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New York, NY, US

• Work with clients to drive down emissions, energy, and water use through targeted design strategies.
• Manage workstreams across both building and organizational sustainability frameworks, from LEED to LBC to SBTi.
• Wide-variety of clients include manufacturing, housing authorities, tech, finance, state and federal entities.
• Thrive on connecting with amazing colleagues and partners to push the envelope on how to make projects more impactful for clients, community, and planet.

West Hartford, CT, US

Regular critic for undergraduate and graduate architectural design studios.

West Hartford, CT, US

• Professor for Senior Architectural Design Studio. This comprehensive studio focuses on using lessons from urban planning, preservation, and environmental science to create a landmark project in Downtown North Hartford.

• Business development and technical advice for greenhouse gas mitigation in construction and operations.o Design Client Projects | Foundation and management of sustainability arm for a design firm, including.
• Geospatial analysis for climate resilience, land use, urban planning, and natural resource management.o Startup Client Project | Global and regional climate risk and vulnerability analysis for a climatetech startup.o.
• Policy and program design for municipal and state climate action plans.o Municipal Client Project | Development of a holistic climate action and economic development program.o State Client Project | Energy policy.

New Haven, Connecticut, US

• Program lead for the firm's interdisciplinary research arm.
• Project management for collaborations and projects in circular design, solar and ventilation modeling, and sustainable markets.
• Design for cultural and mixed-use client projects.
• Business development, including pitch creation and contracting.

New Haven, CT, US

• Teaching Fellow for Environmental Design with Dr. Anna Dyson and Dr. Naomi Keena. Fellowship included instruction in Grasshopper software. Worked with students to incorporate environmental principles into their design.
• Teaching Fellow for Port Cities with Professor Alan Plattus. Assisted students with course and managed archival research.

New Haven, Connecticut, US

• Created outreach material, drawings, and interactive activities for participatory planning projects.
• Created drawings and diagrams for River City, a public-private development agency in Gothenburg, Sweden revitalizing industrial waterfront.

Washington, DC, US

• Wrote a report on periurban water management and natural infrastructure in peninsular India.
• Designed supporting material for grant applications.

New Haven, CT, US

• Worked with fellow ecologists and designers on material development for The Coastal Resilience Handbook for The Nature Conservancy as part of a federally funded partnership.

• Led a team of highschool students in planting hundreds of street trees in New Haven.
• Responsibilities included tree-to-site coordination, safety management, and youth mentorship.
• Became connected to the forestry community in the city and learned about management principles associated with community and urban forestry.

Newtown, CT, US

• Managed comprehensive municipal plans with a particular focus on sustainability and economic development.
• Created and conducted community outreach events for participatory planning projects.
• Wrote federal and state grant applications for brownfield area-wide planning projects.

• Coproduced “Terra Tractus: The Earth Moves”, a two-week, six-figure outdoor multimedia performance about geological history.
• Worked with over a dozen artists and environmentalists as part of a team curated by Joy Wulke (artist and mother) and Jamie Burnett (lighting designer and friend).
• Production met with critical acclaim and featured widely both locally and nationally.

• Designed and fabricated components for façade, loggia, interior floating frieze, and ceiling structure for 2,000 sq.ft. atrium.
• Co-coordinated with clients, architects, and shipping contractors.

• Established Foundation archival procedures.
• Managed end of year call-to-give campaigns.
• Credited production manager for 3 short educational films showcased at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Master Of Environmental Management / Master Of Architecture I

Career Discovery Program, Landscape Architecture

Ma, Sustainable Development

Education record