Projects

Capital for Climate: Organization Building & Newsletter Development

Project managed hiring, process improvement, and conference implementation as Capital for Climate expanded. Led production for C4Cs weekly newsletter for 2024, and trained the new newsletter team.

Scenic Hudson: GIS Tools for Carbon Measurement and Land Trust Acquisition

Co-authored and presented a consulting project on emerging technologies for measuring and managing carbon stocks on forest and agricultural lands within their service area for Scenic Hudson, a major land trust in the Hudson Valley.

World REsources Institute: Terrafund for AFR100

Lead report writer for a consulting project for the World Resources Insitute. Our report offered recommendations on how to improve data governance and  project success, and further scale WRI’s initiatives to fund and support nature restoration projects across various African countries and landscapes.

New York Cares/FIT Design Partnership

Conceived, designed, and implemented an ongoing high level partnership project between New York Cares and the Fashion Institute of Technology, where FIT students designed innovative spaces for New York City schools.

Implementation Study for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2022 (RAWA)

Co-Manager for a research project on the scientific background and potential implementation of a Congressional bill to increase funding for wildlife restoration in all 50 states.

New York Cares: COVID-19 Food Pantry Distribution

Managed food pantry distribution projects for New York Cares. My team was able to quickly respond to the unprecedented COVID-19 emergency, packing and delivering more than 14 million meals to New Yorkers in need during the first 18 months of the pandemic.

Global Public Policy Network 2023: A “National Green Label” For Brazil

Organized a team to design a system for integrating existing data on deforestation and commodity transport to help Brazil and other countries comply with emerging deforestation-free export guidelines. Presented the proposal at the 2023 Global Public Policy Network Conference in São Paulo, Brazil, where we were awarded “Best Concept.”

New York Cares: NYC Parks Pollinator Pathway & Other Green Space Projects

Led a multi-project initiative for New York Cares, working with the NYC Parks Department to build a Pollinator Pathway along Fredrick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, and build new greenhouses and control erosion in parks throughout New York City.