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Molly Burhans is a highly sought-after speaker who has delivered numerous talks and lectures over the past decade, including at prestigious venues such as the United Nations, TEDxBoston, and the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences. She has been featured at numerous conferences and symposia and served as a keynote speaker for prominent events, such as the Society for Conservation GIS’s Annual Meeting (2021) and the Ad Club’s Women’s Leadership Forum (2021), where she shared the stage with Senator Elizabeth Warren and music executive Wendy Ong.
Her public speaking highlights also include delivering a featured talk at the Social Good Summit on the main stage of the 92nd Street Y in New York City, and participating in the 2022 New Yorker Festival, where she shared her work with one of the nation’s most discerning cultural audiences.
In addition to her keynote engagements, she has been a guest lecturer at educational institutions ranging from high schools, such as Trinity in NYC, to universities like Harvard and Notre Dame, and she served as the Mission Week keynote speaker at Marquette University. In 2023, she delivered the commencement address at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend.
Below, you can explore an archive of selected talks and find a form to inquire about speaking engagements.
Image (right): At the 2019 UN Environment Programme Champions of the Earth gala during the General Assembly, Molly Burhans spoke on stage alongside fellow Young Champions of the Earth—Adjany Costa, Anna Luísa Beserra, Louise Mabulo, Marianna Muntianu, Omar Itani, and Sonika Manandhar—celebrating global youth leadership in environmental innovation. They were joined by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen and Bollywood actress and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Dia Mirza in a powerful moment of intergenerational solidarity for the planet.
Molly Burhans is a highly sought-after speaker who has delivered numerous talks and lectures over the past decade, including at prestigious venues such as the United Nations, TEDxBoston, and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Molly has been featured at numerous conferences and symposia and served as a keynote speaker for prominent events, such as the Society for Conservation GIS’s Annual Meeting (2021) and the Ad Club’s Women’s Leadership Forum (2021), where she shared the stage with Senator Elizabeth Warren and music executive Wendy Ong.
Public speaking highlights further include delivering a featured talk at the Social Good Summit on the main stage of the 92nd Street Y in New York City and participating on a panel in the 2022 New Yorker Festival, where she shared her work with one of the nation’s most discerning cultural audiences.
In addition, she has been a guest lecturer at educational institutions ranging from high schools, such as Trinity in NYC, to universities like Harvard and Notre Dame, and she served as the Mission Week keynote speaker at Marquette University. In 2023, she delivered the commencement address at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend.
Below you can explore an archive of selected talks and find a form for speaking inquiries.
As the UN General Assembly meets to discuss the effective implementation of the New Urban Agenda on 28 April 2022,...
Speaking to one of the leading all-girls Catholic high schools in New England. On December 2, Ursuline’s 75th Anniversary Speaker...
Molly Burhans gave a talk titled The Catholic Church, Land and Social Justice Purposes at the Women in Conversation (WiC)...
Molly Burhans presented Catholic Cartography Across Time as a small guest lecture to the Vatican Observatory, where she discussed her...
Molly Burhans delivered the 2021 The Jeanie Graustein Lecture on Environmental Justice at Yale University’s St. Thomas More Center. The...
Today, technology and science allow us to measure and track the state of our environment. We now understand the extent...
Christopher Lamb, the Tablet’s Rome Correspondent, moderated talks by Sr Alessandra Smerilli (interim secretary of the Vatican’s dicastery for human...
Molly Burhans delivered a talk titled Using Property with Purpose to Create Landscapes of Our Future as part of the...
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Dana Tomlin’s appointment to the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of...
Molly Burhans from GoodLands (USA) and Dr. Walter Jetz from Yale University (USA) were the keynote speakers for the 2021...
Molly Burhans was one of nine distinguished keynote speakers at the 2021 Ad Club’s Women’s Leadership Forum alongside Senator Elizabeth...
As one of 15 newly elected Emerging Explorers, Molly Burhans gave talk at the 2021 National Geographic Explorer’s Festival. The...
Attributions: [Background, Overview Seciton: At the 2019 UN Environment Programme Champions of the Earth gala during the General Assembly, Molly Burhans spoke on stage alongside fellow Young Champions of the Earth—Adjany Costa, Anna Luísa Beserra, Louise Mabulo, Marianna Muntianu, Omar Itani, and Sonika Manandhar—celebrating global youth leadership in environmental innovation. They were joined by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen and Bollywood actress and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Dia Mirza in a powerful moment of intergenerational solidarity for the planet] [Image, header – pexel free images] [Most images and icons directly associated with speaking engagements are sourced from the event or organizers at the linked affiliated outlets, however, some images are from personal archives; often generously taken by individuals present at the event]