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Seattle, Washington, United States

Managing the implementation of Costco’s Scope 3 action plan (excluding fuel)On secondment from BCG

Seattle, Washington, United States

Compiled 5 case studies on blended finance in climate projects and 8 case studies of private-public partnerships with USAIDCreated 4 external pieces for strategic communications and a capabilities statement

Led a network of roughly 90 environmental chapters at high schools and colleges in 15 different countriesCo-created and managed dozens of local, 7 national, and 2 global climate policy as well as educational campaignsCoordinated and advised projects including 100s of beach cleanups, documentary filmmaking, and a series of 12 educational webinars

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Managed 7 fulltime organizers to mobilize a volunteer network of roughly 700, consistently exceeding ambitious regional goals and working with dozens of local political officials.Created a Philadelphia fellowship program and subsequent programming with a cohort of 30 students.Led a voter contact effort with an average of 3 daily regional English phone banks and 3 weekly multilingual phone banks.Coordinated the voter education effort at 5 Philly early vote locations.Directed the virtual Philly GOTV program with a team of a dozen full time staff.

Dover, New Hampshire

Recruited, trained, and managed 285 volunteers with 31 vol leaders -- with the largest or equivalent vol network of a Biden organizer at the time in the country.Helped run 20 events with high profile speakers such as members of the Biden family and Sec. John KerryOrganized in 14 statesLed Students for Biden state-wide events and communities in Colorado, Utah, and IdahoLed LGBTQ+ for Biden state-wide events and communities in Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nebraska

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Helped to facilitate grant funding.Organized a conference call between 20 of the major environmental groups focused on youth engagement, spearheading an initiative to increase collaboration within the environmental youth-engagement community.

Researched and collated data on World Oceans Day 2017 and 2018 events internationally, aided in the creation of the 2017 Annual Report, and helped to brainstorm and act on ideas to elevate the presence of World Oceans Day. Helped in increasing collaboration with numerous other environmental groups, and edited and wrote articles on pertinent environmental news.

Organized the application and administrated the selection process for the 2018 SYRUp delegation, arranged meetings and events for the delegation with world leaders, and resolved logistical concerns for the campaign. The Sea Youth Rise Up Campaign was first launched in 2016, bringing 7 young leaders from around the world to New York City and Washington D.C. to speak up about human impact, meet with world leaders, and mobilize youth to rise up for the environment. It has played a role in the founding of the first US Marine Protected Area in the Atlantic Ocean, made hundreds of thousands of impressions online, and brought a sense of environmentalism to numerous world leaders.The Sea Youth Rise Up campaign won the "Turn the Tides" Award, as presented by the President of the United Nations General Assembly.

Recruited, trained and managed 30 campaign interns and volunteers. Coordinated the Get Out the Vote program of 10 interns at Stony Brook University -- training, managing, and mobilizing college students. Helped manage the Congressman's schedule, organizing 50 appearances.

Bachelor Of Arts With Honors, International Relations, Minor In History

Activities and Societies: Perry World House Fellow, Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society for International Studies, Undergraduate Assembly.

Social Entrepreneurship And Legal Studies

Studied abroad at SMU as part of a full-ride scholarship that covered tuition, transportation, accommodations, and subsistence costs.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Ocean Bowl (Captain), Model UN (President), Protein Modeling Challenge (Co-Captain), Debate Club (Founder.