Experience

Farm Journal Foundation

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

• Vice President, Communications

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  - Leading a team that covers all aspects of communications strategy and execution for Farm Journal Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works on policy solutions for global food security.

• Director Of Communications

  • Feb 2021 - Apr 2023



Self-employed

• Lille, Hauts-de-France, France

• Communications Consultant

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  - Independent consultant offering services including communications strategy, media relations, messaging, content creation, and donor communications/grant writing - Specializing in communications for nonprofits, particularly in the agricultural, environmental, and international development space - Independent consultant offering services including communications strategy, media relations, messaging, content creation, and donor communications/grant writing - Specializing in communications for nonprofits, particularly in the agricultural, environmental, and international development space



One Acre Fund

• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Business Development Associate

  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2021

  - Creative lead for One Acre Fund's growing European fundraising portfolio - Wrote successful funding proposals for several six- and seven-figure grants - Produced regular organizational updates for a number of large, well-known donors - Wrote One Acre Fund's main quarterly report for donors

• Communications Associate, Writer and Editor

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

  - Lead writer and editor on One Acre Fund's communications team - Produced op-eds, blogs, newsletters, website content, and the organization's Annual Report - Wrote organizational messaging and handled global media relations



Bloomberg News

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reporter

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2016

  - Covered agriculture markets, trade, farm policy, and the environment - Wrote stories on Europe, the Black Sea region, and Africa - Covered breaking news and wrote long-form features and analysis - Periodically appeared on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and wrote for Businessweek magazine - Created and managed Bloomberg's commodity news Twitter account, @BNCommodities, growing it to over 10,000 followers

• Reporter

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2012

  - Covered agricultural markets in the aftermath of the global food crisis - Wrote daily stories, features, and analysis on agricultural trade, market volatility, and U.S. and Canadian farm policy