About Ryan

Ryan Stelzer is co-founder and Managing Director at Strategy of Mind, a Boston-based management consultancy that caters to global clients across diverse industries, ranging from Fortune 50 companies to regional non-profits; from CEOs to recent graduates.

Prior to consulting, Ryan served at The White House during the Obama Administration, playing a key role in various impactful initiatives led by the Chief Performance Officer of the United States and the Director of National Intelligence. He has an MBA/MA from the University of Chicago, a certificate in Corporate Finance from Columbia Business School, and an undergraduate degree from Boston University and the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Ryan’s published work has received over 1 million collective views across leading international media platforms including The Washington Post, TEDx, LinkedIn, Quartz , and Fast Company. His first book, Think Talk Create: Building Workplaces Fit for Humans, which Ryan co-authored, was published by Hachette: PublicAffairs in September 2021.

As a keynote speaker, he is represented by the Harry Walker Agency, a division of William Morris Endeavor, based in New York and Los Angeles.