New Mexico keynote speaker for conferences and corporate events.
Chris Sund is a keynote speaker, Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, and sitting executive who leads national healthcare staffing organizations. He speaks on workforce motivation, leadership, retention, and human potential for New Mexico associations, hospitals, long-term care providers, and employers.
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The real question is what happens when the commitment ends.
New Mexico fills a meaningful share of its clinical roles through service commitments. In 2025 there were 183 National Health Service Corps participants working across 105 locations in the state, including physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, and social workers fulfilling obligations in communities with limited access to care. That is an enormous asset, and it comes with a countdown. Every one of those placements eventually reaches the end of its term, and at that point the decision to stay is not contractual. It is personal. It rests on whether the person feels like part of the place and part of a team that noticed them.
That is a retention problem no recruiting budget touches, and it is the exact thing Chris speaks about. He runs national healthcare staffing organizations and has keynoted state association conferences in eleven states, including LeadingAge Illinois, the Rural Health Association of Utah, and health care associations in Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, and Colorado.
Operator, Not Consultant
President and COO of national healthcare staffing organizations, still making the hiring calls he speaks about.
Rural and Frontier Experience
Keynotes delivered for rural health and state health care associations across the Mountain West.
Easy Travel
Albuquerque is a short flight from Omaha, and Santa Fe and Las Cruces are straightforward from there.
Groups Chris speaks for.
The kinds of New Mexico organizations that book a workforce and leadership keynote for an annual conference, an in-service day, or a member education session.
- New Mexico Hospital Association, representing roughly 47 hospitals along with health networks, ambulatory facilities, and home health agencies, and recognizing individual healthcare workers each year for their dedication to patients and their teams
- New Mexico Health Care Association and New Mexico Center for Assisted Living, the trade association for facility-based long-term care providers, with education and leadership support central to how it serves members
- New Mexico Primary Care Association, founded in 1980, representing member organizations that operate more than 200 primary care, dental, school-based, and behavioral health clinics statewide
- LeadingAge New Mexico, representing nonprofit providers of senior living and aging services
- Tribal and pueblo health programs, state and local SHRM chapters, chambers of commerce, school districts, and universities including New Mexico and New Mexico State
New Mexico industries with the same problem.
Healthcare is where Chris operates, but distance and retention pressure shape every New Mexico employer.
National Labs and Defense
The Los Alamos and Albuquerque research and defense base, recruiting technical staff against national competition.
Energy and Extraction
Permian and San Juan basin operations, where field wages pull workers away from other local employers.
Tourism and Hospitality
Santa Fe, Taos, and the resort economy, rebuilding a service workforce every season.
Public Sector and Education
State agencies, counties, school districts, and universities holding in-service days and leadership development.
New Mexico cities and venues.
- Albuquerque, the state’s largest conference, hospital, and corporate market
- Santa Fe, the capital and a frequent host city for association annual meetings
- Las Cruces for southern New Mexico regional and university audiences
- Ruidoso and Taos for leadership retreats and smaller association gatherings
- Farmington, Gallup, and the northwest for rural and tribal community audiences
- Roswell, Hobbs, and Carlsbad for southeastern employer and hospital events
New Mexico events Chris speaks at.
Association Conferences
State and regional association annual meetings and general sessions, the format Chris works in most often.
Rural and Critical Access Healthcare
Hospital and clinic leadership days across New Mexico’s rural and frontier counties.
Long-Term and Senior Care
Skilled nursing, assisted living, and continuing care conferences and in-service days.
Hospital and Health System Events
Leadership days, nurse recognition events, and system-wide meetings across New Mexico.
HR and SHRM Chapter Events
Human resources conferences and chapter meetings on hiring, retention, and employer brand.
Corporate and Annual Meetings
All-hands gatherings, sales kickoffs, and employee appreciation events for New Mexico employers.
Keynote topics for your New Mexico event.
Every session is customized for the audience, the format, and what you are actually trying to change.
See what conference organizers and HR leaders have said after booking Chris.
Booking a keynote speaker in New Mexico
Has Chris spoken in New Mexico before?
Does Chris travel to New Mexico?
Does Chris only speak to healthcare audiences?
We rely on service-commitment placements. Does the session help us keep them?
Is Chris available for our date?
What does a New Mexico keynote cost?
Can Chris speak virtually to a New Mexico audience?
Keynote speaking by New Mexico city.
Each city page covers the local employers, the venues Chris speaks in, and the specific workforce pressure leaders there are working on.
Bring Chris to your New Mexico event.
Send your date, location, and audience. You will get availability and a quote back within one business day.
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