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Provide business development technical assistance to support farm and food sector entrepreneurship. Manage value chain planning projects with external partners to boost natural resource-based economic development. Collaborate with internal CEI lending and investing teams to deliver capital to small and mid-sized businesses and early-stage innovators.

WE COMPOST IT! is a local organics collection and composting company that serves restaurants, schools, hospitality, and health care facilities throughout Southern and Central Maine. Our mission is to reduce waste and renew local soils by transforming food scraps to compost to grow tomorrow's food and flowers. Since 2011, We Compost It! has converted more than 10 million pounds of organics to nutrient-rich compost. With facilities in Portland and Auburn, Maine, We Compost It! has the capacity and expertise to grow with you.

The New England Environmental Finance Center furthers the shared goal of the U.S. EPA and the Muskie School of Public Service to research, publish, and extend creative approaches to environmental policy, protection, and management, especially the associated questions of how-to-pay for needed environmental improvements. Working as a Research Assistant, I conducted detailed research and prepared written reports of findings and recommendations for diverse issues including land use, sea level rise adaptation, tax incentives, and economic development

Wildlife Forever is a multi-species conservation organization that works to ensure healthy, sustainable populations of fish and wildlife. While at Wildlife Forever, I managed conservation projects and educational campaign activities and budgets with state and federal agencies, private foundations, and corporate sponsors.