences, marine science events, dive communities
Operating in extreme environments teaches you to work with fear rather than avoid it. Drawing from experiences in technical diving and remote expeditions, Andi explores how uncertainty, risk, and pressure can become tools for growth, clarity, and stronger decision-making.
Best for: Leadership events, corporate teams, high-performance environments
What happens when you stop separating passion, profession, and purpose? Through her own transition from corporate strategist to global explorer, Andi shares practical lessons on designing a life that balances impact, financial sustainability, and adventure.
Best for: Career events, entrepreneurs, universities
The rules for building a business changed, and most companies are still playing by the old ones. Drawing from 15+ years across agencies, venture, and her own ventures, Andi breaks down what it actually takes to build discoverable, durable brands when attention is the scarcest resource in the room.
Best for: Founders, marketing leaders, business schools, entrepreneurship events
Edges of Earth was a research expedition before it was a company. This talk traces how a field problem — the most important conservation work in the world going undiscovered — became Flywheel Motion, and what founders chasing a real problem (not a trend) can learn from that path.
Best for: Startup founders, accelerators, venture capital events, tech conferences
Doing important work is no longer enough — if it isn't discoverable, it doesn't exist. Andi unpacks what discoverability actually requires in the age of search, social, and AI, and why the people and organizations doing the most important work are so often the least visible.
Best for: Marketing teams, nonprofits, mission-driven brands, digital strategy events
Where I've Shown Up
One of the judges for the startup competition, put on by Outside Magazine
Featured to discuss what it takes to become a pro diver
Expedition storytelling and ocean conservation aboard luxury expedition vessels
Amplifying untold stories during the week-long festival with big future plans
Connecting classrooms with real-world ocean exploration
Building purpose-driven businesses and conservation
Designing a life of expedition and purpose
From corporate burnout to ocean exploration
Ocean conservation and expedition leadership
