Speaking Engagements
At Stokes Strategy & Consulting, we deliver thought-provoking presentations that blend scholarly expertise with practical experience. From panels to keynote talks, we empower audiences with real case studies, actionable insights, and lessons learned in the field to create meaningful, lasting impact.
Past Speaking Engagements
Escaping the Conformity Trap: Build a Culture Where Innovation & Diversity Thrive (w/ Danielle Ayodele)
ILA Global Conference
Prague, Czechia Republic
October 2025
Fireside Chat on Belonging as a Foundation for Inclusion in AI
AI+Compassion Global Forum
Virtual (Hosted out of Osaka, Japan)
October 2025
A Toolkit: Pulse Strategies for Measuring and Advancing Belonging for All
Millennium Leadership Initiative, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Washington, DC
June 2025
Navigating Difficult Conversations
SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing
Washington, DC
April 2024
Allyship in Action
Attain Partners
Virtual
April 2024
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Is it Real or Theatre Panel
We Mean Business Summit, National Women's Collaborative
San Juan, PR
September 2023
Measuring Belonging: Survey Strategies (w/ Dr. Andrew Ho)
Millennium Leadership Initiative, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Washington, DC
June 2023
Implicit Bias in the Scientific Community
SPIE Photonics West
San Francisco, CA
January 2023
Genuine vs Performative Allyship: Moving from Words to Action
Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Minority Groups in the Field of Biomedical Optics Seminar, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Virtual
February 2021
Recruitment, Advisement and Creating Community - How it has Changed in 2020 Panel
Helping STEM Students Thrive Webinar, University of Buffalo
Virtual
November 2020
The CBO as Partner in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work Panel
Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Meeting
Virtual
October 2020
Equity and Inclusion: Moving from Words to Sustainable Action
Towards a More Inclusive Academia Seminar, University of Southampton
Virtual
September 2020
It Takes More than a Diversity Officer: A Collaborative Approach to Diversity Planning and Implementation
2020 Diversity Promising Practices Conference
Auburn, AL
February 2020
Adaptive Pedagogies: Supporting Students during Challenging Circumstances (w/ Pamela Pollock)
Harvard Initiative for Learning & Teaching Conference
Virtual
October 2020
It Takes More than a Diversity Officer
Women Accelerators
Cambridge, MA
February 2020
Leadership for Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
W.K. Kellogg Social Leadership Program
Cambridge, MA
May 2019
Harvard Administrative Fellows Program: A 28-year Integrative Approach to Diversifying Leadership (w/ Teresa Malonzo)
2019 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education Conference
Philadelphia, PA
March 2019
Keynote: Creating an Inclusive Culture: It Takes More than a Diversity Officer.
2018 Alabama Association of Higher Education Officers Conference
Mobile, AL
November 2018
Keynote: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: Intent vs Impact in the Classroom
2018 Southeast Regional Robert Noyce Connections: Convening a Community of Learners Focused on STEM Pre-Service Teacher Education
Mobile, AL
June 2018
An Explanatory Model of First Year Retention (w/ Dr. Colin Coyne)
2018 Association of American University Administrators Leadership Seminar
Chester, PA
June 2018
Media
Racism, Coronavirus, and African American, The Harvard Gazette, June 2020
Towards More Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Academia, University of Southampton, September 2020
