Madison Area Community Land Trust, Madison, WI // 2019 – current
Board of Directors (Jun – Dec 2019)
Coordinator (Jan – Sept 2020)
Executive Director (Sept 2020 – current)

  • Oversee organizational direction and management for all MACLT programs including management of staff team
  • Manage financial operations of organization, including budget development and administration, review of financial statements, development of reports, approval of expenditures
  • Led internal restructure, including rebuilding programming, systems, procedures, and data management
  • Secured over $5 million in funding, expanding operating budget 10x in 4 years
  • Housing developer on acquisition-rehab and new construction homeownership projects
  • Started the Wisconsin CLT Network and support monthly meetings

Madison Community Cooperative, Madison, WI // 2018 –2020
Meeting Note-taker (2018 – 2019)
Finance Committee (2018 – 2020)
Membership Assistant (Jan – Jun 2020)

  • Member services and property management for affordable housing cooperative system of 11 houses and 165 members
  • House, committee, and org-level meetings and coordination

MIT Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) // 2019 – 2020
Research Associate (2019 – 2020)

  • Designed & conducted interviews of organizers in CLTs, EBPREC, and other community land organizations
  • Co-wrote field guide for transformative strategies in the community land movement

Illinois Cooperative Development Center, Western Illinois Univ. // 2018 – 2019
Contracted Researcher, USDA Rural Cooperative Development Grant

  • Designed surveys of retiring rural business owners to assess possibilities for cooperative conversion

Augustana College Environmental Studies Prgrm, Rock Island, IL // 2017 – 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor

  • First Year Inquiry, Fall 2017
  • Environmental Studies Capstone I, Fall 2017 (team teaching)
  • Environmental Studies Capstone II, Winter 2017 (team teaching)
  • Sustainability Problems and Solutions I, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
  • Sustainability Problems and Solutions II, Winter 2017
  • Social Change for Sustainability, Spring 2018

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL // 2012 – 2017
PhD in Geography, Advisor: Dr. Joseph Pierce

  • Dissertation, 2017: “What does community control look like? Rondo Community Land  Trust’s ethical strategies for urban governance”
  • Research Assistant, National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant (2014 – 2016)
    • “The scale of governance in the regulation of land: Community land trusts in the Twin Cities”
    • Co-PIs: Dr. Joseph Pierce, Deborah G. Martin (Clark University) and James DeFilippis (Rutgers University)
  • Instructor
    • Urban Geography, Fall 2014, Fall 2015
    • Introduction to Environmental Science, Summer 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014
  • Teaching Assistant
    • Introduction to Environmental Science, Spring 2017
    • World Regional Geography, Fall 2016
    • Political Geography, Spring 2013
    • Latin American Geography, Fall 2012

Bread and Roses Food Cooperative, Tallahassee, FL // 2012 – 2016
Keyholder
Food Preparation Coordinator

  • Managed store weekly, facilitated monthly membership meetings, coordinated volunteer shifts, coordinated social media presence and email list for volunteer-run, member-owned food cooperative

Additional Experience:

  • Dozens of conference presentations and public talks
  • Eastmorland Community Association Secretary, Madison, WI // 2023-2024
  • WHEDA Housing Developer Training, Madison, WI // 2023
  • Riverwest Investment Cooperative Secretary, Milwaukee, WI // 2021-2023
  • North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) family of organizations board member, Secretary, Treasurer // 2018-2021
  • Ecovillagers Alliance, Servant Leader // 2018-2021
  • Citizen Advisory Committee (for CDBG funds), City of Davenport, IA // 2018
  • Advance Placement Exam Reader, Environmental Science // 2017, 2019
  • Act! Symposium Organizers (Florida State U.) // 2013-2014
  • Environmental Service Program Director (Florida State U.) // 2011 – 2012

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