Dr. Sara Safari

Seven Summits Mountaineer, Avalanche Survivor & Leadership Expert

Dr. Sara Safari

Seven Summits Mountaineer, Avalanche Survivor & Leadership Expert

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Biography

Dr. Sara Safari knows the value of high performing teams. Whether successfully climbing Mt. Everest, or in business, her goal is to exceed expectations. Her historic Everest climb is featured in the Netflix documentary, “Aftershock”. Her journey, and many accomplishments have made her an in-demand presenter at corporations and associations.

Dr. Sara Safari is an author, speaker, mountain climber, college professor, Electrical Engineer and advocate for women empowerment. She is the founder and president of a nonprofit called Climb Your Everest that focuses on empowering marginalized young women through educational programs.

She has received the award for The Global Citizen from United Nations Association in 2015. She is a board member and director of development in Empower Nepali Girls foundation. She also has received the award for Outstanding Practice with Broad Impact in the area of women and leadership from International Leadership Association in 2017. Sara is the first Iranian in history to climb the Seven Summits, the seven highest peaks in each continent.

Speech Topics

Climb Your Everest, Lead Your Team to Their Mountain Top Experience

Every day brings different obstacles on the path to reaching personal and professional goals. Sometimes, these hurdles can feel like enormous mountains to climb. Earning a promotion at work, achieving educational goals, and maintaining meaningful relationships are just some of the challenges people face in their daily lives. Dr. Sara Safari believes everyone is capable of overcoming fears and climbing these mountains by embracing the idea that “there is no limit to human potential, there is only a limit in human belief.” In this motivational talk, Safari empowers and inspires audiences to approach life from a different, more positive perspective.

Build Your High Performing Team, Your Everest Team

In this program, Dr. Sara Safari shares practical tools and techniques for building and leading high-performing teams. Drawing on lessons in leadership, trust, communication, and collaboration, she explores how organizations can create environments where individuals and teams are empowered to reach their full potential.

Audiences will learn how to:

Promote a respectful and productive environment by articulating a clear, achievable vision.
Build trust in the team’s abilities and effectiveness.
Create a safe and empowering environment for growth through open and effective communication.
Increase engagement by developing a strong company culture.
Build diverse teams that foster greater creativity and stronger decision-making.

Leadership Lessons I've Learned on Everest

As an electrical engineer who had never climbed mountains, Dr. Sara Safari had to quickly learn how to step outside her comfort zone and train to climb the highest mountain in the world. Through climbing mountains and surviving a 7.8-magnitude earthquake at 20,000 feet on Everest, she gained valuable lessons in leadership, resilience, adaptability, and perseverance. In this talk, Safari shares how those experiences and lessons helped shape her into a stronger leader, speaker, citizen, wife, and daughter.

Youth Leadership

What does it take to leave a lasting legacy and make the world a better place for the next generation? Dr. Sara Safari explores leadership at both the individual and organizational levels as a purposeful, collaborative, and values-based process that can create positive social change. She emphasizes the importance of youth leadership and mentorship and encourages audiences to help younger generations develop leadership skills and self-awareness from an early age.

Break the Glass Ceiling

Growing up in Iran, Dr. Sara Safari experienced firsthand the oppressive and restrictive environment that enables gender discrimination. These experiences inspired her to climb Mount Everest to raise funds and awareness for girls who are victims of human trafficking or forced into marriage at an early age. Coming from a patriarchal culture, Safari faced discrimination and limiting beliefs, including being told that “women shouldn’t climb mountains.” In this talk, she shares powerful personal stories of breaking the glass ceiling, overcoming cultural barriers, and climbing some of the highest mountains in the world.