PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

October 2018: Fraud: How EHS Audit Programs can Address the Challenge; IIA’s EHS Exchange at the Renaissance Downtown in Washington DC

October 2018: Internal Audit’s Role in Sustainability Accounting Disclosures; IIA’s All Star Conference at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV

September 2017: SASB Overview & Tips for CSR Professionals; CRA Ratings & Rankings Thought Leadership Council
Super Strategies conference ; Las Vegas, NV

October 2017: Sustainability Reporting;
MGM; National Harbor, MD

October 2017: Sustainability or Enterprise Risk Management? How Internal Audit and EHS Audit can Support Both Sides of the Same Coin;
IIA member Webinar

October 2017: Internal Audit’s Role in Better 10-K Disclosures;
IIA Los Angeles Chapter; Los Angeles, CA

November 2017: Sustainability EHS and Social Risk Summit;
Super Strategies conference ; Las Vegas, NV

July 2017: Sustainable Development Goals and Your Organization

June 2017: Internal Audits’s Role in SASB Disclosures;

March 2017: Risks Associated with Non-Financial Reporting;
IIA Los Angeles Chapter; Los Angeles, CA

February 2017: 3 Things I Wish People Knew About the Yellow Book;

February 2017: Modern Day Slavery; What Does the UK Law Mean for California Companies?;
Tech Industry Forum; Sunnyvale, CA

February 2017: Applying Conflict Minerals Lessons to Modern Day Slavery & Human Trafficking;
Tech Industry Forum; Sunnyvale, CA

February 2017: 3 Things I Wish People Knew About Yellow Book;
IIA Los Angeles Chapter; Los Angeles, CA

January 2017: EHS Auditing – Is Your Program Worth It?;
EHS Audit Exchange; San Diego, CA

January 2017: EHS Auditing – Safety Breakout Facilitation; Contractor Safety and Autonomous Guided Vehicles;
EHS Audit Exchange; San Diego, CA

November 2016: Wells Fargo Happened – Now What?;
Joint IIA and ACFE Meeting; Los Angeles, CA

September 2016: Frameworks for Non-Financial Reporting;
IIA Los Angeles Fall Conference; Universal City, CA

September 2016: Frameworks for Non-Financial Reporting;
Environmental Health & Safety Audit Exchange; Washington, DC

August 2016: Frameworks for Non-Financial Reporting;
IIA, Orange County Chapter; Irvine, CA

June 2016: Fraud and Data Analytics; Operations, Compliance & Non-Financial Reporting;
IIA District Conference; Anaheim, CA

May 2016: EHS Auditing: Addressing Risks in a Changing World;
EHS Auditing Center Webinar; (online)

April 2016: The Human & Organizational Cost of Fraud;
IIA Los Angeles Chapter; Los Angeles, CA

March 2016: Risks & Opportunities from Non-Financial Reporting;
IIA Los Angeles Chapter Risk conference

March 2016: Climate Change & Remediation – Auditing and Reporting Perspectives;
Sustainable Remediation Forum 31

February 2016: Managing Risks & Leveraging Opportunities for Non-Financial Reporting;
Photonics West Conference, San Francisco, CA

February 2016: Efficiencies and Effectiveness in Conflict Minerals Programs;
Photonics West Conference, San Francisco, CA

November 2015: Conflict Minerals Filings Through the Eyes of an Auditor;
Silicon Valley Conflict Minerals Forum; San Jose, CA

November 2015: Frameworks in Non-Financial Reporting;
IIA Beach Cities Chapter

November 2015: Fraud in Operations, Compliance, and Non-Financial Reporting;
IIA and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE); joint meeting of Los Angeles chapters

October 2015: SEC Conflict Minerals Filings Through the Eyes of an Auditor;
Silicon Valley Conflict Minerals Forum

October 2015: EHS Management Forum;
National Association of Environmental Managers conference (attendee); Charlotte, NC

July 2015: Risk-based Environmental Auditing;
International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA)

March 2015: IPSA Readiness;
Silicon Valley Conflict Minerals Forum ; Conflict Minerals Forum

October 2014: EHS Management Forum;
National Association of Environmental Managers; Annual Conference (attendee); Austin, TX

September 2014: Getting an IPSA You Can Live With;
Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition Conference; San Jose, CA

August 2014: Auditor’s Perspective of Year Two;
PTC Workshop, San Jose, CA.

