Matthew Zachary

    Renegade Founder
    Disarming Storyteller
    Community Builder
    Creative Leader
    Status Quo Agitator
    People Connector
    Concert Pianist
    Recording Artist
    Cancer Rebel
    Author-To-Be
    Billy Joel Fanatic
    Possibly Other Things

"Matthew Zachary is a true original. Call him a pioneer, a provocateur, a global change leader... but one thing is certain: he is driven by genuine authenticity and unbridled passion for making the world a better place. And he has."

Steve Clemons, Washington Editor-At-Large, The Atlantic

ABOUT ME

Hi. I'm Matt. (That's me on the bottom right with no hair) I am—and do—many things. I like to create, disrupt, build, and break stuff, and I like to surround myself with hungry people who share my vision and get shit done. I believe that healthcare should be a human right, and that access to medicinal cannabis should be federally legalized.

I am also a 23-year survivor of terminal brain cancer, recovering agency veteran, cultural creative, and closet cultural anthropologist. As Founder and CEO of Stupid Cancer, I created the world’s largest young adult cancer community and helped usher in a new era of equality and justice for what was once a forgotten generation of millions of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

THINGS I DO

• Keynote Engagements
    — Creating Social Movements
    — Building Brands That Stick
    — Permission To Succeed
    — Owning Your 'Big Deals'
    — Nonprofit Business Models
    — Rethinking Patient Advocacy
• Motivational Piano Concerts
• Medical Grand Rounds
• Corporate Consulting
• Leadership Workshops
• Adjunct Professorships

CLIENT PRAISE

"Matthew is a peace healer."

Deepak Chopra

"...an incomparable storyteller."

Leerom Siegel, CEO, Klick Health

"...one of the best speakers we have
ever had the privilege of hearing."

Academy of Oncology Nurse Navigators

"We could not have chosen a more
relevant speaker to open our event."

KNect365 Life Sciences

"...a most uniquely disarming and
perfectly unexpected personality."

AbbVie Pharmaceuticals

"He singlehandedly mesmerized a theater overflowing with 500 innovation junkies."

Saul Kaplan, CEO, Business Innovation Factory

"Matthew should be on everyone's list of
Top 10 celebrity healthcare speakers."

Stonybook Universty

"A glimpse into the professional mastery
of a gift and a personal triumph over illness"

The American Brain Tumor Foundation

COMMUNITY PRAISE

“You were the first to show me that
you can do more than survive.”

Kelly P.

"Thank you for inspiring us to
create our own missions.”

Alejandra P.

"Thank you for giving me a
community when I had none.”

Roseann C.

"The impact you have made for me
and for others is immeasurable."

Allison T.

"Thank you for being such a
trailblazer for people like me.”

Nora M.

“You have made a difference. My
life is bettter because of you.”

Caroline S.

"It is because of you that I found out about
surrogacy and now have a happy healthy
daughter who just turned one! Thank you."

Karen M.

"If you are a young adult with cancer, Mattew Zachary has worked tirelessly for you–even if he has never met you. Matthew's remarkable commitment to the value of your voice will always be part of his history."

Jennifer Merschdorf, CEO, Young Survival Coalition

"NO ONE ON HIS DEATHBED EVER SAID, I WISH I HAD SPENT MORE TIME ON MY BUSINESS." — PAUL TSONGAS