Speaking & Media

I speak to education associations, HBCU convenings, school and district leadership teams, denominational gatherings, and technology-workforce conferences. Available for keynotes, workshops, panels, and podcast interviews.

Signature topics

• Funded, Not Just Founded — the five fixable reasons qualified institutions lose grants they should win.
• Yes, Your Church Can Get a Grant — what faith-based organizations are eligible for, what they are not, and the programs congregations are already running that funders want to support.
• The Access Gap in Tech — building cybersecurity and digital-skills pipelines through HBCUs and community institutions.
• The Hours Between Three and Six — why out-of-school time decides so much, what 21st CCLC and CACFP actually fund, and what it takes to run a program well.
• P-21 as One System — why funding kindergarten and funding college completion are the same problem, and what breaks when we treat them separately.
• What They Don't Teach First-Time Executives — coalition-building, political literacy, and surviving the first hard year in a chief role.