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Seattle, Washington, United States

Designed and facilitated the Western States Transmission Initiative, bringing together Western regulators and energy offices to discuss transmission development in the West. Designed and facilitated the Equity and Hydrogen Project in collaboration with 9 major environmental justice organizations in California, who developed the Equity and Hydrogen position statement. Designed and facilitated the Oregon Clean Grid Collaborative in collaboration with 15 advocacy organizations spanning clean energy advocates, labor advocates, conservation advocates, energy justice advocates, and more to support their shared efforts realizing Oregon's clean energy mandates through energy markets and transmission advocacy.Researched, facilitated, and co-wrote a framework for offshore wind evaluation and planning for Washington state.

Olympia, Washington

Providing policy advice, analysis, and expertise to the three-member, governor-appointedcommission charged with rate-setting, consumer protection, and public safety for Washington’sinvestor-owned utility and transportation companiesSubject-matter and team lead for major energy policy initiatives, including the development of the commission's 2021 participatory funding policy statement, the commission's 2020 implementation of Washington's Clean Energy Transformation Act, the commission's legislative review of and response to Washington's 2021 Climate Commitment Act, and several high-profile rate cases; particularly focused on ambiguous, high-impact topics such as electric utilities’ equitable transition to clean energy and utility wildfire preparedness as well as legislative analysis and response during the Washington legislative session. Co-chairing agency’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion CommitteeCo-chairing NARUC's Staff Subcommittee on ElectricityEditing and producing the ICER Chronicle, an international energy regulation magazine

Olympia, Washington

Developed key messaging and led media engagement across a diverse regulatory portfolio,including energy, telecommunications, and water service as well as pipeline, railroad, andpassenger transportation safety; served as agency spokespersonLed agency’s communications and public outreach team, distilling complex topics to clear languageWrote, edited, and designed press releases, fact sheets, memos, and other public- and legislative-facingdocuments; earned regular coverage in local, national, and international mediaFacilitated agency engagement at public meetings, hearings, and presentationsContributed an equity policy perspective to agency roll-out of clean energy lawsManaged a $20,000 strategic agency rebrand contract and roll-outStrategized web-based public meeting participation to increase public access to agency processesModernized diversity and inclusion communications policies as a member of agency Diversity,Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Cross-training in global and local energy systems with a diverse community of change-makers across sectors and disciplines; driving an equitable, decarbonized, and resilient energy ecosystem

Olympia, Washington

Greater Seattle Area

Communications management and media engagement for the University of Washington Master's Degree in Applied International Studies program

Morgantown, Wv

Oversaw editorial production of three distinct monthly, bimonthly, and biannual magazines with atotal circulation of more than 150,000 readersProduced and edited an average of 1.66 magazine issues per month with a staff of five in-housewriters and designers and a limited budgetConducted market research, strategic editorial planning, freelance and in-house writer mentorship,and creative oversight of photo shoots, design, and productionCreated, strategized, and headed revenue-generating marketing initiatives to bolster communityengagement; doubled the profits of company’s largest eventConducted in-depth research, analysis, and writing for stories about mine safety, state policy,business and economics, housing, health, food security, and more

Morgantown, Wv

Morgantown, Wv

Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Potomac, Maryland

· Managed the day-to-day planning, writing, editing and social media engagement for a hyper-local news source in the Washington, D.C.-metro area. · Researched and reported local stories spanning breaking news to features of standout community residents, including written and multimedia pieces. · Provided in-depth coverage of hot issues concerning residents, including government transparency, public safety, environmental concerns, development and education. · Doubled the Potomac Patch’s social media following, and engaged with the site users on Facebook and Twitter for story ideas and news tips. · Managed and edited the work of freelancers, contributors and bloggers.

Developed the concept of Faces of The Mine—an interactive memorial project dedicated to remembering the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in Raleigh County, W.Va. Content for the site was largely submitted by the community.

West Virginia

· Worked with rural newspapers to help them gain skills to transition to online journalism. · Developed and implemented new media training workshops for elementary and secondary education school teachers for use in curriculum building.· Worked on a model for community engagement with The Parsons Advocate, a community newspaper in Tucker County, W.Va.: - facilitated, developed and provided consultation for 5 community blogs - organized community events to develop interest, participation and readership for the blogs as a community platform - worked with area teachers to create a partnership resulting in multimedia story-telling with publication in the Advocate.

Master’S Degree, International/Global Studies

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), French Language And Literature

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Language And Literature, General