2026 Schedule

Speaking Engagements

Keynotes, workshops, and panel discussions on PMO strategy, agile transformation, AI governance, and organizational leadership.

Upcoming & Confirmed

July 26–28, 2026

PMI® Agile2026

Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor, MD

From Second Line to Agile: What Jazz Funerals Teach Us About Adaptive Teams

Confirmed
August 11–12, 2026

AI Risk Summit 2026

Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, CA

The Accountability Gap: Why AI Governance Fails Before the Breach Occurs

Confirmed
October 15–16, 2026

Tech Fuse Des Moines 2026

Des Moines, Iowa

When Your Product Fails, Who Pays? Accountability in High-Stakes Tech Delivery

Confirmed
October 30, 2026

PMO Advisory Complex Project and Program Management Summit

Virtual

When the PMO Is the Target: Protecting Your Portfolio When the Organization Works Against You

Advisory Confirmed

Completed Engagements

June 26, 2026

PMO Advisory Portfolio Management Summit

Virtual

Portfolio Management Under Fire: Leading $386M Through Crisis, Compliance, and Constraint

Delivered
June 23–25, 2026

PAM Summit

Kraków, Poland

Portfolio-Level Business Analysis, Invited International Panelist

Delivered
June 5, 2026

PMI Olympia Professional Development Day

Olympia, WA

PMO Simulation: Standing Up a PMO Under Dual Oversight

Delivered
June 3, 2026

Washington State DEI Empowerment Conference

Virtual, Olympia, WA

When Excellence Is Not Enough: Navigating Workplace Barriers as a Migrant Professional

Delivered
April 2026

AI in the New Era Conference

Virtual

When AI Gets It Wrong and Nobody Notices: Governance, Accountability, and the Cost of Unaccountable AI

Delivered
October 2025

PMI Puget Sound Professional Development Days

Seattle, WA

Standing Up the PMO: Building the City of New Orleans ARPA PMO from the Ground Up

PMO Beyond AI: Lessons from Airport Infrastructure and Government

Delivered
September 2025

MK Museums, Our People, Our Pages: A Living Archive of Black New Orleans

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Amsterdam to New Orleans: A Personal and Professional Legacy of Cultural Economy and Innovation

Delivered
March 2025

American Society for Public Administration National Conference

National Conference

Chaos to Compliance in the Big Easy: Lessons from the $386M ARPA PMO Implementation

Delivered

Earlier Highlights

  • 2019Museum of Flight, Women Fly, Seattle, WA. Keynote. Becoming a BAE: Starting Your Journey to Becoming a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering.
  • 2018, 2014Race and Pedagogy National Conference. Panelist and presenter.
  • 2014, 2013WABE Conference. Presenter.
  • 2013White Privilege Conference. Presenter.
  • 2013Central Washington University, Different Ways of Knowing Symposium. Presenter.

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