Speaker — Katie Reginato Cascamo, Ph.D. Candidate
Speaker

Every room is already full of wisdom. The work is to surface it.

Speaking, for me, is not the delivery of information. It is the creation of conditions in which something true becomes possible — for the leaders in the room, and for the work they are called to do.

The same quality of presence I bring to organizational transformation, I bring to every stage. Not to perform — but to hold the space in which that encounter becomes possible.

Formats

I work across a range of formats — from keynotes that open a conversation to retreats that go somewhere most leadership development never reaches.

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Keynote

A signature experience for leadership conferences, organizational gatherings, and institutional events — inviting audiences into a generative question and leaving them with a new relationship to how they lead.

45–90 min
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Panel Discussion

My philosophical framework brought into dialogue with other thinkers and practitioners — in healthcare leadership forums, academic conferences, and professional associations.

60–90 min
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Presentation

Research-grounded presentations on servant-leadership, organizational transformation, and the interior condition of the leader — for academic conferences, healthcare systems, and leadership development programs.

30–60 min
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Workshop

A deeper engagement in which leaders do the interior work, not just hear about it — built for small cohorts, organizational teams, and leadership development programs ready to go beyond the surface.

Half or full day
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Retreat

The most immersive offering. Extended time, held space, genuine transformation — for leadership teams ready to take the courageous step into the unfamiliar and emerge as something new.

Multi-day
Topics

I speak and teach across four thematic pillars — each grounded in research, practice, and my own interior leadership work.

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Leader Engagement & Well-Being

Leadership is inherently demanding — and the capacity to sustain that demand without hardening, burning out, or losing one's humanity is itself a leadership competency. This pillar addresses the interior life of the leader: emotional intelligence, resilience, purpose, trust, and the psychological safety that allows people to bring their whole thinking to the work.

Resilience & Leader Well-Being Emotional Intelligence Purpose, Meaning & Motivation Psychological Safety Trust & Credibility
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Servant-Leadership

Rooted in the servant-leadership tradition and grounded in contemporary scholarship, this pillar explores the interior qualities from which leadership emerges — listening as a practice, awareness as a discipline, empathy as an organizational force, and the courage to lead through persuasion rather than positional power.

The Servant as Leader Listening as a Leadership Practice Awareness & the Interior Condition Empathy & the Practice of Presence Healing in Organizational Life Persuasion Over Positional Power
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Organizational Culture & Transformation

Culture is not the values posted on a wall — it is the sum of what gets rewarded, tolerated, and repeated. This pillar addresses the conditions beneath organizational culture: how leaders cultivate it, how organizations navigate adaptive challenges, and how genuine transformation follows a shape that cannot be shortcut — only accompanied.

Cultivating Organizational Culture Adaptive Leadership Leading Through Change & Uncertainty Decision-Making & Judgment Building Community Stewardship & Accountability
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Servant-Leadership Tradition

Servant-leadership applied — in the complexity of real organizations, across lines of difference, and over the long arc of an institutional culture. This pillar asks Greenleaf's foundational test — do those served grow? — and pursues it with the full rigor of contemporary scholarship.

The Test: Do Those Served Grow? Foresight & Ethical Imagination Power, Privilege & the Servant-Leader Sustaining a Servant-Leadership Culture Developing Others Conflict as a Leadership Skill
Speaker's Vita

A record of conference presentations and invited addresses, spanning academic, clinical, and organizational audiences across three continents.

  1. May 28, 2026 Ubuntu Conversation on Military Spouse Leadership. Leadership 4 Peace, International Leadership Association. Virtual.
  2. April 2023 Servant-Leadership & Overcoming Burnout. MPRINT Hub. San Diego, California.
  3. January 2023 Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic Study Design in the Postpartum Period. MPRINT Hub. Virtual.
  4. May 2022 Introduction to Patient Leaders: Strengthening Ties Between Healthcare and Leadership. International Leadership Association. Virtual.
  5. 2022 Compassionate Servant-Leadership and Nurse Well-Being. Synova Associates. Virtual.
  6. October 2021 Journal Club Presentation. Neonatal Therapy Certification Board. Remote.
  7. May 2021 Mother's Day Presentation. Neonatal Therapy Certification Board. Remote.
  8. April 2021 The Role of Public Members in NTCB. Neonatal Therapy Certification Board. Remote.
  9. October 2020 Effectiveness of Clinical Therapies in the NICU. International Neonatal Consortium, presented to the European Medicines Agency. Virtual.
  10. August 2020 Well-Being in Helping Professions. Women Making Waves in Movement. San Luis Obispo; Virtual.
  11. October 2019 Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care. Postpartum Support International Certificate of Completion Program.
  12. August 16–17, 2018 Examining the Role of a Servant-Leadership Paradigm Within Existing NICU Initiatives. 12th International Conference on Pediatrics Health Care & International Conference and Medicare Expo on Primary Healthcare (Joint Event). Paris, France.
  13. April 13, 2018 Prematurity: Its Impact on Society. Discovery Institute Summer Seminar. Remote/Video.
  14. February 2018 Examining the Role of a Servant-Leadership Paradigm Within Existing NICU Initiatives [Poster]. 1st Annual Congress for Trauma-Informed Neuroprotective Care of the Hospitalized Newborn & Infant. Bruges, Belgium.
  15. October 24, 2015 Addressing the Needs of a Diverse NICU Population [Speech]. National Association of Neonatal Nurses, presented to 850 neonatal nurses. Dallas, Texas.
  16. October 2015 Servant-Leadership: Recognizing and Revolutionizing Your Leadership Paradigm. NICU Parent Network Summit. Dallas, Texas.
  17. September 2015 NICU Heroes Awards Event. Keynote address. Redding, California.
  18. September 2015 NICU Heroes Awards Event. Keynote address. Bend, Oregon.
  19. 2015 Family Centered Care Training. Speech presented at NICU Nurses: Family-Centered Care Training. San Luis Obispo, California.
  20. November 15–18, 2014 Reginato Cascamo, K., & Beatty, J. NICU Private Rooms. Address presented at the Institute for Patient and Healthcare Design Conference. San Diego, California.
  21. July 1, 2014 NICU Grand Prize Giveaway. Speech presented at NICU Grand Prize Giveaway Event. San Luis Obispo, California.

Bring me to your organization

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