Formal Speaking Engagements

Images of various speakers at formal events, including memorial services and forums. Settings are indoor auditoriums with wooden accents and a professional atmosphere.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Commemoration, in Loy Henderson Auditorium, of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, featuring appearances by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford III, and United Nations Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, among others

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Teach Africa Youth Forum and Exhibition, sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and the World Affairs Council, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Event featured appearances by Department officials including Secretary Colin Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison, and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Berry Newman, and guests including Africa Society founder Leonard Robinson, Jr., former CNN news anchor Bernard Shaw, and local high school contestants and game show host Mac McGarry .

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Office of the Administrator - Philadelphia - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Food Lab at Drexel University , Environmental Protection Agency

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Teach Africa Youth Forum and Exhibition, sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and the World Affairs Council, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Event featured appearances by Department officials including Secretary Colin Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison, and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Berry Newman, and guests including Africa Society founder Leonard Robinson, Jr., former CNN news anchor Bernard Shaw, and local high school contestants and game show host Mac McGarry .

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SCIENCE DAY 2004

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Lis Wiehl, lawyer, television commentator, author of Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life

Secretary's Open Forum session, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, with participants including John Miller, Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium Select Images

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Sustaining Women in STEM Making the Shift SWIS Chrystal Johnson hosted event at Bowie State Univ on Nov 7, 2019 with panel discussion, speakers, and breakout sessions

Donna Brazile, adjunct professor at Georgetown University, syndicated newspaper columnist and vice chair of voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), gives the keynote speech at a program celebrating National Women's History Month at NASA Headquarters, Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Washington. The theme of this year's program was "Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination." The program was sponsored by the HQ Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management Division at NASA Headquarters and commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Women's Suffrage March on Washington.

Holocaust Days of Remembrance event in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring presentations by Efraim Cohen of the Office of Civil Rights, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, Moises Behar of the Office of Civil Rights, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman, storyteller and actress Lisa Lipkin, and Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Randolph Marshall Bell

Teach Africa Youth Forum and Exhibition, sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and the World Affairs Council, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Event featured appearances by Department officials including Secretary Colin Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison, and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Berry Newman, and guests including Africa Society founder Leonard Robinson, Jr., former CNN news anchor Bernard Shaw, and local high school contestants and game show host Mac McGarry .

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Marriott Courtyard Hotel in Cocoa Beach, Fla., Karen Thompson, NASA's chief technologist at the Kennedy Space Center, speaks to participants in the 4th International Workshop on Lunar and Planetary Compact and Cryogenic Science and Technology Applications.Scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs interested in research on the moon and other planetary surfaces, recently participated in the Workshop. Taking place April 8-11, 2014, the event was designed to foster collaborative work among those interested in solving the challenges of building hardware, software and businesses interested in going back to the moon and exploring beyond.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SCIENCE DAY 2004

Seminar on gay history, sponsored by Interior's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employee Organization (GLOBE)

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

First Lady Laura Bush, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes appearing at the Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Benjamin Franklin Room

Technology Administration - NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns discusses increasing U.S. engagement in the Asia Pacific region, including establishing a positive relationship with China, working towards North Korea's denuclearization, and building a new regional architecture, at the University of Tokyo in Japan on October 27, 2011.

Panel presentation in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring television news correspondent Andrea Mitchell, joined by Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison and other Department officials

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hollings Student Scholarship Presentations_Student Scholarship Presentations

Secretary's Open Forum session in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring address on open source intelligence by Robert David Steele, former Central intelligence Agency official and Marine Corps intelligence officer, and Chief Executive Officer of OSS.Net.

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns discusses increasing U.S. engagement in the Asia Pacific region, including establishing a positive relationship with China, working towards North Korea's denuclearization, and building a new regional architecture, at the University of Tokyo in Japan on October 27, 2011.

