• Identified issues, researched and analyzed information, and offered and advocated for evidence-based solutions to difficult problems• Built relationships with organizations across many sectors to gain greater attention to and earn support for issues and to work strategically to drive change• Helped constituents navigate government systems across a range of concerns• Hired, supervised and supported constituency office staff to provide empathetic and high-quality services• Planned and presided over Public Accounts Committee meetings, led difficult conversations around contentious issues and facilitated decision-making

• Planned, prepared and delivered educational sessions regarding the business case for work-family balance and how to create family-friendly workplaces• Built relationships and collaborated with relevant stakeholders to advance work-family balance• Planned, prepared and facilitated participatory research in partnership with community organizations • Researched, reviewed and analyzed promising work-family policies and practices• Prepared written materials – briefing notes and speeches – for department officials and ministers and served as the secretariat for the Balancing Work and Family Alliance• Worked as part of a small team planning and organizing all aspects of two well-attended projects: a major awards event and an international work-family balance conference

• Planned, organized and executed all aspects of ‘Adopt-an-MLA’ – a program which saw MLAs from across the province, including the Premier, each meet in the home of one of their constituents who had a family member living with disability issues, and also organized a breakfast event at the Legislature to bring all participants together.

• Worked as a news reporter, columnist and feature writer, both as a full-time employee and as a freelance writer• Wrote for a variety of publications, including Saskatoon Free Press, Saskatoon Sun, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Friday Edition, Saskatchewan Business magazine• Generated own story ideas from community connections as well as followed up on leads from editor• Edited copy and wrote headlines