Speaking Engagements, 2019

  • OHUB KC: 3rd Friday’s Entrepreneurship Series w/ Megan Holston-Alexander, Moderator, December 2019
  • BlackTech Weekend Panel, November 2019
  • Kauffman Foundation Innovator in Residence Community Presentation, Community Innovation District Design, November 2019
  • Country Club Bank Banking on KC Podcast, Breaking Out of the Silo & Creating a Multicultural Business Community, October 2019
  • Jackson County Contractor Licensing Conference, Building Your Business Legacy, October 2019
  • Women2Women National Conversations Tour- Kansas City, September 2019
  • Design Instrumentation, Life Sciences, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Capital Formation, and Design Thinking Session at Stanford University, Presentation on Community Innovation Design Model, September 2019
  • Aimee the Attorney Answers Podcast Guest, Entrepreneurial Law, August 2019
  • Startland News Innovation Exchange Panelist, Building Innovation Hubs, August 2019
  • Skillpath Panel on Negotiation Strategies, August 2019
  • Team Human Podcast Guest, August 2019
  • Don Bosco Senior Center, Aging Mastery Program: Advanced Planning Workshop, August 2019
  • Kauffman Foundation Disruptors Series Panelist, July 2019
  • LIFT KC Panelist Opportunity Zones, July 2019
  • Missouri Bar Podcast Guest, Is It Legal To: Business Law Edition, June 2019
  • Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference, How to Set Up a Solo or Small Firm, June 2019
  • Jackson County Bar Association, Law 101 Series, Small Business & Nonprofit Law, June 2019
  • Navigating Food Law & Policy, Founders in Food, June 2019
  • ScaleUP!KC, Business Law Considerations for Second Stage Businesses, May 2019
  • Legal Considerations for Small Business, SEED Law, May 2019
  • Kauffman FastTrac Listening to Your Business, Founders in Food, May 2019
  • Creator and Host of the Inaugural MBC Tour Week, Multicultural Business Coalition, April 2019
  • Leveraging Your License: A Conversation on Medical Marijuana, SEED Law, April 2019
  • Policy & Power Lunch: Leveraging Your Political Power, Panel Host and Moderator, April 2019
  • Global TiesKC, Tajikistani Journalists Visit KC, April 2019
  • Bosses Who Brunch Panelist and Organizer,  April 2019
  • MECA Challenge: Centurions, Judge and Moderator for panel on Entrepreneurship, March 2019
  • Hot 103 Jamz Music Conference, March 2019
  • Empower KC Speaker Panel, March 2019
  • Understanding and Leveraging Political Capital as a Business Community, Panel Host and Moderator, March 2019
  • Kansas City Business Journal Mentoring Monday, February 2019

Speaking Engagements, 2018 

  • SEED Law Series, Part III: Food Law & Policy Workshop, December 2018
  • WVON 1690 The Talk of Chicago, Black Families & Entrepreneurship, December 2018
  • Don Bosco Senior Center, Aging Mastery Program: Advanced Planning Workshop, November 2018
  • Kansas City Business Journal, Paths to Executive Leadership, November 2018
  • Johnson County Contractor Licensing Fall Education Summit, Implementing Construction Law Protections, October 2018
  • Johnson County Contractor Licensing Fall Education Summit, Building Your Business Legacy, October 2018
  • SEED Law Series, Part II: Human Resources Bootcamp, October 2018
  • TechWeek Kansas City Minority Technology Entrepreneurship, Ins and Outs of Launching a Tech Venture panel, October 2018
  • SEED Law Series, Part I: Intellectual Property Bootcamp, September 2018
  • ScaleUP!KC, Business Law Considerations for Second Stage Businesses, September 2018
  • Don Bosco Senior Center, Aging Mastery Program: Advanced Planning Workshop, September 2018
  • Buena Vista University Kansas City Area After-Work Social, September 2018
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Community Reception for the Black Women Business Startup Report, August 2018
  • Shirley’s Kitchen Cabinet, Amplify and Mobilize, July 2018
  • Jackson County Bar Association, Law 101 Series, Small Business & Nonprofit Law, July 2018
  • Centurions Guest Speaker, Kansas City CEO Roundtable, June 2018
  • 6th Annual Midwest Symposium for Social Entrepreneurship, Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship, May 2018
  • MidContinent Public Library, Small Business Bootcamp Keynote Speaker, May 2018
  • Global TiesKC, FastTrac Listening To Your Business, March 2018
  • Prospect Business Owners Association, Understanding Business Structure, April 2018
  • Global TiesKC, FastTrac Listening To Your Business for African Leaders in Entrepreneurship, March 2018
  • Porter House KC, Not So Basics of Small Business Law, March 2018
  • Global TiesKC, FastTrac Listening To Your Business for Women in Entrepreneurship Leaders, March 2018
  • 1 Million Cups-Kansas City Black History Month Partnership, February 2018
  • Missouri Department of Transportation Entrepreneurship Cohort, Practical Business Protections, January 2018
  • MidContinent Public Library, Legal Considerations for Small Business, January 2018

