Experience

CIS (Corvias Infrastructure Solutions)

• Senior Water Policy Analyst

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  • Conduct research and analysis for a portfolio of water policy and planning projects on a wide range of topics including federal and state financing of water infrastructure, replacement of lead pipes, affordability, environmental justice, and climate resiliency. • Lead proposal writing and support business development activities.



Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  • Recruited to join a transdisciplinary cohort of PhD students to perform small research projects to support faculty members in the urban planning, environment and sustainability, and engineering departments with upcoming grant proposals. • Received a Dow Distinguished Award for our project titled, "Advancing Sustainable and Equitable Agrifood Systems in Michigan: Scenario Analysis of Multiple Approaches to Circularize the Nutrient Economy."

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Jan 2023 - May 2023

  • Developed and taught a course on comparative environmental planning that included an applied research project for the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition focused on how policymakers can ensure a just clean energy transition in the state of Michigan.



RAND Corporation

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • May 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Joined RAND as part of the highly competitive 2022 Summer Associate Program and continued working as an adjunct during the school year. • Conducted research on topics related to disasters, climate change, public health, resilience, and national security.



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Developed and taught a course for the Wolverine Pathways Program called, Urban Resilience: Planning in the Age of Disruption.

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Jan 2022 - May 2022

  • Co-taught a capstone studio class on coastal justice and equity. • Supported the professor with lesson planning. • Led lectures on the business of consulting, coastal resilience mapping, data analysis, etc. • Held small group meetings with students to provide feedback on their work.



Climate Resilience Consulting

• United States
• Strategic Management Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of ESG+ Resilience Programs

  • May 2021 - Sep 2021

  • Managed several of the firm's high profile projects: coordinated deliverables, delegated work, reviewed materials and performed quality checks, and managed client communications and expectations. • Managed a team of 5 associates and interns. • Led proposal writing and helped to bring in new clients. • Provided technical expertise on ESG+ Resilience finance, strategy, and measurement.

• Senior Resilience Associate

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  • Served as the company's lead researcher, data scientist, and GIS analyst. • Co-led various projects for high profile national and international clients. • Performed literature reviews (including trends analyses and competitive benchmarking), interviews, GIS mapping, and regression modeling to support client deliverables, including generating state-level climate policy and finance recommendations.

• Resilience Associate

  • Apr 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Provided technical assistance in preparing reports and writing recommendations for plans, policies, and standards. • Supported content creation for presentations and articles.



University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Rackham Public Engagement Intern

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Awarded funding to work with The Nature Conservancy as a research fellow over the summer. • Performed an exploratory study examining how stakeholders define and characterize coastal resilience in Great Lakes settings, and examined planning and policy implications of these varying conceptualizations of coastal resilience.



Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Research Fellow

  • Aug 2020 - May 2021

  Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States • Awarded funding to perform a research project that applied social-ecological vulnerability and fiscal impact assessments to simulate prioritization of coastal resilience actions in two coastal communities in Michigan. • Performed a critical reflection to evaluate the shortcomings of current decision-support tools, including their implicit biases and impacts on sustainable development outcomes.



University of Michigan- School for Environment and Sustainability

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Jun 2020 - Apr 2021

  Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States • Co-PI on a project that developed a toolkit with principles, case studies, and available tools/resources for centering racial justice in urban flooding resilience policy and planning.

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • May 2020 - Jan 2021

  Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States • Co-developed a fiscal impact analysis method to project economic losses from coastal flooding in Great Lakes communities under different development climate and development scenarios. • Conducted exploratory research investigating the quality and availability of current data sources and methods for assessing social-biophysical vulnerability for coastal Great Lakes communities.

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  • Graduate Student Instructor for an undergraduate environmental planning class. • Led a weekly discussion section. • Assisted with grading.



