Strategic Communications Advisor for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART). Working with federal, state and local officials across Michigan to protect the public from lead, PFAS and other contaminants in drinking water. Also advising the state on communications matters related to recycling, climate and energy.

Expert communications counsel from a journalist and media relations professional with more than 20 years of experience on the frontlines of the some of the biggest environmental incidents in history. Specialist knowledge in the communication of complex environmental and legal issues.

Mayor of the City of Saugatuck from 2022 to 2023. Previously elected city councilman in 2020 and mayor pro tem in 2021. Currently serving as councilman at-large.

Deputy head of BP’s corporate media relations office in London. Spokesman for BP’s exploration, production, refining, chemical, retail, supply and marketing businesses. Responsible for communications strategy and message development for high-profile matters including multi-billion dollar capital projects, regulatory issues, litigation, fuel prices, oil and gas trading, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.Responsible for providing counsel to company executives on corporate reputation matters. Also called upon as one of the company’s most experienced media professionals to coach and develop BP’s global communications practioners.Deployed from Chicago to Houston in 2010 as interim head of the BP America media relations team in response to the Deepwater Horizon incident. Managed team of employees and contractors responsible for handling and reviewing media enquiries, social media postings, press conferences, press tours, technical briefings and other communications associated with the oil spill response. Established BP’s social media presence on Facebook and Twitter in 2009.Part of media relations team that responded to multiple crisis response events including 2006 Prudhoe Bay pipeline shutdown, 2005 Texas City refinery accident and multiple hurricane recovery efforts. Experienced and certified in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Incident Management System and qualified as a Public Information Officer under the U.S. government’s Incident Command System.

Responsible for providing emergency response, media relations, community relations, government relations and employee communication support for field operations in Amoco’s petroleum products and chemical sectors.Responsible for operation of Amoco’s corporate website. Managed cross-functional team of information technology specialists, designers and content providers. Responsible for counseling Amoco business units on digital communications strategy.

Individual Ready ReserveHonorable Discharge

General assignments reporter for The Copley Press, now Sun-Times Media, a group that includes the Chicago Sun-Times, the Naperville Sun, the Aurora Beacon News, the Joliet Herald News, the Elgin Courier News and the Lake County News Sun.

Reporter and editor with the oldest daily law journal published in the United States.

Reporter for magazine covering the legal industry in the state of Minnesota.

Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Infantryman (11B)

Reporter for leading defense industry magazine published in Washington, D.C.

Intern for Congressman Milton Robert "Bob" Carr of Michigan's 6th District