Bringing systems thinking, lived experience, and strategic clarity to stages, boardrooms, and coalition convenings where the work of equity is taken seriously.
| Genie has delivered keynotes and facilitated strategic sessions for education conferences, advocacy coalitions, and organizational learning events nationwide, including the ADHD National Conference. Her work has been recognized with a Silver Davey Award for General Education and featured in syndicated press across the US, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. |
Speaking
I deliver keynotes, facilitate panels, and lead board retreat sessions for conferences, coalitions, and organizational learning events where leaders are ready to move from performative inclusion to structural change.
My sessions are not inspirational. They are strategic. Attendees leave with a clearer picture of what their systems are actually doing — and a framework for doing differently.
Speaking Topics
Neurodiversity as Systems Design
Why accommodations aren’t enough — and what it takes to build education systems designed for neurodivergent learners from the start.
Family-Centered Design: Beyond the Buzzword
What authentic family engagement looks like, how to build it, and why most organizations get it wrong.
The Hidden Costs of Educational Inequity
The financial, organizational, and human costs of systems that don’t work — and how to build differently.
Lived Experience as Strategic Intelligence
How to translate community insight into organizational strategy without extraction or tokenization.
Future-Proofing Education for Equity
Anticipating demographic shifts, policy changes, and community expectations — and building systems that can adapt.
Format
Keynotes (45–90 minutes)
For conferences, convenings, and large-scale events. High-impact, story-driven, and strategically grounded.
Panel Facilitation
I don’t just participate — I facilitate. Bringing structure, depth, and strategic framing to panel conversations.
Board Retreat Sessions (Half-day or Full-day)
Deep-dive strategy sessions for boards navigating inclusion, equity, compliance, and community accountability.
Coalition & Organizational Learning Events
Custom-designed sessions for staff teams, coalition members, or leadership groups.
Advisory Services
Advisory engagements are available to organizations that need targeted strategic support outside of a full partnership — boards navigating a specific decision, executive teams working through a policy challenge, or coalitions designing a new initiative.
Board Advisory
Ongoing or quarterly advisory support for boards navigating complex equity decisions, policy design, and community trust-building.
Strategic Consultation
Targeted support for specific initiatives: program design, RFP review, stakeholder engagement strategy, or policy analysis.
Organizational Coaching for Leadership Teams
Helping executive directors, program managers, and leadership teams build internal capacity for equity-driven systems change.
Booking Features
Speaking Fees
Keynotes from $5,000. Board retreat sessions and coalition convenings quoted by scope. Travel and accommodations additional.
Advisory Fees
Board advisory retainers from $5,000/quarter. Strategic consultation engagements begin at $7,500 for scoped initiatives including program design review, RFP support, and stakeholder engagement strategy.
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