Experience

Verb Energy

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  New York, United States

• Co-Founder, Chief People Officer

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2021



Yale Launch

• Co-President

  • Sep 2015 - May 2019

  Lead and teach in Yale’s entrepreneurial think tank and incubator for businesses, social ventures, and nonprofits Helped Launch ventures raise more than $2MM in angel, venture, and grant funding in four years since inception



Yale Sophomore Class Council

• Elected Representative

  • Sep 2016 - May 2017

  Elected to serve on the event planning organization for the sophomore class.



Yale College Class Council

• Saybrook College Elected Representative

  • Apr 2016 - May 2017

  Served as my residential college's representative in the Yale student government Worked primarily on organizational reforms and financial aid policy



Duke University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2016

  Durham, NC Research Assistant to Professor John de Figueiredo, PhD at the Duke University School of Law, Fuqua School of Business; Summers 2013, 2014, 2016. Acknowledged in NBER Working Paper 22932



VIP.com 唯品会

• China
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Mergers and Acquisitions Intern

  • May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Guangzhou, Guangdong, China I conducted market research in the Mergers and Acquisitions department for the summer of 2016.



Yale Freshman Class Council

• Elected Representative

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016

  One of two elected representatives for Saybrook College in the Freshman Class Council Served on the council as the Community Service Chair and the Freshman Dance Chair Organized and ran the first Yale FCC Salvation Army Angel Tree.



Yale Roosevelt Institute

• Member

  • Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

  Member of the student-led policy think tank. Focused mainly on human capital contracts as an alternative funding method to finance higher education.



Church of Reconciliation

• Ruling Elder

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  Chapel Hill, NC Elected member of the Church’s governing body, liaison to the Committee for the Ministries for Children and Youth, served on a Self-Study Committee to hire a new staff member.



Spanky's Restaurant & Bar

• Host/Busboy

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

  Chapel Hill, NC Worked as a host and busboy at Spanky's, a classic Chapel Hill restaurant and bar on Franklin Street, during senior year in high school



Chapel Hill Social

• Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Apr 2015

  Chapel Hill, NC Paid assistant at Chapel Hill Social, an etiquette and ballroom dance class.