Project manager and analyst supporting efforts to explore the technical, financial, and legal feasibility of deploying next-generation and traditional clean energy technologies at federal government facilities including nuclear fission; nuclear fusion; geologic hydrogen; geothermal; solar; and long-duration energy storage. Administering an innovation working group which vets energy innovations through discussions between leaders in federal, state, and local governments, members of academia, and industry leaders.

Creating project finance models to inform cost estimates for electric vehicle charging facilities and power purchase agreement negotiations for solar, wind, battery storage, micro-reactors, hydrogen fuel cells, and combined heat and power systems.Writing regional background reports on climate change threats and opportunities for clean energy resilience projects based on available IRA and IIJA grants, low interest, and tax credits.

Leading a nonprofit that creates documentary films about campaigns across the country working to hold utilities accountable and catalyze a just transition clean energy transition.Engaging with multiple stakeholders, including environmental justice communities, NGOs, consumer advocates, electric grid experts, and policymakers and organizing contacts using an internally designed CRM.Reading thousands of pages of public service commission, court, and agency documents, state and federal laws, and NGO reports. Writing dozens of background briefs to prepare for interviews and inform editors.Filming interviews on public power takeover attempts of Xcel Energy in Boulder, CO, and Central Hudson in upstate NY; voter suppression in rural electric cooperative elections; a ratepayer revolt against Southern Company’s Kemper Clean Coal plant; environmental justice organizing in Charleston, SC; Washington, DC’s Solar for All program; and the history of FERC’s Office of Public Participation.Fundraised over $20,000 to date through phone calls, donor meetings, and pitches with over 30 donors.

Attending briefings, taking notes, and circulating memos on offshore wind, national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), COP 27 negotiations, labor relations, healthcare services, and foreign affairsBatching correspondence in IQ and Indigov, drafting response letters, and drafting congressional records

Intensive study of the European Union’s operations, developmental missions, and geopolitical threatsPublished three data stories highlighting how a rebalanced partnership between Africa and Europe can aid the clean energy transition, digital development, and food security for the two continents

Assisting the implementation of Executive Order 14057, which directs agencies to leverage the federal government’s buying power, as the US’ largest electricity customer, to achieve a 100% CFE grid by 2035.Preformed data analysis and visualization using Excel PivotTable/Chart to understand the market characteristics of grid regions and to determine green tariff/green pricing availability.Helped facilitate discussions with government officials and private industry stakeholders to identify regulatory obstacles and CFE procurement options within each grid region and state.

Created briefs on the economic and physical viability of replacing natural gas with geothermal heat, on reducing electricity use with smart systems, and on opportunities for expanding solar coverage on campus groundsBolstering student engagement with data visualization of building efficiency and solar generation statistics.

Codified project development timelines to quantify community harms of PEPCO Approval to Install (ATI) and Approval to Operate (ATO) delays to assist an October 2021 D.C. Public Service Commission filing of CHESSA's Interconnection Study under Formal Case 1050. The final filing found the delays cost households and solar companies roughly $1.6 million.Designed a battery storage credit market, storage capacity carveout and alterations to Renewable Portfolio Standard's to accelerate the deployment of energy storage capacity in the DC, Maryland, Virginia regionConducting literature reviews of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) filings, PEPCO Documents & Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) documents to analyze grid modernization plans with Virtual Power Plants (VPP)Researching and creating briefs on distributed energy resource (DER) regulations, Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs), Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) to assist market assessment efforts.

Chaired the Committee on Campus and Student Life, Member of the Committee on FinanceCreated the Spring 2021 Collaborative Planning Commission to advise faculty and administration on the needs of students throughout the return-to-campus post-pandemic.

Researched and wrote policy memos on clean energy, immigration, and education to assist lobbying efforts

Sparked a campus-wide push to excuse class absences on election day, leading to institutional policy changesLed efforts to register poll workers in light of a national shortage prior to the November 2020 elections

Organized a small-scale campaign hub at York College of Pennsylvania, involving door-to-door canvassing in nearby neighborhoods and organizing youth engagement around campusCreated policy briefs on catalyzing clean jobs and energy justice, expanding access to affordable and high quality healthcare, improving the administration of the Department of Veteran Affairs services.

Bridged the gap between alumni and current students through regional engagement, professional development, fostering leadership, building a culture of philanthropy, & educating peers

Spearheaded 2 voter registration events prior to November 2019 local and state elections