I build bridges between communities, government, and policymakers to advance climate resilience and environmental justice policy. Over 15+ years, I've coached social entrepreneurs challenging the status quo, managed complex disaster recovery programs, moved millions to frontline organizations, and helped pass landmark climate and resilience policy.

My work includes helping advance New York's Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act across the finish line, designing New Orleans' COVID-19 vaccine equity initiative that reached 1,700+ households, and managing a $1.3M technical assistance project for climate-vulnerable communities and Tribal Nations in the Southeast and nationwide.

I specialize in translating policy into practice and facilitating alignment between disconnected groups through deep listening, strategic planning, and cultural humility. Whether it's building networks and coalitions to deliver on climate policy or coaching agencies on relationship-based collaboration with frontline communities, I design and manage programs that work for the communities they're meant to serve.

A bit more about me:

I have worked on climate and environmental justice advocacy domestically and internationally. I have worked with and for nonprofits, governments, and mutual aid organizations, and am passionate about centering behavioral health in disaster management and policy advocacy. 

I have been professionally coaching for almost 11 years and received both my life coaching and organizational coaching certifications from the Academy for Coaching Excellence. I hold dual Master's degrees in Social Work and Disaster Resilience Leadership from Tulane University, with a certificate in Disaster Mental Health and Collective Trauma. 

My core values are resilience, humility, patience, playfulness, and transparency. I live with my wife and daughters in Decatur, Georgia. I love to travel, spend time in the mountains, and nerd out about organizational dynamics.