I am leading communications and environmental policy work for New Village Initiative, an Orlando-based collection of companies that are involved with green construction, technical education, affordable housing, and sustainability. www.newvillageinitiative.com

NVI Advanced Materials Group makes a revolutionary plastic-based asphalt additive that improves performance while also helping to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions.

I'm senior reporter for the nonprofit, nonpartisan States Newsroom office in Des Moines, Ia. We cover state government, state agencies, the congressional delegation, caucus candidates and federal agencies whose actions have an effect on Iowans. We are part of a national network that strives to pick up some of the slack left by layoffs and consolidations at media operations across the country.

I cover economic development, technology, innovation, transportation, human resources and education.