Melissa McCann-Tilton

Melissa McCann-Tilton is an executive, author, and speaker exploring one of the most important questions of our time:

Where does our worth come from?

After more than two decades leading high-growth companies through transformation, acquisitions, and industry disruption, Melissa began to notice a pattern. The greatest challenge facing leaders wasn't strategy or technology—it was the belief that our value must be earned through achievement, productivity, or performance.

As President and Chief Revenue Officer at Criteria, Melissa works at the intersection of organizational psychology, leadership, and the future of work. Her talks challenge audiences to rethink the hidden beliefs driving success and explore what becomes possible when we stop outsourcing our worth to the environments around us.

Drawing from a remarkable journey that spans executive leadership, profound personal loss, and spiritual discovery, Melissa's work is both deeply practical and deeply human. She leaves audiences with a simple but transformative idea:

The future isn't asking us to become more. It's inviting us to remember who we've been all along.