Extraordinary impact starts with a decision.
Marcia Griffin helps women, entrepreneurs, and mission-driven leaders turn ordinary beginnings into extraordinary impact. Drawing on decades of building a national movement, a marriage, and a family business, she shows audiences how to find their purpose, cultivate the right partnerships, and persist until doors open.
Years of Leadership
Families Represented by the Network She Built
Foreclosure Rate Among Families Following the HomeFree-USA Model
HBCUs Empowering the Next Generation Through Her Vision
Trusted By Leading Organizations
Why book Marcia?
Marcia's journey proves that an average person, with vision and determination, can make an exceptional difference. She gives audiences a clear path to do the same.
Find your purpose
Marcia helps audiences recognize the gifts that come naturally to them and turn those gifts into work that matters.
Cultivate right partnerships
From her marriage to national alliances with lenders and policymakers, Marcia shows why the strongest relationships are the foundation of success.
Persist until doors open
She talked her way into a full MBA scholarship and turned an industry's doubt into a national movement. Marcia shows audiences how to keep going until the answer is yes.
Commanding the room.
Whether she's speaking to women leaders, entrepreneurs, nonprofit executives, or corporate teams, Marcia leaves audiences with a story they remember and inspires them to take action on their boldest dreams.
She founded HomeFree-USA with her husband Jim, grew it into a national HUD-approved intermediary, and launched the Center for Financial Advancement® to reach the next generation of leaders and homeowners at HBCUs across the U.S.
Explore keynote topicsGet to know Marcia
Meet the woman behind HomeFree-USA.
Move Audiences to Action
Signature keynotes
Marcia never considered herself exceptional, just decided. From talking her way into a full MBA scholarship to building HomeFree-USA into a national force for equitable homeownership, she shows how ordinary people create extraordinary impact.
Behind every great success is a circle of the right people. Marcia's marriage, family business, and 50+ partnerships have helped tens of thousands of families become homeowners. She shows audiences how to build relationships that multiply their impact.
Passion sparks a nonprofit; strategy sustains it. Drawing on nearly four decades of leading HomeFree-USA, Marcia shows founders and nonprofit leaders how to build an organization with the funding, partnerships, and results to change communities for good.
See Marcia in Action
From keynote stages to her TV show, Marcia connects with audiences in a way that feels personal, whether she's speaking to a ballroom of executives or a camera crew. Watch how she brings warmth, insight, and energy to every room she's in.
Recognition
Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award
For a lifetime of outstanding service and volunteerism, it is the highest honor in the U.S. President's Volunteer Service Award program.
Women with Vision Award
For women whose leadership demonstrates resilience, long-term impact, and the ability to create meaningful change.
Wealth Watchers President's Award
For leadership and commitment to helping families build generational wealth and homeownership.