EDUCATION
I am a passionate environmentalist focused on creating and implementing solutions to climate change.
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I graduated in 2020 with my M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University to hone my expertise in the scientific, technical and political solutions to the climate crisis. There, I conducted demonstration research on mineral-based carbon sequestration through the Lahmont Doherty Earth Observatory.
As a Pennsylvania-native, I am interested in forging cutting-edge and sustainable solutions to energy problems. I earned my undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University in Earth Science and Policy, Energy Specialization and a minor in Sustainable Leadership in May of 2019. There, I focused on the intersection of energy and conservation. My studies took me to Costa Rica and Cuba to study conservation policy in different economies. Later, I studied renewable energy systems at Iceland's Reykjavik University.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE
BEYOND CARBON ASSOCIATE
I work as a part of Rocky Mountain Institute's Energy Innovation Lab to accelerate the transition to a net zero future in the electricity system. I engage a diverse, national coalition of advocates in sector-specific decarbonization issues
BUILDING ENERGY EXCHANGE
Projects and Research Intern
NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
NET ZERO BUILDINGS INTERN
I was part of envisioning a new, carbon neutral future for the buildings as the Net Zero Buildings Intern at the NYC Office of the Mayor. In this role, I was trusted with strategizing policy recommendations for net zero building codes, resiliency considerations, and design concepts. I also analyzed a decade's worth of the city's benchmarking data to consolidate information for policy analysis.
As a part of Building Energy Exchange's projects team, I leveraged my industry knowledge of NYC's built environment to create resources for energy efficiency education. This included helping to create the first high performance database of its kind.
BUILD EDISON
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR
I also served as an independent contractor and contributing author for BuildEdison. In this role, I help connect clean technology companies come to market by matching them with investors and government programs. I also write blog posts to translate technical environmental problems into consumable media for a variety of audiences.
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As a graduate student, I served as a consultant to Coalition for Green Capital. In this role, I conducted research on renewable procurement and industrial carbon capture. I made recommendations for investment decisions based on deep understandings of the market and potential revenues.
COALITION FOR GREEN CAPITAL
GRADUATE CONSULTANT
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During my tenure at Penn State, I took a semester away from campus to work as an intern at the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, where I stayed for 2 years. There, I oversaw the RFP to Feasibility Study study of Glacier's Edge Conservation Landscape through nine counties in Western Pennsylvania. To do so, we conducted stakeholder interviews, hired consultants, and created maps among a host of other things. In this non-profit role, I balanced government grants and private consultants.
