Speaking Engagements

Kim is available for speaking engagements and presentations on Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, past and present. Programs are tailored for a specific bridge (or bridges), town, or region as requested.  She can create a program for your community!

Programs featuring a general overview of New Hampshire’s covered bridges, railroad covered bridges, bridgewrights, preservation efforts, flood events, or the research process behind the book are also available. Or if your group is mobile, tours of covered bridges are a great way to make the history come alive.

Be sure to check the calendar to see when the next program will be!

Since June 2023, Kim is a part of the New Hampshire Humanities speakers bureau. Through Humanities to Go, the statewide speakers bureau, nonprofit organizations and community groups can offer high quality cultural programming to the public at minimal cost to the host. Click on the link for more information about grant support for a community program.

Kim has created specific programs for the following organizations.

Virtual programs are also available via Zoom.

Participants give Kim’s covered bridge programs 5 out of 5 stars!

Read what guests are saying about her programs.

“Her visuals were very good. Her presentation skills are extremely strong: enthusiastic, personable, knowledgeable, prepared, good sense of humor, very down to earth and didn’t talk down to her audience. Open to ideas and audience participation. Her whole presentation and approach were excellent.”

Laurie J., Fox Forest Program

“Although I have seen a number of New Hampshire’s covered bridges I never thought about how they were built. Kim’s presentation introduced the audience to the designers of these amazing structures and their engineering techniques which was fascinating.”

Terry K., New Hampshire Historical Society Program

“Kim was delightfully engaging and knew her topic well. Her presentation was spot on in every way with timing, humor and information. Super job!”

Pat B., Fox Forest Program

“How everyone interacted, questions just bounced from one to another and answers were fulfilled… she was brilliant and so engaging.”

Bernie P., Bath Public Library Program

“Kim is an excellent speaker to keep the interest of her audience. I could have listened another hour!”

Ginny M., Whipple Free Library Program, New Boston

“This program took the participants beyond the picturesque aspects of covered bridges to the how and why they existed and the importance of preserving the covered bridges remaining. It was great to hear about the covered bridges in our town but also about the covered bridges of New Hampshire.”

David Covill, President, Pittsburg Historical Society Program

“Kim not only knew her subject and answered loads of questions off the cuff, she was funny and entertaining to listen to. She is obviously enthusiastic about covered bridges and it shows. It was particularly neat hearing about the bridges in our town and surrounding areas, which no longer exist and are not in the book. Kim took the time to personalize her talk just for us!”

Karen B., Amherst Town Library Program

“I thought the program was great. Informative, engaging and entertaining. The speaker did an amazing job keeping everyone involved. Obviously we enjoyed the content too but really appreciated that it was presented in a way that wasn’t like attending a college lecture.”

Kim A., WTS New Hampshire Program

“I’ve lived in NH all my life and in a town with a covered bridge, but never realized how many bridges there are now, or how many there used to be. The architectural designs were also very interesting. They’re a piece of interesting NH history I was delighted to learn more about from a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic presenter.”

Bonnie N., Pierce Manse Program

“Kim is an amazing speaker. I am so glad she changed up the program so it was different than what I had heard before. I absolutely loved both the topic and the anecdotes she used in the presentation. Again, I can’t say enough good things about Kim. She engages her audience, presents facts and fun anecdotes about the bridges, builders and towns she presents and is extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of New Hampshire Covered Bridges. If you have not seen one of her presentations, you really need to!.”

Shannon C., New Hampshire DAR Program