Dr. Maribeth Kuzmeski is President of the consulting firm, Red Zone Marketing.

Maribeth and her firm personally consult with some of the nation’s top financial

professionals managing from $300 million to over $1 billion in client assets. Maribeth

got her start as the 5th client in her firm happened to be a financial advisor. This

advisor had $10 million in money under management that Maribeth helped grow into

$200 million in under 5 years through niche-based marketing strategies. Today, Red

Zone Marketing is fully focused on the financial services industry.

Maribeth has written 9 books including the bestseller The Connectors. She is an

international keynote speaker rated as a Top 25 C-Suite Speaker by Meetings &

Conventions Magazine, has spoken at The Million Dollar Round Table, and has

been a regular presenter at Barron’s Top Producer conferences. She is also an

award-winning professor of marketing at Oklahoma State University.

Maribeth has a bachelor’s degree from the Newhouse School of Public

Communications at Syracuse University, an MBA from The George Washington

University, and a PhD in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.

When not working, Maribeth and her husband of 30 years are likely at a sporting

event, golfing or with their two (somewhat) adult children.