As the Senior Director of Outreach and Program Collaboration, I established and cultivated strategic relationships with key government decision-makers, embassies and diplomatic missions, United Nations, World Bank, media representatives, and NGOs, helping to build awareness and engagement with high priority conservation programs.I also developed, drove, and delivered cross-functional collaborations, connecting and advancing program, communications, and development initiatives. Leveraged media relationships with major global outlets to garner support for these programs.

In my role as Director of Marine Conservation, I championed political, media, and advocacy work in the U.S., Europe, Iceland and Japan. I managed and led a global team of scientific, legal, and communications staff, grantees, and contractors working to protect whales and other marine species from priority threats. I developed multi-year communication strategies and planned and implemented compelling advocacy campaigns, stakeholder partnerships, and habitat protection projects.I was the marine conservation spokesperson actively interfacing with global stakeholders, government, media, NGO and public audiences. One of the projects I am most proud of is serving as an NGO lead who helped secure the landmark ruling ending Japan's Antarctic Whaling. Working with international governments, lawyers and key government officials and politicians we established the basis for the unprecedented case at the International Court of Justice. Combined with important work inside Japan, these efforts led to the cessation of Japan's high-seas whaling activities, a major conservation milestone. See more about it in my press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tVSSfn5enEAnother project I am extremely proud of is my involvement in the creation, funding solicitation, and partnership development to produce the double-Emmy-award winning documentary Sonic Sea, which helped accelerate international policy on ocean noise pollution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zfx2YgI2hsI also helped design and implement the successful, large-scale campaign to protect Laguna San Ignacio, the last pristine birthing lagoon of the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale, from industrial development.

As Director of Public Affairs and Communications, I established, scaled and led IFAW's first global communications team which grew to 20+ communications officers and dozens of contractors across 15 countries. I developed and led communications strategy that grew our audience reach from tens of thousands to 8.49 billion, with significant, ongoing benefits for fundraising and campaign impact.

Personally recruited, advised, and staffed then-Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Hon. John Porter (R-IL), and a bipartisan group of 40 Members of the U.S. House and Senate working to address environmental challenges in this network of U.S., European, Russian, and Japanese parliamentarians founded by Senators Al Gore and John Heinz. Extensive international political networking, fundraising, advocacy, and policy development with and on behalf of GLOBE Members. Extensive work with White House, Department of State, and Federal agencies.

As an account executive, I led team of account executives and researchers at this K Street corporate public affairs consultancy. Advised senior corporate executives from Fortune 50 companies on a range of environmental, consumer, and public affairs issues and their companies’ engagement with the public interest community.