Speaking Engagements, 2017 

  • Global Entrepreneurship Week, For the Fashionpreneur, November 2017
  • JE Dunn Minority Subcontractor Development Program, Construction Law, November 2017
  • MidContinent Public Library, HR Event with Adrienne Haynes: Employment Law for Entrepreneurs, November 2017
  • Create Campaign KCK, Keynote Speaker & Business Law for Entrepreneurs, October 2017
  • GlobalTiesKC, YLAI Fellows “Priority Review- From Planning to Execution”, October 2017
  • Business Law for Entrepreneurs (en español), September 2017
  • The Porter House Series, Business Law for Entrepreneurs, August 2017
  • Innovation on a Budget, presentation to leadership of large KC based nonprofit, August 2017
  • Business Law for Entrepreneurs, 3 part offering with KCBizCare,  Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City & Hispanic Economic Development Corporation, July-September 2017 (English & Spanish offerings)
  • ScaleUP!KC, Business Law Considerations for Second Stage Businesses, July 2017
  • Global TiesKC, Guest Speaker for Central & South American Female Business Leaders, “My Entrepreneurial Journey”, July 2017
  • Presentation to Kansas City U.S. Social Security Administration Black Affairs Council, entitled A Career of Service, July 2017
  • UMKC Law, Hot Topics in Law & Practice, Entrepreneurial Lawyering, June 2017
  • Jackson County Bar Association, Law 101 Series, Small Business & Nonprofit Law, June 2017
  • NYU Law, Conference on Legal Issues in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing, May 2017
  • 5th Annual Midwest Symposium for Social Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship in Action, May 2017
  • William Penn University, Leaders Speak Series, Redefining the Status Quo, April 2017
  • Communities Creating Opportunity, Start Your Business! Entrepreneurial Workshop, April 2017
  • Buena Vista University, Keynote Speaker for Scholars Day, April 2017
  • Global TiesKC, Women’s History Month Speaker, March 2017
  • Blue Valley CAPS, Entrepreneursip Program Launch Module Speaker, March 2017
  • 1 Million Cups- Kansas City, Women’s History Month Panelist, Moderator, & Guest Organizer, March 2017
  • Mid-Continent Public Library, Small Business Bootcamp, Legalese for Small Business Owners, March 2017
  • AIPAC Israel Action Forum, Closing Speaker, February 2017
  • Kansas City Kansas Community College, SEED Law Business Law Basics, February 2017
  • ScaleUP!KC, Business Law Considerations, February 2017

Speaking Engagements, 2016 

  • Kansas City Kansas Community College, Intellectual Property in Manufacturing, December 2016
  • Poe Man’s Challenge, Careers in Entrepreneurship, December 2016
  • Olathe Latino Coalition Hispanic Business Expo, Business Law, November 2016
  • Johnson County Contractor Licensing, Top 10 Construction Law Considerations, October 2016
  • Builders’ Association, Top 10 Construction Law Considerations, September 2016
  • Show Me Shoes Foundation, Moguls in Heels Featured Panelist, September 2016
  • Girls to Queens #Crowned Camp, Entrepreneurship Challenge, June 2016
  • Start and Scale Your Business Day 1WeekKC, Kauffman FastTrac  Listening to Your Business, May 2016
  • Mid-Continent Public Library, Business Quickstart, February 2016

Speaking Engagements, 2015

  • Blue Hills Contractor Incubator, Building Your Business Legacy, November 2015
  • Solutions with the Situational Architect Podcast Feature, Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 2015
  • Kauffman FastTrac Listening to Your Business, November 2015
  • Solutions with the Situational Architect Podcast Feature, Top 10 Business Law Considerations, July 2015
  • Panelist for the 9th annual UMKC Women of Color Leadership Conference, Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship, May 2015

Speaking Engagements, 2014

  • Panelist for the 8th annual UMKC Women of Color Leadership Conference, Career Panel, May 2014