Identify and deliver start-up support for high impact agriculture and food systems projects across North Carolina by providing technical assistance on feasibility assessments, market channel development, business planning, investment planning, product sourcing, and regulatory guidance.Provide market consultation services to small-scale organic farmers across North Carolina by assisting with social media marketing, developing branding material, and formulating communication strategies.

Assisted with the role out of a new corporate concept focused on expanding product selection and sales within the meat category at Lowes Food.Promoted local, sustainable, and organic messaging within the company in order to increase staff and customer awareness resulting in an increase in sales.

Designed and managed a sustainability literacy workshop on sustainable purchasing practices for The False Creek Flats Green Enterprise Initiative, an emerging light industrial redevelopment.Managed and assisted facilitating workshops and presentations on sustainable consumption practices to educate and develop research material for the SCORAI organization.

Managed multiple projects that assisted municipalities, financial institutions, sports organizations, private businesses, and social enterprises to design sustainable purchasing programs in an effort to enhance their brand and improve their supply chain management practices.Designed and assisted with the facilitation of sustainability education webinars, workshops, and presentations on implementing sustainable practices along supply chains.

Guided students in their development of innovative business plans for social enterprises.Taught students the importance of developing sustainable businesses focusing on triple bottom line performance standards to facilitate the development of the next generation of leaders.

Assisted the Food and Agriculture Systems planning department through research, presentations, and production of documents for various contracts including: the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society feasibility study, the Campbell River Agriculture Plan, and the Edmonton Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy.Researched North American food hubs and developed best practice models for governance and structural layout in order to assist with the New City Market project.

Led all floor managers through complex projects during simultaneous banquet events to provide outstanding service and further develop business partnerships.Assisted the Service Director with various administrative assignments including: payroll, logisticalmanagement, inventory, and market research.Developed sales packages of audio/video products and services for marketing purposes.