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

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

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Kathy Sullivan, right, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Deputy Administrator and former NASA astronaut, participates in a panel discussion at the Women, Innovation and Aerospace event celebrating Women's History Month at the George Washington University Jack Morton Auditorium, Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Washington. Sullivan is joined by Catherine Didion, Senior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering. The WIA day-long event will help to foster a discussion for students and early career professionals about how to continue to encourage women to enter and succeed in the field of aerospace.

Julie Langan, Director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, provides some remarks during an unveiling and dedication of a Virginia Historical Marker honoring Filipino Sailors in the U.S. Navy on May 28, 2022. The event occurred at the Philippine Cultural Center of Virginia in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

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.

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

U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) addresses the Symposium on Supporting Underrepresented Minority Males in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

During a Black History Month celebration on Feb. 18, 2020 at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Hortense Diggs, director of Communication and Public Engagement, commemorates the contributions of former NASA employee and mentor Roslyn McKinney. 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.” Keynote speaker was James Jennings, former NASA associate administrator for Institutions and Management and Kennedys former deputy director. Jennings shared advice with workers and managers.

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Mark Bontrager, vice president of Spaceport Operations at Space Florida, addresses participants of the International Space University in a session in Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on July 3.The International Space University is a nine-week intensive course designed for post-graduate university students and professionals during the summer. The program is hosted by a different country each year, providing a unique educational experience for participants from around the world. NASA Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Institute of Technology are co-hosting this year's event which runs from June 4 to Aug. 3. There are about 125 participants representing 31 countries.

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

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark, U.S. Air Force Academy superintendent, speaks to the audience during the 2024 Accelerating the Legacy banquet in Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 17, 2024. The event gives Airmen the opportunity to learn from experienced leaders and mentors, and gain valuable career insight. Air Force

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

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

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.

PHOTO DATE: 9-20-10LOCATION: Bldg. 5 - High BaySUBJECT: STS-133 cake cutting ceremony marking the end of their training.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 20, 2022) - Yoko Masuda, a Master Labor Contractor, introduces a guest speaker during an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month event at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Ikego Housing Detachment. AAPI Heritage month recognizes the contributions and influence of AAPI Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th fleet's forward deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

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

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

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

Events marking the debut of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, at Monticello, Virginia

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Kennedy Space Center Associate Director Kelvin Manning addresses Kennedy's volunteers during a KSC Volunteer Appreciation Event held in the Debus Conference Facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Manning briefed the group on future prospects for the space center with a presentation entitled 'Pushing the Boundaries.'

Department wide Interfaith Memorial Service in Dean Acheson Auditorium Select Images

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a Minority Student Education Forum, Kennedy Space Center's Associate Director Kelvin Manning talks to hundreds of fifth- through 12th-grade students. The forum focused on encouraging students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, by featuring some of NASA's greatest legends and trailblazers. NASA's Education Office sponsored the forum as part of the agency's 'Summer of Innovation' initiative and the federal 'Education to Innovate' campaign.

Deputy Administrator Steinberg from the United States Agency for International Development spoke to the students of the Global Young Leaders Conference about the role of development in U.S. foreign policy at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 2011.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy, Environmental Awareness Day , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Events marking the debut of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, at Monticello, Virginia

A member of the audience asks a question to the technology and innovation panel at the 2011 NASA Future Forum, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, at the Riggs Alumni Center on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.

GREAT LAKES, Il. (Nov. 17, 2022) Morale, Welfare and Recreation held a luncheon at the to announce the winners of the 2022 Naval Station Great Lakes Captian's Cup. Opened in 1911, NSGL is the Navys largest training installation and the home of the Navys only Boot Camp. Located on over 1600 acres overlooking Lake Michigan, the installation includes 1,153 buildings with 39 on the National Register of Historic Places. NSGL supports over 50 tenant commands and elements as well as over 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and DoD civilians who live and work on the installation.

GREAT LAKES, Il. (Nov. 17, 2022) Morale, Welfare and Recreation held a luncheon at the to announce the winners of the 2022 Naval Station Great Lakes Captian's Cup. Opened in 1911, NSGL is the Navys largest training installation and the home of the Navys only Boot Camp. Located on over 1600 acres overlooking Lake Michigan, the installation includes 1,153 buildings with 39 on the National Register of Historic Places. NSGL supports over 50 tenant commands and elements as well as over 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and DoD civilians who live and work on the installation.

