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• Develop and apply practical, scalable, and collaborative approaches to addressing global and place-based social-ecological challenges.
• Integrate science with the relational worldviews inherent in contemplative and Indigenous traditions.
• Launch new initiatives, conduct actionable research, and host public forums to promote planetary health and healing.
• Design programs related to four pathways: 1) Biodiversity Stewardship, 2) Regenerative Economies, 3) Ecological Cultures, and 4) The Commons and The Common Good.

Burlington, Vermont

• Based in the Office of the Vice President for Research, I led strategic policy and partnership efforts for the Gund Institute for Environment, an interdisciplinary research institute whose mission is to solve pressing.
• Supported the launch of a new university-wide research theme focused on equity, justice, and the environment.
• Built partnerships with leaders in policy, businesses, and NGOs. Provided trusted science advice to state and federal policymakers.
• Coordinated and led the public release of the Vermont Climate Assessment 2021, a collaboration among state and national organizations that has led to a new multimillion dollar federal center of excellence focused on.

Washington, DC

• Created strategic opportunities for global scientists to inform national and international policy and management.
• Developed a strong network of policymakers, scientists, and funders, along with the skills and discernment to engage in high level dialogues.
• Led a team of associates to track specific issue areas (e.g. water security, fisheries management, nature's value, ecological tipping points), evaluate scientific evidence, and organize targeted briefings.
• Facilitated high-level roundtables and policy meetings with executive and legislative branches of governments.

U.S.

• Acquired and delivered complex, multi-partner projects in natural resource planning, management, and economic analyses.
• Partners included communities, governments (counties in California), NGOs (Trust for Public Land), and companies (multinational corporations in agriculture, mining, and forest products).

• Led institutional energy planning and launched clean energy grant program.
• Directed student environmental leadership and social change program.

• While completing graduate studies and raising young children, worked with global businesses to evaluate how they depend on -- and impact -- land, air, and water.
• Conducted economic studies of ecosystem goods & services and communicated findings to corporate and non-profit partners such as World Business Council on Sustainable Development.

Hudson Valley, NY

• Worked closely with diverse decision makers throughout the Hudson Valley region of New York to integrate biodiversity science into land use decisions.
• Developed conservation guidelines and natural resource policies with towns, counties, and state agencies.

Phd, Ms, Natural Resources, Ecological Economics

• PhD advisor Taylor Ricketts, dissertation on "The Impact of Ecosystem Services Knowledge on Decisions."​ • MS advisor Robert Costanza.

Global Sustainability Summer Fellowship

Global sustainability and complex systems.

Graduate School Of Education, Science Education

Co-directed Roosevelt Institute committee on Energy and Environment.

Bs, Astronomy, Physics

Captain of the lacrosse team. Coursework in Native American music and belief.

Astrophysics

Study abroad in Scotland.