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Lead a communications team and external consultants to shape narratives that shift public discourse, influence judicial and legislative outcomes, and build political pressure to advance reproductive rights and transgender inclusion across the Upper Midwest.
Developed and executed an integrated communications strategy for the launch of Gender Justice’s PAC and the Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment ballot campaign, aligning audience targeting, messaging, earned media, and digital tactics.
Produced and hosted The Gender Justice Brief, a podcast that translates complex gender equity issues into compelling stories, driving audience engagement and deepening public understanding.

Provide comprehensive strategic communications services, including long-range campaign strategy and planning, message development, media relations, writing, digital engagement and strategy.
Partner with diverse clients—including The Solutions Project, Solar United Neighbors, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and Chilkat Indian Village—to design tailored strategies that drove measurable impact in media coverage, narrative change, and audience engagement.

Led a communications team through a leadership transition, overseeing media relations, brand strategy, internal communications, and storytelling to highlight the Foundation’s grant making impact.
Elevated the Foundations’s national profile by leading media and thought leadership campaigns related to climate change, racial equity, arts and culture, and community economic development.
Led communications for a major overhaul of the Foundation’s grant making process, ensuring clear, accessible messaging for hundreds of grantees across the globe.

Co-led a fast-paced communications department responsible for messaging strategy, press outreach, digital engagement and social media, video production and graphic design.

Crafted and executed media strategies for policy-focused campaigns, achieving prominent feature coverage in high-profile news outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlan)c, and The Washington Post.
Built relationships with national reporters, broadcast producers, editorial boards and columnists to support the earned media goals of several sizable coalitions working on federal policy.

Developed successful multi-channel communications strategies that maximized the impact of our opposition research and candidate tracking in gubernatorial and state legislative races nationwide.
Cultivated relationships with state and national reporters, effectively packaging and pitching our research findings to shape local news coverage, boosting media hits compared to previous cycles.
Authored press materials, digital content, and scripts/storyboards for political ads, driving voter engq

Built a communications department from scratch, quadrupling earned media coverage and achieving record digital engagement that grew the organization’s social media following by over 20% in a year.
Designed and oversaw the execution of a $3 million digital persuasion and activation campaign that reached millions of voters during the 2018 gubernatorial election.
Secured media placements and thought leadership opportunities that positioned the League as a leading voice in Michigan’s environmental and electoral arenas.

Directed the agency’s public relations and launched an award-winning multi-year traffic safety campaign that contributed to a notable reductions in crashes at problem intersections.
Designed a high-engagement digital campaign to persuade voters to approve a tax increase that raised $7.2 million to fund non-motorized trails, road repairs and new bicycle lanes throughout the county.
Served as a project manager for technology improvements, including the development of a reporting app that streamlined internal workflows and response times, resulting in substantial cost savings.

Designed and managed a fellowship program, placing entry-level campaigners on high-impact environmental justi e campaigns across the U.S., with ongoing training and management.
Developed a comprehensive training curriculum in effective campaigning, media relations, digital targeting, and data management to strengthen campaigners’ skills and impact.
Oversaw the climate program’s budget, led fundraising efforts, and managed donor relations, including writing grant proposals and reports.

Launched and led multiple volunteer-driven grassroots campaigns in the Southeast U.S. that successfully opposed the expansion of offshore oil drilling and secured federal tax incentives for offshore wind energy.
Formed and led multiple community-based coalitions that developed local policy recommendations and executed earned media events to build public awareness of our ocean conservation goals.