experience
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGER / M&R HOLDINGS
Managing designer in town center planning for new 500+ acre development in Maine
Design and build master sign plan and master trails plan
Work in collaboration with town agencies, planning board and council members, and stakeholder groups to ensure a value-aligned approach to the town’s largest single development in its history
Coordinate subcontracting engineering, design, and construction teams to execute development projects
PRINCIPAL PLANNER - ASSOCIATE PLANNER / BASELINE ENGINEERING CORP.
Lead projects of multiple sizes, overseeing the progress of community planning and private entitlements, land surveying, and civil engineering departments for a high-volume firm serving clients in both the public and private sectors
Support client relationships and manage project goals, timelines, and budgets
Design landscape plans, illustrative graphics, and marketing materials
DESIGN CONSULTANT / INDEPENDENT
Advise in the development of property site planning and landscape design for individual clients including scope, contract, and management for private property projects
Manage and direct design charrettes and client expectations throughout design processes
Produce final deliverable documents in AutoCAD and Adobe Suite for site plan mapping
OPERATIONS and PROJECT MNGMT / ATHENA DEVELOPERS
Guided team in brand development exercises for startup development and property management company producing final logo art, email signatures, and branding system guidelines
Illustrate and deliver company design decks
Supervise client services in long-range projects
DIRECTOR of MARKETING and SALES DIRECTOR / STRONGWATER BOTANICALS
Mobilized a brand movement around a cocktail bitters startup company through marketing, co-branding, and networking professional and personal connections on a national scale
Engaged and sustained a growing community of dedicated customers, building national presence from one to over thirty state markets, growing and managing all regional sales teams
Secured and oversaw all subcontracting designers, printers, and packaging production companies
Outlined and executed evolving business and sales strategies for fresh, imaginative approaches to market
TRANSPORTATION DESIGNER / ALTA PLANNING AND DESIGN
Lead planner and designer at bicycle-pedestrian transportation firm promoting safe, accessible, and equitable communities through public engagement, consulting in policy, and collaborative design
Designed long-range bicycle and pedestrian transportation master plans for cities and groups across Colorado including Denver, Aspen, Boulder, Glenwood Springs, and Roaring Fork Transit Authority
Led development and management of varied outreach and survey tools aimed at gathering and analyzing transit user experiences in underserved communities across the state of Colorado
Proposed solutions for investment in transit infrastructure through data, graphics, and mappings
INTERN / DENVER DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
Data collection, urban mapping, and research in pedestrian amenities within the Denver Downtown Business Improvement District
Analyzed data to make recommendations to City departments on improvements and future design considerations
WAITSTAFF, BARTENDER, CONSULTANT / EDIBLE BEATS
Served at award-winning restaurant company on lead bartending and waitstaff teams
Directed the layout and construction of three-season restaurant gardens
RECREATION PLANNER / PITKIN COUNTY OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS
Developed and administered tools for massive community outreach efforts to gather user experience data
for underserved communities in an otherwise highly priced community in Colorado
Authored and presented representational graphics and reports for public and council consideration
PLANNING INTERN / DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
Development of the Denver Zoo master plan rewrite
Designed and led programming on project blog
Lead manager on small capital projects in planning and design
DISTRICT TEAM LEADER / COLORADO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Led team of landscape architects and planners in design of new playgrounds and educational schoolyards for the Active Schoolyards Active Minds grant project
Led and presented in front of community focus groups and public meetings of up to 300 people
Drafted cost estimates and construction documents
Coordinated with district and municipal offices and firm principals for construction development
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INTERN / NONPROFIT CENTERS NETWORK AT TIDES FOUNDATION
Support the outreach and education work of organization members in the public and nonprofit sectors with resources, professional networks, and standards to better serve their goals
Developed the new Whole Earth Resource Center library collection for members throughout the country
LEAD WAIT STAFF AND BARTENDER / CASABLANCA
Iconic Harvard Square, Cambridge restaurant and bar; lead bartender and dining-room server
POLICY INTERN / NEXUS and THE GREEN ROUNDTABLE
Aiding in an independent non-profit whose mission is mainstreaming green building and sustainable development using the tools of education, technical assistance and policy
Developed physical and online digital resources library for sustainable building products and services for city officials, municipal teams, contractors, and home owners
CONSTRUCTION TEAM MEMBER / EASTWARD COMPANIES
Supported on-site framing, carpentry, painting, finishing crews in home and commercial construction business across Cape Cod