SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Featured speaker for Holding Hope Speaker Series: “A Journey of Faith: One Woman’s Experience Living & Thriving with Mental Illness“, First Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC, 2019  

  • Beth’s story of living with bipolar disorder was featured as one of four in Silent Images’ documentary Compass & Light: A Series on Mental Health, 2018 silentimages.org

  • Guest appearance on  Fox 46 Good Day Charlotte on behalf of HopeWay, Charlotte’s nonprofit mental health center for adults, 2018 

  • Featured speaker for Church at Charlotte Mental Health Panel Discussion, 2018

  • Featured speaker for Mental Health: A Journey Toward Wholeness For All: Myers Park United Methodist Church , 2018

  • Featured Keynote speaker in Charlotte Country Day School Parent Speaker Series: “Living, Surviving and Thriving with a Mental Illness.” Charlotte Country Day School, Upper School Campus, 2018

  • Keynote speaker: “Living, Surviving and Thriving with a Mental Illness.”  Charlotte Country Day School, Middle School Campus, 2018

  • Beth featured in “Unsung Heroes of 2017” in the Charlotte Observer, 2018 

  • Keynote speaker for Mental Health Series: Understanding Mental Illness, “One Woman’s Story- Living, Surviving, and Thriving with a Mental Illness.” Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2017

  • Featured Keynote speaker at Mental Health Forum: Caldwell Presbyterian Church, 2017

  • Keynote speaker for Faith Communicators: Myers Park Baptist Church, 2017 

  • Keynote speaker on “Speaking Out…Spreading Hope…and Walking in Faith: A Personal Story of Living with a Mental Illness” Monteagle Sunday School, Monteagle, TN, 2016

  • Volunteer and Mental Health Advocate for HopeWay Foundation, 2015-Present

  • Interview published in The Charlotte Observer to help promote HopeWay Foundation, 2015-2016

  •  Interview appearance on WBTV 6PM newscast promoting HopeWay Foundation, 2015-2016

  • Featured speaker in production of promotional video series on mental health issues for HopeWay Foundation, 2015-2016

  • Publication as a feature story on a personal mental health journey in South Park Life Magazine, 2015

  • Publication as one of feature stories in Angels In Our Midst by nationally acclaimed artist and author Anne Neilson, 2014

  • Keynote speaker providing three-part workshop series on mental health issues: St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Raleigh, NC, 2012

  • Keynote speaker on mental health issues at Annual Mother- Daughter Evening Event: Christ Church, Raleigh, NC, 2011

  • Keynote speaker providing three-part workshop series on mental health issues: Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC, 2010

  • Keynote speaker providing three-part workshop series on mental health issues: Providence United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC, 2010

  • Keynote speaker providing three-part workshop series on mental health issues: Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC, 2009

  • Keynote speaker providing three-part workshop series on mental health issues: First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC, 2009 

  • Featured Speaker in Sunday School on mental health issues: Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte NC, 2008 

  • Board Member & Mental Health Advocate: Mental Health Association of the Central Carolinas,  2001-2007

  • Keynote Speaker on mental health issues: Mental Health Association of Central Carolinas Spring Fundraiser Breakfast, 2001

Speaking Out…Spreading Hope…and Walking In Faith