Multimedia content production and communications strategy specializing in transit oriented development, walkability, placemaking and environmentally sustainable communities.

Invitation-only membership organization for large companies that demonstrate a serious commitment to environment as a business strategy issue. CEF’s mission is to help accelerate sustainable business innovation by creating the best neutral space for business leaders to strategize and exchange best-practice insights. Members represent 18 industries and have combined revenues exceeding $3 trillion.• Editor of the CEF Weekly Eco Briefing, a compact summary of top corporate sustainability news, regulation and government affairs, NGO activity, and sustainability related tools and research.• Research, prepare, and maintain environmental performance profiles for CEF member companies.• Coordinate programmatic elements of CEF’s Annual Meeting, including creation of agenda based on feedback from member company executives, arranging and briefing panelists for roundtable discussions, capturing proceedings, and distilling output of meetings into summary reports.• Create agendas and manage logistics for web-based virtual roundtable discussions with VP and C-suite level executives.

• Researched and prepared environmental performance profiles for CEF member companies.• Supported CEF member networking activities.

Sustainability subject matter adviser to startup consulting firm delivering renewable energy solutions to commercial and government clients.

• Managed a communications strategy engagement with E+Co, an organization that invests services and capital in small and growing clean energy businesses in developing countries.• Researched corporate sustainability activities and accomplishments of Corporate Eco Forum member companies.• Managed IT resources component of an alumni engagement strategy project for Public Allies, a nonprofit established to advance new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation.

• Educated leading US telecom in tenets of sustainability. Evaluated current and potential initiatives in energy efficiency and waste reduction. Mapped integration with corporate business strategy and stakeholder needs assessment. Facilitated workshop breakout groups and captured output. Developed pitch for follow-on projects to address opportunities identified.• Conducted cleantech industrial competitiveness workshop with a US state government CIO to evaluate repurposing of existing industrial assets for manufacture of renewable energy generation, efficient vehicles and high capacity power storage. Evaluated opportunities to commercialize university research, patents and expertise in water management. Developed pitch for follow-on projects to address opportunities identified.• Identified gaps in competitive factors for a major Midwest US city and suggested next steps for improving the investment attractiveness to selected industries. Sectors included wind generator component manufacturing, thin film photovoltaic manufacturing, specialty automotive batteries and advanced cleantech vehicle assembly.• Enabled better system procurement decisions that would increase quality and capabilities, shorten time to deployment, and reduce design and maintenance costs for a US federal agency. Demonstrated relevance of modular, interoperable systems that adhere to open standards with published interfaces. Managed deliverables and timelines for selected work streams.• Analyzed financial data for technology development center under a US federal agency to determine how much was spent on products and services, what types of work were performed in-house vice contracted out, whether the center was contracting for inherently governmental work, and uses of overhead.

Nonprofit economic development organization established to strengthen New York City's manufacturing sector and promote sustainable development• Managed client relationship. Created pricing and management plans by analyzing cost structure (with primary emphasis on energy usage), industry best practices, and performing market analysis for leasing unused capacity of a commercial kitchen.• Made recommendations for improving efficiency, meeting client needs, tracking results, and performed market analysis for mentoring service which linked nascent firms with industry consultants and experienced business owners.

• Managed strategic planning process, including peer institution best practices analysis, resulting in improved tuition structure, enriched student experience, new concert venue choices, and clear positioning strategy for development (fundraising).• Created and implemented marketing and public relations strategies, including design and management of new website and email marketing campaign, resulting in 150% increase of web traffic within three months.• Analyzed potential development opportunities, segmented prospects by evaluation criteria and developed messaging to convey value of investing in the organization.

• Developed media relationships to cultivate positive organization public image. Shaped messaging during crisis level dispute between management and union leadership.• Managed media at events and authored public relations collateral.