Astronaut Hall of Fame 2023. Kelvin Manning, deputy director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to guests during the 2023 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (AHOF) Induction inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 6, 2023. Two veteran space explorers were inducted into the AHOF Class of 2023. They are Roy D. Bridges Jr. and Mark Kelly. Inductees into the Hall of Fame are selected by a committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, historians and journalists. The process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. To be eligible, an astronaut must have made his or her first flight at least 17 years before the induction. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen and a NASA-trained commander, pilot, or mission specialist who has orbited the earth at least once. Including Bridges and Kelly, 107 astronauts have been inducted into the AHOF.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - QUEST EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE BALDRIGE AWARDS

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NATIONAL STUDENT SUMMIT ON OCEAN ISSUES

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. addresses the 1983 graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Events marking the debut of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, at Monticello, Virginia

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

NASAs Crew-4 STEM Event at James W. Robinson Secondary School. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during a STEM event with NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) at James W. Robinson Secondary School, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Fairfax, Virginia. Lindgren spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Mexican dignitaries for a Mexican Independence Day Celebration hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country, food and a 5k run.

Dr. Elizabeth Hagen (left), Undersecretary Food Safety explains the importance of good nutrition and exercise to students at Maryland City Elementary School in Laurel, Maryland during a United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service, Food Safety Education Camp Thu, May 5, 2011.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Religion Architecture Art Culture History 09.11.2024 Potsdam State Capital Brandenburg Synagogen Center Potsdam Memorial event for the Reich Progrom Night 09.11.1938 Jewish community of the city of Potsdam Dr Manja Schüle Minister of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg Potsdam Brandenurg GER

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

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

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

Oshawn Jefferson, Deal Solutions Group competitive strategist, lectures participants about the concept of cultural intelligence for the 87th Air Base Wing Diversity and Inclusion Cultural Intelligence seminar at the McGuire base theater on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 29, 2022. The Cultural Intelligence seminar provides the joint base community with the opportunity to learn about the true meaning and relevance behind cultural intelligence, and how it can impact the organizational structure of todays military workforce, from present to the future.

Emergency Planning and Security - Denton, Texas, March 10, 2011 FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino speaks to students at the University of North Texas this morning. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Science and Technology Acedemies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE), a Department of Defense youth program opens its first facility on Fort Drum, N.Y., Sep 16, 2022. STARBASE was created to expose youth to innovative hand-on activities in science, technology and mathematics within the aviation field.

California Congressman Richard Pombo speaking during Take Pride in America school grounds beautification event, attended by Secretary Gale Norton, at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California

Cora B. Marrett, right, PhD, Acting Director, National Science Foundation gives keynote remarks at the NASA Education Stakeholders Summit One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI), Monday, Sep. 13, 2010, at the Westfields Marriott Conference Center in Chantilly, VA. (

The Honorable Robert O. Work, 32nd Deputy Secretary of Defense, honors NPS Summer Quarter cohort, recognizing 270 graduates including 29 international students from eight countries, during the commencement ceremony, Sept. 23. A retired Marine Corps colonel, Work is a 1990 Space Systems Operations graduate from NPS.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks to teams that are participating in the regional FIRST robotics competition at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla. More than 60 high school teams took part in the competition called "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology," or FIRST, in hopes of advancing to the national robotics championship. This year, the competition resembled a basketball game and was dubbed "Rebound Rumble." The game measured the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration and the determination of the teams.FIRST, founded in 1989, is a non-profit organization that designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge and life skills while motivating young people to pursue academic opportunities. The robotics competition challenges teams of high school students and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard kit of parts and a common set of ru

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. University of Southern Mississippi (USM) held a graduation ceremony for students in the Hydrographic Science Program to include an officer from Fleet Survey Team. Naval Oceanography was represented by Mr. Matthew Borbash, Deputy Hydrographer of the Navy. USM is the only university in the United States to offer an undergraduate program in hydrography and one of just two to offer masters and doctoral degree programs in this challenging field. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more than 2,500 globally-distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental information to assist Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to make better decisions faster than the adversary, July 29, 2022.

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

Events marking the debut of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial traveling exhibit, Corps of Discovery II, at Monticello, Virginia

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

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge Award Ceremony

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at the ground blessing ceremony for a new, $38 million classroom and dormitory complex at the Santa Fe Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school was one of several stops on the Secretary's New Mexico visit highlighting federal support for American Indian schools

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at the ground blessing ceremony for a new, $38 million classroom and dormitory complex at the Santa Fe Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The school was one of several stops on the Secretary's New Mexico visit highlighting federal support for American Indian schools

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

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