Real talk about climate action, design, and reimagining our future
AIGA San Diego Tijuana Portfolio Review, Keynote Speaker, 2024
Speaking Engagements
2024
AIGA Kansas City
AIGA San Diego Tijuana
SF Design Week
SF Climate Week
LA Climate Week
Rosenfeld Media
2023
Designing Cities for All
SF Climate Week
LOGYTalks
SF Design Week
2022
UM Flint, Sustainability Week
Sacramento Design Week
Sustainability in Tech panel @ LinkedIn
Prophet Earth Month Panel Discussion
2021
IDSA, Sustainability Deep Dive
Climate Con 2021
2020
AIGA National Design Conference
2019
AIGA SF, Design Week
LinkedIn in SF
2017
Causeway Challenge
2016
A Better World by Design
AIGA SF, Portfolio Day
GA SF Breakfast Club Series
CONFERENCES / EVENTS
2015
A Better World by Design
Pando Populus
RGD’s “Future by Design”
2014
A Better World by Design
AIGA, West Michigan
Hike SF
2013
A Better World by Design
2012
A Better World by Design
AIGA, West Michigan
DesignEthos @ SCAD
IDSA, Texas Chapter
2011
A Better World by Design
2010
A Better World by Design
Ignite: San Francisco
Worldstudio’s Funding Social Change
2009
A Better World by Design
Babson University
Bangor University
Brown University
Juniata College
Kansas City Art Institute
Lesley University/AIB
Maryland Institute College of Art
MassArt
Middlebury College
Northeastern
OTIS
Ringling College of Art and Design
RISD
Roger Williams University
SUNY Fredonia
The Art Institute of Boston
UC, Irvine
UM, Flint
University of South Carolina
University of Utah
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wentworth Institute of Technology
SCHOOLS
DesignMap
Design Thinkers Group
Fivetran
IBM
IDW
LinkedIn
Media Cause
Prophet
COMPANIES
Interviews
Select talks
SF Climate Week
Participated on the “Evolving the Climate Narrative” panel during a live recording for the Darts in the Dark podcast
San Francisco, CA
2023
Designing Cities For All
RE-generation #5: Regenerate & Activate
Participated in the latest iteration of Pakhuis de Zwijger’s Designing Cities for All conference. This iteration examined varies ways in which designers can expand their personal and collective agency to advocate for transformation within their industries and beyond
Online
2023
Climate Designers EDU Blitz
Led a 5-day climate-action workshop at SUNY Fredonia with design, animation, and sculpture departments
Fredonia, NY
2023
CONCEPT
Spearheaded and MCed the CONCEPT lecture series addressing what sustainability is and how it can be applied in the field of design and business
San Francisco, CA
2019
Causeway Challenge
Presented “Hey! What’s good in___?: Five strategies to get your idea off the ground”
Chattanooga, TN
2017
RGD’s Future by Design
Shared The Alabamboo Make & Ride and Secret Project during a panel focused on human-centered design
Online
2015
A Better World by Design
Opening remarks for a BWxD highlighting the importance of building relationships in the creative community
Providence, RI
2014
AIGA, West MI Portfolio Review
Shared my career path and how punk rock has influenced my work
Holland, MI
2014
A Better World by Design
Closing talk sharing the launch of a project centered around creative confidence
Providence, RI
2013