Experience

Environmental Law & Policy Center

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

• Field Organizer Fellow

  • Mar 2015 - Present



Eco-Andersonville

• Sustainable Merit Badge Administrator

  • Jun 2014 - 2014

  Responsibilities include recognizing businesses for individual achievement in one of five different categories of sustainability: Water Conservation, Energy Conservation, Waste Reduction, Sustainable Transportation, and Local Ownership. As the Administrator my main duty is to schedule meetings and connect with local Andersonville businesses to encourage them to take to more sustainable business practices within their company and join our Merit Badge Program.Smaller responsibilities include managing social media and event coordinating.



University of Colorado Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Advisory Committee Chair

  • 2012 - 2013

  Served on 3 committees: PODSOCC, SACAB, and SCP. Acted as chair of the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board (SACAB) and the Sustainable Campus Program (SCP). In SACAB I fought for student rights through drafting proposals on issues of student fees, diversity and inclusion. I also served as a student body representative at an average of 2 neighborhood meetings, workshops and retreats per semester.



Sustainable Campus Program

• Government Administration

• Committee Chair

  • 2012 - 2013

  Within the Sustainable Campus Program at the University of Colorado Denver my duties were to lead a multi-discipline committee to address sustainability in college operations. I collaborated with members of the city staff, other public agencies and private organizations to achieve sustainability and energy efficiency on campus. I was in charge of collecting student concerns in issues surrounding sustainability and find ways to solve them using the SCP budget as well as promoting the idea of sustainability. Within my term I successfully introduced a new bike sharing program to campus, helped install a bike fix-it station at a high traffic area, retrofit buildings with new energy efficient light fixtures, funded a new biofuel program, installed a new watering system on campus, and began the first steps in organizing an on campus garden.Smaller responsibilities include overseeing social media, scheduling, and event planning.



Colorado Public Interest Research Group

• Energy Service Corps Intern - Project Coordinator

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2012

  As an Energy Service Corps intern my responsibilities were to perform energy assessments and upgrades on Denver homes by conducting door to door surveys in various neighborhoods to ensure sustainability within community member’s homes. Along with that I retrofit 100 local businesses and homes to cut energy costs and boost efficiency. My largest projects I created were teaching Denver Public Schools students grades K-12 about the importance of energy efficiency. Through enlisting the support of volunteers, businesses and community groups via phone banking and canvassing I was able to teach over 1000 Denver kids about the importance of our outdoor environment and sustainability.Smaller projects include collaborating with group members and created interesting and exciting ways to register 1,700+ students to vote. Planning events to motivate students to fill the University of Colorado Denver food bank.