Implement communications strategies contributing to the passage of public health laws in over 60 countries protecting almost 2 billion people, in close coordination with advocacy, research, legal and grants colleagues. Provide training to over 13,000 journalists and 3,000 communications officers in low- and middle-income countries. Created new programs including the Digital Advocacy Center. Manage a high-performance team in Washington, DC and around the world. Lead the development of funding proposals for primary organizational grants. Train spokespeople and serve as spokesperson, and work directly with journalists in the US and around the world to pitch and support stories. Drive efforts to update organizational brand and appeal to new partners. For several years also served as Director of Indonesia Programs.

Global Leadership: Managed 2 direct reports, 5 international staff, and multiple contractors, including writers, public relations (PR) firms, web developers, and graphic designers, to promote national parks and sustainable forest management.Communications Planning: Built comprehensive communications plan, which involved gathering success stories, measuring progress towards targets, developing digital properties, writing press releases and op-eds, and handling media relations.Training: Trained 20 colleagues and partners on representing association brand and best practices for communications.Stakeholder Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Oversaw stakeholder relations, which included serving on trade fair advisory committee, and liaising with corporate donors and government funders, such as The World Bank.Project Management: Supported founding of national parks in West Africa and Indonesia as part of special project teams.Branding & Marketing Strategy: Developed branding and marketing strategy for Global Forest & Trade Network, which included Home Depot and IKEA, building up to 300 business members with $45B in forest products and 11% of world’s production forests.Associate Director of Communications and Promotions, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC, 1998–2000Communications Management & Event Planning: Managed 2 direct reports in the production of external communications and special events, including a nationwide bicycling event, to promote alternative transportation policy.Unified Messaging: Wrote copy for membership magazine, website, and press events, providing impactful and cohesive messaging.Proposal Preparation: Developed proposal for Millennium Trails project, winning $10M in funding and management of the program from the White House Millennium Council.