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New York, New York, United States

• Led evaluation of private sector partners’ COVID testing programs in K-12 schools; Developed strategy for feeding data into CDC guidelines and schools’ reopening plans.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Advised the Ash Center on stakeholder engagement and conference planning for upcoming Democracy Convening.

• Led teams of up to 30 advance staff to execute 30+ campaign events, from 100-person town halls to 10,000+ person rallies.
• Served as advance point person for the last 4 Democratic presidential primary debates: wrote debate briefings for Sen. Sanders and coordinated all logistics with senior campaign staff and the DNC.
• Oversaw all campaign events and surrogate logistics in Iowa for the two weeks leading up to the state Caucuses, as the interim Iowa Advance State Director.
• Managed press logistics for 50+ campaign events and interviews, including the largest event of the 2020 Democratic primary cycle: a rally in Queens, NY with 26,000 attendees and 330+ press.

New York, NY

• Advised clients on communications and fundraising strategy, notably: designed fundraising strategy for UNFPA, equipping agency leadership to raise more than $100 million.
• Wrote & managed production of client deliverables, including op-eds for client leadership, leading to placement in The Times (UK) and Teen Vogue, among others.
• Managed teams and client relationships: developed workplans and kept teams accountable, ensuring three client contracts totaling $1 million+ were completed under budget in one year.

New York, NY

Greater New York City Area

• Co-led the planning of a 5,700+ attendee international conference in Copenhagen (world’s largest conference on women’s health). Directed concept development, planning and completion of 112 technical conference.
• Managed the research, writing, and production of conference's largest deliverable: an outcome document that provides a comprehensive overview of 100 concrete solutions that were shared at the Women Deliver Conference.

Masaya, Nicaragua

• Co-led the design of a women's health empowerment project that trained 30+ women to educate their community on women’s health topics--including leadership workshops and the creation of new community partnerships with.
• Managed the project budget and conducted 40 interviews in Spanish and analyzed results to further develop program outcomes.

Chicago, IL

• Assisted 10 refugee families in navigating healthcare system; facilitated communication with health care providers. Established and coordinated partnerships between 15 new landlords and refugee families.

Hopkinton, MA

• Worked with the Vice President for Government Affairs on the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. Composed web-based editorials for EMC intranet, informing over 50,000 employees of organizational.

Master'S Of Public Policy | Concentration In Social And Urban Policy, Certificate In Management, Leadership, And Decision Sciences

Activities and Societies: • Elected Member, Harvard Graduate Council • Editor, Progressive Policy Review • Research and Planning.

B.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: • High school health education teacher+trainer, Peer Health Exchange • Advocacy Lead, GlobeMed • Northwestern.