I thrive when exploring and creating diverse and accessible services that cultivate pathways for community. I have:

• managed strategic communications

• overseen large scale projects, events, and teams

• developed community partnerships locally and at the state level

• created and delivered inclusive programming

I have worked as a director, assistant director, executive management team member, communications director, teen librarian, and school librarian. The culmination of my experience means that I know what communications, marketing, advocacy, structural organization, information management, and leadership look and feel like from the ground up.

I lead with heart, vision, innovation, and care. I lift up my colleagues’ voices, ideas, and well-being. Together we actualize vision into powerful change.

My leadership style is a unique compilation of visionary, strategic, and service leadership. I couple vision with strategy and outcome through innovation, awareness, and adaptability.

A rare compilation of writer, editor, visual storyteller, poet, researcher, and librarian, I distill abundant information into crisp and compelling messages, narratives, and visual marketing. I come to your team with great depth of study and craft including a strong publication history and a MFA in Writing and MS in Library and Information Science.

I thrive when creating and sharing diverse narratives that cultivate pathways for new learning and social action. I am adept at cultivating accessible, inclusive, far-reaching media, building resonant relationships, collaborating, innovating solutions, translating complicated topics into accessible, inspiring media, editing with precision, and understanding how information is organized and best shared with the world.

I think strategically and systemically. As a leader I reflect, organize, and respond to stress and change rather than react. I empathize with staff and bring innovation and strategy to navigate change and find solutions. Examples from the last two years include:

• served as acting director during crises

• developed new positions, hired, and trained staff to meet organization and community needs

• led creation and implementation of strategic communications plan

• restructured staff scheduling

• leading creation of new library website

• implemented new event management and meeting room booking tools

• initiated, fundraised, and now leading the planning of an Indigenous speaker series that addresses climate change

I believe the heart of communications is championing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. This is always the mission and lens I am funneling my ideas and practices through.

As a queer nonbinary being I deeply know my own experience of oppression and privilege. I use my power and agency as a leader to cultivate attuned and inclusive spaces within communities and organizations, to raise the voices of my peers, and to help lift folx experiencing oppression to create transformative change together.