“Thank you a thousand times. Your generosity of time and perspicacious nature shaped this meaningful event into one of the most important programs to come out of our association this year. We are grateful to you, lucky to have you, value you, and hold our relationship with you in the highest regard.”
-Communications Director

Professional

Negotiation for Architecture Students. Career Services and Women in Architecture, Yale School of Architecture, annually since 2015.

Board Chair Roundtable. Workshop and training, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, 2019.

Negotiation for Architects. Workshop and training, AIA Connecticut, 2019.

AIA Guides for Equitable Practice / School Culture. Presentation, Yale School of Architecture, 2019.

AIA Guides for Equitable Practice. Panelist, AIA New England, 2019.

Mentorship and Sponsorship. Panelist, AIA Connecticut Annual Conference, 2019.

Workplace Culture. Panelist, AIA Connecticut, 2019.

Path to Leadership in Design. Panel moderator, AIA Connecticut, 2019.

Industry Culture. Workshop and panel, AIA Detroit Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program, 2019.

Building Industry Collaboration. Cross-industry workshops, Autodesk, New York, San Francisco, Irvine, 2018-2019.

Share Your Voice: Guides for the Future of Equitable Practice. Pre-conference workshop, AIA National Conference, New York, 2018.

Deconstructing Implicit Bias in the AEC Workplace. Structural Engineers Association of New York, 2018.

Recognizing and Shaping Office Culture. Workshop, AIA San Francisco / Equity by Design Summit, 2016.

Advancing Diversity. Autodesk University, Las Vegas, 2015.

Co-Team Coaching: Leveraging Partnership to Maximize Impact. With Ethan Hanabury. Team Coaching Zone with Krister Lowe, July 2 2015.

Call to Action. American Institute of Architects Women’s Leadership Summit, Seattle, 2015.

Women’s Philanthropy. Association of Fundraising Professionals, Connecticut. 2013.

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast and Other Closing Remarks. AIA Women’s Leadership Summit, Kansas City, 2011.

Changing Modes of Leadership: Female Graduates Since ’69. Culminating panel, Women’s Leadership Initiative at Yale, October 2009.

Attracting Diverse Talent Through Life/Work Balance Policies. Seminar panelist, AIA Convention, San Francisco, April 2009.

We, All the People: Implications for Women and the Profession. Workshop and seminar co-creator and co-presenter. American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention, Boston, May 2008. Selected for AIA podcast.

Making Change: Year-End Giving. Radio interview, WQUN, December 2007.

Finding the Right Career for You. Alumnae panel, Women’s Leadership Initiative at Yale, November 2007.

Giving in the Hands of Women. Emma Willard School, Troy, NY, February 2007.

Women’s Philanthropy and Independent Schools. Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, February 2007.

Raising Funds from and for Women: Power of the Purse. Blackbaud Conference on Philanthropy, Charleston, SC, October 2006.

Power of the Purse. Charlotte Jewish Foundation, Charlotte Women’s Impact Fund, and Foundation for the Carolinas’ Professional Advisors Group, December 2005.

“Beyond the mechanics of facilitating our session, it was your good nature and human touch that carried the day.”
-Firm Principal

Academic

Women in the Architectural Profession. Moderator, April 2010; guest speaker, graduate seminar and public symposia, Yale School of Architecture, 2007-present.

Mind the Gap: Ways of Navigating Difference and Spaces Between. Fourth Annual Inter-Ivy Sociology Symposium, Princeton University, March 2008.

Post-Graduate Feminism. Alumnae panel, Yale Women’s Center, October 2007.

Making Change: Women, Money, and Power. Guest lecture for women’s studies course “Gender in Global Perspective,” University of Connecticut-Stamford, October 2007.

Mind the Gap: Border Crossings and Spaces Between. Southern Connecticut State University 17th Annual Women’s Studies Conference, October 2007.

The Role of Feminist Philanthropy in a Social-Change Economy. ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change annual conference, Manchester, England, September 2007.

Gender in Architecture. Panel. Yale School of Architecture, April 2007.

From Nowhere to Everywhere: Women’s Sacred Space. Guest lecture, Department of Geography, Southern Connecticut State University, March 2007.

Surviving Cancer: Two Women’s Spiritual Journeys. Sixteenth Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Southern Connecticut State University, October 2006.

Women’s Sacred Space. Thirteenth Annual Conference of the International Society for Religion, Literature, and Culture, Stirling, Scotland, October 2006.

Going Higher: African American Women’s Religious Participation, Spirituality, and Socioeconomic Status. Third Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education, April 2006; Graduate Women’s Studies conference, Southern Connecticut State University. April 2006. Accepted for presentation at the 2006 American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Religion Roundtable.

“Eternal Home”: Women’s Sacred Space. Annual conference of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, March 2006.

Power of the Purse. Annual conference of the National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, June 2006. New England Women’s Studies Association annual conference, Feb 2006. Second Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education, 2005.

Power in the Body Politic: Women’s Philanthropy as Feminist Action. Graduate Women’s Studies conference, Southern Connecticut State University, 2005.

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