Experience

Faith in Indiana

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Civic Engagement Director

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Faith in Indiana and Act Indiana (our electoral vehicle) is the main vehicle to restore democracy and make our government work for everyday people in Indiana. As the largest multi-racial and multi-faith organization in the state, Faith in Indiana is building power for everyday people to reduce gun violence, reduce incarceration, expand public transit, and more. Act Indiana is uniting partners from the labor, community, and environmental sectors to build power and make this shift happen. I'll be recruiting, training, and supporting everyday people in key parts of Indiana to step up as local leaders and some to run for our state legislature. Show less



Sunrise Movement

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• National Press Coordinator

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2021

  Sunrise is building a movement of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. Spearheaded a program that has trained over 300 Sunrise leaders around the country in public speaking, storytelling, and interviewing skills Developed Sunrise's first viral media campaign (#YoungAndNaive) by writing and secured media content in Teen Vogue and the New York Times Field national and international media inquiries and manage a team of volunteers to secure thousands of local media hits around the country Show less



Blad for Indiana State Rep

• Candidate

  • Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

  Candidate for Indiana State Representative in South Bend, IN. We built the largest primary campaign in the state, raising $65,000 and recruiting hundreds of volunteers to make over 35,000 phone calls to voters before election day, where we earned 3,008 votes but came up 300 short. Candidate for Indiana State Representative in South Bend, IN. We built the largest primary campaign in the state, raising $65,000 and recruiting hundreds of volunteers to make over 35,000 phone calls to voters before election day, where we earned 3,008 votes but came up 300 short.



SustainUS

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Coordinator

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2019

  SustainUS is a youth-led non-governmental organisation that empowers young people to further justice and sustainability by engaging in advocacy at the national and international levels. Supervised twelve program leaders, including recruiting, onboarding, training, goal setting, and conflict management;Managed all SustainUS grants, including application, reporting, administration, and relationships to foundations and donors;Increased fundraising via grassroots donations, grants, and organizational partnerships 50% to $200,000 per year;Developed, maintained, and monitored program and organizational budgets in coordination with Board of Directors Show less

• U.N. Youth Delegate to COP24

  • Mar 2018 - Dec 2018

  Selected as one of 22 youth leaders to attend U.N. Climate Talks and lobby U.S. negotiators under high-stress environmentsManaged six-person media team and led media strategy, securing over 150 media hits.

• U.N. Youth Delegate to COP23

  • Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

  Selected as one of 22 youth leaders to attend U.N. Climate Talks and lobby U.S. negotiators under high-stress environmentsManaged six-person media team and led media strategy, securing over 150 media hits.

• Speaking Tour Lead

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Sunrise is building a movement of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. Recruited, trained, and managed twenty youth leaders to give over 150 public talks on climate and civic engagement to over 9,000 youth. Personally presented to 4,000 people at 35 high schools, colleges, and community centers across Midwest on climate and civic engagement. Maintained relationships with national press corps, landed over 75 media hits in local and national outlets in past six months Show less



Climate Nexus

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

• Digital Communications Fellow

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2017

  Climate Nexus is a non-profit that seeks to change the conversation on climate and clean energy by providing strategic communications to organizations, scientists, and other grassroots organizations. Created strategic digital communications content for partner organizations, including microsites, graphics, and social media content. Worked closely with leadership to develop and target messaging using A/B testing, Facebook ads, and digital analytics platforms. Wrote and curated content for the I Heart Climate Scientists Facebook community and Medium blog, growing the community by 9% over 6 months, now with over 60,000 followers. Show less



Climate Journey

• Communications Director

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  Climate Journey is an independent storytelling project developed by Garrett Blad and Morgan Curtis to bike across 11 countries between the US and Paris to amplify stories in the climate movement before the Paris Climate Talks in December 2015. Raised $10,000 from grassroots fundraising to bike for 6 months, traveling 3,500 miles through 11 countries, hosting dozens of community events along the way. Mobilized thousands of followers by sharing stories of individuals mobilizing for climate action in their communities. Secured over 30 media hits along the way, including in the largest newspapers in London, Iceland, and France. Show less

• U.N. Youth Delegate to COP21

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  SustainUS is a youth-led organization advancing sustainability and justice by empowering young people to engage in advocacy, most notably by sending youth delegates to United Nation's conferences. Worked alongside 22 youth climate leaders to lobby U.N. negotiators, build alternative media narratives, and mobilize youth action and support inside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) Implemented an international social media campaign, #ZeroBy2050, successfully implementing a long-term mitigation goal in the Paris Agreement. Wrote press releases, wrangled media during events, and published opinion pieces in local and national press outlets. Show less



Fossil Free ND (formerly We Are 9)

• Co-Founder

  • Nov 2013 - Jun 2015

  Fossil Free ND (formerly We Are 9) is a campaign demanding the University of Notre Dame divest its endowment from the top 200 fossil fuel corporations. As the co-founder of Fossil Free ND, I organized and facilitated meetings, directed strategy, and trained students in social change organizing. My accomplishments with Fossil Free ND include: Organizing the creation of a promotional video which included a dozen notable students and faculty Training 35 students to canvass door-to-door, collecting 1,200 petition signatures in three weeks and securing a meeting with President John Jenkins. Show less



MORE (Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment)

• Fossil Free Fellow (via 350.org)

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  MORE is a people-powered organization that fights for economic, racial, and climate justice in the city of St. Louis, MO. Compiled and designed visual representations of corporate powers in St. Louis and their connections to the public sector. Canvassed in low-income minority communities. Organized direct action events: wrote press releases, contacted news outlets, phone banked, and designed banners and other art for events. MORE is a people-powered organization that fights for economic, racial, and climate justice in the city of St. Louis, MO. Compiled and designed visual representations of corporate powers in St. Louis and their connections to the public sector. Canvassed in low-income minority communities. Organized direct action events: wrote press releases, contacted news outlets, phone banked, and designed banners and other art for events.



PaleoEcological Observatory Network (PalEON Project)

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2013

  The PalEON Project is an interdisciplinary team of scientists whose goal is to reconstruct forest composition, fire regime, and climate in forests across the northeastern US and Alaska over the past 2000 years and use this to drive and validate terrestrial ecosystem models. As a research assistant, I translated Public Land Survey notes from the 17th-18th centuries from manuscript into digital format, assisting with implementation of the data entry form. This project developed innovative and novel data to inform climate models. With this information, we will be better able to understand how climate has reacted in the past to large changes in forest composition, and better predict how current warming will affect existing forests. Show less



New England Climate Summer, a Better Future Project

• Civic and Social Organizations

• Media Coordinator

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Climate Summer is a summer leadership development program where participants ride exclusively by bicycle organizing support for climate campaigns around New England. I rode 1,200 miles by bicycle on six person team, organizing grassroots resistance to Portland-Montreal Pipeline reversal in the state of Maine. I built media lists, pitched to reporters in various news mediums, led interviews, and earned over 12 media hits in eight weeks. Climate Summer is a summer leadership development program where participants ride exclusively by bicycle organizing support for climate campaigns around New England. I rode 1,200 miles by bicycle on six person team, organizing grassroots resistance to Portland-Montreal Pipeline reversal in the state of Maine. I built media lists, pitched to reporters in various news mediums, led interviews, and earned over 12 media hits in eight weeks.