Senior Editor, 2008 - present
Associate Editor, 2007 - 2008, YES! Magazine.

• Working with the YES! editorial team and writers and scholars across the country to produce news coverage on solutions to some of the major challenges facing our society. Editing, writing, and research on issues like climate change and foreign policy.

Environmental Policy, Research, and Writing, Freelance, 2004 - 2007.

• Manager of Sightline Institute's foundations program, including proposal writing, foundation relations, and fundraising strategy for projects on civic engagement, sustainability, health, transportation, community planning, conservation, and economic fairness.
• Project manager, researcher, writer for publication series on urban revitalization, U.S. Conference of Mayors.
• Freelance writing and editing for a range of publications and organizations, including Washington Trails magazine, High Country News, and the Washington Credit Union League.
• Served on team to implement and copy-edit new website, using Bricolage, for Grist magazine.
• Fellowship at Hedgebrook writers center with award-winning journalists and writers.
• Worked to develop energy initiative in Whatcom County and to create marketing materials for Vashon Island sustainability center for the Institute for Environmental Research and Education (IERE).

Environmental Program Management, Program Development, and Outreach, The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Environmental Department and the Urban Water Council, Washington, DC, 2001-2003.

• Program Management: Oversaw Urban Water Council, committee of roughly 15 cities and 10 businesses; national recycling programs; and national recycling research and demonstration project.
• Program Development: Developed new initiatives in recycling, green buildings, energy, and watershed management in partnership with federal agencies and national associations.
• Communications: Wrote public statements for Urban Water Council mayors; profiled policy issues and new environmental management strategies in USCM publications.
• Outreach and Training Workshops: Developed training workshops on recycling outreach and led trainings for city environmental coordinators and recycling managers in five regions.

Visiting Lecturer, Environmental Science and Writing, Central Buganda University, Kasaka, Uganda, 2003.

• Developed and taught specialized courses in environmental science and writing for African undergraduate students with limited academic training.
• Created innovative course materials and methods to overcome frequent equipment failures, tight budget restrictions, and cross-cultural communication challenges.

Development Writer, RARE Center for Tropical Conservation, Arlington, VA, 2001.

• Marketing and proposal writing, program development, and project evaluation for international sustainable development nonprofit.

Participatory Environmental Research and Community Organizing, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the US Environmental Protection Agency, 1998 - 2002.

• Led efforts to generate tribal community awareness of watershed issues through participatory action research project.
• Developed community watershed forum to bring together farmers, federal agencies, and tribal members.
• Raised funds from Ford Foundation, EPA STAR Fellowship, and Watershed Assistance Grant program.
• Developed and taught environmental workshops for tribal youth.
• Researched tribal resource conservation; built network of area conservation groups; compiled plan for conservation and restoration projects on tribal land.

Environmental Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.

• Taught honors biology students and developed instructional activities in a hands-on, advanced curriculum in ecology, evolution, and genetics.
• Developed and led activities to inspire tribal youth to pursue environmental careers during two-week workshop.

Academic, Writing, and Service Projects, Illinois State University (ISU) and Edith Cowan University (ECU), 1995.

• Developed programs for startup environmental nonprofit; developed pictorial environmental education game aimed at youth.
• Chaired Volunteer Service Committee for local chapter of national collegiate honors association; set up volunteer activities for members with local afterschool programs and centers for children.
• With Women's Coalition, organized domestic violence awareness projects.
• With Student Environmental Action Coalition, organized environmental and political action events.
• Served as editor for campus literary magazine.
• Served as editorial assistant, selecting content and compiling an anthology for the university's small literary press.
• Developed a research project on urban Australian Aboriginal culture and composed essays and articles based on findings.
• Served as research assistant on a field-based ecological study in Grand Teton National Park.

2006-present. Steering committee member, treasurer, and lead list administrator, Seattle Writergrrls, network of approximately 1,500 Puget Sound-area writers.

2007.Steering committee member, Seattle Step It Up, one of the largest rallies on climate change in the U.S., part of the national Step It Up movement. Included coalition-building, project planning, online community building, web content development, outreach, and blogging.

2005-2007. Steering committee for Quaker Experiential Service and Training (QUEST) internship program to train young people in social justice and social service work, University Friends Meeting, Seattle.

2000. Participated in collaborative creative project on Western Australian landscapes with members of the International Centre for Landscape and Language, Perth, Australia.