Founding Director of statewide rural organizing nonprofit with a mission to build inclusive and sustainable communities. • Consistently fundraise $800,000+ operating budget after increasing revenue by 50% annually for first 3 years;• Manage 4-6 senior-level and frontline staff across 5 departments• Developed and supported team to execute projects related to COVID response, redistricting, voter engagement, and disaster recovery;• Built lasting relationships with external partners including elected officials, faith leaders, and organizations;• Centered Alabama's rural communities in public narratives about mutual aid, disaster recovery, climate, and elections.Program Areas:• Disaster Recovery• Climate Protection• Civic EngagementOrganizational Accomplishments:• Established 8 regional mask-making hubs during COVID-19 pandemic that sewed and distributed over 200,000 cloth masks, fully outfitting hospitals, meatpacking plants, and other frontline workplaces (2020); • Reached over one million Alabama voters to ensure they could safely exercise their right to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to record turnout (2020);• Campaigned for fair electoral maps during decennial redistricting process to give every Alabamian a voice in state and local elections (2021-2022);• Mobilized volunteer network to respond to community needs in Dallas, Autauga, and Coosa Counties after Jan 2023 tornadoes and conducted damage assessment of ~500 homes in Tallapoosa County (2023);• Launched 2-year Climate Protection Project starting with a 10-week rural deep canvass across 5 counties (2023).Partnerships & Collaborations:• Organizing Resilience: Strategy Team (2022-Present)• Political Healers Project: Board Chair (2019-2022), Leadership Team (2022-Present)• Alabama Election Protection Network: Partner Leader (2020-Present)• Alabama Forward: Board Member (2020-2022), Table Member (2020-Present)

Founding Director of Alabama's leading statewide rural organization advancing racial, gender, economic, and climate justice in rural and small town communities. Program Areas: • Gender Justice• Climate Justice• Movement Politics Organizational Accomplishments: • Built a network of over 6,000 members and supporters in rural and small town communities across 61 of Alabama’s 67 counties;• Helped win the state’s first rural nondiscrimination ordinance in Montevallo, AL (2018);• Mobilized over 500 people to protest Alabama's abortion ban (2019), and consistently defeated anti-protest and anti-trans legislation (2020-2021);• Won a Community Benefits Agreement with New Flyer–North America’s largest bus manufacturer and leader in electric buses–as part of the Alabama Coalition for Community Benefits (2022).Partnerships & Collaborations:• Groundwork Project: Advisory Board Member (2022-Present)• People's Action: Board Member (2019-2021), Affiliate (2018-Present)• Alabama Forward Action: Founding Board Member (2018), Board Chair (2018-2020), Board Member (2020-2022)

• Led successful campaign to win $15 minimum wage in Montgomery County, MD as part of broad-based coalition of labor, civic, social justice, and faith-based organizations;• Managed statewide and county-based issue campaigns related to healthcare, fair elections, racial justice, and economic policy;• Developed and managed dozens of volunteer leaders across 5 regions;• Launched rural organizing program following 2016 election

• Researched and assisted in development of policy solutions to address racial justice issues