Leads WWF division designing and delivering climate and environmental programming in the United States and around the world. Developed and launched science-driven placed-based initiatives on four continents, expanded the private sector and finance portfolio, and initiated AI-powered technology and innovation programming for conservation. Represents organization in negotiations with heads of state and senior private sector executives. Significantly grew revenue and streamlined team execution.

Led major initiatives and client accounts developing political, business, global impact, and public affairs strategies focused on climate change, ocean health/security, and natural resource sustainability. Built and activated coalitions and engaged local and global stakeholders to secure favorable environments to achieve top priorities. Climate, ocean, and cross-cutting environmental technology sectors include nature-based solutions, transportation, energy, finance, remote sensing/sensor fusion, AI/ML. Built out the organization’s policy voice on issues related to the environment, national security, and technology.

Led the DC office of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan. Developed political and business strategies on environmental, national security, and technology policy initiatives, including on ocean, climate, and conservation, and their connection to national security. Identified, negotiated, and launched projects, including with governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector, and NGOs. Managed teams and relationships globally and secured dozens of deals and partnerships worldwide and helped identify many more for Vulcan technologies, policy, philanthropic, and film ventures.Built coalitions that educated congressional, executive branch, and international audiences on Vulcan's policy priorities resulting in quantifiable impact, including new environmental legislation and financial resources. Prepared Congressional testimonies, briefings, and international speaking opportunities on Vulcan lighthouse initiatives and policy positions. Primed Vulcan’s leadership for senior level engagements with stakeholders worldwide.Led organization’s strategy mapping on priority issue and cover topics such as ocean health, climate change, conservation, natural resources, tech for good, and their connection to geopolitics and security. Leveraged thought leadership, publications, and public speaking to amplify Vulcan’s voice and brand to external audiences in government, private sector, multilateral organizations, and the not-for-profit community.Represented Vulcan externally to senior officials globally to build an international network in order to achieve organizational goals and solve problems as they arise. Transitioned relationships into mutually beneficial opportunities for Vulcan and partners on technology, policy, philanthropy, and film.Collaborated with diverse cross-functional teams, including with technology, film, philanthropy, communications, marketing, and engineering departments.

Conceived, directed and contributed to public policy programs and projects on national security issues, such ocean health and security, environmental crime, transnational organized crime, nuclear nonproliferation, terrorism, technology, and implementation of UN Security Council resolutions and global development goals.Prolific writer and frequently published edited volumes, reports, book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, and analysis, including in outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy. Featured speaker at international conferences, appeared on news shows, and provided commentary to global media outlets.Identified strategic partnership opportunities and managed teams to execute on full project cycles, including fundraising, research, analysis, publishing, and delivering results to governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector, and civil society.Conceived of and executed on foreign policy workshops and conferences featuring members of congress, execute branch decision-makers, foreign governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector, and NGOs. Regional workshops and conferences include in Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Co-founder and CEO of tech start-up that developed and monetized products benefiting environmental and law enforcement communities.Built and led a diverse team of subject matter experts, program and product managers, engineers, UX researchers, business developers, and customer-facing support and service team.Developed business plans, identified new market opportunities, sourced and secured lighthouse customer opportunities.Secured strategic partnerships with funders, telecommunications, IT, technology, and security and defense organizations.

Provided strategic advise and engagement support for university's technology program to senior officials in governments, multilateral organizations, private sector, and global NGOs.Developed use cases and strategic partnerships for university’s technology efforts targeting the UN’s sustainable development goals.

Supported principal with concept development, research, analysis, writing, and editing for a United Nations book project on preventing WMD proliferation to terrorist organizations.Published book chapter, reports, and opinion articles on US national securiy and Russian national security issues, Iranian nuclear proliferation, European Union foreign policy, strategic trade controls and counterterrorism.Managed Track II diplomatic programs with Chinese, EU, U.S., UN officials.

Participated in the execution of several government relations, media and outreach campaigns targeting all branches of the U.S. government and the international community on specific issues, including economic justice, poverty reduction and humanitarian crisisResearched and analyzed development, economic justice and conflict issues in the Middle East and Africa

Research and editorial assistant to professor's book project on press freedom in China (Professor Judy Polumbaum, China, Ink)Reported on broader trends on front pages of major US newspapers

Covered the lead-up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election and cross-cultural issuesWrote hard news and feature articles