Experience

LONG TOM WATERSHED COUNCIL

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

• Executive Director and Watershed Coordinator

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  For more than 25 years, the Long Tom Watershed Council’s staff of scientists, biologists, and landscape experts have worked to build a culture of neighbors helping neighbors to do the right thing for land and water from the Coast Range to the Willamette River. I have the pleasure of helping to share the stories of their and our volunteers’ accomplishments and helping to widen the circle of engagement to improve the health of this community’s water and land. For more than 25 years, the Long Tom Watershed Council’s staff of scientists, biologists, and landscape experts have worked to build a culture of neighbors helping neighbors to do the right thing for land and water from the Coast Range to the Willamette River. I have the pleasure of helping to share the stories of their and our volunteers’ accomplishments and helping to widen the circle of engagement to improve the health of this community’s water and land.



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Nonprofit Consultant

  • Sep 2015 - Mar 2023

  As a fundraising and management consultant since 2015, I have helped a variety of local and national nonprofits to create and meet their fundraising and community engagement goals. I have collaborated with wealthy Silicon Valley philanthropists to leverage funding support for a national nonprofit in California focused on education, led an ad hoc fundraising efforts that raised hundreds of thousands for nonviolent activists facing prison, and helped generate foundation funding for an array of local and state environmental and social justice nonprofits in Oregon. Show less



Community Alliance of Lane County

• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Administration and Development

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  CALC is thought to be the oldest continually operating social justice nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest, educating and organizing for peace, human dignity and social, racial and economic justice. I worked with board members in strengthening CALC's funding base and community engagement. CALC is thought to be the oldest continually operating social justice nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest, educating and organizing for peace, human dignity and social, racial and economic justice. I worked with board members in strengthening CALC's funding base and community engagement.



People of Faith Against the Death Penalty

• Non-profit Organizations

• Executive Director

  • Aug 1997 - Aug 2016

  People of Faith Against the Death Penalty is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States. Beginning with a small, local base, PFADP's staff drove the grassroots effort that led to North Carolina stopping executions since 2006. We raised millions despite a largely arid fundraising environment, and provided creative community organizing and programming that mobilized tens of thousands of people around the United States, drawing unprecedented media attention and changing state policies to reduce the scope and impact of the death penalty and foster restorative justice. Show less



Carolina Population Center

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Jan 1997 - May 1997

  Wrote reports to funders and for a wider readership based on field reports from Carolina faculty working in Africa. Wrote reports to funders and for a wider readership based on field reports from Carolina faculty working in Africa.



Chapel Hill News

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Reporter

  • 1996 - 1997

  Wrote about 30 news and feature stories, including schools, real estate, business, and music while a stay-at-home father of two. Wrote about 30 news and feature stories, including schools, real estate, business, and music while a stay-at-home father of two.



North Carolina Rural Communities Assistance Project

• Executive Director

  • May 1990 - May 1995

  NC/RCAP was a nonprofit that worked to ensure affordable access to safe drinking water and sanitary waste disposal for all North Carolinians. During my five years at NC/RCAP we expanded the staff from two to 14, and we raised $25 million in funding for essential water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure for some of the most underserved rural communities in the South. We provided community organizing and technical assistance to address decades of water infrastructure needs in low-wealth communities. I also wrote a book published by NC/RCAP with funding from the NC General Assembly called "Considering the Alternatives: A Guide to Wastewater Management for Small Communities in North Carolina," which was distributed to thousands of local officials and community organizers. Our work was featured in national and statewide media and led to policy changes addressing the inequities in rural infrastructure. NC/RCAP continued in operation well into the 2000s, and its programs continue as part of a regional nonprofit. Show less



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer

  • Aug 1989 - Feb 1990

  Taught English and Physical and Economic Geography to 426 students in five classes at Njamba Malawi College of Distance Education, a secondary school with no electricity. Taught English and Physical and Economic Geography to 426 students in five classes at Njamba Malawi College of Distance Education, a secondary school with no electricity.



Columban Fathers Justice and Peace Office

• Assistant Coordinator

  • Feb 1986 - Jan 1987

  I conducted Congressional lobbying and public education on human rights and economic justice issues in Asia, the Pacific Islands, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Edited and wrote for the Office's newsletter. I conducted Congressional lobbying and public education on human rights and economic justice issues in Asia, the Pacific Islands, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Edited and wrote for the Office's newsletter.



Coalition for a New Foreign Policy

• Staff Associate

  • Sep 1985 - Feb 1986

  Coordinated the national grassroots campaign against funding for the Trident D-5 Missile System. Wrote a magazine cover story on political developments in the Philippines. Coordinated the national grassroots campaign against funding for the Trident D-5 Missile System. Wrote a magazine cover story on political developments in the Philippines.