I'm a mission-led, results-driven business attorney and legal strategist who builds efficient and lean-but-mighty legal functions for startups and growth-phase companies. I thrive on de-risking growth, executing strategic plans, and chipping away at the world’s problems one venture at a time. My background encompasses government, nonprofit services, academia, and experience in handling diverse transactional matters. Over the course of my 15+ year career, I have counseled hundreds of companies of all sizes at all life stages, helping to overcome countless points of legal friction and drive big ideas to market and scale.Corporate - Employment Law ⁃ SaaS ⁃ IP ⁃ Data Privacy ⁃ Governance ⁃ Debt/Equity Finance ⁃ M&A ⁃ Products ⁃ Food & Beverage ⁃ Franchising ⁃ ESG ⁃ Payments ⁃ Product Counseling - Government Relations ⁃ Dynamic/Cutting-edge Practice Areas ⁃ Cross-border TransactionsI’m convinced that the private sector can (and must!) play a huge role in driving social good and fostering sustainable economic opportunity for marginalized communities, and I believe in dismantling legal barriers to get us all there. I directed the Community Enterprise Project at Harvard Law School, providing legal assistance to underserved communities in the Boston area. I led Kentucky's Access to Justice Commission's Justice for All (JFA) action plan development (currently in its execution phase!), and during the COVID-19 pandemic, I became a legislative expert on federal pandemic response for businesses.As VP, Business Initiatives & Social Impact with Kona Ice, I helped to keep the world's largest food truck company and hundreds of franchisees afloat during the pandemic lockdown and led all ESG efforts of a franchise system that has given >$100MM back to local communities across the US. I'm excited to help Sharebite continue to expand across the US. Sharebite offers B2B food benefits platform, and every food order made through Sharebite’s platform results in a donation made to a food bank at the local level, directly alleviating hunger within the communities in which our clients' employees live and work.I'm a die-hard evangelist for Kentucky (you should come visit!), and a presenter, writer, and champion for entrepreneurship to drive social impact, particularly on behalf of rural communities both close to home and around the world. My written work has been featured in the Washington Post, various American Bar Association publications and law journals, Bloomsburg Publishing, the National Law Journal, and the Harvard Law & Policy Review.