Our Featured Speaker
Robert Siegfried
Founder & CEO of The Siegfried Group
June 25, 2026 at 8 a.m.
About Robert
Robert Siegfried is the Founder and CEO of The Siegfried Group, LLP, a national professional services organization that helps CFOs and executive teams clarify what matters most and delivers elite financial talent to execute strategic initiatives. He founded the Firm in 1988 after beginning his career at Arthur Young (now EY).
A University of Delaware graduate with degrees in accounting and economics, Siegfried has been recognized for industry and entrepreneurial leadership, including being named by Accounting Today as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting” and completing MIT’s “Birthing of Giants” executive leadership program. He received the University of Delaware’s Lerner College Alumni Award of Excellence and the University’s Wall of Fame honor, and he has served on the Lerner College advisory board, including as chair.
Under his leadership, The Siegfried Group expanded to 19 U.S. cities, employs nearly 1,400 people, and serves more than 350 Fortune 1000 companies. Siegfried remains focused on helping the Firm achieve its 2030 revenue goals while prioritizing succession planning and building the Siegfried Family Office.
He and his family are committed to supporting education, entrepreneurship, and youth leadership programs that expand opportunity and help students in K-12 and college develop as leaders and experience more freedoms.
He splits time between Utah and Pennsylvania with his wife, Kathy.
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About Grit Talks
Grit Talks are a quarterly speaker and networking event featuring interesting local leaders answering seven questions over fifteen minutes. Woven together their answers will illustrate a common story. Failure….Overcoming it… and the resulting success. Speakers will be business owners and leaders from our community who we know or should know, with stories of inspiration to share. The talks will be held at The Mill’s Theatre N, and the speakers will be captured on video and archived on the Grit Talk website for ongoing sharing and viewing. Guests will be asked to arrive at Theatre N at 8:00 a.m. for thirty minutes of coffee and networking. The talks will begin promptly at 8:30am followed by fifteen minutes of Q&A and additional networking until 9:30am.
7 QUESTIONS
What have you not done yet that you would like to be part of your story or included in your eulogy?
How has failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favorite failure?
In the last five years, what new belief, behavior or habit has most improved your life?
What activities make you lose track of time?
What book do you most often give or recommend and how has that book influenced you?
What have you purchased, or been given, in the last year valued under $200 that has most positively impacted your life?
If you could broadcast a message to everyone in the world knowing it would be received and remembered what would it be?
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