FEATURE 

Service Design Show
Practical Strategies for Doing Work that Truly Matters (Video/Podcast)
January 2024

Qatalog
DesignOps in the New World of Work
May 2022

GDUSA: Graphic Design USA
2019 Responsible Designers to Watch
Profile
October 25 2019

For Creative Girls
Creative Women & Projects Interview
March 21 2016

Creative Briefs Podcast*
Creative Briefs #054
Listen
May 30 2014

JUDGING 

Cabrini University
2021 Art+Effect
www.cabrini.edu/art+Effect
Judge
November 2021

AIGA Saint Louis
AIGA STL Design Show stldesignshow.com
Judge
November 13 2020

AIGA Design For Democracy
Building Community Power : NASDAQ
April 2018

AIGA Pittsburgh, Judge
PGH 365 Judge
April 2018

AAF Kansas City, Judge
January 2018
AAF Award Show (Kansas City Addy's)

AIGA Texas Show
Judge
March 2014

AIGA Blueridge Posterclash
Judge
February 2013

SMU TEDActive
Hackathon Judge
February 2013

Dallas Engaged Professionals Hackathon Judge
July 2012

EMCEE / moderator

AIGA DesignOps Ed Salon Series
Every last Wednesday, January - December 2022
Curator & Host

UXPin Design Value Conference 2022
March 29 2022
Host

AIGA National Conference
November 9-13, 2020
Roundtables Speaker

AIGA Leadership Retreat
October 21-24, 2020
Opening and Closing Remarks + Moderator for individual sessions

AIGA Leadership - World Trust Racial Equity / Anti-Racism Training : 4 Part Series
September 27 - October 21 2020
Opening and Closing Remarks + Moderator

AIGA Design for Democracy
Webinar Moderator / Panelist - Get out the Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote
September 16 2020

AIGA Monthly Presidents Calls
January 2020 - June 2021
Lead + moderate monthly calls with AIGA chapter presidents

AIGA Monthly Leadership Calls
August 2020 - June 2021
Lead + moderate monthly calls with AIGA chapter leadership

99U Local
Fall 2015

AIGA DFW Seasoned Pros Series (Quarterly Talks)
September 2012 - May 2015
Opening Remarks + Introductions

AIGA DFW Pecha Kucha
June 2014
Pecha Kucha: Drawing New Landscapes

AIGA DFW Design: Big Week
October 2013
DB Talks: 4 Talks, 1 Conversation 
(5 nights)

AIGA DFW Pecha Kucha
October 2013
Pecha Kucha: What Scares You
aka Meet the Board

AIGA DFW Pecha Kucha
October 2012
Pecha Kucha: What Scares You
(Community Leaders)

AIGA DFW Pecha Kucha
May 2013
Pecha Kucha: This is My City

GOOD Ideas For Cities - Dallas
June 2012

AIGA DFW Design Week
April 2012

  • Pecha Kucha: Creative 20/20

  • Women-Owned Panel

  • Leading Creatives Panel

  • Good Ideas For Cities Introductions

Dallas Show Awards Presentation
June 2010
Opening Remarks

TALK/SHOP

AIGA 2023 Conference
Design Futures: Your Journey Is in the Cards, Workshop
Nov 13, 2023
Co-led with Ann Buechner, Betsy Ramaccia and Jess Jones

Rosenfeld Media
D.E.A.R.R. Diaries (Discipline, Experience, Architecture, Reflection + Revolution)
November 2022

Rosenfeld Media
DesignOps–Leading the Path to Parity
April 2023

Design Operations Symposium 2022
DesignOps for DesignOps
September 2022

DesignOps Assembly + Qatalog
The Growing Strategic Role of DesignOps in the New World of Work
April 29 2022

IDSA International Design Conference, 2021
internationaldesignconference.com
Breakout Session: Design for the Design Team’s Experience
Sept 22 2021

General Assembly
Design for Democracy, Panelist
December 3, 2020

AIGA Saint Louis
AIGA STL Design Show stldesignshow.com
Judges Panel
November 13 2020

UXPerience Conference
The UX Club UT Dallas
stldesignshow.com
Soft Skills: How to Be a UX Consultant or How to Ideate with Restraints
December 7 2019

AD2 Dallas
No Filter: Keeping It Real at your 9-5
Panelist

February 26 2019

DSVC National Student Show + Conference  
April 2018
The Wonder Years: How to Survive The First Five Years

AIGA Houston Inside Job
November 2017
Equity Through Empathy

AIGA National Conference - Las Vegas
October 2016
Presentation of the Women Lead Equity Toolkit

AIGA UT Arlington
2015 Design Expo, Keynote Speaker
Eye For Design: How AIGA Shaped My Career
November 2015

AIGA National Leadership Retreat - Grand Rapids
June 2015
Breakout Session Panelist
Uh-Oh Prezo

Big D Reads + Naked Stage
March 2015
That Talk I Gave About Grit

TEDxSMU Auditions
How Designers Can & Should Change The World
June 2014

DSVC National Student Show + Conference 
The Brand of You
Breakout Session
May 2014

AIGA National Leadership Retreat - Philadelphia
June 2013
Mentor Matchmaking Programming Spotlight

AIGA National Leadership Retreat - Salt Lake City
June 2012
Vice Presidents Panel

EDU

DesignOps Assembly Learning Labs Instructor/Cohort Lead
Fundamentals Cohorts:
Summer 2022, Fall 2023
Emerging Leaders Cohorts:
Fall 2022, Spring 2023

SMU Temerlin School of Advertising

Final Project Review
March 2013, April 2017

University of North Texas College of Visual Arts + Design
Adjunct Professor 

  • Graphic Design Final Portfolio
    Spring 2012

  • Professional Prep / Personal Brand + Goal Setting + Interviewing (Prerequisite to Final Portfolio)
    Fall 2014, Fall 2015

Portfolio Night 11
May 2013

Portfolio Night 10
May 2012

DSVC National Student Show + Conference
Studio/Agency Tour Host

  • MasonBaronet
    April 2012, 2013, 2014

  • Imaginuity
    April 2015, 2016

TCU Graphic Design Department Speaker
February 2012

UNT Final Portfolio Review
December 2009

University of Texas Arlington
Department of Visual Arts + Art History

  • Adjunct Professor
    Spring 2009

  • Full-time Senior Lecturer + Student Group Advisor
    Fall 2009 - Spring 2010

DSVC National Student Show + Conference
Portfolio Review
2002-2007, 2010-2011

Good For Grasshopper
Portfolio Workshops & Reviews
Organized & Led
2009 - 2010