Managing Director, Investing

• May 2023 - Present

Managing Director

• Jan 2021 - Apr 2023

Developing and stewarding an early stage impact investment portfolio that includes both direct and fund investments in animal well-being, creative expression, and the care economy, with a particular focus on investing in women and BIPOC. Developing and stewarding an early stage impact investment portfolio that includes both direct and fund investments in animal well-being, creative expression, and the care economy, with a particular focus on investing in women and BIPOC.

Director, Impact Investing

• Dec 2018 - Dec 2020

Leading the development and implementation of a broad range of investment activities to advance the impact agendas of Walton family members, including: - Landscaping different impact themes - Sourcing investment opportunities - Conducting due diligence - Developing impact reporting frameworks - Cultivating strategic external relationships Leading the development and implementation of a broad range of investment activities to advance the impact agendas of Walton family members, including: - Landscaping different impact themes - Sourcing investment opportunities - Conducting due diligence - Developing impact reporting frameworks - Cultivating strategic external relationships

Senior Advisor, Environment

• Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

Leading research and engaging with external stakeholders to inform the Environment program strategy o Conducting a landscape analysis of current efforts related to carbon pricing and carbon sequestration o Exploring ways that the supply chain can incentivize farmer practice change in agriculture o Facilitating meetings with grantee partners working on sustainable fisheries in Latin America

Head of Strategic Initiatives

• Jan 2017 - Jul 2018

Org-wide strategy lead and chief of staff at a family foundation with $500M in annual grantmaking • Oversee all org-wide initiatives from scoping and strategy creation to costing and implementation • Act as advisor, peer coach, and thought partner to the Executive Director and Leadership Team • Facilitate intra-organizational collaboration to optimize key processes (e.g., grants approval) • Manage Board relations to facilitate decision-making on philosophical and operational… Show more Org-wide strategy lead and chief of staff at a family foundation with $500M in annual grantmaking • Oversee all org-wide initiatives from scoping and strategy creation to costing and implementation • Act as advisor, peer coach, and thought partner to the Executive Director and Leadership Team • Facilitate intra-organizational collaboration to optimize key processes (e.g., grants approval) • Manage Board relations to facilitate decision-making on philosophical and operational issues • Cultivate new external relationships to inform internal efforts (e.g., DEI strategy) Specific accomplishments include:  Developing the foundation's principles of strategic philanthropy with staff and family input  Creating and implementing a new annual planning process across programs and departments  Constructing and maintaining an organization-wide dashboard with metrics facilitating Board insight into organizational health, financial stewardship, grantmaking, and external relations  Sourcing, developing, and implementing new benefits policies to expand access to in-network healthcare and improve paid holiday and parental leave benefits for ~120 employees  Changing internal budgeting processes to better connect capacity gaps and investments  Updating grants approval processes to improve oversight and increase learning and reflection

Associate Director

• Apr 2013 - Dec 2016

Led teams to support and advise senior leaders of nonprofits and foundations on strategic planning and multi-sector collaboration for a Boston-based strategy consulting firm. Specific projects and accomplishments include: • Facilitating conversations with ~100 internal and external stakeholders for the Union of Concerned Scientists to develop a comprehensive strategic plan across five programs, including Global Warming, each with differentiated influence strategies and cross-cutting… Show more Led teams to support and advise senior leaders of nonprofits and foundations on strategic planning and multi-sector collaboration for a Boston-based strategy consulting firm. Specific projects and accomplishments include: • Facilitating conversations with ~100 internal and external stakeholders for the Union of Concerned Scientists to develop a comprehensive strategic plan across five programs, including Global Warming, each with differentiated influence strategies and cross-cutting internal learning processes • Building trust and enabled productive decision-making between 30+ cross-sector actors for Early Matters, a multi-sector coalition working to improve early childhood education. In its first year, the coalition played a pivotal role in the passage of House Bill 4, which provided an additional $130M for high-quality pre-K in Texas in 2016-17. • Developing a compelling multi-sector engagement strategy for the Freedom Fund, a private donor fund dedicated to identifying and investing in the most effective front-line efforts to end slavery, to help galvanize other funders to address human trafficking, illegal deforestation, and land rights in the Amazon • Selling over $500K in new and follow-on business to multiple clients, including the Global Alliance for Children, the Partnership for a Healthier America, and the Staten Island Community Foundation • Raising FSG’s profile by writing blogs and white papers and conducting speaking engagements and webinars to share the firm’s learnings and perspectives with the field Show less Led teams to support and advise senior leaders of nonprofits and foundations on strategic planning and multi-sector collaboration for a Boston-based strategy consulting firm. Specific projects and accomplishments include: • Facilitating conversations with ~100 internal and external stakeholders for the Union of Concerned Scientists to develop a comprehensive strategic plan across five programs, including Global Warming, each with differentiated influence strategies and cross-cutting… Show more Led teams to support and advise senior leaders of nonprofits and foundations on strategic planning and multi-sector collaboration for a Boston-based strategy consulting firm. Specific projects and accomplishments include: • Facilitating conversations with ~100 internal and external stakeholders for the Union of Concerned Scientists to develop a comprehensive strategic plan across five programs, including Global Warming, each with differentiated influence strategies and cross-cutting internal learning processes • Building trust and enabled productive decision-making between 30+ cross-sector actors for Early Matters, a multi-sector coalition working to improve early childhood education. In its first year, the coalition played a pivotal role in the passage of House Bill 4, which provided an additional $130M for high-quality pre-K in Texas in 2016-17. • Developing a compelling multi-sector engagement strategy for the Freedom Fund, a private donor fund dedicated to identifying and investing in the most effective front-line efforts to end slavery, to help galvanize other funders to address human trafficking, illegal deforestation, and land rights in the Amazon • Selling over $500K in new and follow-on business to multiple clients, including the Global Alliance for Children, the Partnership for a Healthier America, and the Staten Island Community Foundation • Raising FSG’s profile by writing blogs and white papers and conducting speaking engagements and webinars to share the firm’s learnings and perspectives with the field Show less

