Accountable for developing and executing D&I strategic initiatives, consulting functional leaders around unique D&I needs and opportunities specific to their business function, and enabling our key stakeholders to create inclusion for all.

Kept up to date on all things equity, diversity and inclusion while exploring new opportunities. Consulting projects included creating:* A toolkit for creating partnerships with underrepresented communities* A guide for utilizing gender inclusive pronouns in the work setting* Advice on company culture survey and input on end of year diversity report card

Partnered closely with Twitter business functions, HR, and other internal partners to developstrategies to enhance inclusion and diversity programs and initiatives across Twitter.

EDF’s first Director of Diversity leading implementation of organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy. As a member of the organization’s leadership council, I worked closely with leaders across the organization to: (1) deepen diversity and inclusion values in our culture and recruitment efforts; (2) establish metrics against which to measure outcomes and evaluate progress; and (3) build capacity for EDF to engage in substantive external partnerships with diverse constituencies.

Developed and implemented EDF’s California Climate and Energy team’s strategy to engage and forge common ground with businesses, non-profits, local community groups, and other key stakeholders, with the goal of building long-term support for California's climate change law (AB32). Managed two direct reports and worked in close collaboration with extended team of attorneys, scientists and policy specialists. Key contributions include:+ Spearheaded strategy and implementation to position EDF as the go-to environmental non-profit for California's cap-and-trade market analysis. Enrolled EDF as only non-profit to participate in state's practice auction; oversaw regular publication of quarterly auction analysis blog posts; provided media interviews on market analysis, including interviews with local NPR; conceptualized and led development of first annual California Carbon Market Watch report; and developed factsheets, presentations, and other materials shared with legislators and key decision makers. + Collaborated with team to create partnership outreach strategy. Developed relationships with academic, local community, business, and non-profit groups to help disseminate information and build support around California climate and clean energy policies. + Created and managed development of California "green business" engagement materials. Notable story-telling tools include the California Innovators Blog Series profiling companies and people across California with solutions to reduce carbon pollution, and the California Green Roads Map.

Worked in EDF's Corporate Partnership's Program on EDF Climate Corps, an innovative program that places specially-trained MBA students in companies, cities and universities to build the business case for energy efficiency. Was a fellow in the inaugural EDF Climate Corps class in 2008 and was hired on to scale up the program from 7 fellows in 2008 to approximately 100 fellows in 2012. Key Contributions:• Oversaw management of over 50 EDF Climate Corps company relationships. Developed company engagement strategy; determined protocols for managing summer fellowships; and managed outreach to companies to recommend energy efficiency initiatives and monitor progress.• Determined program metrics for EDF Climate Corps and led aggregation and tracking of program results. From 2008-2011, over 180 fellows and 160 host organizations participated, identifying projects with over $1 billion in potential energy savings and over one million metric tons of CO2 reductions.• Led staff of 9 to design and deliver an annual training for 100+ fellows.

Provided research support for BSR on sustainable supply chains in the apparel industry. Published article can be found at http://www.climatebiz.com/blog/2009/05/28/finding-your-hot-spots

Served as a sustainability analyst in Cisco's Workplace Resource Group. In this role I developed strategy to identify, prioritize and track energy efficiency (EE) projects inCisco's electronics labs. In addition, I Identified and analyzed EE projects; calculations projected potential lab energy savings of $8MM/yr and annual CO2-equivalent emission savings of 27,000 metric tons

Proposed strategy to increase quantity and quality of Goodwill's material donations; recommendations projected to increase revenue by $6MM. In addition, I created & utilized a tool to evaluate financial stability of donation sites.

Worked with in country managers to assess scale-up costs for HIV/AIDS drug distribution to meet government objectives and identify opportunities for public-private partnerships. Formulated standard operating procedures for distribution of HIV/AIDS drugs and presented findings to WHO and Ministry of Health, Papua New Guinea.

As a part of Ford's Emerging Technologies Group I researched and educated business customers about emerging technology trends and potential uses within the organization. Specific assignments include:+ Collaborated with team to generate and communicate innovation process and progress scorecard; gained 100% group utilization, enhancing project consistency and accountability+ Led cross-functional team of 4 to develop and market novel in-car computing application; variation of product was launched by marketing team and we applied for and received a patent for this work+ Founded Ford GreenIT, a group to identify and pursue IT projects that reduce Ford's impact on the environment

Two year rotational program designed to train future leaders at Ford. Assignments included:+ Business Analyst in Ford's Environmental Outreach and Strategy Group. Created strategic recommendations to increase internal awareness of group's mission; Implemented tactics including eco-driving web training and website redesign.+ Process Analyst the management office of a major finance project. Led the refinement and implementation of the program's change management process.+ Usability Specialist in Ford's Creative Design and Usability Group. Consulted with customers to gather business requirements, created interface specifications and worked with graphic designers to generate websites and other computer applications for Ford business groups.+ Systems Analyst at the Ford Livonia Transmission Plant. Served as expert for deployment of machine monitoring application, interfacing with engineers, suppliers, and assembly line workers to successfully install the application on all 90 devices of a new large scale transmission assembly line.+ Project Manager in Ford Deskside Services Group.Managed the insourcing of Ford's distributed server support, providing higher quality service and significant cost savings.

Worked in a team of four usability specialists to create user-centered designs for SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications. Improved usability, usefulness and desirability of SAP CRM applications in collaboration with Project Managers and System Developers. Incorporated user design principles when iteratively developing prototypes and storyboards. Conducted requirements gathering at customer sites. Presented work to prospective customers and management.

Developed a web-based remote front panel for the Agilent 8960 one-box tester, a product designed to test cell phones. The remote front panel allowed a user to initiate phone calls and displayed measurement results. I was responsible for design and implementation in C++, JavaScript and HTML, as well as the testing and documentation of the project.

Provided high level and low level sound related functional testing for development projects released by Apple. Responsible for finding, isolating, writing, regressing, and tracking bugs through resolution. Responsible for creating and maintaining test matrices and test cases. Tested on current and legacy machines with current software and revs of extensions such as Apple Audio Extension, bootROM and MAC OS ROM.