Democratic National Committee NextWave – Management Track, Chicago, IL, 2026

• Selected for and successfully completed three-day, in-person training for mid-level campaign professionals looking to expand their skills as managers and leaders.

Friends of DJ – Campaign Manager, Chicago, IL, 2026

• Hired staff, sourced vendors, and developed messaging for Dennis (DJ) Doran, candidate on the February 2027 ballot for alderman of Chicago's 44th Ward.

• Collected triple the required signatures and faced no petition challenges.

Laura Fine for Congress – Field Organizer, Chicago, IL, 2026

• Worked a dual campaign for U.S. Congress and State Central Committeeperson for a sitting Illinois state senator, winning the State Central race by 10 percentage points.

• Canvassed Illinois’ 9th Congressional district in the cities of Chicago and Evanston, which comprise about 60% of the IL-09 electorate.

• Recruited and trained volunteers, primarily in Chicago Wards 49 and 50 (Rogers Park).

Friends of Cinde Warmington – Finance and Field, Manchester, NH and remote, 2026

• Canvassed and phone banked for a red-to-blue gubernatorial campaign. The candidate was outraised by $7 million but lost by only 4 percentage points.

 Team 44 Alumni Congressional Races – Fundraiser, Chicago, IL, 2025-2026

• Bundled high- and low-dollar donors and hosted events over 13 months for candidates in U.S. House and U.S. Senate races who served in the Obama Administration.

Frontiers, a scientific and academic publishing company

Head of Public Affairs, North America; September 2022 to June 2025

• Managed U.S. and Canada government relations for a multinational publisher based in Switzerland, advocating for increased science funding and improved technology policy.

• Aligned with the company’s Public Relations and Science Communications teams on proactive and reactive messaging, media inquiries, and op-ed pieces.

• Liaised with Swiss embassies (Washington DC, Ottawa) and consular staff (Chicago, San Francisco) on mutual science and technology priorities.

• Created “STM Goes To Washington” in 2023, a series of panels that brought together policy specialists, publishers, librarians, and researchers to encourage understanding of the political process.

Made frequent Hill visits. Key contacts included:

U.S. House of Representatives

■      House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

U.S. Senate

■      Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

■      Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs

Federal agencies

■      Office of Deputy Director, NIH Office of Science Policy

While managing large and strategic accounts for the Copyright Clearance Center I served as a liaison to CCC's Government Relations team, which works to guide policymakers on copyright modernization and related topics.

Separately I served on the Education Committee of the UK-based International Association for Artists and Rights Holders (IAFAR). The group advocates for artists’ ability to collect royalties for neighboring rights, so called because they neighbor (sit next to) song copyrights.

(Also called “related rights,” neighboring rights are a sound-recording royalty for any performer who has made an audible contribution to a recording and to the rights holder who owns the recording.)

Chicago Board of Elections

Election Judge, October-November 2020

• Trained and served as poll worker for November 2020 federal, state, and local elections.

Amy for America – Convention delegate nominee, Chicago, IL, 2019-2020

• Represented the 7th Congressional district on the March 2020 Illinois primary ballot to elect Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) for president.

Hillary for America – Organizer, London, United Kingdom, 2016

• Mobilized Americans living abroad to ensure their absentee ballots were submitted.

Obama for America – Organizer, Ardmore, PA, 2008 and 2012 election cycles

• Canvassed and phone banked in the southeastern Philadelphia suburbs.