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New York, United States

Responsible for developing and executing Palistar's Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy.- Member of UN PRI Human Rights and Social Issues Reference Group- Member of EDCI Infrastructure Working Group to support the development of relevant ESG metrics for the Infrastructure sector

New York, United States

- Lead ESG (Environmental Social Governance) strategy development, reporting and thought leadership- Influence internal and external policy around ESG issues- Lead ESG reporting and disclosure efforts, including our first annual ESG report- Liaise with deal teams and investor relations team to support customer and investor requests for ESG information; $280M+ TCV in customer deals supported- Position ESG strategy and commitments as a differentiator for Kyndryl's business- Lead development of Kyndryl's first Human Rights Policy, Modern Slavery Statement

New York, United States

Responsible for leading IBM's ESG reporting team and developing and executing strategies to increase IBM practitioner engagement in skills-based work that makes a positive impact in the communities we serve.- Lead first company-wide global environmental initiative designed to help IBMers drive positive sustainability impact- Lead Environmental Social Governance (ESG) reporting and strategy around IBM’s global commitments to sustainability, diversity and human rights- Launched global Let's Talk Safe Tech initiative that earned over 1.5M social media engagements- Increased average use of volunteer Activity Kits by +300% in one year- Led development of Ocean Plastic Activity Kit for Earth Day 2020 and was promoted in Jim Whitehurst's blog

Responsible for developing team strategy and managing the execution of team objectives. Liaise with Communications Sector leadership and IBM Corporate Citizenship to increase practitioner buy-in of CSR initiatives. Increased online engagement with CSR-related topics by +300% and successfully led multiple IBM/client volunteer events.

Washington, Dc

Lead Business Analyst for a large Midwestern energy and utility company as they transitioned to an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system. This upgraded system increased visibility into their assets and network and provide a platform to integrate renewable energy resources. Lead a team responsible for writing technical requirements across several key process areas, collaborating between business and technical design teams and facilitating client meetings to ensure system functionality matches client business needs.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Past work includes working with USAID on the Global Health Supply Chain Procurement and Supply Management Project dedicated to delivering life saving HIV/AIDS, Malaria and reproductive health medicines world-wide. Developed and implemented several process improvement initiatives, led a finance team, designed and developed supplier registration tracking tool and implemented country profiles for 60+ countries to ensure streamlined commodity deliveries. I also have past experience with a large utility company to upgrade their asset management software to IBM Maximo 7.6, the world's premier enterprise asset management solution.

Leaders on Purpose is an organization dedicated enabling cross-sector collaboration and empowering corporate executives to share, discover and implement sustainability best practices. Responsibilities include combining my consulting and research background with my lifelong passion for sustainability to support media, marketing and strategy initiatives. I also provided research and editorial support to the Leaders on Purpose CEO Study presented in April 2018 at the Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit in Washington, DC.

Contributed to several media and market research initiatives for the launch of Harvard's premier sustainability prize. As part of this global team, I leveraged my dissertation expertise to help develop a marketing plan, define prize best practices and make recommendations for various prize elements, including scope, audience and application requirements.

New York, New York

Benchmark Holdings is a global leader in the supply of applied biotechnology, sustainability science and knowledge transfer to food businesses and their supply chains. Developed strategy to increase Benchmark's online presence (eg. LinkedIn). Created database to target highest potential clients; Developed analysis matrix of survey results to enable Benchmark's clients to achieve sustainability goals; Published three articles on seafood sustainability for The Fish Site, a leading online magazine for global aquaculture.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Sustainable Development, Honours Of The First Class

Graduated with First Class Honours (US "A" equivalent); Wrote a dissertation assessing the impact of sustainability prizes on sustainable.

Certificate, Communications

Education record

Renewable Energy Award: A scholarship awarded to two graduating Wilton High School students for outstanding achievement in environmental.