Experience

Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)

• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Sustainability Measurement Systems

  • 2019 - Present

  Lead sustainability strategy and measurement system design for COSA’s portfolio of 15+ multi-national corporate and foundation clients (e.g., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Agile Data Initiative, McDonald’s Sustainability Improvement Platform, PepsiCo’s Livelihoods Improvement Framework).Supervise a global technical team deploying Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) field work with 20+ partner orgs. in 10 countries (indicator and survey design, methods, surveyor training, analytics, reporting). Guide industry experts on developing joint measurement frameworks and data standards for emerging sustainability topics: climate change, livelihoods, resilience, regenerative agriculture, gender, youth, diversity, equity and inclusion. Includes alignment with global standards and reporting initiatives (e.g., SDGs, GRI, CDP, SBTi, UNGPRF).

• Manager of Sustainability Measurement Systems

  • 2016 - 2019

  Managed industry platform development of farm-level sustainability performance metrics across the supply chain—e.g., the Global Coffee Platform: the first-ever industry approach to common indicators and a shared data architecture, incorporating inputs from 78 coffee industry experts and executives.Created an innovative sustainability Performance Monitoring system (including standardized metrics and methods) for the Ford Foundation to assess the sustainability return on investment of its global grantees.

• Performance Monitoring Coordinator

  • Nov 2013 - 2016

  Designed the UN FAO’s Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems Smallholder Initiative, a holistic global framework for use with its 194 member nations. Coordinated and executed the on-the-ground training and field work to assess Mondelēz/JDE’s $200 million Coffee Made Happy program impacting 54,000 farmers in seven global projects.



Sustainable Food Lab

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Associate

  • 2010 - 2012

  Co-developed the Cool Farm Tool—a landmark global greenhouse gas calculator used by multinational corporations, food retailers, manufacturers, input suppliers and NGOs to measure agricultural field emissions and mitigation alternatives.Established robust climate strategies for corporate clients including: emissions quantification, assessing supply chain resilience and identifying carbon market and credit opportunities (carbon insetting and payment for ecosystem services). Led broad scope research into critical supply chain sustainability issues for branded manufacturers and food service members: waste, water, energy, labor, packaging and transport.



Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Analyst

  • 2007 - 2008

  Analyzed trends in Information and Communication Technology for Development in agriculture, assistive health and gender issues for potential investment by the foundation.Developed content for a pilot website/ database on irrigation pump technology in Africa and India. Analyzed trends in Information and Communication Technology for Development in agriculture, assistive health and gender issues for potential investment by the foundation.Developed content for a pilot website/ database on irrigation pump technology in Africa and India.