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About Me

A random series of fund raising, marketing and event planning jobs + a real faith in the importance of working for amazing people led me to planning and producing TEDxSMU and TEDxKids @SMU in Dallas in the fall of 2009. The programs are a co-production of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and the Dallas IdeaSpace (my organization).

Location:
United States, Dallas, TX
Current organization:
Dallas IdeaSpace
Past organizations:
TEDxSMU, TEDxKids @SMU, Russell/Shaw, The CE Group
Current role:
Director
Gender:
Female
I am:
Brainstormer, Event planner, Foodie, Marketer, Philanthropist, Project manager, Promoter
My website links:
TEDxSMU, TEDxKids @SMU, Dallas Idea Week
Universities:
University of Texas at Austin, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
TED conferences attended:
TED2014, TEDActive 2013, TEDGlobal 2012, TED2012, TEDGlobal 2011, TEDActive 2011, TED2010, TEDIndia 2009
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An idea worth spreading

TEDxKids! Taking the unbelievable TED philosophy to middle school kids through the TEDx program. What a crazy difference that would make.

People don't know that I'm good at

Baking red velvet cake.

My TED Story

I drank the Kool Aid after being asked to return to Dallas after 14 years away to run TEDxSMU and TEDxKids @SMU. At the time, I thought TED stood for Texans for Economic Development (the gaming lobby in Texas), so it was thanks to a deep immersion by Jim Young, Sr. and Geoffrey Orsak that I quickly learned how wrong I was. Two weeks after TEDxSMU and TEDxKids @SMU, I went to my first "Big TED" conference, TEDIndia, followed shortly by TEDActive. Now I'm hooked.

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