Keynotes, Workshops and Seminars in Seattle
Financial wellness keynote speaker in Seattle
Seattle paychecks are big and Seattle bills are bigger. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and I teach Puget Sound employers’ people how to handle money in a city where a good salary still needs a plan.
Anyone can get good with money
What money stress looks like in Seattle
Seattle is a high-wage city with a high-cost problem. A median home sells for close to $875,000, rent runs about 50 percent above the national median, and roughly half of the region’s renters are cost-burdened. The economy is anchored by tech, aerospace, healthcare and the biggest retail and coffee brands in the world, which means a lot of well-paid people who assume the money will sort itself out and a lot of hourly workers in the same zip codes who know it will not.
That is the room I walk into in Seattle, and it is home turf. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and I know what a paycheck has to do here. I teach how money works in Puget Sound numbers, and I give the employer a way to make the benefits package part of the plan for the engineer and the warehouse associate alike.
$874K
About $874,000 median home sale price in Seattle
50%
Seattle rent runs about 50% above the U.S. median
48%
of renter households in the central Puget Sound region pay more than 30% of income on rent
Sources:
- Redfin, August 2026
- Apartment List, September 2026
- Puget Sound Regional Council Equity Tracker, ACS five-year data
Hi, I’m Hillary
I have spent 16 years teaching people how money works. Fourteen of those were inside banking and mortgage lending, where I watched smart, hardworking people sign for things they did not understand because nobody had ever explained it in plain language. I started Financial Footwork in 2016 to fix that, first with professional sports organizations, then with the employers, associations and universities who saw what it did for a room.
Since then I have worked with 15+ professional sports organizations and 50+ employers, associations and universities, and I was named a Top 50 Financial Speaker in 2022 and 2023. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, so Seattle rooms feel like home. My book, Train Your Money, is the method I teach from the stage.
Here is what that means for you. I am not a financial advisor looking for clients, and I do not pitch a product or collect your employees’ information from the stage. I teach. Your people leave knowing what to do with their next paycheck, and you get a room that finally understands why the benefits matter.
Keynotes, workshops and seminars for Seattle employers, associations and conferences
Keynotes
45, 60 or 90 minutes. The conference general session, the all-hands, the annual meeting, the awards night. High energy, practical, and everybody leaves with something to do this week.
Workshops
90 minutes, half day or full day. Small groups, hands on, worksheets out. Eight topics across three tracks, from paycheck planning to credit to retirement.
Seminars
60 or 90 minutes for the whole room, live or virtual. The lunch and learn, the open enrollment session, the quarterly money talk. Book one, a series of two, or a full season of four or more.
The keynotes Seattle organizations book most
Train Your Money (flagship)
How to handle money like a pro athlete handles pressure. The pick for a general session or all-hands.
The $183 Billion Problem
Why money stress is a performance issue and what leaders can do about it. The pick for HR, benefits and leadership audiences.
The Math Has to Math
Income, lifestyle and the decisions that decide everything. The pick for sales teams, trades and anyone paid on production.
The Belief Before the Money
Building the confidence to make the next decision. The pick for young professional programs, wellness weeks and women’s events.
Money, Backwards
Why smart people struggle with money, and the Three E’s that fix it. The pick for leadership retreats and high-earner rooms.
Seattle rooms I am in most often: tech and healthcare employers, HR and benefits conferences, and leadership summits for companies headquartered in the Puget Sound.
HR and benefits → Leadership → Associations →
HR and benefits → Leadership → Associations →
Onsite in Seattle, virtual anywhere
Seattle is a short flight and a place I know well.
Onsite
Keynotes, workshops and seminars at your office, your conference or your venue, anywhere in the U.S.
Virtual
Live sessions for remote and distributed teams, built for a screen instead of a stage.
Hybrid
In the room with your leaders or your headquarters, live online for everyone else, same session, same playbook.
What people who booked Hillary say
“Hillary Seiler’s keynotes challenge audiences to approach financial decisions with greater clarity and discipline. Employees leave with practical systems that strengthen financial decision-making and support performance at every level of the organization.”
Michael Knapp
CEO, River Capital PDX
“Hillary helped us reimagine client education by using a strength training approach to build financial habits. Her creative keynotes, collaboration, and follow through made her an outstanding partner.”
Mary Faulkner
EVP, Branding and Communications, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
Trusted by Seattle organizations and employers across the country
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