June 2014: Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Presentation;
Symposium by software vendor, Chicago, IL.

June 2014: Auditing Sustainability;
Conference Sponsored by Internal Auditors of Puget Sound and Seattle University.

April 2014: Sustainability Business Practices;
Frameworks and the Value of Audits; UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA.

October 2013: EHS Management Forum (attendee);

National Association of Environmental Managers Annual Conference; Montreal, Quebec

October 2013: Best Practices for Non-Financial Reporting;
Institute of Internal Auditors, Los Angeles Chapter.

September 2013: Risk-based Environmental Auditing;
National Institute of Storage Tank Management.

August 2013: Greenwash and Fraud in Sustainability Reporting;
Orange County Sustainability Coalition.

Spring 2013: Incorporating Sustainability into Financial Reporting;
UCLA Extension.

March 2013: Risk-Based Environmental Auditing;
International Aboveground Storage Tank Conference; National Institute for Storage Tank Management; Orlando, FL

January 2013: Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals;
Peninsula Industry & Business Association, San Jose, CA

January 2013: “U.S. Conflict Minerals: Background and Proposed Rule,”
EHS Journal publication.

November 2012: Safety in the Workplace;
Institute of Internal Auditors (Beach Cities)

October 2012: EHS Management Forum;
National Association of Environmental Managers, Annual Conference (attendee); Naples, FL

Fall 2012: Integrating Financial Reporting into Sustainability;
Course at UCLA Extension.

May 2012: Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals: A Proposed Accounting Rule’s Effect on Sustainability & Business Life Cycle;
Inogen World View Conference, Toronto, Canada.

April 2012: Internal Auditing As a Career, Institute of Internal Auditors;
San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Chapters; joint meeting for Student Night.

Spring 2011: Linking Financial Reporting and Disclosures to Sustainability Reporting;
UCLA Extension.

May 2011: Green or Greenwash?: Why Getting it Right is Important for Public Relations;
Public Relations Society of America.

September 2010: Sustainability Data and Reporting: Why Auditing Matters;
Institute of Internal Auditors, Western Regional Conference

November 2010: Financial Aspects of Sustainability;
One-day seminar at UCLA Extension.

July 2010: Institute of Internal Auditors’ Sustainability Practice Guide: Summary, Problems, and Tips
Auditing Roundtable, San Francisco, CA

May 2010: Auditing Claims and Assertions;
American Industrial Hygiene Association National Conference, Denver, CO

May 2010: Fair Value of Environmental Liabilities: Preview of International Financial Reporting Standards;
Presented at an Invitation-Only company benchmarking session for remediation portfolio managers.

May 2010 : SEC Guidance for Financial Disclosures on Climate Change;
Webinar sponsored by the Auditing Roundtable

February 2010: Making Audits Work for You;
Association of Hazardous Materials Professionals (webinar) ; also at August 2009 AHMP National Conference

November 2009: Changing View of Environmental Compliance;
Institute of Internal Auditors (San Gabriel Valley Chapter)

November 2009: Making Audits Work for You;
Association of Hazardous Materials Professionals (National Meeting, San Diego, CA)

April 2009: A Word About Metrics;
Auditing Roundtable National Meeting; San Antonio, TX

June 2008: “Going Green”: Business Principles to Leverage Opportunities and Manage Risks;
Women’s Environmental Council; Burbank, CA

PUBLISHED CONTENT

Chemical Industry Sustainability Survey;
Chapter in Transforming Sustainability Strategy into Action, John Wiley publishers, 2005; (chapter co-author)