Selected Awards, Fellowships, Distinctions

2021 Speaker, The Nature of Cities (TNOC) Festival on Igniting Open Innovation, GLOBAL

2020 Writer, G20 Dossier, Italian Institute for International Political Science; Milan, ITALY

2020 Speaker, Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD9) Symposium; Ahmedabad, INDIA

2019 Speaker, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Disruptive Ideas Festival; Cowes, UNITED KINGDOM

2019 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (RSA); London, UNITED KINGDOM

2017 Fellow, Vital Voices Women’s Leadership Program; Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA

2017 Fellow, The Coaching Fellowship Leadership Program; San Francisco, California, USA

2017 Speaker, US State Department YSEALI Design and Innovation Trainings; Jakarta, INDONESIA

2017 Presenter, MIT Local Innovation Ecosystems Awards Fellowship Program; Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

2016 Innovation Consultant, the DO School Daimler Mercedes-Benz Challenge; Berlin, GERMANY

2016 Curriculum Lead, Ashoka U ‘Redesigning Japanese Higher Education’; Hiroshima, JAPAN

2016 Selected, International Development and Design Summit (IDDS); Bogotá, COLOMBIA

2016 Moderator, Women In Design Speaker Series; AKIN Asia; Bangkok, THAILAND

2015 Social Entrepreneur Fellow, THNK School for Creative Leadership; Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

2014 Writer, Designing for Scale and Adoption Conference, Grameen Foundation; Mumbai, INDIA

2014 Researcher, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, d.school; Palo Alto, California, USA

2014 Speaker, Asia Pacific Sociological Association Conference; Chiang Mai, THAILAND

2013 Presenter, World Alliance of YMCAs Executive Committee Meeting; Jericho, PALESTINE

2011 Awarded, Top 50 Green Heroes of Middle Tennessee; Business Chamber; Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2010 Reelected, YMCA World Alliance Executive Committee; Geneva, SWITZERLAND

2009 Awarded, Nashville Business Leader Under 40; Business Journal; Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2008 Awarded, Rotary Foundation Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship; San Jose, COSTA RICA

2007 Speaker, YMCA International Conference; Mexico City, MEXICO

2007 Selected, International Youth Forum: The Power of Youth for Peace; Sharm El Sheikh, EGYPT

2006 Fellow, Social Impact,ACJ Programs across Uruguay; Montevideo, URUGUAY