I’m a creative operations strategist focused on intentional connections between people and process. I work with folks to turn their possibility into practice by building back-end infrastructure to function with integrity and impact. I think about capacity, day-to-day change, beauty, belonging, and equitable exchange on a regular basis.
Currently, I
Run my own creative operations business, TAKE CARE TAKE ACTION. My current ongoing clients include champions in the circular economy: The Culture of Repair Project and Blue Daisi Consulting. My books are re-opening late October!
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Celebrate what long-term individual and communal commitment looks like: and am planning a wedding all about it!
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Host Monthly Maintenance Sessions, a no-cost virtual accountability space to support you in prioritizing your maintenance practice.
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Meet with Zero Waste Madison to consider how our neighborhoods can function with less waste.
Previously, I
Co-Directed The Maintainers, a global research and practice network. I led a fiscal sponsorship transition, archived the organization’s knowledge base on Open Science Framework, and hosted 20+ virtual events. I also co-authored The Maintainers Study Guide.
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Partnered with University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research as Research Fellow. I coordinated data collection with over over 300 study participants.
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Supported over 15 small businesses and entrepreneurs in turning ideas into actionable, sustainable ventures.
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Have lived in Iowa City, IA; Galesburg IL; Ithaca, NY; and Madison, WI
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Designed and launched an advisory council for early-career teachers, strengthening recruitment and retention as Assistant Director of the Rural Schools Collaborative.
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Got my BA in Sustainable Social Change, a self-designed major at Knox College. I participated in three immersive experiences: on a 700-acre biological field station; as an ethnographer interviewing midwives in Santa Catarina, Guatemala; and in Start-Up Term, launching Blue Brick Collective. I was the post-baccalaureate for Green Oaks Term after graduation.
