Kirstyn Allen

Kirstyn Allen is a dynamic nonprofit consultant and collegiate speaker who guides leaders through the process of transforming their stories into compelling pitches to secure funding. She has won over $16M of business for Fortune 500 tech companies like Lenovo and Cisco over the span of her 10-year career. As a self-proclaimed "entrepreneur at birth", Kirstyn's first business ventures ranged from lemonade stands to selling snacks after school at only 9 years old. It was no surprise that she pursued a marketing degree and landed her first job managing $500,000 accounts in the C-suite. These diverse experiences have all contributed to the formation of her proprietary A.V.I.D. methodology which is how she guides the audience to the transformation. She has worked with institutions such as Penn State, NYU, NC A&T, Clark Atlanta, Tuskegee, and NC State.