Experience

Tax Foundation

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Mar 2022 - Present

  • Communicate important federal tax issues to policymakers & their staff, the media, and taxpayers through research, writing, presentations, interviews, and other educational efforts. Interests include business tax issues and improving the tax system for low-income households.• Manage Tax Foundation's economic modeling work, including the product development, maintenance, and use of our general equilibrium tax model.• Support Tax Foundation's federal tax strategy and fundraising efforts by providing insight, feedback, and edits on project proposals and updates to supporters. Engage with our individual, foundation, and business supporters on our policy work. Show less

• • Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Published over 150 reports, op-eds, and blog posts on federal tax policy, educating and informing policymakers, policy staff, the media, and taxpayers. Featured regularly in print, television, and radio on federal tax issues, earning nearly 5,000 print media citations and participating in 65 broadcast interviews in 2020 and 2021.• Led the federal team's economic modeling of tax proposals in the 2020 presidential campaign, highlighting the impact of tax proposals on federal revenue, the economy, and the distribution of incomes. Show less

• • Nov 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Conducted research on state tax policies harming entrepreneurs and small businesses, including gross receipts taxes and tangible personal property taxes. Research was featured in the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives in May 2019. Coordinated a monthly working group on state gross receipts taxation.• Drove the fundraising, development, and execution of a video project highlighting the tax challenges of entrepreneurs and small business owners.



R Street Institute

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

  • Scoped and budgeted new policy projects in collaboration with the finance team, policy directors, and the executive team. Evaluated project profit & loss, informing an annual strategic assessment and refinement of existing projects.• Developed and executed a knowledge management strategy, working across the organization to comprehensively track and relay contact touch points, improve fundraising moves management, and optimize the Salesforce user experience.• Built an automated program evaluation tool for new funding opportunities, streamlining internal deliberations and growing donor prospect capacity. Show less

• • Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Coordinated the business development and grant writing process for corporate and foundation project proposals, which led to 25% revenue growth and an above-average donor retention rate for grant renewals in 2017.• Published op-eds and a policy study on labor policy and economic opportunity. This work was featured in National Review, The Washington Examiner, and The Hill.



Charles Koch Foundation

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

• • Jul 2016 - Mar 2017

  •Managed the request pipeline for analysis of grant opportunities. Coordinated with internal clients and a team of 15 analysts to prioritize and fulfill an average of 80 research projects/month and support a $75 million grant portfolio.• Introduced and tracked metrics to assess team performance, including throughput, on-time delivery rates, and research trends. The team hired two additional analysts after metrics identified capacity constraints.

• • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Conducted research and analysis on grant opportunities in higher education. Made internal recommendations on academic grant proposals in economics and philosophy, empowering program officers to make informed grant decisions.• Completed the Koch Associate Program, a professional development program, at the Charles Koch Institute (June 2014 to May 2015).



St. Lawrence University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2013 - May 2014

• • Sep 2011 - May 2014

• • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Conducted a study of the skill composition in the U.S. labor market using data from the Current Population Survey and a skills database to analyze the drivers of long-term unemployment. The research was presented at two professional conferences.



Charles Koch Foundation

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

• Higher Education Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Completed the Summer 2012 Koch Internship Program at the Charles Koch Institute Completed the Summer 2012 Koch Internship Program at the Charles Koch Institute