Experience

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

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

• State Affairs Manager

  • Dec 2020 - Present

• Policy Analyst

  • Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Advance Stop Gun Violence policy priorities at the state and federal level, specifically policies related to domestic violence and extreme risk law firearm removal.• Give public presentations to a variety of audiences on the work of Stop Gun Violence.• Maintain subject matter expertise in gun violence prevention research and policy.• Create and maintain relationships and collaborate with policymakers, public health researchers, and advocates to advance gun violence prevention policies at the state and federal level.• Research and write peer-reviewed papers, policy documents, and reports. • Draft fact sheets, policy briefs, testimony, and other policy products for various audiences to support federal and state policy.• Testify as an expert witness on gun violence prevention bills.• Produce internal and external public health related communication, including newsletters, social media, and press releases.• Work across various teams to organize forums in collaboration with state gun violence prevention groups to educate stakeholders about evidence-based policies.• Facilitate knowledge sharing across cities, counties, and states related to firearm removal and implementation and best practices on risk-based firearm removal policies and develop trainings to address knowledge gaps.• Proactively develop opportunities in the field to build domestic violence firearm removal protocols in conjunction with local domestic violence advocates and law enforcement.



Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - May 2019

  • Edited and created content for the Center for Gun Policy and Research (CGPR) website.• Assisted Center faculty with new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on gun violence.• Edited and created fact sheets for the CGPR.• Collected data for various research projects.



Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

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

• External Affairs Associate

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Assisted the communications team with social media work, editing and writing blogs and press releases, research.• Assisted the development team with fundraising, event planning, grant writing and editing, donor outreach, writing fundraising appeals, pursuing major gifts, maintaining board relations.• Managed the organization’s finances; conducted meetings with accountants; used QuickBooks and other accounting services; worked on the yearly budget; monitored the banking and brokerage accounts.• Organized staff and board meetings and events; drafted agendas for all meetings; recorded meeting minutes.• Maintained Executive Assistant responsibilities including running the Stop Gun Violence internship program.

• Executive Assistant

  • Jul 2016 - Jan 2017



Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society

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

• Co-Marketing and Outreach Chair

  • Oct 2015 - May 2016

• Member

  • Sep 2014 - May 2016



University of Wisconsin Hillel Foundation

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

• Board Member, Finance Committee Member

  • Aug 2014 - May 2016

• Fundraiser

  • Apr 2014 - May 2016



Challah for Hunger

• Education Chair

  • Sep 2012 - May 2016

  - Constantly educating volunteers and the leadership team about hunger and homelessness locally, nationally, and globally- Educating volunteers about where the money we raise goes (AJWS nationally and Porchlight locally)



Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

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

• Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  I was the sole intern for the Coalition To Stop Gun Violence for the summer of 2015. I wrote and managed their blog, http://www.nraontherecord.org.I wrote special blogposts on their website (csgv.org) under their "Bullet Counter Points"​ blog: one about the psychology of gun ownership (http://csgv.org/blog/2015/psychology-gun-ownership/) and one about the dangers of arming military bases and the responses to arming the bases in wake of the Chattanooga, TN shooting (http://csgv.org/blog/2015/military-to-gun-extremists/).I helped various staff members do research on the intersection between domestic violence and gun violence, helped draft press releases, did research for Members of Congress interested in ending the gun violence epidemic, among other tasks. In addition, I helped the Director of Communications run various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).



Savory Sunday

• Captain

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2014

  - Managing either the cooking or the serving shift with anywhere from 3 to 15 volunteers- Making sure that each volunteer knows Savory Sunday's mission- Making sure that each volunteer has a job to do for the whole shift



J Street

• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Political and Development Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  - Created candidate profiles for potential endorsees- Attended and took notes during candidate calls with potential endorsees- Sent checks to endorsees weekly- Closely followed and wrote about the midterm elections- Researched close primary and general elections- Attended and took notes on weekly staff meetings- Attended weekly messaging calls related to the current situation in Israel



The Supreme Court Historical Society

• Intern

  • May 2014 - Jun 2014

  - Scanning publications of the Journal of Supreme Court History for the Society's website- Occasionally doing research at the Library of Congress



L'Academie de Cuisine

• Counselor

  • Jun 2012 - Mar 2014

  - Supervising 15-20 kids on a daily basis- Ensuring that the students are safely using all of the kitchen equipment- Setting up before the class and cleaning up after the class- Helping the chef demonstrate all the techniques necessary for class



Bethesda Cares

• Volunteer

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2013

  - Cooking, serving and cleaning up after the large meal on Saturdays- Interacting with homeless and hungry residents in the DC area