Investment and advisory firm focused on innovative finance for reforestation and sustainable land use. New Leaf Climate develops and implements blended finance strategies that protect, restore, and grow our natural capital. Starting with North American reforestation, we make targeted investments that fix market failures, create efficiencies, and enable a more inclusive sustainable forestry market that expands the supply of climate-smart commodities.

The Brandmeyer Fellow for Impact and Sustainable Investing- Foundations of Impact Investing- Blended Finance

Recruited to create and lead a double bottom line social enterprise leveraging impact capital to build pathways out of poverty and into the middle class; generating economic mobility via transformative employment

Led the development and launch of BlackRock's Emergency Savings Initiative - a $50 million philanthropic, cross-sectoral partnership to help millions of Americans living on low-to moderate-incomes [savingsproject.org]Created and implemented internal impact frameworks and strategies, deploying internal assets to address multiple societal wide issues, including the firm’s first ever carbon offset program for firm-wide emissions

Developed and implemented the strategy for the first philanthropy team at BlackRock

Dynamic role working for the President in a Chief of Staff capacity, as an advisor and contributor to the executive leadership team, to advance the organization’s objectives

Developed recommendations for a venture-backed clean tech company, providing solar energy to the rural poor through pay-as-you-go financing, via on the ground analysis of pathway to unit economic sustainability

Led the business side of a social enterprise working to eradicate energy poverty by supporting the development of value chains for clean and efficient energy technologies, and the development of microgrids

Senior Project Manager - Leadership experience supervising 20+ person international management team; logistics, operations and sales for major events – including 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup in GermanyTeacher and Coach - Taught middle school English and coached basketball in Thailand and Arizona