Many topics. One core message: Inspiring others to see and be their best.

Presentations can be tailored to meet the needs of any group. I look forward to helping you and your team achieve your goals.

I’m proud to be a testimonial speaker and content expert on: career coaching; mid-career women in higher education; and patient advocacy. My experience ranges from small seminars, to live TV and radio interviews, to standing center stage before 100s of people.

Career Coaching

Webinar, CV or Resume: What’s the Difference and Why it Matters

 

Spartan Insights Podcast: Introduction as MSU Alumni Association pre-vetted career coach

Invited Panelist: MSU Graduate School Expanding Careers for PhDs

Mid-Career Women in Higher Education

Lead presenter: Exploring journeys to empower voices. NASPA Region IV-E Women in Student Affairs (WISA) Conference

Moderator and panelist: Negotiating the middle: Mid-career mothers in student affairs. NASPA Conference; Women in Student Affairs (WISA) Knowledge Community Featured Presentation. Standing room only.

Podium presentation: Mid-career mothers in student affairs: Negotiating multiple roles, like clockwork. MSU College of Education Graduate Research Colloquium (GRC)

Poster presentation: High achieving academic women: Navigating multiple environments. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference

Podium presentation: High achieving academic women: Where are we and where should we go. MSU College of Education Graduate Research Colloquium (GRC)

Patient Advocacy

In 2008, our 3 year old son was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. His tenacity and courage inspired me to be his advocate and a voice for patients and families impacted by childhood cancer.

Featured speaker: How Nurses Taught us to Care for Our Son and Each Other. Nursing Student Association Meetings

Cast Member: Listen to Your Mother Metro Detroit Show

Ambassador Family: St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research.

Featured: 3-part series on WLNS TV 6 Lansing for February sweeps. Third segment included two live on-air interviews.

Fundraiser and leadership team member: 46 Mommas Shave for the Brave Campaign national head-shaving events.

Met with Congressional reps lobbying for support of the Creating Hope Act.

Participant & Advocate: Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus. 

Guest: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Radio-a-Thon Fundraiser