Speaking Engagements
2022 – Invited Speaker/Panelist – 5th Annual United in Sustainability Summit – UNFCU/OAS FCU – November 14, 2022 - Recording available here.
2022 – Invited Speaker/Panelist – Investing in Food: New Directions In Food Financing – Opportunity Finance Network – October 20, 2022
2021 – Invited Speaker/Panelist – Food Supply Chain Finance forum – USDA/The White House – December 14, 2021 - Recording available here.
2021 – Invited Speaker/Panelist – Vacant to Vibrant Summit – Urban Neighborhood Initiative – October 2, 2021
2020 – Invited Speaker/Panelist – How CDFIs Can Provide You With Access to Capital – YWCA CDFI Webinar – August 27, 2020
2020 – Webinar Host/Speaker – NC Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses & Non-Profits – SBA/Self-Help – June 11 - 12, 2020
2019 – Invited Speaker/Panelist – Food and Social Mobility Summit – The Duke Endowment – May 15, 2019
2019 – Invited Speaker/Panelist – Thrive NC Summit – Raleigh, NC – May 9, 2019
2019 – Panelist – The Farmer that Feeds Us Documentary Screening – Davidson College, Davidson, NC– April 10, 2019
2018 – Roundtable Host/Panelist – Community Development Action Coalition – HBCU Clean Energy Initiative – November 9, 2018
2018 – Conference Host NSF REU: Examining the Intersection of Food, Housing and Healthcare, Johnson C. Smith University, August 8, 2018
2018 – Forum Host – Community Food Advocacy Forum, Creating Sustainable Food Systems, Johnson C. Smith University, April 28th 2018
2018 – Keynote Speaker – Gaston County Arts Council, Arts, Creativity & Sustainability, Earth Day Celebration, April 19th 2018
2017 - Green-to-Green Project: Economic Empowerment through Sustainable Agriculture, Association for Sustainability in Higher Education, (AASHE) Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 17, 2017
2017 – Keynote Speaker – Center for Agricultural Research (CELOS), Suriname, 50th Anniversary Gala Ceremony, March 21st 2017
2017 – Keynote Speaker – Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, US Embassy, Paramaribo, Suriname, March 21st 2017
2016 – Keynote Speaker - Urban Sustainability Forum, JCSU, Charlotte, NC, April 22, 2016
2016 – Panelist and Workshop Leader - United States Food System Symposium, Davidson College, Davidson, NC April 9, 2016
2016 - Clinton Global Initiative University Conference, University of California at Berkley, San Francisco, CA, April 1 – 3, 2016
2015 – Sustainability Summit, The Duke Endowment, Charlotte, NC “Food and Farming in the Carolinas” March 26, 2015
2015 – Clinton Global Initiative University Conference, University of Miami, FL, “Mobile App for Sustainability” March 6 – 8, 2015