Experience

Bellingham Food Bank

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

• Emerging Projects Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Present

• Emerging Projects Coordinator

  • Jan 2018 - Oct 2021

  • Launched multiple satellite food banks serving rural, BIPOC, and Tribal populations• Designed and coordinated initiatives with budgets up to $560,000• Led multi-year healthcare initiatives bringing together managed care organizations, community health centers, food banks, and retail grocers • Coordinated a response to hunger within the farmworker community of Whatcom County through advocacy, leadership, and strategic development• Co-created workshops and presentations for food bank staff and the public about childhood hunger• Facilitated the food bank’s efforts to develop an equity lens for program management• Managed agricultural programs including oversight of staff and farm contracts Show less

• Agricultural Programs Coordinator

  • Jul 2009 - Jan 2018

  • Developed and managed a suite of creative and award-winning agricultural programs• Oversaw gleaning of more than one million pounds of produce• Managed wholesale contracts with dozens of annual farm contracts• Coordinated more than 2,000 volunteer hours per year• Secured grants totaling more than $600,000



DEVine Gardens

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Farmworker

  • Feb 2009 - Jun 2009

  Seasonal work on an organic, mixed-vegetable truck farm. Seasonal work on an organic, mixed-vegetable truck farm.



Seattle City Council

• Local Food Policy Research Associate

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Research and outreach for Council President Richard Conlin’s office assisting city departments and non-profit organizations’ implementation of Seattle’s Local Food Action Initiative. Research and outreach for Council President Richard Conlin’s office assisting city departments and non-profit organizations’ implementation of Seattle’s Local Food Action Initiative.



Sustainable Connections

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

• Food and Farming Program Manager

  • Feb 2005 - Feb 2007

  Founding manager of the Food and Farming Program at a nationally recognized 501(c)3 membership organization focused on economic localization and support of businesses invested in a triple-bottom line. Founding manager of the Food and Farming Program at a nationally recognized 501(c)3 membership organization focused on economic localization and support of businesses invested in a triple-bottom line.