Experience

Appalachian Voices

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• New Economy Program Manager

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  - Coordinate the New Economy Program’s strategy meetings, campaign development, and programmatic and project management. - Provide regional capacity and project management in Virginia’s 7 coalfield counties for community and economic development initiatives including applying for federal and state funding opportunities, project implementation, and strategic planning. - Manage the New Economy Program Coordinator and efforts to expand clean energy, pathways to electrification, and community climate change adaptation. - Lead state level policy campaigns aimed at transitioning Virginia’s coalfield economies by building a local solar industry, increasing state resources in the region, and shifting to electrification and energy storage markets. - Manage grassroots engagement and the New Economy Field Coordinator who facilitates the New Economy Network and other regional engagement opportunities while building local leaders who are champions of sustainable development and a just transition. Show less



Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Appalachian Leadership Institute Fellow

  • Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

  - Competitively selected to participate in the comprehensive leadership and economic development training for people who work in Appalachia. Topics include building workforce ecosystems, infrastructure, regional tourism, and leadership capacity. - Fellows participate in a curriculum developed by the Appalachian Regional Commission in partnership with the University of Tennessee's Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. - Competitively selected to participate in the comprehensive leadership and economic development training for people who work in Appalachia. Topics include building workforce ecosystems, infrastructure, regional tourism, and leadership capacity. - Fellows participate in a curriculum developed by the Appalachian Regional Commission in partnership with the University of Tennessee's Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.



Climate Action Campaign DC

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

• Operations Fellow

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  - Supported partnership engagement for a coalition of national climate, conservation, progressive groups, state and local partners, and key allies promoting action on climate change and winning federal policies and investments. - Supported contracts granting over $1.5 million in funding to 30 diverse grassroots organizations. - Supported field operations targeting federal lawmakers in 6 key target states and surge capacity in 9 states. - Tracked campaign metrics and partner deliverables while working with partners to develop messaging and responses to national key moments. Show less

• New Economy Graduate Fellow

  • May 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Researched land ownership and taxation issues in Virginia's coalfield counties. - Organized seven community listening sessions concerning land use, property tax, and coal reclamation. - Organized and facilitated a community forum and the development of the annual grassroots strategy for the New Economy Network, including local and state targets concerning legislation for absentee land ownership, the development of worker-owned cooperatives, and higher education initiatives in Southwest Virginia. Show less



Virginia Organizing

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

• Southwest Organizer

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

  - Managed two chapters and two emerging chapters in rural Virginia as part of a statewide nonprofit. - Recruited grassroots leaders, led chapter fundraising, and facilitated trainings. - Supported several state-wide legislative campaigns, including: Medicaid expansion, predatory lending, opposing Mountain Valley Pipeline and other natural gas pipelines, and dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline. - Built two successful education campaigns in Washington County and Bristol winning anti-discrimination policies and slowing elementary school consolidation with an allocation of $265,000 to improve school ADA infrastructure. Show less


New Leaders Council
• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Fellow

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2019


Sprouting Hope

• United States

• Director

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2017

  - Managed a community-based nonprofit with a $40,000 budget by securing grant funding and fundraising. - Implemented food security, garden, market growing, and sustainable land use programming. - Secured partnerships with the Town of Marion, Mel Leaman Free Clinic, Marion Senior Center, Marion Senior High School, Smyth County Probation Department, and two local food banks. - Managed 2 interns and 40 volunteers to log over 2,800 annual hours and distribute over 12,000 lbs. of organic produce. Show less



Faith in Public Life

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Outreach Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  - Supported the strategy center's mobilization of faith leaders in state-level progressive policy campaigns in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia. - Tracked political developments related to FPL's issue campaigns and mobilized faith leaders and congregations for press conferences, training, and rallies. - Managed a faith activist database tracking engagement across several campaigns. - Supported the strategy center's mobilization of faith leaders in state-level progressive policy campaigns in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia. - Tracked political developments related to FPL's issue campaigns and mobilized faith leaders and congregations for press conferences, training, and rallies. - Managed a faith activist database tracking engagement across several campaigns.