Experience

Sigma Chi Foundation

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

• Director Of Development

  • May 2021 - Present

  Major gift officer for $50M fund for national youth leadership development and college scholarships managing $8.6M gifts per year. Major gift officer for $50M fund for national youth leadership development and college scholarships managing $8.6M gifts per year.



Burnside Media

• Seattle, Washington, United States

• Independent Journalist

  • 2018 - Present

  My first book will be published through Washington State University Press and Basalt Books on August 15, 2022, with a parallel documentary film now in production. A second film is also in the works. A third film, First Contact, Lost Treasures, is in the pipeline 40% shot. My first book will be published through Washington State University Press and Basalt Books on August 15, 2022, with a parallel documentary film now in production. A second film is also in the works. A third film, First Contact, Lost Treasures, is in the pipeline 40% shot.



University of Colorado Boulder

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scripps Journalism Fellow

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

  Selected as a recipient for this prestigious journalism fellowship. During fellowship, I also earned an Executive Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability from the Leeds Business School at the University of Colorado. Went on to serve on the Board of Advisors overseeing this Scripps program, and served on fellow selection committee. Selected as a recipient for this prestigious journalism fellowship. During fellowship, I also earned an Executive Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability from the Leeds Business School at the University of Colorado. Went on to serve on the Board of Advisors overseeing this Scripps program, and served on fellow selection committee.



Society of Environmental Journalists

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Oct 2014 - Oct 2016

  SEJ is a major American journalism association and the leading such group in the world whose members are professional journalists with a special interest in reporting all matters of the environment and energy. The daily readership/viewership/listenership of our 1300 members is many millions, perhaps tens of millions. Our members come from all 50 states and numerous countries. I have served in this volunteer position on the SEJ board since 2008 and as its Board President for two terms from 2014-2016. Find out more at www.sej.org



KOMO TV

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Investigative Reporter

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2015

  Lead major investigative journalism projects, responsible for story leads, far-reaching sources, advanced research, periodic undercover and/or hidden camera news gathering, and on-air reporting during live news broadcasts. I collaborate with photographers, video editors, news managers, lawyers, newscast producers, marketing team, graphic designers and web content teams. I am responsible for significant social media presence, and significant follow up with sources, viewers, and more. Major enterprise stories include: - The colossal failure of court-ordered restitution for crime victims - Thousands of home heating oil customers (many elderly and on fixed income) who lost thousands of dollars each due to unscrupulous company - Water contamination by the dairy industry and failure of gov't regulators to enforce laws - Installed remote video cameras to chronicle mile-long oil trains going past Seahawks and Mariners stadiums during games - Those same oil trains running under downtown Seattle in a century-old tunnel that violates fire safety standards - Expansive investigations of animal shelters with horrific conditions, leading to closures and state attorney general lawsuit - Oso Mudslide coverage - Cutting edge reporting on impacts of climate change, sea level rise, ocean acidification - Leading reports on saving Puget Sound's beloved killler whale pods - Behind the scenes battling wildlife trafficking



NBC News

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investigative Reporter for WTVJ Miami

  • 1999 - 2012

  NBC O&O. National award-winning investigative and daily news coverage. My reporting helped put more than a dozen people behind bars and change state laws. Major stories included: - Hurricane coverage - Exposing many unscrupulous businesses - Going undercover to expose national web trafficking in puppy mill dogs - Discovering a criminal ring stealing and butchering horses for human consumption - Groundbreaking reporting on the link between sonar and whale/dolphin deaths (which helped lead to a Supreme Court case and change in White House policy) - First to fully chronicle the impact of climate change on South Florida's delicate environment - First live TV report from inside the world's only undersea research lab - Broke the story of millions of dollars in overcharging by government contractor, and more.