Speaking

“Molly is a masterful storyteller and it was a joy to organizers and audience alike to have her speak at TEDxPhoenixville. Her talk, “Lessons from the Land” was an engaging, lyrical and inspirational musing on profound loss and a self reclaimed. I could have listened to her all day and been all the more rejuvenated for it!” – Kirsten Van Vlandren, TEDx

An engaging storyteller, Molly has presented, lectured, and appeared as a panelist before a wide range of groups including The Explorers Club, The Wilderness Society, TEDx, Yale University, SHIFT, and many libraries, schools, and universities. She is also happy joining a group at their dining room table keen for some local color and conversation about recreation, rescue, the Tetons, environmental studies, writing craft, or anything else that suits their fancy.

Molly’s multi-media presentation combine beautiful images, video, and audio with adventure, personal anecdotes, and the historical, political, cultural, and environmental issues unique to that locale. Molly is known for her easy-going, engaging, and playful style with presentations that provide audiences not only with a sense of adventure, but a better understanding of the varying perspectives surrounding an issue.

Molly is comfortable with and qualified to speak on a variety of health, conservation, recreation, leadership, accessibility, and writing topics. Please contact her to learn more about her latest projects.

 

Recent presentations include:

  • Sense of Place Along the 43rd Parallel: A cross-country road trip exploring everyday Americans’ connection to their landscape.
  • AccessABILITY and DEI: Examining dis/ability’s relationship to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Movement.
  • What’s In A Number? An ambitious expedition deep into Myanmar’s jungle on the first ascent of Southeast Asia’s disputed highest peak, Gamlang Razi.
  • Lessons From the Land: How the landscape helped Molly navigate life’s transitions in unexpected ways.
  • Unexpected Kind of Storm Day: Swapping a ski-mountaineering expedition for a bloody coup and the questions about passion and commitment that linger.
  • Wilderness and Why It Matters: An exploration of the tensions and values surrounding Wilderness set against a packrafting expedition into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, following in the footsteps of conservationists, Marty and Olas Murie.