Experience

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  Boston Center for Community Ownership

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Co-op Organizer

    • Sep 2012 - Present
    • Greater Boston Area

    Provide education & training, facilitation and coaching to start-up cooperative businesses and co-op conversions. Specialist in legal structures for cooperatives, crowdfunding and community ownership, financial systems and administration, marketing & sales. Provide facilitation of strate...

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  Byggmeister Inc

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Project Manager, Operations & Financial Analyst, Building Performance Man...

    • Jun 2017 - Sep 2019
    • Greater Boston Area

    Perform data analysis and track KPI's in areas of business finance, operations management, sales & marketing, and energy efficiency. Construct long-term pro forma financial statements for planning and decision making purposes. Manage company-wide information technology systems and data, ...

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  The Democracy at Work Network

  • Boston, MA

  • Peer Advisor, Professional Member

    • 2010 - 2016
    • Boston, MA

    Provide startup and conversion assistance to worker-owned cooperative businesses, including business planning, pro forma financial projections, and governance documents such as bylaws and policies. Co-authored workbook on best practices for peer evaluation systems for worker cooperatives.

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  Living Structures

  • Jamaica Plain, MA

  • Carpenter, Business Manager

    • 2005 - 2012
    • Jamaica Plain, MA

    Business/Financial Manager of a small residential remodeling contractor focused on energy efficiency and sustainable building. Responsible for financial administration, personnel, and marketing. Provide support to principal in residential design and sales. BPI-certified Energy Analyst trained ...

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  Cooperative Development Institute

  • Greenfield, MA

  • Cooperative Development Specialist

    • Jan 2003 - Jan 2005
    • Greenfield, MA

    Consultant and Technical Assistance Provider to cooperative businesses. Assisted startup businesses and existing companies converting to cooperative ownership. Expertise in market research, business planning, pro forma financial projections. Served a variety of industries including natural gro...

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  Cooperative Economics for Women

  • Cooperative Organizer

    • Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

    Technical Assistance Provider for worker-owned cooperatives started by women immigrants & refugees in the Boston area. Provided business training, marketing support, financial & systems administration to small businesses including cooperatively owned restaurant & caterer, startup gar...

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  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Boston, MA

  • Research Assistant

    • Oct 1991 - Dec 1999
    • Boston, MA

    Research Assistant in HSPH Department of Nutrition, Nurses' Health Study. Coded surveys, coordinated sub-study on folic acid supplementation. Managed SAS database of participant data.