Experience

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County

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

• 4-H Youth Development Educator

  • Nov 2021 - Present



Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications and Membership Coordinator

  • Oct 2019 - Nov 2021



My Community: What's the Plan?

• Creator and Community Planning Educator

  • Aug 2001 - Nov 2021

  Through "My Community: What's the Plan?" I engage youth of all ages and from all walks of life in a lively, interactive, informative and inspiring introduction to the concepts/issues/process/ science/politics of community planning, design, and development. Underpinned by my belief that youth can and should be involved in community planning and development, and that this area of civic education is under-attended if not virtually absent, I set out at the outset of the new millennium to design and deploy a simple but effective role play/simulation introductory activity that can be customized to any youth group and time period! Over the years I've conducted many, many of these workshops and have been thrilled at their effectiveness in building interest in and knowledge of community planning!



City of Rochester Public Market

• Assistant Market Supervisor

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2019

  Manage communications and special events/projects, assist with Market administration and short/long term planning at the City of Rochester Public Market.

• Communications and Special Projects/Events Coordinator

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2017

  Design and deploy communications, special projects, and special events for the City of Rochester's 113-year-old Public Market.



Neighborhood of the Arts Neighborhood Association

• United States

• President

  • Dec 2014 - Jun 2017

  Serve as volunteer President of the Neighborhood of the Arts Neighborhood Association, which serves a vibrant revitalized neighborhood in the southeast quadrant of the City of Rochester, New York. Serve as volunteer President of the Neighborhood of the Arts Neighborhood Association, which serves a vibrant revitalized neighborhood in the southeast quadrant of the City of Rochester, New York.



Compeer Rochester, Inc.

• Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator

  • Jul 2014 - 2015

  Coordinate communications, public relations, and marketing part-time for Compeer Rochester, an organization that provides supportive friendships for community members living with mental illness. Compeer was founded in Rochester in 1973 and has since expanded into an international organization, with affiliates around the country and globe. Compeer Rochester is the local affiliate of the international organization. Coordinate communications, public relations, and marketing part-time for Compeer Rochester, an organization that provides supportive friendships for community members living with mental illness. Compeer was founded in Rochester in 1973 and has since expanded into an international organization, with affiliates around the country and globe. Compeer Rochester is the local affiliate of the international organization.



Green Village Consulting

• New Zealand
• Government Administration

• Consultant

  • May 2005 - Jul 2014

  Served an array of clients in an array of ways--clients have included Empire State Future (New York State's first and only statewide "smart growth" advocacy organization, co-founded by Green Village Consulting), Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, City of Rochester Department of Community Development, ChavoBart Digital Media and Finger Lakes Radio Productions (wrote radio scripts for nationally syndicated environmental radio program), Freedom Press, Institute for Local Self Reliance, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and best-selling author David Cay Johnston, Smart Growth America, Landmark Society of Western New York. Work for clients has included research, writing (reports, proposals, essays, editorials, articles, blogs, web content, book chapters), presentations and facilitation, project design and management, event planning, and more.



City of Rochester

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Specialist

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2012

  Coordinated and managed communications for the City Department of Recreation and Youth Services, and Rochester Public Market. Coordinated and managed communications for the City Department of Recreation and Youth Services, and Rochester Public Market.



Rochester Area Community Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Officer

  • 1999 - 2005

  Designed and administered the Civic Engagement grants program, the NeighborGood grants program, and several arts, cultural, and environmental grant funds. Served as Program Director of the Common Good Planning Center, an initiative of the foundation focused on "smart growth" and regional land use and development planning. Designed and administered the Civic Engagement grants program, the NeighborGood grants program, and several arts, cultural, and environmental grant funds. Served as Program Director of the Common Good Planning Center, an initiative of the foundation focused on "smart growth" and regional land use and development planning.



Echo Hill Outdoor School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Naturalist

  • Mar 1994 - Jun 1996

  Served as environmental educator at Echo Hill, an "outdoor school" on the Chesapeake Bay that immerses youth and adults from all walks of life in the nature and culture of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Served as environmental educator at Echo Hill, an "outdoor school" on the Chesapeake Bay that immerses youth and adults from all walks of life in the nature and culture of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.