past speaking engagements

2005 - 2006

StartingBloc Social Enterprise Conference, Sloan School, MIT, Boston, MA & Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Howard Lecture, Delhi, India

Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival, Kempton, PA

Genesis Farm and Business Alliance of the Ridge and Valley Conference, Blairstown, NJ

Sustainable Sarasota E-fest, Sarasota, FL

2004

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, Chester, PA

DePauw University, Civic Education Convocation, Indianapolis, IN

24th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures, Stockbridge, MA

The Land Institute Prairie Festival, Salina, KS

Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation Annual Luncheon, Milwaukee, WI

Patch Adams’s Gesunheidt Institute, School for Designing a New Society lecturer, WV

Micro Enterprise Association National Conference, plenary panelist, Philadelphia, PA

PA Governor’s Conference for Women, Philadelphia, PA

Russell Sage College, Building Business/Building Community luncheon, Troy, NY

Cooley Dickenson Hospital, “Lets Talk About It” speaker series, Northampton, MA

COOL Idealist National Conference, plenary speaker, Philadelphia, PA

Macalester College Living a Committed Life Conference, St. Paul, MN

British Columbia Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Vancouver, BC

NW Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, Seattle, WA 2004 (keynote) & 2002

2000 - 2003

Action Without Borders, Philadelphia PA 2003

Michigan State University Sustainability Conference, East Lansing MI 2003

University of Wisconsin Earth Charter Summit, Oshkosh WI 2003

Maine Business for Social Responsibility, Belfast ME 2003 (Keynote) & 2001

Hope Magazine Conference, Boston MA 2003

Sustainable Hog Farming Summit, Gettysburg PA 2003

Sustainability Forum, Portland OR 2003

Responsible Minnesota Businesses, Minneapolis MN 2003

Copia: The American Center for Food, Wine and the Arts, “Power of Food” Napa CA 2003

Sustainable Business Forum, Eugene OR 2002

Social Venture Institute, Cortes Island BC 2002

Vermont Business for Social Responsibility, South Burlington VT 2002 (Keynote) & 1998

International Symposium on Spirituality & Business, Boston, MA 2002 (Keynote), 2000 & 1998

Responsible Business Association of Greater Boston, Boston MA 2001

PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture Conference, State College PA 2001

International Conference on Business and Consciousness, Acapulco Mexico 2000

International Conference on Servant-Leadership, Indianapolis IN 2000

Responsible Wealth Conference, Boston MA 2000

Eastern College Executive MBA program, Philadelphia PA 2000

Chefs Collaborative Conference, Portland OR 1999 & Hyde Park NY 2000

1994 - 1999

Mexican Solidarity Network, Washington DC 1999

Eastern Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia PA 1999

International Association of Culinary Professionals, Phoenix AZ 1999

Sustainable Economy International Conference, Havana Cuba 1998

Delaware Valley Association for Directors of Volunteer Programs, Philadelphia PA 1998

Ben & Jerry’s National Franchise Meeting, Key West FL 1998

Visionary Arts Museum Goddess Summit, Baltimore MD 1998

Villanova University Career Week, Villanova PA 1998

Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference, Philadelphia PA 1998

National Associations of Women Business Owners, Philadelphia PA 1998

Women Legislators’ Lobby, Washington DC 1997

Philadelphia’s Promise (Presidential Summit on America’s Future), Philadelphia PA 1997

San Francisco Hospitality Conference, San Francisco 1997

Americorps Conference, Boston and New Orleans 1997

Business for Social Responsibility National Conference, New York NY 1996

Organizational Development Network of Greater New York, New York NY 1996

Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center State Conference, Philadelphia PA 1996

National Society of Fundraising Executives Luncheon, Philadelphia PA 1996

Court Reporters Institute Graduation, Philadelphia PA 1996

Social Venture Institute, Hampshire College MA, 1996

Students for Social Responsibility in Business, Berkeley CA 1995

Harvard University Department of Education Conference, Cambridge MA 1995

American Association of University Women, Philadelphia PA 1995

Leadership, Inc., Philadelphia PA 1995 & 1996

Temple University International Forum, Philadelphia PA 1995

Lake Erie College Honors Convocation Keynote, Painesville OH 1995

Jaycees Young Leaders Award Luncheon, Philadelphia PA 1994

University of Pennsylvania Women's Committee, Philadelphia PA 1994

Wharton Students for Social Responsibility, Philadelphia PA 1994

President Clinton's Small Business Roundtable on Health Care Reform, Washington DC 1994

ARCO Chemical Company Community Service Awards Dinner, Philadelphia PA 1994