I grew up in Chicago and Charlottesville, VA and worked in Chicago, Seattle, NYC, Wales, and Germany as writer, editor, producer, and in media and communications roles, often touching on education, before falling into teaching English Language and Literature.

Then, in 2001, after over a decade teaching (and advising student green clubs) in international schools, I shifted to a focus on donor relations, outreach, and fundraising for nonprofits. (I also gained some experience as copywriter in an advertising agency.)

Currently, I am PT donor relations coordinator for ALLFED, but I have the capacity for substantially more work. Recent roles include PT communications and outreach lead for GWWC Charity Elections (just discontinued in July) and philanthropy officer for The Life You Can Save in Oceania/​Southeast Asia (my family just returned to Germany after two years in Manila).

I am seeking new roles the impact space, EA or otherwise. I am interested in exploring ways to apply my strengths in relationship development, communication and writing, editing, storytelling, planning, creative problem-solving, outreach, project coordination, and other areas, in a role collaborating with others to explain, explore and inspire solutions to today’s social and environmental problems.

Alongside an active interest in media and information literacy, in my spare time I’m an amateur recording songwriter (portfolio at http://​​www.lyricist.net and streaming as A Crooked Mile). I’ve volunteered as editor for Kiva.org, on comms teams for Giving What We Can (here’s one nice blog entry) and High Impact Professionals, and more. I took the Giving What We Can Trial Pledge in 2021 and have exceeded it each year.

Notable accomplishments might include serving as volunteer editor-in-chief of an annual Earth Day Chicago environmental guide for three years (reaching 300,000 as a Chicago Tribune insert) and producing award-winning educational software for Edmark. My MFA (from NYU Tisch) is in Musical Theatre Writing. Didn’t see that coming, did ya?