The work is a conversation. Speaking is where it starts.

I speak to conservation organizations, tourism industry gatherings, tribal and Indigenous-led convenings, leadership programs, and academic audiences on the practices that connect them. Over the last decade I've keynoted, moderated, and joined panels on six continents' worth of stages, from the IUCN World Conservation Congress to the Adventure Travel Trade Association to the Royal Society for Arts.

I speak best when the room is ready to work, not just listen.

What i speak about

Regenerative tourism and community stewardship
Moving destination organizations from marketing places to managing them, and from managing them to regenerating them. The economics of the shift, the politics of the shift, and what it takes to lead an organization through it.

Community-led development and Indigenous sovereignty
What it actually means to build with, not for. Lessons from buffalo rematriation, tribal tourism governance, and Native entrepreneurship on what community-led work looks like when it's done well and when it isn't.

Building the next generation of leaders
What a decade of training 3,000+ emerging conservation leaders across 30 countries taught me about intergenerational leadership, succession planning, and why youth-led doesn't mean youth-alone.

Leadership at the edge of tension
Leading in places where visions must be defined while honoring the people you're accountable to, where oversight lives alongside political nuance, and where progress depends on knowing relationships well enough to know when to push. Drawn from work with tribal nations, the Saudi government, and small-town Wyoming.

SPEAKING AND PANEL FACILITATION

From keynote speeches to workshop facilitation and panel hosting roles, we have delivered thousands of speeches to audiences of all ages and sizes. Here’s a list of some of our previous speaking roles and opportunities

2025
Travel and Trade Research Association

2023
Womentum March Onward (Keynote)

2022
Adventure Travel Trade Association, AdventureNext Patagonia Summit (Closing Keynote)
North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation Council Session

2021
IUCN World Conservation Congress
IUCN Global Youth Summit
Royal Society for Arts

2020
Native American Education Conference (Keynote)
Chatham House Global Forum on Forest Governance

2019
Global Youth Dialogue Gathering, France

2018
World Leaders Conservation Forum, South Korea (Keynote)

2016
IUCN World Conservation Congress (Keynote)

2015
Inspiring a New Generation Summit

2014
IUCN World Parks Congress

2013
10th World Wilderness Congress

Formats

Keynotes, closing talks, panels, moderated conversations, and workshops. I travel domestically and internationally. I also take on virtual talks and podcast appearances.

Invite me to speak

Tell me about your event, your audience, and what you're hoping the conversation will do. I'll get back to you within a week.