SPEAKING
Wanona speaks, hosts and moderates panels at community, university, economic development and social impact conferences. For speaking fees and to invite Wanona to speak at your next engagement please complete the form below.
Recent Talks + Articles + Podcasts (Click Below):
SheEO Venture Finalists | 2021
CBS News | Fall 2020
INC Magazine | Fall 2020
Visa + iFundWomen $10k Grant Program Winner | Visa | April 2020
Voyage Magazine | VoyageATL | July 2019
Inclusion: A Lesson on Re-imagining Space | Creative Mornings-ATL | April 2019
Equity in Architecture | Georgia Institute of Technology | February 2019
Moderator of the Design for Good Panel | MODA ATL | January 2019
More about My Shipping Container Design Work featured in Hypepotamus | 2018
Check out my latest 2017 video and podcast with Forbes contributor and GoodCrowd Devin Thorpe | Watch Here:
Featured on the Support is Sexy Podcast | Listen Here:
Recent Awards and Engagements:
Auburn University Diversity & Inclusion Alumni Award | 2019
Auburn University Sustainability Alumni Award | 2019
Nationally-Recognized LAUNCH Founder University | Silicon Valley | Fall 2018
Nationally-Recognized Circular B Accelerator Fall 2016 Cohort | Women Entrepreneurs
Other Speaking Events + Articles:
When I was Quoted with President Barack Obama | Next City 2014
When I was Invited by Arianna Huffington to be a Contributor | Huffington Post 2012
Other Cool Highlights Include:
+Social Good-Mashable Summit Meet-Ups, Technology for Social Good, Durham NC, 2015
Recovering the Classics, Literacy Partnership with The White House + Plympton + CAN, Durham NC, 2015
Innovate Your Cool Diversity in Technology Conference, Designing Startup Communities, Durham NC, 2015
North Carolina Metropolitan Planning Organization, Raleigh NC, 2015
Developing Equitable Communities, Lecture, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill NC, 2015
Urban Food Systems and Equitable Development Lecture, Duke University, Durham NC, 2015
RTP 180 Tedx Talk, Research Triangle Park, RTP NC, 2014
Paradoxos Innovation Conference, Durham NC, 2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies + Aspen Institute + CityLab 2.0, NYC NY, 2013
HUD Affordable Housing + Transit Symposium, Durham NC, 2013
Next City Top 40 Under 40 Vanguard, Cleveland OH, 2013
Bloomberg Philanthropies National Mayors Innovation Program 2012
Multimedia
Image Courtesy of Atlanta Business Chronicle- Fall 2o2o
Video + Image Courtesy of Creative Mornings- ATL 2019
Image courtesy of MODA ATL 2019
The country's fascination with tiny homes has led to a nascent movement using shipping containers for low-income housing…
PODCASTS