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Chicago, Illinois, US

• Provide strategic advisory services to clients in energy, utilities, and infrastructure sectors, focusing on sustainability, decarbonization, and climate change initiatives.
• Leverage expertise in federal funding landscapes to identify and secure grants, offsetting capital expenses for critical infrastructure, climate change adaptation, and sustainability projects.
• Lead project development and maturation, transforming conceptual ideas into actionable plans for infrastructure modernization, decarbonization, and social equity-focused projects.
• Conduct comprehensive legislative and regulatory analysis for due diligence projects, evaluating U.S. and E.U. policies to identify market trends and compliance needs in climate accounting and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities in climate change trends aligning with emerging regulations and industry practices.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to influence strategy, balance risks, and meet client expectations in complex sustainability projects.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Managed Senator's legislative portfolio on environmental sustainability, energy, agriculture, and related issues, developing expertise in policy frameworks relevant to climate change and sustainability.
• Conducted comprehensive legislative research and provided strategic recommendations on complex regulatory environments.
• Cultivated relationships with key stakeholders and advocacy groups to foster diverse client relationships and expectations.
• Prepared impactful talking points for Senate hearings and press conferences, effectively communicating the Senator's stance on critical issues.
• Socialized bills and policy agendas with other Congressional members and Senate Committees, gathering support for key legislative initiatives.
• Engaged with constituents to discuss policy challenges, synthesizing feedback to recommend amendments to federal legislation that would improve national laws.

Baltimore, MD, US

• Led team in research on natural and nature-based flood management solutions and proposed wetland and land management strategies for advocacy groups to use in flood protection proposals to Army Corps of Engineers
• Researched and presented analysis on federal policies and associated congressional approval processes that determine federal investment of flood management projects
• Supplied NAACP units with analysis of Army Corps of Engineers and Office of Management and Budget cost benefit analysis and discount rates used in flood project determination with 8-person team
• Identified economic and racial disparities experienced by communities in flood prone regions in U.S. Gulf Coast and Midwest regions and delineated case studies of lucrative advocacy outreach for stakeholder engagement
• Assisted in producing immediate and long-term action plan for national and local NAACP offices to implement including lobbying efforts to advance equitable solutions for Black and Brown communities, frontline.
• Designed 75-page report in Adobe InDesign to be co-published with Columbia University and NAACP

Oakland, CA, US

• Managed 3 consulting teams specialized in environmental and sustainable development with focuses ranging from business strategy to community outreach
• Coordinated and moderated 4-person panel event for 25-person audience addressing private and public sector changes in transition to the Biden administration
• Supervised project progression, arranged and facilitated 4 workshops for consulting teams to meet with industry professionals and coordinated skill building events to assist teams in meeting deliverables

Oakland, CA, US

• Developed enhanced due diligence framework for assessing biodiversity and environmental risk in ING’s lending portfolio with 6-person team
• Led team in biodiversity research and identified potential areas for reputational risk related to deforestation activities in business transactions due to lack of supply chain transparency
• Researched soy production best practices and sustainable investment models with particular focus on South America
• Proposed management strategies to eliminate risk and mitigate environmental harms in soft commodity investments

Palisades, New York, US

• Researched global climate processes by examining sediment cores from the seabed that date to the Last Glacial Period
• Analyzed implications of ocean and energy movement for climate modeling by researching last event of major oceanic sea ice melt
• Dry sieved and examined quartz grains and benthic organisms in microscopy lab

Gloucester, Massachusetts, US

• Initiated program to disseminate advocacy action alerts for interest groups to address regional representatives regarding environmental sustainability and marine conservation policy

US

• Elected to speak with members of Congress in efforts to support continued government funding for early childhood education and international aid for clean water resources in frontline communities
• Managed associates, schedules, and work performance and assisted senior management with key decisions for employee advancement
• Implemented performance management metrics such as quarterly performance reviews and developed practices to improve organizational operations for 30-person office
• Researched and integrated regulatory compliance and reporting for new hire and onboarding operations and performed interviews

San Diego, CA, US

-Coordinated and organized corporate events, social events, and weddings-Maintained social media marketing and managed vendors relations.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Environmental Science And Policy

Post Baccalaureate, Ecology, Evolution, And Environmental Biology

Fundraising And Development

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General