Welcome to the portfolio of Grace O’Sullivan, Associate Vice President of Corporate Engagement and Strategic Partnerships at Arizona State University and CEO & Founder of Rare Fiber.

Below is a collection of invited speaking engagements featuring Grace and her work.

Publishing portfolio


  1. Coza, Aurel and O’Sullivan, Grace. Meaning of Partnerships & Power of Immediacy. The Hartesma Group, Real-Time Payments Corporate Advisory Board Meeting. Tempe, AZ. 06 February 2020.

  2. O’Sullivan, Grace, Nerurkar, Kshitij, and Van Hooydonk, Stefaan. Webinar: Real-world reskilling programs that work. Cognizant. 01 December 2019.

  3. Huang, Joseph, O’Sullivan, Grace and Young, Lisa. Building a Corporate Relations Office. BUILD-IT: Building University-Industry Learning and Development through Innovation and Technology Vietnamese Delegation. Scottsdale, AZ 26 August 2019.

  4. O’Sullivan, Grace. What you need to know about corporate partnerships and sponsorships. ASU Enterprise Marketing Hub Summer Camp: Marketing Academy. Tempe, AZ. 25 July 2019.

  5. Celly, Scott, O’Sullivan, Grace, Palmer, Leah, Pappas, Katherine, and Withem, Ryan. Future of Workforce Panel. Greater Phoenix Economic Council Ambassador Series. Phoenix, AZ. 27 June 2019.

  6. O’Sullivan, Grace. Advancing Your Organization Through Strategic Partnerships. University Design Institute, 2019 Korean Delegation. Tempe, AZ. 26 June 2019.

  7. O’Sullivan, Grace and Woodrick, Nicole. Accelerating Corporate Engagement at Scale. University Industry Innovation Network (UIIN) Annual Conference. Helsinki, Finland. 16 June 2019.

  8. O’Sullivan, Grace. Welcome Remarks (in Mandarin Chinese). U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration SelectUSA Taiwanese Delegation. Tempe, AZ, 06 June 2019.

  9. O’Sullivan, Grace. Designing Strategic Partnerships. ASU Advanced Leadership Initiative. Tempe, AZ. 22 May 2019.

  10. O’Sullivan, Grace. Partnerships for Development. 2019 Conference Global Offset and Countertrade Association (GOCA). Leesburg, VA. 07 May 2019.

  11. O’Sullivan, Grace. Workforce Innovation Roundtable. White House Office of American Innovation JobKit Developer Event. Washington, DC. 01 May 2019

  12. Kwilosz, Melissa and O’Sullivan Grace. Increasing Transparency, Alignment and Impact: How to Leverage CRM for Impact. 2019 Salesforce Higher Ed Summit. San Diego, CA. 17 April 2019.

  13. Badalamanti, Elizabeth, Engler, Karen, Gustavson, Shari, Kolp, Jill, O’Sullivan, Grace. Yellow Brick Road to Leadership Panel. Commission on the Status of Women Leadership Event. Tempe, AZ. 14 February 2019.

  14. O’Sullivan, Grace. The Partnership Imperative. ASU Leadership Institute. Scottsdale, AZ. 22 February 2019.

  15. O’Sullivan, Grace. ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise. adidas Global Sports Science Research Retreat. Tempe, AZ. 06 February 2019.

  16. O’Brien, James and O’Sullivan, Grace. Advancing ASU through Strategic Partnerships. 2018 University Design Institute, Korean Delegation. Tempe, AZ. 18 October 2018.

  17. O’Sullivan, Grace. Welcome Remarks. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Water Summit Breakfast. Tempe, AZ. 17 July 2018.

  18. LePore, Paul, O’Sullivan, Grace, Parnell, Cindy, and Taylor, Nicole. Workforce Transition Innovations: Reimagining Career Services. 2018 ASU+GSV Summit Panel. San Diego, CA. 17 April 2018.

  19. O’Sullivan, Grace. ASU Health Partnerships. Arizona Board of Regents, Research, Innovation and Impact Committee. 18 March 2018

  20. O’Sullivan, Grace. Connection to ASU through BioXFEL. Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce: Buffalo Niagara Medical Center Delegation. Buffalo, NY. 20 June 2017.

  21. O’Sullivan, Grace. ASU: A Case Study In Innovation. Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL) Quarterly Board Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ. 08 June 2017.

  22. O’Sullivan, Grace. Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance for Health Care. ASU Health Futures Council Board Meeting. Tempe, AZ. 31 October 2017.

  23. O’Sullivan, Grace. Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance for Health Care. Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. Scottsdale, AZ. 25 March 2017.

  24. O’Sullivan, Grace. Innovations in Clinical Partnerships. ASU Health Futures Council Board Meeting. Tempe, AZ. 16 May 2017.

  25. O’Sullivan, Grace. Innovation through Partnerships. Executive Fellowship in Innovation Health Leadership Program. Phoenix, AZ. 22 February 2017.

  26. O’Sullivan, Grace. 10 Leadership Lessons. 2016 PowHER Women’s Leadership Conference. Tempe, AZ. 16 October 2016.

  27. O’Sullivan, Grace. Mentoring Magic. 2015 PowHER Women’s Leadership Conference. Tempe, AZ. 04 October 2015.

  28. O’Sullivan, Grace. Project HoneyBee: Leveraging Digital Health for Better Outcomes. Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles Masters Course in the Science of Health Care Delivery. Phoenix, AZ. 05 September 2015.

  29. O’Sullivan, Grace. Flip the Clinic. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Symposium. San Francisco, CA. 05 March 2015.