Experience

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editorial Director

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Lead team of editors, graphic designers, and messaging experts producing publications including research analyses, briefs, fact sheets, and blog posts for research and policy institute that informs and shapes federal and state policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. Collaborate with press and digital colleagues to reach wide-ranging audiences, including policymakers and their staffs. Designed and operate a writing coaching program that helps Center analysts strengthen their writing skills. Show less

• Deputy Editorial Director

  • Apr 2020 - Oct 2022

• Senior Editor and Writing Coach

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2020



The Pew Charitable Trusts

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Director, Pew Center on the States

  • Aug 2006 - Apr 2012

  At the Pew Center on the States, a division of the non-profit Pew Charitable Trusts, I served as a research director, editor and chief of staff for a hybrid research and information unit that uses journalism, policy analysis, and original quantitative research to provide government leaders with the information they need to make well-reasoned decisions. At the Pew Center on the States, a division of the non-profit Pew Charitable Trusts, I served as a research director, editor and chief of staff for a hybrid research and information unit that uses journalism, policy analysis, and original quantitative research to provide government leaders with the information they need to make well-reasoned decisions.



CQ Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Author, Governing States and Localities (2nd and 3rd eds.)

  • Feb 2006 - Jun 2010

  Co-author of award-winning college textbook that provides an introduction to state and local government, published by CQ Press, a division of SAGE Publications. Co-author of award-winning college textbook that provides an introduction to state and local government, published by CQ Press, a division of SAGE Publications.



Hanley Wood (now Zonda)

• United States
• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Editor for Business, Builder Magazine

  • Jun 2004 - Jul 2006

  Directed business coverage for the leading magazine for the home building industry, where I complemented my own reporting with the work of freelance journalists to deliver award-winning coverage and analysis of an industry in flux. Directed business coverage for the leading magazine for the home building industry, where I complemented my own reporting with the work of freelance journalists to deliver award-winning coverage and analysis of an industry in flux.



Governing

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Special Project Reporter

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2004

  Reported and wrote articles for annual Government Performance Project, including assessments of state tax systems, state public health and mental health systems, and state and county government management, for the leading monthly magazine covering state and local government. Reported and wrote articles for annual Government Performance Project, including assessments of state tax systems, state public health and mental health systems, and state and county government management, for the leading monthly magazine covering state and local government.



John Snow, Inc.

• Intern, Ryan White CARE Act Technical Assistance Contract

  • 1997 - 2000



The Post-Standard

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Correspondent

  • Aug 1999 - Dec 1999