Fort McCoy Garrison Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Amy Noble with the Fort McCoy Garrison Religious Support Office speaks during the Fort McCoys 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month observance Sept. 15, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Licensed Counselor Carmella Navarro was the guest speaker. Navarro has experience working with the Army Reserves 85th Support Command and much more as a licensed clinical professional counselor. Navarro shared many personal experiences in her presentation. The 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month observance at Fort McCoy was organized by Guzman with the Fort McCoy Equal Opportunity Office. In addition to the guest speaker, the banquet room at McCoys Community Center was adorned with materials highlight Hispanic Heritage, and more.

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at National Park System Advisory Board meeting, held in conjunction with Scholars Forum on National Park Service role as civic educator, at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Working Capital Fund - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Conference on Ocean Literacy

Holocaust Days of Remembrance event in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring presentations by Efraim Cohen of the Office of Civil Rights, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, Moises Behar of the Office of Civil Rights, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman, storyteller and actress Lisa Lipkin, and Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Randolph Marshall Bell

Program hosted by Bureau of African Affairs in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring discussion by documentary filmmaker Randy Bell of projects including multi year exploration of the lives of orphans in Nairobi, Kenya's Mathare slum. On hand were Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, and other Department officials.

Holocaust Days of Remembrance event in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring presentations by Efraim Cohen of the Office of Civil Rights, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, Moises Behar of the Office of Civil Rights, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman, storyteller and actress Lisa Lipkin, and Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Randolph Marshall Bell

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, where he addressed newly naturalized U.S. citizens during Citizenship Day ceremonies, met with National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Park Police personnel, and joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio Gonzalez for announcement of joint USCIS-NPS program to welcome new citizens at National Park sites

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

Former Florida State Sen. Tony Hill speaks during an Astronauts Memorial Foundation tribute honoring U.S. Air Foce Maj. Robert Lawrence. Looking on is State Rep. Thad Altman, president of the AMF. Selected in 1967 for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program, Lawrence was the first African-American astronaut. He lost his life in a training accident 50 years ago. The ceremony took place in the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Visit of figure skating star Michelle Kwan to State, where she joined Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes in the Treaty Room for the announcement of Kwan's appointment as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. In the role, Kwan, a five time World Champion and two time Olympic medalist, will reach out to international young people by visiting their schools and clubs to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.

Civil service mid term evaluation session in Loy Henderson Auditorium

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hollings Student Scholarship Presentations_Student Scholarship Presentations

Activities at the 2007 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest at BIG Arts in Sanibel, Florida, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the Interior officials on hand to announce the winning entry, a depiction of a pair of pintail ducks by wildlife artist Joe Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota. Judges for the competition, selected by the Secretary, included wood sculptor and former major league baseball pitcher Jim Sprankle, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Executive Director and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Matt Hogan, Springfield, Missouri Arts Council President Jeanie Morris, Smithsonian National Postal Museum Chief Curator for Philately Cheryl Ganz, and wildlife writer-photographer and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Eugene Hester.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Holocaust Days of Remembrance event in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring presentations by Efraim Cohen of the Office of Civil Rights, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, Moises Behar of the Office of Civil Rights, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman, storyteller and actress Lisa Lipkin, and Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Randolph Marshall Bell

Panel presentation in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring television news correspondent Andrea Mitchell, joined by Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison and other Department officials

Commemoration, in Loy Henderson Auditorium, of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, featuring appearances by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford III, and United Nations Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, among others

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Black History Month Program

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at events marking the debut of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, at Monticello, Virginia

Conference on Children and Nature at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, with Interior participants including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

President's Environmental Youth Awards - President's Environmental Youth Awards Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

Panel presentation in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring television news correspondent Andrea Mitchell, joined by Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison and other Department officials

NASA Kennedy Space Center's Deputy Director Janet Petro welcomes workers to the center's Women's History Month event, with the theme "Nevertheless She Persisted." Keynote speaker, JoAnn Morgan, former associate director of the center, spoke to the group about her experience as the first female engineer working in the space program in the 1960s. Morgan was the first female in the Launch Control Center firing room during the Apollo 11 launch. The event was hosted by the center's Kennedy Networking Opportunities for Women (KNOW) and Launching Leaders organizations. The purpose of KNOW is to provide focus on issues such as employment, retention, promotion, training, career and personal development, education, and identify and eliminate barriers that hinder the advancement of women in the workforce.

