Experience

Strategen

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  · Conduct outreach to stakeholder groups including communities, labor unions, environmental justice organizations, and tribal nations to meaningfully engage them in the development of clean energy projects and policies · Design, plan, and execute convenings focused on a range of clean energy topics · Conduct outreach to stakeholder groups including communities, labor unions, environmental justice organizations, and tribal nations to meaningfully engage them in the development of clean energy projects and policies · Design, plan, and execute convenings focused on a range of clean energy topics



Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Policy Fellow

  • Mar 2021 - Apr 2023

  · Act as in-house specialist for natural climate solutions in the agriculture, forestry and land use sectors · Organize and host a series of roundtable dialogues between government, companies, NGOs and communities on a range of climate and energy topics across the country · Track, analyze and advance federal climate policies · Write policy briefs, blogs, and requests for information on natural climate solutions and other topics · Shape and implement a justice, equity, diversity and inclusion strategy and convene employee trainings as co-chair of JEDI council Show less



Climate Scorecard

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• United States Country Manager

  • Dec 2021 - Sep 2022

  · Research and write monthly posts on the United States' progress in achieving its climate commitments · Research and write monthly posts on the United States' progress in achieving its climate commitments



Clean Energy Leadership Institute

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • May 2021 - Sep 2021

  · Selected for highly competitive national fellowship program that trains emerging leaders across the clean energy industry, including in energy finance, technology, policy, and justice · Delivered a capstone TED Talk on the linkages between climate change and plastic pollution · Selected for highly competitive national fellowship program that trains emerging leaders across the clean energy industry, including in energy finance, technology, policy, and justice · Delivered a capstone TED Talk on the linkages between climate change and plastic pollution



Village Focus International

• Lao People's Democratic Republic
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Advisor

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2021

  · Led literature reviews, interviews, analysis, writing and editing of research studies related to foreign direct investment, deforestation, land rights, agriculture, human trafficking, and gender · Transformed research results into policy briefs and presentations for government and civil society · Wrote grant applications and assist in budget planning for project proposals (4/6 grants won) · Regularly liaised with donors, including on contract creation, budgets, and project output reporting · Achieved 16% increase in Facebook page followers via regular posts in Lao and English Show less



Open Development Laos

• Vientiane, Lao PDR

• Platform Advisor

  • Feb 2018 - Feb 2020

  · Managed launch and continuous development of Open Development Laos online database, including strategizing site content and editing all content before publishing · Grew site sessions from ~850/month at site launch to ~5,200/month by Oct 2019 via Facebook and Twitter promotion · Expanded site user base and contributors via information sessions, workshops and trainings at universities and civil society organizations · Managed launch and continuous development of Open Development Laos online database, including strategizing site content and editing all content before publishing · Grew site sessions from ~850/month at site launch to ~5,200/month by Oct 2019 via Facebook and Twitter promotion · Expanded site user base and contributors via information sessions, workshops and trainings at universities and civil society organizations



Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Body President

  • Apr 2016 - May 2017

  · Developed and advanced a strategic vision for the representation of Northwestern's 8,000 undergraduates· Regularly advocated to school administrators through meetings and presentations to gain support for proposed initiatives· Regularly gave speeches at school events to crowds of 200-2,000+ people

• Communications and Strategic Planning Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Apr 2016

  · Analyzed energy use, purchasing, waste, transportation, emissions and other data to assemble NU’s application to the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS)· Managed office's Twitter, Facebook, newsletter and website using Mailchimp and Hootsuite· Regularly designed promotional materials using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign



Environmental Law & Policy Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  · Orchestrated a communications campaign to promote IL Clean Jobs Bill, including writing press releases, 2 letters to the editor, and 6 profiles of small solar businesses · Wrote and delivered testimony to the EPA with suggested improvements to Clean Energy Incentive Program · Orchestrated a communications campaign to promote IL Clean Jobs Bill, including writing press releases, 2 letters to the editor, and 6 profiles of small solar businesses · Wrote and delivered testimony to the EPA with suggested improvements to Clean Energy Incentive Program