Resume and Curriculum Vitae

​Professional & Skilled Volunteer Experience

Booz Allen Hamilton, Senior Climate Change Specialist, Senior Consultant                                                                                                                          1/2019 - Current
  • Advised Booz Allen Hamilton on the topic of intersectional climate risk based socioeconomic and environmental concerns
  • Consulted on climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts for Booz Allen Hamilton and US Agencies
  • Analyzed differential economic and environmental impacts from superfund sites and military bases
  • Developed tools to incorporate environmental health impacts into energy decisions for the FAA
  • Serving as the Deputy Leader of the Booz Allen Hamilton Climate Change Center of Excellence
  • Providing expertise for the application of artificial intelligence to invasive species control
  • Developed strategic communication materials for FEMA & the EPA
  • Provided editorial and design support for the OFIA Annual Report on the National Flood Insurance Program
  • Providing data science and environmental expertise to support the REPI Program for DoD
  • Performed program evaluation, financial analysis and data analytics support to the Federal Aviation Administration
​Democracy Digital Coalition, Co-Director for Policy (Formerly Biden Digital coalition)                                                                                                       7/2020 – Current
  • Managing a team of two dozen policy professionals in developing communication materials that explain the Biden campaign platform
  • Supporting rapid response and social media data analysis efforts
  • Support the formal campaign via various policy projects, such as developing a policy Twitter bot and video content
  • Developed digital strategy for the Biden Digital Coalition, a large team of dedicated campaign volunteers
DNC Council on the Environment & Climate Crisis, Advisory  Council Member                                                                                                                    4/2020 - Current
  • Wrote recommendations for the Democratic Party National Platform regarding climate change and its intersection with disability & biodiversity issues, illicit trade, and the structure of the executive branch
  • Provided editorial assistance on the final slate of recommendations made for the party platform.
  • Helped to organize a coalition of organizations and individuals who signed on in support the councils recommendations.
Sunrise Movement, Volunteer                                                                                                                          1/2019 - Current
  • Provided support for leadership for both Sunrise Virginia and Sunrise DC
  • Canvassed for the Bernie Sanders campaign during the New Hampshire Primary
  • Represented Sunrise at a meeting with the DNC Council on the Environment & Climate Crisis
Booz Allen Hamilton, Environmental  Specialist, Consultant                                                                                                                          2/2016 – 12/2018
  • Consulted on climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts for Booz Allen Hamilton, Dubai, and the FAA
  • Assisted with data science and regulatory reform projects for the EPA
  • Wrote an awarding-winning internal white paper on using machine learning to combat wildlife trafficking
  • Analyzed greenhouse gas emissions data for the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration
  • Member of the Steering Committees for the Sustainability and Climate Change Community of Practice
  • Performed program evaluation and data analytics support to the Federal Aviation Administration
  • Provided communications support to the EPA Smart Cities AirChallenge
Clinton Foundation, Clinton Climate Initiative Forestry Intern                                                                                                                          6/2015 – 8/2015
  • Supported the Islands Energy Program to improve the energy grids of small island developing nations
  • Edited briefs for President Bill Clinton on the Islands Energy Program (then Resilient Communities)
  • Wrote briefs on ecotourism and using the Internet of Things to address conservation and poverty issues in Kenya
  • Supported the launch of the Blue Guardians program, including supporting multilateral meetings between nation-states and private sector entities
Environment Massachusetts, Environmental Policy Intern                                                                                                                          1/2013 – 6/2013
  • Supported the campaign to protect the Land and Water Conservation Fund
  • Lobbied members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation and Massachusetts Legislature
  • Canvassed and supported community organizing activities
Merrimack College, Research Associate                                                                                                                                                         2/2011 – 12/2012
  • Studied Cetacean spatial ecology and behavior by analyzing fourteen years worth of data gathered by the Blue Ocean Society
  • Presented at undergraduate research conferences

Presentations


Education
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, PhD, Environmental Science & Policy ABD
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Master of Public Affairs, Policy Analysis and Environmental Policy in 2015
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Master of Environmental Science, Climate Change Ecology in 2015
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Special Students Program, Environmental Science & Policy in 2013
MERRIMACK COLLEGE, Bachelor of Science, Ecology & Environmental Biology in 2012