Experience

Global Alliance for the Future of Food

• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Nov 2020 - Present



ICANN

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Reviews Improvement Specialist

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Meridian Institute

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Affiliate

  • May 2019 - Present

  Continuing to work with fascinating projects and people as an Affiliate at Meridian Institute.

• Senior Mediator and Program Manager

  • Mar 2013 - May 2019

• Mediator and Program Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Mar 2013

  Manage and facilitate policy dialogues, negotiations, and strategy development projects regarding complex issues and involving diverse groups of stakeholders. Conduct convening assessments, design collaborative processes, plan and facilitate meetings, help participants develop consensus documents, and conduct implementation activities. Programmatic and Project Focus Areas:Climate Change and Agriculture Global Dialogue Program (climate-agriculture.org)Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Consensus-Building In the UNFCCC WorkshopsDot Eco Stakeholder Engagement & Policy Development Process (http://doteco.org/)Roundtable on Sustainable Forests (http://www.sustainableforests.net/) US Climate Action Partnership (www.us-cap.org) USDA Agroforestry Strategic PlanningForum on Readiness for REDDMicrosoft Cyber-Security



Independent

• Independent Consultant

  • May 2019 - Present

  Working on independent projects in public and planetary health, Internet Governance, and the multi-stakeholder processes that shape them. Working on independent projects in public and planetary health, Internet Governance, and the multi-stakeholder processes that shape them.



United Nations Food Systems Summit

• Chair, Governance Action Area

  • Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

  The purpose of the Governance Action Area is to serve as a collaborative, cross-cutting area of work under the UN Food Systems Summit, charged will exploring and supporting the ‘how’ of food systems transformation, in service to member states, stakeholders, and institutions and in conjunction with the Action Tracks, 4SD Team, Solution Clusters, Levers, and Secretariat. See Governance Solution Clusters: https://foodsystems.community/game-changing-propositions-solution-clusters?_sft_category=governance



Climate Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Strategic Development

  • 2006 - 2007



Grassroots Enterprise

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • 2002 - 2003