Experience

Growald Climate Fund

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

• Portfolio Manager

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Support foundation's grantmaking to organizations working on the global energy transition, in line with strategic priorities. Support foundation's grantmaking to organizations working on the global energy transition, in line with strategic priorities.



Freelance

• Graphic Nonfiction (writing and illustration)

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  I use a mix of text and illustration to communicate about climate change and other related environmental topics. Clients have included Sierra Club - SF Bay Chapter, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, and Knee Deep Times. I use a mix of text and illustration to communicate about climate change and other related environmental topics. Clients have included Sierra Club - SF Bay Chapter, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, and Knee Deep Times.



Google via Adecco

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Storyteller (Energy, Data Centers, Community Development)

  • Jun 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Full-time contract role creating and managing internal- and external-facing content about Google’s data centers and related themes such as 24/7 carbon-free energy (slides, presentations, newsletters, photography, audio, video), often in collaboration with vendors. • Project manager and producer for Webby Award-winning Season 2 of Google data centers podcast “Where the Internet Lives,” which featured Googlers working in data center roles related to network infrastructure, security, construction, sustainability and more, and Season 3 which explores the broad impacts of data centers on society. Participated in aspects of production, including: narrative development, research, pre-interviews and interviews, script review, internal approvals, and internal and external marketing. Show less



Energy Transition Fund

• Program Officer

  • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

  The Energy Transition Fund is a funder collaborative focused on supporting international strategies to accelerate the global energy transition. The Energy Transition Fund is a funder collaborative focused on supporting international strategies to accelerate the global energy transition.



Pisces Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Associate, Climate & Energy

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2020

  • Supported foundation’s philanthropic grantmaking to organizations reducing super pollutants such as methane, HFCs, and black carbon from global transportation, energy, and waste sectors. • Communicated with existing and prospective grantees and evaluate proposals to ensure alignment with program strategy; work with Grants Manager to ensure completion of financial and legal due diligence for each grant. • Prepared programmatic materials for quarterly board meetings and internal review, and present a portion of the portfolio to the board. • Participated in all aspects of planning and executing "Super Pollutant Day," a high-profile side event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art co-organized by the Pisces Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, and Climate and Clean Air Coalition during former California Governor Jerry Brown's Global Climate Action Summit. • Conducted desk research on current and emerging opportunities to reduce methane emissions, resulting in internal write-ups and programmatic criteria analyses on methane from various sectors to inform program's methane strategy. • Periodically convened grantees, other funders, and other partners working in the super pollutant space to align strategies and enhance collaboration. Show less



Sierra Club

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Campaign Representative

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2017

  • Managed Energy Access SF networking group in organizing events including panel discussions and half-day workshops held at Orange (July 2014), Google (July 2015), and Powerhouse (March 2016) with over 80, 120, and 80 attendees, respectively.• Advocated for increased investment in off-grid renewables for energy access by the US government, multilateral development banks, and private investors in coordination with industry advocates. • Advocated for an end to overseas coal financing, with a particular focus on blocking World Bank and US government support for a proposed coal-fired power plant in Kosovo in coordination with grassroots groups.• Produced reports and social media educating the public and policymakers about off-grid renewable markets, climate change, and coal, and have authored or co-authored over 30 blog posts on energy issues.• Contributed research, analysis, and writing to project comparing energy access spending among different multilateral development banks, resulting in a 2014 report titled "Failing to Solve Energy Poverty: How Much International Public Investment is Going to Distributed Clean Energy Access?" and a 2016 update to this report. Show less

• Associate Campaign Representative, International Climate & Clean Energy

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2015



Obama for America

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Field Organizer

  • Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

  • Worked in rural/suburban Virginia as a full-time Field Organizer for Barack Obama’s grassroots re-election campaign, managing team-building events, voter persuasion, and Get Out The Vote efforts in 10 precincts through Election Day. • Recruited, trained, and managed over one hundred local volunteers to ensure at least one thousand voter contact attempts in my precincts via phone calls and door-to-door canvassing each week. • Accurately tracked and reported voter contact data daily as essential part of field operations, and gained skills for team motivation, voter persuasion, and voter turnout through statewide trainings. Show less



Environmental Law Institute

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2011

  • Worked with staff attorneys to research issues relating to the enforcement and implementation of domestic and international environmental law and policy through desk research and interviews. • Identified federal subsidies to coal and supporting infrastructure, successful uses of alternative dispute resolution to address environmental justice concerns, and best practices at state/local levels to remediation of brownfields and Superfund sites. • Conducted research and summarized findings for large projects on international topics such as post-conflict natural resource management and peacebuilding, illegal logging in Brazil and Liberia, environmental governance and compliance in India, and capacity for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). • Assisted with planning major events such as the annual ELI Boot Camps on Environmental Law in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. Show less



Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

• United States
• Public Policy
• 700 & Above Employee

• Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

  • Aug 2008 - May 2009

  • Worked with senior staff in NRDC’s International Program to develop partnerships in India, focusing on energy efficiency, public interest litigation, public health, climate change and greening the textile supply chain. • Traveled to India with senior staff in Spring 2009 to begin forming these relationships, and led efforts to coordinate travel logistics and scheduling. • Conducted policy research on the role of avoided deforestation in international climate regimes, global environmental governance, and the national security case for action on climate change. Show less