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Farmington Hills, Michigan

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Streamline processes and project development focused on map making, exhibits, and company ArcGIS expansion. Helped develop several innovative solutions to increase cell-tower inspector safety and reduce the cost of tower inspections.

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Lead mapping and data analysis, business development, and potential clients, as well as HR, payroll, company finances, and in the mantra of all start-ups, whatever the day calls for. We count 100s of acres of parking automatically with our propriety tech. The result is an incredibly accurate and detailed dataset visualizing parking demand and turnover. We’ve brought parking data into the information age.Esri Emerging Business partner, NVIDIA Inception Program participant, and GENIUS NY 2018 finalists. As a member of a GENIUS NY finalist team, I participated in their year long in-residence business accelerator.

Greater Detroit Area

GIS and mapping, urban design, project design and implementation, as well as website design. Tested and implemented unmanned Aerial Systems (drone) use in urban planning.

Greater Detroit Area

Before leaving DBC I spent a year as the COO, managing daily operations, overseeing client relations, and planning for and implementing business growth strategies. During my tenure I also lead fleet expansion and increased the number of drivers.Led development and implementation of an after-school youth transportation program in Southwest Detroit that ran for two consecutive school years and gave over 7,000 rides. Worked closely with neighborhood community organizations, youth programs, schools, parents, and colleagues. Led the creation of a dynamic routing methodology designed specifically for the project.Also managed the execution and design of our two-day Thanksgiving airport bus that ran between Royal Oak, downtown Detroit, and Detroit Metropolitan Airport. This included routing, scheduling, maps, and cost structure.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

The Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Urban Planning Initiative was an intergovernmental and nonprofit program meant to support planning for and mitigating the effects of climate change. Along of course with our work in China, it was among the American Planning Association’s first forays into international urban planning support. I updated and maintained program websites as well as designed outreach materials. I created programmatic materials and conducted supportive research for overseas events and when we brought in groups of planners from abroad. My internship was extended three times due to high level of job performance.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

At Eno I conducted a study on the applicability of Bus Rapid Transit in the United States and supported Eno Center events and activities.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

The Salt River Project (SRP) is a state electricity utility and a public water cooperative in Arizona. The purpose of the Washington, D.C. office was to lobby congress for support of laws and regulations beneficial to SRP. At SRP I analyzed and researched U.S. energy policy and prepared briefs for staff meetings with congress. I also wrote briefing books for utility and co-op executives to help them better understand new policies and laws.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

After completing my Peace Corps service in September 2008 at the height of the economic downturn I worked as a restaurant manager outside of Washington, D.C. There I managed a staff of 50 employees, organized schedules, interpreted for Spanish speaking employees, and kept things running smoothly.

San José De Los Planes, Comayagua, Honduras

For two years I lived in a remote rural mountain village without electricity (other than whatever you can hook a car battery up to) in central Honduras. This means that the road to the city would wash out in the rainy season and sometimes the clouds would cover our valley and hush the world. Among my many projects, I collaborated with local organizations and stakeholders to build five biogas energy systems. I also measured and tested water sources for the municipality in collaboration with local villages’ leadership groups. All Peace Corps Volunteers, whether they are the first volunteer in a site or the tenth, are alone. We must learn to concurrently navigate a foreign language and culture while also working to start and maintain projects. As the first volunteer in my village, my job was to not only establish work for the following volunteers, but also introduce the idea of what a Peace Corps Volunteer can do.

Lansing, Michigan Area

For three years while still an undergraduate at MSU I participated in an ethnographic study of a low-income elementary school. There, I taught gardening, composting, and farming education while also learning how to garden, compost, and farm (I was a Philosophy major). I organized garden programs with the students, teachers, staff, volunteers, and the primary investigator. I also facilitated school fundraisers such as “Soup from our Stoop,” covered in local and national press. I wrote the "The pizza-Earth reunification" as chapter in the primary investigator's book, "The Pull of the Earth", about my experiences working at the school.

Masters, Urban Planning

Philosophy, Specialization In Peace And Justice Studies