Professional Experience
Chicago Foundation for Women, Manager of Communications, December 2016 – July 2019
- Grew the Foundation’s profile as a leading voice on women’s issues through proactive and strategic digital communications and marketing, digital media production, media outreach and community engagement, including OpEds in Crain’s Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune.
TRUTH+DARE (copywriting, video production)
2017 Impact Awards (video production)
Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Public Information Officer, August 2015-November 2016
- Coordinated and executed public and media relations for statewide initiatives, including launch of minority entrepreneurship program.
Office of the Governor of Illinois, Dunn Fellow, August 2014-July 2015
- Member of the executive communications team. Supported external communications and social media.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
B.A. (Honors) in Political Science and Public Policy, 2010-2014. Phi Beta Kappa.
PASSION PROJECTS
As a member and past co-chair of the Future Voices Council of Personal PAC, I organized events to engage young professionals in supporting reproductive rights and pro-choice candidates in Illinois, raising thousands of dollars for local candidates and campaigns through the annual Vibrator Race for Choice.
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