Professional Experience
2020 Director of Operations and Cultural Innovation
Centre for Conscious Design (CCD)
London, UK
Rolls & Responsibilities include:
-Fellow coordination, onboarding, and management
-Fellow coordination, onboarding, and management
-International organizational development and outreach
-Assisting fellows with domain curation, events, and publications
-Social media marketing & outreach
-Website development & User Experience
-Organizational Development, fundraising, and grant writing
-Curating Content, research, and design insights for Design for Wellbeing & Design for Equity domains
-Assisting fellows with domain curation, events, and publications
-Social media marketing & outreach
-Website development & User Experience
-Organizational Development, fundraising, and grant writing
-Curating Content, research, and design insights for Design for Wellbeing & Design for Equity domains
2020 Elks Scholar Fellow
Elks National Foundation
Chicago, IL
Work with scholarship recipients, provide organizational assistance, and organize numerous annual scholar service trips.
2020 Researcher
2019 Research Intern
HUME Architecture. Tel Aviv, Israel
Conduct research on topics in environmental psychology related to Urban Design and Human Metrics. Research applied into various reports on the effect of urban design on mental health, families, and later age living as well as various projects for HUME. Projects include use of research to guide blueprints and architectural design and adjustments.
2019 Cultural Change Intern
Epic Decade. Jamestown, RI
As a cultural change intern for Epic Decade, I deepened my understanding of corporate and societal cultural change. I was tasked with:
1. Understanding the heartbeat and mind of the organization through shadowing top executives and observing different meetings and client interactions.
2. Spearheading environmental design for a July Convening of local thought provocateurs to facilitate radical curiosity, improve a sense of belonging, further solidify relationships, and collect insights for research on people's personal truths of what constitutes each social system (such as wellness, food, environment, etc.) and human condition (such as community, difference, etc.).
3. Research people and organizations challenging the status quo and solving issues in new and innovative ways. Then analyzed data to find patterns and future trends across and within social systems and human conditions.
4. Initiating making Epic Decade zero waste for food by connecting them with local meal sites and organizations for the homeless.
1. Understanding the heartbeat and mind of the organization through shadowing top executives and observing different meetings and client interactions.
2. Spearheading environmental design for a July Convening of local thought provocateurs to facilitate radical curiosity, improve a sense of belonging, further solidify relationships, and collect insights for research on people's personal truths of what constitutes each social system (such as wellness, food, environment, etc.) and human condition (such as community, difference, etc.).
3. Research people and organizations challenging the status quo and solving issues in new and innovative ways. Then analyzed data to find patterns and future trends across and within social systems and human conditions.
4. Initiating making Epic Decade zero waste for food by connecting them with local meal sites and organizations for the homeless.
2018 Art Programing Intern
The Art Effect. Poughkeepsie, NY
Oversaw the effectiveness and implementation of arts programing in the local public schools. Required program observation, implementation, and communication with parents and administrators, and poster design.
Public Speaking
2018 AHA Foundation Conference Panelist
2018 South Kingstown Elks Club Guest Speaker
2018 Spackenkill High School Presentation with Q & A
2018 American Association of University Women, Key Note, Paid
2017 South Kingstown Elks Club Guest Speaker
2016 Providence Performing Arts Center (Youth Art Awards) Guest Speaker
2017-2018 Director of Education
Vassar Haiti Project. Poughkeepsie, NY
Student Representative on trip to Haiti in Spring 2017 to meet partners and students. Spearheaded year long fundraising campaign for spring 2017 trip. Organized 20+ student volunteers and directed one $5,000 fundraiser, assisted with $150,000 fundraising efforts annually. Other tasks include Grant writing, donation drives, $20,000 secondary school sponsorship renewals, and collaborating with international partners.
2016-2017 Assistant Preparator
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY
Completed sculpture maintenance, reorganized and catalogued stock rooms and artworks. Helped set up gallery exhibits, various painting and handiwork. Made labels and performed matte cutting.
2015-2016 Art Programing Intern
Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI
With the RISD Art Circle, I worked to further engage the public in the museum through various activities for all age groups involving Intaglios, the Providence Children's Film Festival, and Todd Oldham. Picture of Todd Oldham exhibition "All of Everything" to the right.