TEDx Organizers

I am passionate about anything I believe in. Beginning with my faith, family and the arts.

Helping humans discover their own power.

Enabling the success of high potential companies in clean tech, health care, and technology by connecting them with like-minded investors, advisors and mentors.

Accessible, free and individualised learning

Teaching public speaking, helping students find their voice, become leaders & thrive. In a world where test-taking often trumps learning, I have seen the incredible and "life-changing" impact on students, parents, schools and communities when you help students' develop their own strengths, teach public speaking and leadership and develop opportunities online, at school, in their community and even on a national level to demonstrate that leadership. I've seen it myself. While I am an international speaker, my own son had stage fright. A year after I volunteered to teach middle schools students public speaking and leadership, they wanted to share their own voices and ideas, help change the world, and inspire others to do the same. Those 12-year old students became the first in the country from a K-8 school to deliver a TEDx Talk all sharing ideas on how to "create a better world." That is an incredible accomplishment, but the journey ...changed them, changed their lives, and mine....To see students flourish in front of you, believe in themselves, support one another, as they learn critical skills and apply those skills in the classroom and community ...has demonstrably changed others' lives as well.

* I want to travel into Space! In 2008 I opened the New York Chapter of Space Tourism Society (STS) and began working with Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) to produce events which advance our common

All things space. History. Travel. Reading & the future of the form. Science Fiction/Fantasy/Literary/Comedy writing. Technology. Creativity. Creating a TEDx event for Johnson Space Center