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United States

• Oversee creative production and project operations for all social impact campaign accounts, including management of internal teams, vendors, and client and partner relationships. • Provide strategic counsel on creative direction and business development for all campaigns and business accounts. • Lead all creative production, content management, and instructional design for mobile-responsive and WCAG accessible digital education courses in areas of entrepreneurship, marketing, and finance. • Manage multicultural content translations in over 18 languages for all campaigns and projects. Notable Clients and Social Impact Campaigns (A-Z):- Chef Ann Foundation *Powered by School Food Professionals- Clara Lionel Foundation- City of Los Angeles, California- County of Los Angeles, California *Every Vote In (2020, Presidential Election Outreach Campaign) *Plan Your Vote (2021, Gubernatorial Recall Election Outreach Campaign) *LAVOTE (2022, Federal Primary Election Outreach Campaign) *LAVOTE (2022, Federal Mid-term Election Outreach Campaign) *LAVOTE (2024, Federal Primary Election Outreach Campaign)- Delta Airlines- Every Mother Counts- Global Citizen- HP Foundation- New York City Campaign Finance Board *NYC VOTES (2022, Federal Primary Election Outreach Campaign)- St. Louis County, Missouri *Revive STL (2021, Vaccination Education Campaign)- The California Endowment *Stop the Gondola (2022, Public Awareness and Education Campaign)- UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)*Indicates campaign for organization named above.

New York, New York, United States

• Co-authored a case study examining data-driven journalism in South Africa and its impacts on corruption, governance, and natural resource management • Interviewed dozens of stakeholders remotely and developed recommendations in a report for collaboration between donors, journalists, and civil society organizations to maximize the impact of high-quality and evidence-based journalism• Pitched a written story and was commissioned by the Global Investigative Journalism Network to profile the non-profit organization, Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism and their tool, #MineAlert, a data and spatial analytics platform created for journalists and NGOs to monitor against illegal mining and corruption in the South African extractives industry

New York, New York, United States

• Utilized processes of human-centered design to ideate and generate a prototype to refine strategies for learning and sharing models, methodologies, and workflows within and among the human rights and humanitarian sectors • Liaised with client to provide timely, constructive, and informative support to the their ideas, questions, and concerns

New York, New York, United States

• Launched a consultancy for advancing the mission-driven work of social enterprises, marketing specialists, and mixed-media professionals to build capacity across entrepreneurial ecosystems • Organized and facilitated two visual storytelling training conferences in collaboration with seven media partners in Kampala, Uganda • Co-wrote and copyedited company narrative and business development components via briefs, pitch decks, and financial models for award winning entry in SIPA’s Public Policy Grant Program

New York, New York, United States

• Produced and directed four short films in Australia, Vanuatu, and Brazil to spotlight winners of the 2019 Equator Prize; Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils in Western Australia, Ser-Thiac in Vanuatu, and Associação Indígena Kisêdjê and Conselho Indígena de Roraima in Mato Grosso and Roraima, Brazil, respectively • Conducted dozens of interviews and facilitated meetings with stakeholders from each Indigenous community to understand the nuances of each organization’s mission and activities to be included in written case studies

Arusha, Tanzania

• Successfully led two expeditions of more than 30 international high school students safely up and down Mount Kilimanjaro

Paro, Bhutan

• Oversaw the reestablishment of the Student Affairs Department at the relocated School for Field Studies' field station in Paro, Bhutan. • Exhibited high medical, emotional, and cross-cultural intelligence to provide safe and successful field-intensive abroad programs and advised over 50 international undergraduate students • Established, secured, and maintained valuable working relationships with Bhutanese communities, the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research, the Loden Foundation, and NGOs such as the Royal Society for Protection of Nature and the Bhutan Ecological Society • Trained and mentored Program Interns in areas of risk assessment and mitigation, student management, and program operations

Northern Thailand And Laos

• Collaborated with rural communities and a team of international staff to implement myriad participatory development projects based on assessments of needs by community partners, including but not limited to the redesign of infrastructure systems for cleaner and more efficient water distribution and the construction of a primary school

Queensland, Australia

• Exhibited high medical, emotional, and cross-cultural intelligence to provide safe and successful field-intensive abroad programs and advised 66 international undergraduate students • Secured and maintained valuable relationships with the Far North Queensland community and with stakeholders of UNESCO’s Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Areas, including but not limited to: The Wet Tropics Management Authority, Djunbunji Land and Sea Programme, and a multitude of Indigenous-owned eco-tourism operations • Trained and mentored Program Interns in areas of risk assessment and mitigation, student management, and program operations

Johnston Atoll Nwr, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

• Volunteered on the 10th Crazy Ant Strike Team expedition to Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, which required living and working closely with a small team on-island • Monitored long-term seabird, plant, terrestrial invertebrate, and invasive species population trends and productivity at a remote field camp outpost Read more in the NPR article below:

Breckenridge, Colorado

• Established a safe learning environment and taught children and adults of varying skill levels how to safely and responsibly navigate a mountain on skis

Camp Burgess & Hayward - Sandwich, Massachusetts

• Facilitated educational programming and taught ecology and natural history curricula to visiting school groups • Organized and led week-long cycling, kayaking, surfing, and wilderness skills-based trips for young adults across Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard.

Johnston Atoll Nwr, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

• Volunteered on the 6th Crazy Ant Strike Team expedition to Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, which required living and working closely with a small team on-island • Monitored long-term seabird, plant, terrestrial invertebrate, and invasive species population trends and productivity at a remote field camp outpost

Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area - Burlington, Connecticut

• Managed ecological rehabilitation programs to reduce invasive plant and wildlife species across protected state-owned meadowlands and wetlands and preserve habitat for threatened and endangered species

Silver Sands State Park - Milford, Ct

Master Of Public Administration In Development Practice Candidate

Student Leadership • SIPA Peer Advisor • MPA-DP Representative, SIPA Student Association • SIPA Global Health Society, Co-founder.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Wildlife And Fisheries Biology

Semester Abroad, Wildlife Management - Tanzania And Kenya, Spring 2011

• Completed Wildlife Management Curriculum and co-authored a Directed Research Project entitled, "Assessing sanctuary viability as a means.