Experience

Work

Consultant to conservation & Indigenous-led organizations (current)

Oxfam America

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau of African Affairs

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri)

CARE USA

Georgia Department of Economic Development, International Trade Division

Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET), Kumano Municipal Board of Education (Kumano-shi, Mie-ken, Japan)

Governor Roy Barnes (D-GA)

Restaurant server, baseball and softball umpire, basketball referee, college sports statistician, lawn service/groundskeeping, library shelver, retail sales worker, camp counselor, Christmas tree farm worker, newspaper delivery

Volunteer and Community

RE Sources, Board of Directors

City of Bellingham Community Development Advisory Board (CDAB), Member

Whatcom Democrats, Board of Directors

Columbia Neighborhood Association, member

Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition, member

Truman National Security Project, Security Fellow and former Co-Lead of the Pacific Northwest Chapter

Leadership Tomorrow

Mentor for students pursuing public policy careers

B.A. Emory University

M.S. International Affairs, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)

Education