WORK EXPERIENCE

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Corporate Climate Planning Graduate Associate

Jun 2024 – Present

• Draft and publish climate change research reports on low-carbon transition planning and resilience, including a landscape analysis of the financial sector’s role in transition plan uptake, data tagging taxonomy under ESRS regulations, decarbonization co-benefits, and utility interdependencies.

• Influence multinational corporations' climate-related initiatives by co-developing an online resource library featuring case studies from Fortune 500 Companies about corporate resilience strategies to be presented at NYCW and COP29 and supporting company membership events.

QuiVive Global Advisory

Research Associate

Jan 2024 – Present

• Produce detailed research reports and perform rigorous due diligence on investment opportunities and funding sources, including sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension plans.

• Contribute to research initiatives to map the landscape of impact, sustainability, and ESG investing, covering a spectrum of asset managers, including venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, and traditional investment firms.

• Analyze data to uncover critical insights and trends in the impact investing sector, presenting findings to management that inform strategic decisions and positioning.

White Clover Farm

Communications Consultant

May 2022 – Present

• Crafted and edited speeches and communication materials to promote the Ohio Family Farm ReGeneration Act, demonstrating the farm's advocacy initiatives at the state level and benefiting the farm and the broader farming community.

• Enhanced the online presence of a local farm through a comprehensive website overhaul promoting the farm's products and attracting a wider customer base.

• Promoted the Farm’s accolades, including Soil Cooperator of the Year and 2021 Conservation Farm Family Awards from the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

The Motley Fool

Communications Strategist

May 2022 – April 2023

• Co-lead internal communications, including all-company calls, internal newsletters, and company-wide announcements, while working with leadership across the company in Tech, Product, HR, and Operations to communicate company strategy and goals. 

• Co-plan the content, coordination, communication, and presentation of the annual company meeting for 600+ employees in a hybrid format with 78% approval from attendees. These events included external speakers Indra Nooyi (former CEO of Pepsico) and Sumnit Singh (CEO of Chewy). 

• Collaborate with company leadership to organize, draft, and edit the quarterly materials for the Board of Directors of the Motley Fool.

• Own and optimize the internal company intranet housed on Happeo to collect and sort all relevant company-wide information.                                                                                                                            

User-Researcher (Part-Time)                                                                                           

July 2021 – April 2022

• Utilize various research methods, including user interviews, surveys, heuristic reviews, and data analysis, to uncover key drivers of user behavior with The Motley Fool’s investing products.

• Develop and present strategic changes based on research for the design teams to incorporate in future iterations of our products.

• Recruit targeted groups for research through outreach through email and UX recruiting platforms.

• Managed this work while working full-time as a Digital PR Specialist on The Ascent.                                                                                                     

Digital PR Specialist - The Ascent by The Motley Fool

February 2021 – May 2022

• Successfully conducted email outreach on a consistent basis in the personal finance space to secure links to original research or interviews for subject matter experts on The Ascent.

• Co-direct an outreach project with an emphasis on collaborating with business school professors, which resulted in a ~50% win rate in securing links from .edu websites— a strong driver of search rankings within Google.

• Ideate content and research in the personal finance space, including alternative housing, buy-now-pay-later, and other personal finance topics to secure backlinks to fool.com/the-ascent.

Digital Media Lead - The Blueprint by The Motley Fool

April 2020 – February 2021

• Develop a public relations plan to generate media coverage and backlinks and ultimately higher search rankings for The Blueprint by The Motley Fool, as well as a reporting system for Blueprint and Motley Fool leadership to measure strategy outcomes and success.

• Conduct outreach to small business owners and conduct interviews on the success of their small businesses as models for our readers in the small business space.

• Collaborate with developers, content, SEO, and leadership to create pages and content dedicated to link-building outcomes while maintaining strong SEO foundations and a model for scalability.

2U 

Senior Digital Public Relations Coordinator

June 2018 – March 2020

• Ideate and lead an initiative in 2020 that intends to capitalize on pre-created content and increase the volume of links during typically low earning points in our calendar year.

• Provide insights and strategy recommendations to the Content Marketing team based on content performance and data analysis through Google Search Console, aHrefs, and BrightEdge.

• On-board and manage all activities of Digital PR Interns.

Girls Who Code        

Outreach Coordinator (Part-Time)                                                                                

November 2019 – April 2020

• Conduct professional outreach to leadership and faculty at colleges and universities (specifically HBCUs and HSIs) in order to start Girls Who Code College Loops programs on their campus.

• Identify points of difficulty as well as key data to collect in the outreach process and provide solutions in order to improve conversion rates.

• Managed this work while working full-time as a Senior Digital PR Coordinator at 2U.

EDUCATION

Georgetown University Master of Science, Environmental Sustainability Management

The George Washington University School of Business BBA, Concentration: Marketing, Minor: Spanish Language & Literature            

Nielsen-Norman Group– UX Certificate

SKILLS

• Sustainable Investing: ESG, Due Diligence, Stakeholder Engagement, CSR

• Communications: Strategic Communications, Campaign Management, Event Planning, Media Relations, Public Speaking, Copy Editing

• User Research: User Interviews, Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, User Interviews, Survey Creation, R Studio, SPSS, Miro

Languages: English, Spanish (conversational)

Professional Affiliations: Smithsonian Institution—  Studio Arts Volunteer; The Motley Fool Employee Resource Group for Women– Member, USTA– Member, Nielsen-Norman Group– UX Certificate