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Glenn Research Center, Black History Month Program for Center Employees

Events featuring speech by Secretary Gale Norton, and follow-up discussions, at the University of Denver in Colorado, with the audience including anti

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Launching event at Main Interior for the Bureau of Indian Education's "BIE READS" reading and math skills improvement program, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Carl Artman and Bureau of Indian Education Acting Director Kevin Skenandore, among other officials, along with students and faculty from Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools on the Puyallup Indian Reservation in Washington, the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico

Technology Administration - NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Working Capital Fund - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Conference on Ocean Literacy

Foreign Affairs Day 2006 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations, including address by Secretary Condoleezza Rice in the Dean Acheson Auditorium

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at National Park System Advisory Board meeting, held in conjunction with Scholars Forum on National Park Service role as civic educator, at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Memorandum of Undertanding (MOU) at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

Working Capital Fund - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Conference on Ocean Literacy

Department of the Interior University-sponsored book forum, featuring presentation by Ronald Shapiro, attorney, sports agent, co-author of Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

Teach Africa Youth Forum and Exhibition, sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and the World Affairs Council, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Event featured appearances by Department officials including Secretary Colin Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison, and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Berry Newman, and guests including Africa Society founder Leonard Robinson, Jr., former CNN news anchor Bernard Shaw, and local high school contestants and game show host Mac McGarry .

Dedication ceremonies at the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation. School design, by architectural firm headed by Navajo member, incorporates Navajo cultural elements

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by Delorese Ambrose, management educator, author of Leadership: The Journey Inward

Asian Pacific Month lecture program, Main Interior

Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Aurene Martin, speaking at dedication ceremonies at the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at dedication ceremonies at the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Memorandum of Undertanding (MOU) at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science , Environmental Protection Agency

Take Pride in America (TPIA) National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, TPIA Executive Director Heather Roebke, USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathny Wills Wright, and other officials

Artemis Generation Roundtable. Tahara Dawkins, Chief of Staff for the National Space Council speaks during an Artemis Generation Roundtable for Black Space Week, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. As part of Black Space Week, the National Space Council and NASA collaborated with Black In Astro to host students for a discussion on the future of space exploration and equity.

Conference on Children and Nature at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, with Interior participants including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Launching event at Main Interior for the Bureau of Indian Education's "BIE READS" reading and math skills improvement program, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Carl Artman and Bureau of Indian Education Acting Director Kevin Skenandore, among other officials, along with students and faculty from Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools on the Puyallup Indian Reservation in Washington, the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico

African American History Celebration, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, featuring performance by Morgan State University Choir, and remarks by guest speakers including: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Bernard LaFayette, Jr., 1960's civil rights leader, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island; Dorothy Height, long time civil rights and women's rights activist, President Emeritus of the National Council of Negro Women; and Romeo Crennel, head coach of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns.

Erin Miller, author of the book Final Flight and granddaughter to Women Airforce Service Pilot Elaine Danforth Harmon, speaks on her grandmothers military service at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 29, 2022. Guest speakers spoke about the past, present and future of women in the military and culture changes made by female service members.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at dedication ceremonies at the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation

James Jennings, former NASA associate administrator for Institutions and Management and former Kennedy Space Center deputy director, was the keynote speaker at the centers Black History Month celebration on Feb. 18, 2020. The program was organized by the Black Employee Strategy Team (BEST), one of the centers employee resource groups. This years theme was “African Americans and the Vote.” Jennings shared advice with workers and managers.

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class JoAnn Olusoga reads General Order No. 3 during a Juneteenth celebration at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The order freed enslaved people in Texas in 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

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