Speaking

The headline is what happened. The tradeoff is what it costs you.

Mattie has spent her career in the rooms where policy decisions get made and on the sets where they get explained. On stage she brings both, in plain English, for audiences who run P&Ls.

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Mattie Duppler speaking on a panel

Signature talks

01.

Generation Why: The Systems Millennials Inherited Are Breaking

Millennials did everything they were told and still got blamed for killing the industries they couldn't afford. Mattie argues the blame belongs to systems built for one paycheck and someone home at 3 p.m., and that AI is about to put even more weight on them. These are policy choices, which means they can be changed.

Your audience walks away with:

  • A simple way to put a dollar value on the work done at home, before AI quietly absorbs it
  • The policy changes worth pushing for, and how to make the case for them in their own workplace and community
  • Steps leaders can take now to build teams and benefits that fit two-income households

Best for: conferences, associations, employers, women's leadership forums and financial services audiences

02.

Policy Risk Is Portfolio Risk

Deals die in Washington long before they die in a boardroom. Mattie built Amazon's federal public affairs operation under the most intense scrutiny in tech, and she knows what investors miss until a hearing freezes their market.

Your audience walks away with:

  • A stage-by-stage checklist for spotting policy risk in a portfolio company
  • The questions to put to founders before Washington starts asking them
  • A short list of moves to make this quarter, before a hearing freezes the market

Best for: venture and private equity firms, boards, corporate leadership teams and founder communities

03.

A custom talk for your audience

Mattie can also build a talk around your audience and what's happening in your industry. She speaks on tax and economic policy, trade, the Fed and inflation, tech regulation and AI policy, how Washington actually makes decisions, and what all of it means for the people in your room.

Best for: groups with a specific topic or audience in mind

Formats

  • 01Keynote
  • 02Fireside chat
  • 03Moderated panel
  • 04Private briefing for leadership teams and boards

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