Experience

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Law Student

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Swords to Plowshares

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • May 2023 - Aug 2023



Department of Cannabis Control

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Special Investigator

  • Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

  Participated in the merge of the Bureau of Cannabis Control, CalCannabis, and California Department of Public Health's Cannabis Manufacturing Branch to form the California Department of Cannabis Control in July, 2021. Applied the California Code of Regulations, & Business & Professions Code to inspect licensed cannabis facilities, conduct audits of digital records, & investigate regulatory violations. ° Applied 2 years of on-the-ground regulatory experience in Northern California's cannabis cultivation practices to make recommendations for regulatory changes and updates ° Performed inspections, investigated complaints, and provided education and outreach to the licensed cannabis industry in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties ° Trained the industry & fellow regulators on the Track & Trace system and developed auditing process to identify trends and violation indicators Show less



United States Army Reserve

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineer Cell Officer in Charge; Operations

  • Apr 2019 - Nov 2021

  Provided engineer expertise as a member of the Brigade Commander’s operationsstaff, in support of the 3,000+ soldier Brigade. ° Authored the Brigade’s Construction Standard Operating Procedure° Led a multi-disciplinary staff to assess construction-specific data &assess units’ ability to accomplish assigned missions

• Company Commander

  • May 2017 - Apr 2019

  Responsible for the training, logistics, administrative requirements, & construction project management of 154 U.S. Army Engineers & up to $152 million of equipment. Led the Company to deploy and complete construction projects in Kuwait & Afghanistan.° Constructed over $12 million of infrastructure to support an increase of 2,400 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Afghanistan° #1 out of 9 Company Commanders within the Battalion & “top 5 among 31 Company Commanders” evaluated Brigade-wide° Awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge Show less

• Company Commander

  • Dec 2014 - May 2017

  Company Commander of a Vertical Construction Company ° Served as the project manager for 2 Innovative Readiness Training missions, constructing over $1 million of infrastructure for 2 California non-profit organizations ° Managed construction projects and round-trip logistics of personnel and equipment to and from Germany and Belize° Awarded Army Commendation Medal for outstanding leadership and project management as a Company Commander in Belize° Selected early for Company Command as a First Lieutenant and promoted to Captain one year ahead of peers Show less



California Department of Food and Agriculture

• Mendocino County, California

• CalCannabis Special Investigator

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2021

  Managed partnerships with 7 state & local agencies to support approximately 1100 licensed cannabis businesses throughout Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma Counties. Responsible for ensuring compliance and enforcement of the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act by inspecting licensed cannabis facilities, conducting audits of digital records, & investigating regulatory violations of the California Code of Regulations & Business & Professions Code. ° One of the first two state special investigators hired to regulate Mendocino county’s 900 cannabis cultivation licenses ° Partnered with law enforcement at over 50 search warrants ° Trained the industry & fellow regulators on the Track & Trace system to support the first state-wide harvest season reported entirely online ° Performed over 300 Track & Trace audits in the fall & winter of 2020 alone and pioneered techniques to identify anomalies and data trends that indicate regulatory violations ° Developed training materials and wrote investigative reports based on Track & Trace audits that were shared and referenced by CalCannabis special investigators state-wide Show less