Carestream

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• EHS & Sustainability Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Rochester, New York • Wrote Carestream’s 2019 corporate sustainability report in accordance with the GRI reporting guidelines. • Created a management system framework for the corporate sustainability program using the ISO 26000 guidelines. • Developed a five-year sustainability plan for corporate sustainability and presented the plan to the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Vice President of Operations • Worked with vendors and led the selection of a new EHS information system, and worked with the… Show more • Wrote Carestream’s 2019 corporate sustainability report in accordance with the GRI reporting guidelines. • Created a management system framework for the corporate sustainability program using the ISO 26000 guidelines. • Developed a five-year sustainability plan for corporate sustainability and presented the plan to the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Vice President of Operations • Worked with vendors and led the selection of a new EHS information system, and worked with the finance team to develop a business case. • Worked with the IT team to create a sustainability website and coordinated updates. • Assisted with EPA Mercury Reporting. Show less



Rochester Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate, Collaboratory for Resiliency and Recovery

  • Dec 2015 - Aug 2019

  Rochester, New York Area • Designed a survey assessment to measure the economic and social value of the hotel and lodging industry’s contributions to community disaster relief. • Performed a case study after Hurricane Irma that quantified the economic and social impact of disaster relief contributions made by the Florida hotel and lodging industry. • Conducted interviews with Florida hotel managers after Hurricane Irma to identify best practices for providing community disaster relief. • Mentored two research… Show more • Designed a survey assessment to measure the economic and social value of the hotel and lodging industry’s contributions to community disaster relief. • Performed a case study after Hurricane Irma that quantified the economic and social impact of disaster relief contributions made by the Florida hotel and lodging industry. • Conducted interviews with Florida hotel managers after Hurricane Irma to identify best practices for providing community disaster relief. • Mentored two research assistants, one graduate and one undergraduate. • Developed a sustainability assessment to evaluate the quality of sustainability management systems. • Piloted the sustainability assessment with members of the Rochester Sustainability Collaborative and identified collaborative opportunities to improve their environmental and social impact.

• Graduate Student Instructor, School of Individualized Study

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Henrietta, New York • Co-taught a class on Wicked Problems for the School of Individualized Study. Students learn how to apply problem-solving tools to complex problems. This semester we are focusing on Feeding the World Sustainably.



Arizona State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Tempe, Arizona • Developed a framework for socially valuable climate resilience solutions. • Documented and developed a database of socially valuable climate resilience solution case studies in North American cities through interviews and a systematic grey literature review.

• Climate Action Plan Manager, President's Office

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

  Rochester, New York Area • Co-wrote the updated Climate Action Plan and led the resilience portion of the plan. • Facilitated planning charrettes and collection of stakeholder feedback for Climate Action Plan. • Performed climate vulnerability assessment.

• Higher Education Opportunity Program Chemistry Tutor

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  Henrietta, New York • Tutored a student in general chemistry for the Higher Education Opportunity Program, a program that supports the academic success of historically disadvantaged students with strong academic potential and personal initiative who would otherwise be excluded from higher education at a private New York State college or university.



Constellation Brands

• Wine & Spirits
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Sustainability Intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Proposed a corporate sustainability plan and developed toolkits with guidance on sustainability initiatives for operations. • Assisted with CDP Reporting, and supported supply chain water risk assessment.



Rochester Regional Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sustainability Intern

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  Rochester, New York Area • Wrote sustainability action plan and co-led planning meetings. • Set up system for sustainability performance measurement and evaluation in alignment with GRI G4 reporting guidelines. • Implemented of various sustainability projects, e.g., identified products containing hazardous chemicals and worked with the purchasing department to identify alternative products.

• Sustainability Reporting Intern

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Rochester, New York • Wrote Carestream’s 2016 corporate sustainability report in accordance with the GRI G4 reporting guidelines. • Assisted with sustainability components in transition to ISO 14001-2015 standard.



State University of New York College at Brockport

• Sustainability Research Intern

  • Dec 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Authored independent research on a proposed general education requirement for a workshop to teach students about sustainability initiatives specific to the campus.

• Student Research Assistant

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2015

  State University of New York College at Brockport • Assisted with research on mapping the food web of aquatic habitats through analysis of fatty acid signatures of prey and predatory fish in Cayuga Lake. • Performed a study examining the effectiveness of treatments for preventing thiamine deficiency in Lake Michigan Steelhead.