Experience

Hungry Harvest

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Impact Director of Partnerships

  • Nov 2022 - Present

• Social Impact Partnerships Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Led strategies to create and foster new and existing client and partner relationships with nonprofits, healthcare payers and providers, and govt. orgs to advance health outcomes, food security, and mitigate waste with consideration to a triple bottom line.Worked collaboratively with partners to learn, advise, and share best practices or program models for Produce Prescription programming (HarvestRx) in an effort to address Social Determinants of Health and advance health outcomes.

• Social Impact Program Coordinator

  • Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

  Coordinated the supply chain and logistics for emergency food boxes across the east coast while creating tools and systems to optimize efficiency and client experience.



Chesapeake Research Consortium

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Management Staffer

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  Supported and served as the point of contact for multiple projects and workgroups simultaneously and provided timely administrative and logistical support including email communications, editing, and organization to advance water quality. Supported and served as the point of contact for multiple projects and workgroups simultaneously and provided timely administrative and logistical support including email communications, editing, and organization to advance water quality.



The Student Farm at Penn State

• State College, Pennsylvania

• Director of Outreach

  • Aug 2018 - Jun 2020

  Developed strong internal and external relationships to advance sustainable food systems programming. Led capacity building and grant writing. Developed strong internal and external relationships to advance sustainable food systems programming. Led capacity building and grant writing.



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sustainability Coordinator

  • Apr 2017 - Jun 2020

  Defined and executed goals, performance metrics, and long-term solutions to maximize institutional sustainability while maintaining customer and employee satisfaction through strategic planning, program management, event planning, and community building. Defined and executed goals, performance metrics, and long-term solutions to maximize institutional sustainability while maintaining customer and employee satisfaction through strategic planning, program management, event planning, and community building.



Project Drawdown

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

• Penn State Drawdown Research Scholar

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Collaborated with research scholars and academic leaders to explore Drawdown Solutions to climate change. Selected to present research and modeling at international Drawdown conference as a panelist based on work using Excel modeling systems to run simulations that analyze nitrous oxide emissions and a comprehensive, global meta-analysis about agricultural practices reducing nitrous oxide emissions. Collaborated with research scholars and academic leaders to explore Drawdown Solutions to climate change. Selected to present research and modeling at international Drawdown conference as a panelist based on work using Excel modeling systems to run simulations that analyze nitrous oxide emissions and a comprehensive, global meta-analysis about agricultural practices reducing nitrous oxide emissions.



FreshPoint, Inc.

• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 700 & Above Employee

• Local Food Supply Chain Apprentice

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Focused on expanding local food systems and reducing food waste. Created systems and databases to expand FreshPoint's Unusual but Usual (#2) products and strategies to reduce food waste and local food purchasing. Focused on expanding local food systems and reducing food waste. Created systems and databases to expand FreshPoint's Unusual but Usual (#2) products and strategies to reduce food waste and local food purchasing.



Penn State EcoReps

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Program Coordinator

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2018

  Led a team of 10 Eco-Reps with professional development and collaborate with staff, student organizations, and peers to promote positive ecological behavior. Led a team of 10 Eco-Reps with professional development and collaborate with staff, student organizations, and peers to promote positive ecological behavior.



Penn State Department of Plant Science

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2017 - Sep 2017

  Collected and analyzed data on 10-acre cover-cropping systems to pursue increased productivity in organic farming while managing the weed ecology greenhouse. Collected and analyzed data on 10-acre cover-cropping systems to pursue increased productivity in organic farming while managing the weed ecology greenhouse.



AmeriCorps NCCC

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Americorps Member

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Served in a team-based setting and traveled across that nation to aid in disaster relief and disaster preparedness. Lead service projects to enhance community development and served as my team’s recruiter while managing our quantifiable impact. Served in a team-based setting and traveled across that nation to aid in disaster relief and disaster preparedness. Lead service projects to enhance community development and served as my team’s recruiter while managing our quantifiable impact.



The Inn at Edgewater Acres

• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Server

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2015

  Worked as a dishwasher and kitchen assistant and also helped with set-up and tear-down for catered events and weddings. Promoted to a server and a bartender and learned to work efficiently in the fast-paced environment. Worked as a dishwasher and kitchen assistant and also helped with set-up and tear-down for catered events and weddings. Promoted to a server and a bartender and learned to work efficiently in the fast-paced environment.