Lead communications and advocacy support for bp's low carbon businesses; advocate for policy to support bp's growth in onshore and offshore wind, solar, carbon capture use and storage, and hydrogen; manage team of bp advocates and contract lobbyists in the Midwest and east coast.

Maximize value, mitigate risk and engage bp’s portfolio of trade association and other advocacy organization relationships in the United States in support of bp policy objectives.Key accomplishments; developing comprehensive database of advocacy organizations in the Americas, creating framework for deciding to join or renew organizations in the Americas that became the basis of bp's global policy on trade associations, representing Americas for global Trade Association review, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars by exiting lower value organizations.

Head of State & Local Affairs Houston, TX Nov 2017 – PresentLed, coached and mentored a team of advocates who engage on energy policy issues across the U.S. on behalf of bp's American businesses.Key accomplishments: Launching integrated state climate advocacy campaigns: Spearheaded a national strategy in support of state climate policy, including the Transportation and Climate Initiative, the expansion of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Illinois clean energy legislation and cap-and-invest legislation in Washington State, earning bp a seat at the table as a trusted and valued partner on climate policy and developing unconventional allies and partners.Planning and performance: Successfully advocated for the adoption and led the implementation of the Objective and Key Results (OKR) planning and performance system and the selection and rollout of an objective-tracking digital platform.

Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs April 2015 to November 2017Led the Communications and External Affairs team supporting BP's Wind Energy, Remediation Management, U.S. onshore oil and gas production, Petrochemicals and Shipping (U.S.) businesses.Key accomplishments: Superfund advocacy: Executed a federal and state government advocacy strategy to accelerate progress at Superfund sites - delivering significant savings, overcoming roadblocks and moving projects forward.

Executed community and legislative engagement and communications strategies to build support for remediation and restoration strategies at brownfield sites managed by bp’s Remediation Management function. Successfully engaged a variety of audiences and stakeholders and communicated complex environmental science information for communities.

Select clients: BP, Shell, Valero, Cargill, Memorial Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital of East St. Louis and numerous political clients.Political campaigns: general (strategic) and media consultant on more than 100 campaigns over 23 years, ranging from statewide to local races - developing campaign plans, defining messages and strategy and producing direct mail, television, radio, print, outdoor and social and digital advertising.Environmental and energy project engagement: planned and executed communications and engagement strategies for environmental remediation and energy facility siting projects, including strategic planning, community outreach, media management, crisis communications, emergency protocols and writing and developing communications tools, such as videos, newsletters, web sites, fact sheets and presentations. Translated complicated scientific information for a variety of stakeholders, including impacted communities.Strategic communications and advertising: wrote, directed and produced advertising and strategic communications projects for clients in the health care and legal services fields, including four hospitals and a managed care plan. Won numerous awards for health care advertising and communications on behalf of St. Mary's Hospital of East St. Louis.

Staff member in the Issues Development Office where I was assigned to the Energy and Environment Committee and to the Majority Leader, the Assistant Majority Leader, and legislators in targeted districts.I also served as a campaign manager for Illinois Democratic Majority during campaign seasons.