RESUME

Communications & Research Consultant

2018 - present

Public relations (PR), writing, research, fundraising, project management, and website design for Democracy in Color, the National Domestic Workers Alliance, New America, Open Society, Paid Leave for the U.S., StreetsBlog SF, and TransForm, among others.

Communications Director, SF Bicycle Coalition

2015 - 2018

PR, messaging, social media, marketing, speechwriting, editing, email strategy, social media, rapid response, and communications planning for sustainable transportation. Managed a team of three-to-five. Consistently won concessions from better-resourced adversaries. Also served as chief spokesperson, and trained colleagues and board.

Founder & Principal, Hustle Labs

2010 - 2015

PR, online organizing, and writing for ACLU-NorCal, Center for Community Change, Google Politics, Lesbians Who Tech, New Organizing Institute, and Rebuild the Dream, among others. Built, trained, and led a diverse team of six direct reports.

Assistant Communications Director, American Constitution Society

2009 - 2010

Supported email campaigns, events, and PR, and launched social media programs for the country’s foremost progressive legal think tank during President Obama’s two successful Supreme Court nominations.

Communications Director, SD for Healthy Families

Summer & Fall, 2008

Managed PR, online fundraising, and media training to win a statewide ballot initiative. Helped craft groundbreaking reproductive justice messaging to engineer a 38-point change in public opinion and preserve Roe v. Wade.

Communications Director, Yes on F

Spring, 2008

PR and messaging to increase affordable housing in San Francisco’s historically Black Bayview-Hunters Point community.