Program Director

• Oct 2018 - Present

Executive Director

• Jun 2009 - Sep 2018

• Direct a nine-member staff team to run several campaigns that pressure companies to eliminate toxic chemicals from their household products and advocate for lawmakers to pass health-protective policies.• Lead the organization’s strategic planning, developing 3-5 year strategic plans, and most recently codifying organizational core values and articulating our theory of change.• Develop organizational capacity; nearly doubled staff capacity; built strong and diverse 10-member governance team.• Develop and manage budgets; increased revenue 50%.• Implement evaluation processes to align with the strategic plan, developing tracking metrics and evaluation dashboards.• Oversee communications and outreach; from 2010-2017, grew annual website views from 78,000 to over 527,000; grew action network from 4,000 supporters to over 33,000; increased media reach to an average of over 200 annual news articles tracked; grew Facebook fans from 2200 to over 35,000; grew Twitter from just 600 followers to over 8,500.• Regularly interview with media outlets, appearing in news outlets such as the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and radio and TV stations.• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with organizations nationwide.

Senior Campaigns Organizer

• Jan 2008 - Jun 2009

• Developed and led all aspects of the Safe Cleaning Products Initiative to move cleaning product manufacturers to ingredient transparency and safer ingredients. • Convened the Safe Cleaning Products Collaborative to unite organizations working at various levels (state, institutional, federal) and capacities (NGO’s & governmental) on efforts to reduce toxic exposure from cleaning products.• Developed and implemented grassroots outreach and engagement efforts, targeted towards women, including the Green Cleaning Party Kit, an innovative vehicle for grassroots engagement that was covered by numerous new outlets, including the New York Times and LA Times, and has been downloaded more than 3,000 times.Drafted action alerts, newsletter articles, and fact sheets; acted as a media spokesperson.

Campaigns Organizer

• Oct 2005 - Jan 2008

• Developed goals, timelines, and strategies for statewide Mercury and Public Health Campaign.• Convened statewide mercury task force made up of local and state public health officials, Department of Environmental Quality staff, and business owners to address mercury pollution.• Worked with policymakers to draft legislation to prohibit the sale of mercury-containing products in Montana; identified and confirmed bill sponsor; prepared research and testimonies and organized supporters to testify at hearings; organized press events; lobbied on the bill.• Organized local and national actions at Albertson’s stores, prompting the company to post “mercury in fish” warning signs at their stores nationwide.

Coordinator

• Jan 2002 - Dec 2006

• Convened and facilitated weekly volunteer membership meetings, averaging 15-20 attendees.• Grew organization from an all-volunteer effort to paid coordinator; developed budgets and managed finances; handled all aspects of administration and program work.• Collaborated with University of Montana, labor unions, and the faith-based community to organize events fostering cross-cultural understanding between the U.S. and Latin America.• Developed presentations and spoke to large audiences (50-200 people) across Montana about U.S. involvement in Latin America, speaking about my human rights witness trips to Colombia.• Developed a Board of Directors; organized and led board meetings.• Mentored 5-10 interns and volunteers at a time.

Americorps VISTA/Special Projects Coordinator

• Jul 2002 - Dec 2004

• Conducted a multitude of tasks for a statewide affordable, green-built housing organization.• Wrote several successful federal and private foundation grants (including one for $700K).• Organized design 'charrette' and neighborhood outreach campaign for the development of the “Orchard Gardens” affordable housing development, bringing multiple and opposing constituencies together to plan the new development.