My Experience

GREIF | Columbus, Ohio

• Manage a three person team with communications responsibilities across six business units and eight corporate functions

• Responsible for executive communications and thought leadership for CEO and nine-member Executive Team

• Communications lead on six acquisitions and two divestitures

• Developed and maintained the company’s Crisis Management Program, and serve as the Global Communications Lead

• Served as the communications lead for the company’s global restructuring in 2024

• Manage all corporate giving and operationalized the Greif Foundation

#FORESTPROUD | Portland, Maine

• Managed a $1.5M annual budget, 100+ members, three-person team, and a nine-member Board of Directors

• Successfully guided the organization to a 501(c)3 non-profit designation

• Responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and promoting the organizations mission and strategic vision

• Streamlined the organization’s governance structure, restructured the Board of Directors, and optimized financial operations

• Successfully merged the organization with the Society of American Foresters (SAF) in 2022

#FORESTPROUD | Washington, DC

• Created integrated digital communications campaigns and strategies across platforms and target audiences.

• Content creator: film, video, animation, podcast, blog, articles, and presentations distributed via web, print, and social.

• Managed nearly $1M in vendors, creative agencies, contractors, ambassadors, influencers, strategic partners, and collaborators.

AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION | Washington, DC

• Advocate for forests and forest product manufacturing before federal, state, and local legislative and rule-making authorities

• Built industry and stakeholder coalitions to influence policy debates, control public messaging, and shape legislative outcomes

• Managed a team of lobbyists, consultants, and communication professionals on a range of policy and public perception issues

• Established local lobbying practices for the national industry trade association

DIALIGHT CORPORATION | Farmingdale, New Jersey

• Managed lobbying and communications teams in Washington, DC, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Ensenada, MX

• Advocated for the adoption and use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting technology in government infrastructure projects.

• Dialight Spokesperson; Responsible for speaking at public events, conferences, and industry forums worldwide.

• Successfully Rescinded U.S. Department of Transportation rule adding $10 million in local government sales

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE | Washington, DC

• Managed the Assistant Secretary’s schedule & official travel

• Prepared public remarks, agency briefings, and confidential policy briefings

• Served as interdepartmental liaison for agency heads and external stakeholders

ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT | Boston, Massachusetts

• 1 of 6 on the National Advance Team coordinating events and traveling with the candidate.

• Coordinated with national political & finance teams to develop and execute public rallies and events

• Managed events leading up to Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, Michigan, South Carolina & Nevada primaries

• Coordinated with vendors, law enforcement, local & national media outlets, and key organization stakeholders on public and private events.

• Managed regional networks of thousands of campaign volunteers utilized for public and private campaign events

U.S. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE | Washington, DC

• Wrote formal & informal speeches and remarks for the Director of the National Park Service

• Responsible for researching, writing and editing internal & external policy memos and correspondence

• Received National Park Service agency award for exemplary performance