Experience

Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher PHD Student

  • Aug 2014 - Present

• Researcher Phd Candidate

  • 2017 - Oct 2021



Professor Geoffrey Cowan, USC Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership

• Research Assistant on Presidential Primaries and Theodore Roosevelt

  • Feb 2014 - Aug 2014



The Raben Group

• Communications and Public Policy Intern

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Conducted legislative and environmental scan research and summarized findings in written analyses to inform clients’ political strategies. Participated in strategic planning sessions and regular check-ins to determine and execute clients’ advocacy strategies.Drafted strategic action plans to secure clients’ policy aims.Crafted messaging and coordinated strategic external communications via traditional and social media on behalf of clients and firm.Drafted letters, press releases and media advisories on clients’ behalf.Tracked local, state, and federal legislative activity and media reports and identified actions pertinent to client and firm interests.



AgSite Secure, Inc.

• Consultant

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  • Consulted clients on compliance with federal, state, and local statutes pertinent to the taxation and regulation of medical cannabis patient collectives • Consulted clients on compliance with federal, state, and local statutes pertinent to the taxation and regulation of medical cannabis patient collectives



Union for Medical Cannabis Patients (Union of Medical Marijuana Patients)

• Assistant Director

  • May 2011 - Jan 2013

  • Determined and executed advocacy strategies to secure UMCP preferences in medical cannabis policy • Authored and co-authored legislative analyses, legal complaints, policy recommendations, political endorsements, essays, press releases, & other materials UMCP published and submitted for government redress • Crafted messaging and coordinated strategic external communications to cultivate awareness of pertinent legal, political, and social justice issues among patients, news media, and the voting public • Educated law enforcement and public officials on California’s medical cannabis program and offered specific policy recommendations through tailored lobbying campaigns • Identified, researched, and synthesized medical cannabis related policy activity and case law to inform organizational decision making and for incorporation into UMCP publications



Arts District Healing Center

• Assistant to Executive Director

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2012

  • Managed 5 direct reports, responsible for 50 employees total, who oversaw HR, merchandising, community outreach, daily operations, and accounting & finance• Overhauled corporate structure, redefining employee responsibilities for greater managerial accountability• Simplified workflow to maintain organizational productivity while reducing employee time by 50% and streamlined corporate meetings, communications, and assignment tracking processes to maximize efficiency • Coordinated production and implementation of an operations manual, standard training procedures, and regular review process that established transparency of expectation and enhanced consistency of employee performance



Union of Medical Marijuana Patients (UMMP)

• Advocacy and Policy Strategist

  • May 2010 - May 2011

  • Crafted messaging and coordinated strategic external communications to cultivate awareness of pertinent legal, political, and social justice issues among patients, news media, and the voting public • Educated law enforcement and public officials on California’s medical cannabis program and offered specific policy recommendations through tailored lobbying campaigns • Crafted messaging and coordinated strategic external communications to cultivate awareness of pertinent legal, political, and social justice issues among patients, news media, and the voting public • Educated law enforcement and public officials on California’s medical cannabis program and offered specific policy recommendations through tailored lobbying campaigns



Union of Medical Marijuana Patients

• Legislative Analysis & Research Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - May 2010

  • Identified, researched, and synthesized medical cannabis related policy activity and case law to inform organizational decision making and for incorporation into UMCP publications • Identified, researched, and synthesized medical cannabis related policy activity and case law to inform organizational decision making and for incorporation into UMCP publications