Keynotes, Workshops and Seminars in Denver
Financial wellness keynote speaker in Denver
Denver wages are above the national average and Denver housing is further above it. I teach Front Range employers’ people how to handle money in a city where a good salary still comes with a hard budget.
Anyone can get good with money
What money stress looks like in Denver
Denver has a paradox. Average weekly wages here are about 20 percent above the national number, Colorado household income runs about 19 percent above the U.S. median, and half of the state’s renters are still cost-burdened. The reason is housing: Denver housing costs sit roughly 46 percent above the national average, and a median single-family home along the Front Range is around $615,000. People moved here for the mountains and the jobs, and the paycheck that looked great on the offer letter looks different once the rent or the mortgage clears.
That is the room I walk into in Denver. Well-paid, well-educated, active people who assume they should be fine and are quietly not. I teach them how money works in their numbers, and I give the employer a way to make their benefits the first place people look instead of the last.
46%
Denver housing costs run about 46% above the national average
51%
of Colorado renters are cost-burdened, spending more than 30% of income on housing
$1,990
Denver’s average weekly wage versus $1,654 nationally, and it still does not close the gap
Sources:
- BEA data via Colorado Politics, December 2025
- Mile High United Way, Colorado’s Housing Affordability Crisis, 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Q1 2026
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. 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 Denver 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 Denver 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.
Denver rooms I am in most often: HR and benefits conferences, industry associations that meet along the Front Range, and leadership summits for companies headquartered here.
HR and benefits → Associations → Leadership →
HR and benefits → Associations → Leadership →
Onsite in Denver, virtual anywhere
Denver is a short direct flight, and I can be there and back the same day for a seminar.
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 Denver organizations and employers across the country
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