Webinar. (2025). The Hidden Value in Your Grantmaking: How Data and Processes Can Become Knowledge Assets. Commissioned by Blackbaud, Charleston, SC.

Invited Expert. (2025). Evaluation, Metrics, and Impact Measurement. Discussion for cohort of grants professionals enrolled in PEAK Grantmaking’s GM101.

Organizer. (2025). Grantmakers Roundtable: Focus on the ways that grants professionals are incorporating engaged research into their grantmaking, programming, and partnerships. Presented at the National Urban Research Based Action Network conference at Brown University, Providence, RI.

Organizer/Presenter. (2025). Knowledge Intersections: Exploring Promising Trends Connecting Philanthropy and Community Engaged Research. Urban Research Based Action Network conference at Brown University, Providence, RI.

Organizer/Presenter. (2025). Seen & Unseen Alchemy: How One URBAN Node Practices Shared Meaning-making Across Multiple Diversities to Strengthen Community Engaged Work and Philanthropic Initiative. Urban Research Based Action Network conference at Brown University, Providence, RI.

Invited Speaker. (2025). Knowledge work in philanthropy: Beyond the Grantmaking Buzz. Presentation for National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers.

Designer/Facilitator. (2024). Leading with Equity: A Workshop to Strengthen Knowledge Practice. Annual Convening — PEAK 2024. Seattle, WA.

Webinar. (2023). Alchemy in Action: The Dance of Knowledge Building, Grant Strategy, and Equity. Commissioned by Blackbaud. Charleston, SC.

Designer/Facilitator. (2023). Knowledge Deep Dive for Grants Professional. Workshop at the PEAK Grantmaking Convening. Baltimore, MD.

Presenter. (2022). Embodying equity as methodology: A view from philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. All-In Conference, Institute for Social Transformation & URBAN Research Network, Santa Cruz, CA.

Designer/Chair. (2022). Exploring Knowledge Work in Today’s Philanthropy. Council on Foundations Career Pathways Alumni Spotlight. Virtual.

Presenter. (2020 – accepted but postponed due to pandemic). It’s not all about the money: Working across philanthropy, community and research through equity inquiry. All-In: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice conference, Santa Cruz, CA.

Presenter. (2019). Spiral as Geometric Archetype: How a group of change agents shifted philanthropic inquiry methods toward equity. National Coalition of Independent Scholars Conference, Amherst, MA.

Webinar. (2018). Embedding equity inside and out: How grantmaking process and change go hand-in-hand. PEAK Grantmaking.

Presenter. (2018). Embedding equity inside and out: How grantmaking process and change go hand-in-hand. PEAK Grantmaking Conference, Orlando, FL.

Chair/Presenter. (2017). Public Scholarship Encouraging Research Use: A Session about Knowledge Development. American Education Research Association (AERA), Annual Conference.

Co-designer/Presenter.  (2015). Prioritizing Equity and Learning, Inside Out.  GEO Learning Conference. Boston, MA. Materials: Learning and Equity in Foundation Practice: A discussion starter about engagement in university learning partnerships.

Co-designer/Facilitator. (2014). What’s equity got to do with it? The realities of collective impact success. Catalyzing Large Scale Change: The Funder’s Role in Collective Impact (CI). CI Forum, Aspen, CO.

Guest Professor. (2014). Session on Collective Impact. University of Connecticut, Department of Public Policy. Session on grant writing and fund development for nonprofit organizations., West Hartford, CT.

Invited Speaker. (2014). Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) staff session to inform strategic planning focus on support needs of learning officers.

Designer/Facilitator. (2013). Research Agendas to Impact Network Learning and Change: A Conversation between Scholarship and Philanthropy. Pre-convening workshop at the Annual Conference Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA).

Panel Participant. (2013). Making the right evaluation choices for your organization. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Learning Conference.

Roundtable facilitator. (2013). How networked investments may be altering your organizational reality.  Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) Learning Conference.

Panel Participant. (2013). Speed mentoring for career professionals. Council on Foundations Annual Conference.

Plenary Speech. (2012). Comments about Parent Engagement.  Connecticut Childhood Conversations Conference.

Organizer. (2012).  Multi-colleague panel presentation including program and support staff, director and lead trustee.  Supporting educational change: Strategies and tools for philanthropic learning.  Council on Foundations Family Philanthropy Conference.

Presenter. (2011). Arafeh, S., Frusciante, A., Quenoy P. Shifting from evaluation to “assessing as part of network learning” in a philanthropic organization: One case study. Eastern Evaluation Research Society Conference.

Panel Co-chair. (2011). Education Issues and Intersections presentation. Collaboration between schools and the nonprofit sector: Rethinking leadership strategy for education. Association of Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) conference.

Invited Speaker. (2011). Network learning: Connecting and interacting towards knowledge. Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canada.

Invited Panelist. (2009). Remarks about William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund experience using RBA. Results Based Accountability practitioner forum: Panel on RBA and strategic planning.  Legislative Office Building, Hartford, CT.

Paper Presentation. (2009).  Structuring and supporting success in multi-community initiatives during harsh economic times: Liaisons at the heart of an innovative engaged strategy. ARNOVA annual Conference.

Invited Lecture. (2005). Discussing Development, Qualitative Analysis, and Change.  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Regional Planning Program.