Fellow

• Sep 2010 - Mar 2013

Managed interdisciplinary research exploring the intersections between water management and public policy to develop and promote policies improving access to clean water in arid environments while also considering climate change impacts. Select projects and outcomes: • Led a multi-year initiative assessing water risk in the Middle East to inform BP’s operational strategy; engaged local governments and bilateral organizations in Jordan, the U.A.E. and Oman and senior leadership at BP;… Show more Managed interdisciplinary research exploring the intersections between water management and public policy to develop and promote policies improving access to clean water in arid environments while also considering climate change impacts. Select projects and outcomes: • Led a multi-year initiative assessing water risk in the Middle East to inform BP’s operational strategy; engaged local governments and bilateral organizations in Jordan, the U.A.E. and Oman and senior leadership at BP; structured key research streams, supervised project members, and prepared annual progress reports • Explored the potential for government policy and foreign direct investment in food production to drive or constrain sustainable economic and agricultural advancement in Africa • Evaluated water management challenges in Brazil’s São Francisco river basin in a comparative study on federal river basin management that included the Mississippi and Colorado; results were published in a special issue and shared at an invitation-only conference that gathered water managers and government leaders from four continents • Published four peer-reviewed articles that: validated increasing investment in wastewater reuse as a cost- and energy-efficient alternative to desalination; identified factors limiting innovation and uptake of water-recycling technologies; and confirmed the potential of foreign direct investment in water-intensive food production as a component of sustainable agricultural policies for arid states Show less Managed interdisciplinary research exploring the intersections between water management and public policy to develop and promote policies improving access to clean water in arid environments while also considering climate change impacts. Select projects and outcomes: • Led a multi-year initiative assessing water risk in the Middle East to inform BP’s operational strategy; engaged local governments and bilateral organizations in Jordan, the U.A.E. and Oman and senior leadership at BP;… Show more Managed interdisciplinary research exploring the intersections between water management and public policy to develop and promote policies improving access to clean water in arid environments while also considering climate change impacts. Select projects and outcomes: • Led a multi-year initiative assessing water risk in the Middle East to inform BP’s operational strategy; engaged local governments and bilateral organizations in Jordan, the U.A.E. and Oman and senior leadership at BP; structured key research streams, supervised project members, and prepared annual progress reports • Explored the potential for government policy and foreign direct investment in food production to drive or constrain sustainable economic and agricultural advancement in Africa • Evaluated water management challenges in Brazil’s São Francisco river basin in a comparative study on federal river basin management that included the Mississippi and Colorado; results were published in a special issue and shared at an invitation-only conference that gathered water managers and government leaders from four continents • Published four peer-reviewed articles that: validated increasing investment in wastewater reuse as a cost- and energy-efficient alternative to desalination; identified factors limiting innovation and uptake of water-recycling technologies; and confirmed the potential of foreign direct investment in water-intensive food production as a component of sustainable agricultural policies for arid states Show less

Consultant

• 2012 - 2012

Provided expert assessments for nonprofit organization that supports independent, authoritative, and evidence-based research to inform public policy development in Canada. Facilitated investment in critical areas to increase the sustainability of Canadian agriculture by analyzing land use management, irrigation technologies, and water quantity / quality challenges. Provided expert assessments for nonprofit organization that supports independent, authoritative, and evidence-based research to inform public policy development in Canada. Facilitated investment in critical areas to increase the sustainability of Canadian agriculture by analyzing land use management, irrigation technologies, and water quantity / quality challenges.

Social Change Fellow

• Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

• Transformed insights from EWB volunteers in Africa into case studies for engineering classrooms. • Transformed insights from EWB volunteers in Africa into case studies for engineering classrooms.

Tutor and Graduate Researcher

• Sep 2006 - Oct 2009

• Developed groundwater remediation strategies informed by interviews of local stakeholders • Analyzed China’s progress on climate mitigation and adaptation • Taught an undergraduate statistics course in the School of Geography • Developed groundwater remediation strategies informed by interviews of local stakeholders • Analyzed China’s progress on climate mitigation and adaptation • Taught an undergraduate statistics course in the School of Geography

Environmental Scientist

• 2005 - 2006

• Conducted field and data analysis to develop mitigation strategies for a variety of clients • Conducted field and data analysis to develop mitigation strategies for a variety of clients