The Room Is Listening. Make It Count.
Public speaking is just communications at full volume — the same rules apply. Know your audience. Do the work. Make the complex accessible. Leave people with something they can act on.
With roots in radio — as a morning DJ, talk show host, news director, and journalist — and time on the stage as an actor, I've spent a career learning how to hold a room. Not with performance, but with preparation, presence, and the discipline to find the everyday example that makes a complicated idea land.
Whether moderating an expert panel on climate policy, delivering a conference keynote, or presenting research to a room full of scientists and industry professionals, the goal is always the same: make sure the audience is not just hearing the content — but receiving it, understanding it, and leaving with something they didn't have when they walked in.
American Meteorological Society — Winter Weather Conference reflects the range of environments where strategic communications work lives — including rooms full of experts who need a communicator, not just another presenter.
Thirty-year television, radio, and print spokesperson for Mt. Hood Meadows and Northwest skiing. Recently interviewed on camera at the California Orphan Oil Well Conference representing the Well Done Foundation.
Delight Conference — Delivered the keynote address to an audience of business and creative professionals, exploring the intersection of human connection and technology — anchored by my trademarked guiding principle: "Technology is Nothing without Humanity."
Moderated two Growth Committee sessions at the NSAA National Convention in Marco Island — Youth Engagement and Designing the Beginner Experience — alongside leaders from VIVE Northwest and Ski Saint-Bruno, Quebec, exploring strategies to welcome the next generation to snow sports.
FWSA Climate Change Panel — Host & Moderator FWSA's first-ever Climate Change panel, guiding a substantive, solutions-focused conversation for an industry audience on the future of snow sports.