Experience

Safe Routes Partnership

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• California Senior Policy Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  • Provide technical assistance to six (and counting) under-resourced and disadvantaged communities in applying to the California Active Transportation Program, assisting with project scoping, public engagement, DAC identification, collision analysis and narrative writing, for a combined $23 million. • Crafted, in partnership with the California Bicycle Coalition and California Walks, SB 127, creating a process for implementing complete streets on the State Highway System, and helped ensure the bill’s passage through the State Legislature. • Facilitated Sustainable Communities for All and Coalition of Active Transportation Leaders, advocating in Sacramento for equitable investment in urban greening and ped/bike infrastructure in marginalized and environmentally burdened communities, maintaining more than $30 million despite declining revenues. • Work with the ClimatePlan coalition to improve state programs and legislation such as the California Transportation Plan and SB 743 and push reforms of the California Transportation Commission through the appointments of Commissioners with backgrounds in Mobility Justice and the creation of an Equity Advisory Committee. Governor Newsom has appointed three Commissioners from our recommendations. Show less



Atwater Village Neighborhood Council

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • May 2019 - Present

  Central Atwater Representative Chair, Transportation Committee Member, Environmental & Land Use Committee Member, Education Committee • Coordinated and edited Environmental Impact Review comment letters on Burbank-Los Angeles section of High Speed Rail and the Casitas Lofts, a 400 unit luxury development on parkland. • Coordinated a walk audit of Fletcher Drive, which is on the City’s High Injury Network. • Led the neighborhood process to identify a proposed Slow Streets network and submitted it to LADOT. • Wrote and secured passage of Community Impact Statements supporting the removal of armed officers from traffic enforcement and a true eviction ban during the COVID-19 emergency. • Co-lead the development and approval of the Atwater Village Community Plan, organizing Town Halls and Community forums and synthesizing feedback from surveys. Show less



Blue Marble Project

• New York, NY

• Move New York Campaign Coordinator and Senior Policy Analyst

  • Jul 2012 - May 2016

  Managed the campaign to enact Sam Schwartz's Fair Transportation Formula in New York State. • Coordinated the drafting of State legislation based on the Move NY Fair Plan, the blueprint for the Congestion Pricing plan eventually adopted in 2019, working directly with bill drafters and making final edits prior to the submission of our bill in the New York State Assembly in March 2016. • Oversaw the development and publication of the Move NY Fair Plan by facilitating internal planning within the Move NY team and coalition and consulting with experts in the public and private sectors. • Presented the Move NY Fair Plan to, and secured the endorsements of, dozens of community boards and civic associations in all five boroughs. • Organized five town halls, working with local civic groups and elected officials to discuss the Move NY Fair Plan with their constituents in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. • Met directly with dozens of elected officials, securing the support of key decision makers in the City Council and State Legislature. Show less



New York University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master's Student, Urban Planning

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2012

  President, Wagner Transportation Association • Programmed events in the field and on campus to help fellow students learn about current innovations and challenges in creating more sustainable transportation systems. • Organized panel discussions on the House Transportation Bill; Sustainable Transportation, Cycling and Economic Development in Africa; and Transportation and Public Health. • Arranged a partnership between WTA and Transportation Alternatives to recruit local businesses to participate in a future Bicycle Friendly District in the Lower East Side and East Village, and to organize NYU students to participate in TA’s campaign Fall 2012 campaign against MTA fare hikes. • Coordinated NYU Wagner’s participation in Park(ing) Day 2011. Show less



The Municipal Art Society of New York

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Planning and Policy Intern

  • Mar 2012 - Jul 2012

  Edit and Update the Livable Neighborhoods Toolkit, adding sections on complete streets, with information on community bike planning, safe routes to school and neighborhood slow zones, while simultaneously revising the existing sections on land use review. Plan the 2012 annual Livable Neighborhoods Workshop for Community Activists Edit and Update the Livable Neighborhoods Toolkit, adding sections on complete streets, with information on community bike planning, safe routes to school and neighborhood slow zones, while simultaneously revising the existing sections on land use review. Plan the 2012 annual Livable Neighborhoods Workshop for Community Activists



OpenPlans

• Streetsmedia Development Intern

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  Researched potential donors and granting foundations and draft grassroots fundraising strategies for Streetsblog and Streetsfilms, online advocacy forums for livable streets. Planed annual fundraising event, Streets of the Future (November 2011). Drafted the distribution plan for Moving Beyond the Automobile, a series of short films and accompanying high school curriculum. Researched potential donors and granting foundations and draft grassroots fundraising strategies for Streetsblog and Streetsfilms, online advocacy forums for livable streets. Planed annual fundraising event, Streets of the Future (November 2011). Drafted the distribution plan for Moving Beyond the Automobile, a series of short films and accompanying high school curriculum.



NYC Department of Transportation

• Capital Programs Initiation Intern

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Built a GIS-based map of the planned Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway project, enabling users to search the funding and construction status of each section of the route. Prepared scoping documents and cost estimates for capital and street enhancement projects in the Borough of Brooklyn Built a GIS-based map of the planned Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway project, enabling users to search the funding and construction status of each section of the route. Prepared scoping documents and cost estimates for capital and street enhancement projects in the Borough of Brooklyn



Progressive Jewish Alliance

• Campaign Organizer

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2010

  Oversaw the selection and execution of all Economic Justice and Civil Rights campaigns and advocacy in PJA's Los Angeles office Served as staff liaison to the Economic Justice Working Group, recruiting new members and developing leaders for PJA's volunteer-driven grassroots organizing committee Organized a sold-out Jewish community tour of food desert communities in Los Angeles, earning the organization a spotlight on CNN, and a cover story in the Jewish Journal Oversaw the selection and execution of all Economic Justice and Civil Rights campaigns and advocacy in PJA's Los Angeles office Served as staff liaison to the Economic Justice Working Group, recruiting new members and developing leaders for PJA's volunteer-driven grassroots organizing committee Organized a sold-out Jewish community tour of food desert communities in Los Angeles, earning the organization a spotlight on CNN, and a cover story in the Jewish Journal



Obama for America

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Team Coordinator, California District 31

  • Jul 2007 - Jun 2009

  Devised and implemented the Obama campaign's field plan in California's 31st Congressional District in the Democratic Primary and General Election. Led a team of 300 volunteers, supervising the creation and training of neighborhood teams and precinct captains Devised and implemented the Obama campaign's field plan in California's 31st Congressional District in the Democratic Primary and General Election. Led a team of 300 volunteers, supervising the creation and training of neighborhood teams and precinct captains