Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I'm interested in social innovation, urban planning and development, cross-sector problem solving, and digital communications. My ideal job is one that helps make cities better: more accessible, more sustainable, more vibrant, and more economically dynamic.

Skills include but are not limited to the following.

Work History

• Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research
• Operations Assistant
• January 2011 to Present

• • Researched and wrote internal policy briefs.
  • Assisted senior staff with data analysis and visualization.
  • Supervised volunteers, registration, and press requests at annual awards dinner with 400 guests.
  • Managed scheduling, reception desk, and coordination of development lunches.

• William J. Clinton Foundation
• Marketing Intern
• September 2009 to December 2009

• Evaluated online outreach and messaging strategies.
  Researched opportunities for mobile giving.
  Contributed content to website and e-newsletter.

• Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College
• Assistant to the Associate Director
• January 2008 to June 2011

• Researched, planned, and promoted student and public programs.
  Provided administrative support to academic and co-curricular programs.

• The Climate Institute
• Intern
• June 2008 to August 2008

• Drafted in-depth policy report, translated website content, and contributed newsletter articles.

• Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in Geneva
• Receptionist
• June 2007 to July 2007

• • Screened and dispatched phone calls in three languages.
  • Performed other administrative tasks.

• Rockefeller Center Policy Research Shop
• Student Researcher
• January 2009 to June 2011

• • Performed public policy research commissioned by the New Hampshire state legislature.
  • Presented policy recommendations to a committee of the state senate.

• Root Cause
• Summer Fellow, Knowledge Sharing
• June 2010 to August 2010

• • Developed comprehensive online communications strategy following organization’s rebranding.
  • Introduced social media plan and trained staff at organization-wide meeting.
  • Curated blog and Twitter account, and established metrics to quantify online impact.
  • In two months, increased Twitter followers by 15 percent and retweets by 448 percent.
  • Performed research for consulting projects on public-sector social innovation.

• Hood Museum of Art
• Photographer
• Febuary 2009 to June 2011

• • Photographed museum tours and workshops for use in print and digital promotional materials.

Education

• Dartmouth College
• B.A., Geography, Public Policy
• 2007 - 2011

• Rosenwald Internship Award
  Rockefeller Center First-Year Fellow
  2007-2008 Endowed Scholar
  Co-Founder and Vice President (Community Service), Kappa Delta sorority

• Washington International School
• International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma, English and French
• 2001 - 2007

• First Honors